TRADEDY RETURNS TO THE LYRIC OPERA
Puccini’s beautifully tragic Madama Butterfly is a story of the love, fidelity and betrayal that occurs when two very different cultures collide. A marriage contract has drastically different meanings to a U.S. Navy lieutenant and his Japanese child-bride. When the nuptials result in a beloved child, the mother will do anything to protect her honor and her child’s future as an American.

CELBRATED ARTIST RETURNS
Elizabeth Caballero (Liu, Turandot 2011) is returning to the Lyric Opera to make her role debut as the title character in Madama Butterfly after her widely acclaimed debut with the Company. “Most notable was the Cuban-American soprano Elizabeth Caballero, who sang Liu in sensuously glowing tones, her charged legato shaping the music into cogent paragraphs. Liu’s death scene tore at the heart.” — The New Yorker.

Season subscriptions for the 2012-13 season are now available. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% on single ticket prices - it's like getting to see four operas for the price of three! Single tickets for the 2012-13 season will go on sale in August 2012.

THIS IS THE STUFF OPERA IS MADE OF
Nobility, gypsies, murders, curses, kidnappings, a suicide, and a love triangle – all combined with a sensational Verdi score – no wonder this opera has been bringing audiences to their feet since its premiere. This opera is jam-packed with show stopping music including the legendary “Anvil Chorus.”

VOCAL POWERHOUSES EXPECTED
“Il Trovatore is the most vocally challenging piece in the Verdi canon,” notes Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist. “There are incredibly high expectations for all of the principal singers because each performs highly recognizable arias. They are required to deliver to the extremes of their vocal range and dynamic capabilities, and have to showcase the full color of their vocal expression. I am assembling the perfect mix of singers to compliment the Kauffman Center’s acoustics.”

Season subscriptions for the 2012-13 season are now available. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% on single ticket prices - it's like getting to see four operas for the price of three! Single tickets for the 2012-13 season will go on sale in August 2012.

WAGNER'S EERIE TALE
Wagner’s tremendous music, set to this haunting tale of a damned sea captain who can only be saved by true love, will encompass the entire theatre, rocking your senses with enormous sets, voices and orchestrations.

METROPOLITAN OPERA STAR RETURNS
Richard Paul Fink (Nixon in China 2012, Rigoletto 2010) returns to the Lyric Opera to sing the cursed sea captain. Fink has been hailed in the role, “Fink was a healthy, big-voiced, commanding Dutchman.” — Opera News.

It has been 38 years since The Flying Dutchman was produced by the Company and this all new production designed by R. Keith Brumley (Turandot 2011) is sure to impress!

Season subscriptions for the 2012-13 season are now available. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% on single ticket prices - it's like getting to see four operas for the price of three! Single tickets for the 2012-13 season will go on sale in August 2012.

SIDE-SPLITTING COMEDY
Widely regarded as the finest Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado will captivate and humor you at every turn. Nanki-Poo, son of the Emperor of Japan, is desperately in love with Yum-Yum. But she is betrothed to Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner! Witty lyrics and brilliantly constructed plot twists make this tale of forbidden love, deception and beheadings a light-hearted favorite among opera-goers everywhere.

A COMEDIC MASTERPIECE
“'No one produces comedic opera like the Lyric Opera’ our patrons tell me each time we venture into the genre,” notes Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist. “Our desire in producing The Mikado is to play to this strength by balancing a season packed with tragic operas with this comic masterpiece.”

Season subscriptions for the 2012-13 season are now available. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% on single ticket prices - it's like getting to see four operas for the price of three! Single tickets for the 2012-13 season will go on sale in August 2012.