Mar 12, 2024

Lyric Opera of Kansas City Announces 2024-25 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2024-25 season.

Kevin Puts’ “The Brightness of Light” will be performed. The work is based on letters by Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry star. The work will be performed in a semi-staged concert with projections; the second half will consist of opera and Broadway hits specially selected by Fleming and Gilfry for Lyric Opera audiences.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27-29, 2024

Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” will be revived.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15-17, 2024

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City will present the company premiere of “Cruzar la cara de la luna” by Jose “Pepe” Martinez and Leonard Foglia. It will be teh first mariachi opera at the company.

Grammy-award-winning mariachi band Mariachi los Camperos will perform.

Performance Dates: March 7-9, 2025

The season concludes with Puccini’s “Turandot.”

Performance Dates: May 2-4, 2025

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By Francisco Salazar

FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) has worked as a journalist for over 10 years with such companies as Latin Post, and freelanced for Remezcla. He has also published for El Diario and La Opinion. He is a media producer and a classically trained cellist who has performed in the New York area.

With OperaWire he has lectured at Bard College and been featured on Fred Plotkin, Jennifer Rowley and Angel Blue's programs.

He holds a Masters in Media Management from the New School and a Bachelor's in Film Production and Italian studies from Hofstra University.