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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents <I>Hamlet</I>

courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City

This weekend marked the opening performance for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's production of Hamlet. A young stage director and designer Thaddeus Strassberger worked with the company to bring the work to life for a modern audience. By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – This weekend marked the opening performance for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's production of Hamlet. Shakespeare's story is a familiar one to many theatre-goers, but it's a work rarely performed as an opera. And it's never been staged by the Lyric. A young stage director and designer Thaddeus Strassberger worked with the company to bring the work to life for a modern audience, as KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.

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