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Opera/Performance
5:00 am
Fri March 9, 2012

Opera Explores Tensions And Symbolism In Nixon's Visit To China

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Supertitles (text of the lyrics) will be provided during performances of "Nixon in China" as pictured here during the dress rehearsal.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Cast members anticipate the beginning of the ballet.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Director Michael Cavanagh and Richard Paul Fink (as Kissinger as brutal landlord Lao Szu) demonstrate hip thrusts.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Richard Paul Fink (as Kissinger as brutal landlord Lao Szu) and Nadia Iozzo (as peasant Wu Ching-Hua).
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Scenes from a rehearsal: A tableau in the revolutionary ballet.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Richard Nixon (James Maddalena) and Pat Nixon (Maria Kanyova) try to intervene to help the peasant girl in the ballet (played by Nadia Iozzo).
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Scenes from a rehearsal: The Nixons (Maria Kanyova and James Maddalena) and dancers in the revolutionary ballet (Logan Pachciarz and Nadia Iozzo) look to director Michael Cavanagh.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Richard Nixon (James Maddalena) and Pat Nixon (Maria Kanyova) share a moment at a recent rehearsal at the Lyric's Opera Center.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Artistic Directors Bill Whitener (Kansas City Ballet) and Ward Holmquist (Lyric Opera of Kansas City) observe a recent rehearsal.
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Company dancers check in with Kansas City Ballet's Bill Whitener, dance choreographer for "Nixon in China."
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Scenes from a rehearsal: Kansas City Ballet dancers rehearse the revolutionary ballet in "Nixon in China." Director Michael Cavanagh, pictured at right.
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It’s difficult today to imagine a time when the United States and China didn’t have trade relations or communicate at all. But, in 1972, President Richard Nixon’s visit to China, a once-demonized Communist regime, was heralded as “the week that changed the world.”

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Opera
5:30 am
Thu March 1, 2012

Deborah Sandler Takes The Helm At Lyric Opera

Deborah Sandler has been appointed the new general director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as of July 1, 2012.
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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City today announced the appointment of Deborah Sandler as the new general director as of July 1, 2012.

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Performance
12:00 pm
Wed January 4, 2012

Novel Gets New Life Through Opera

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Education Director Paula Winans leads "The Giver" rehearsal.
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Jayke Workman, 15, as Jonas in "The Giver."
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If you hear the word opera and think of a stuffy art form - with horned helmets and a large singing lady - think again. A new opera, co-commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, is based on Lois Lowry’s The Giver - a popular but controversial novel about a dystopian society.

Turning a Novel into an Opera

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Opera/Performance
11:01 am
Wed September 28, 2011

Building the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's "Turandot"

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This summer's heat didn't affect the staff building scenery for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, probably the first time in three decades. In June, the Lyric moved tools, lumber, and other items from an un-air conditioned space in the East Bottoms to a new production facility in the East Crossroads.

Kansas City, Mo. – KCUR's Laura Spencer visited on a hot day in July (the expected high was 101), and filed this report.

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Opera/Performance
1:43 pm
Wed March 16, 2011

Lyric Opera's General Director Evan Luskin to Retire

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After a quarter century with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Evan Luskin, the Lyric's general director, and previously, managing director, plans to retire in 2012.

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Kansas City, Mo. – After a quarter century with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Evan Luskin, the Lyric's general director, and previously, managing director, plans to retire in 2012.

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Opera/Performance
10:16 am
Tue January 25, 2011

Lyric Opera Announces Season in Kauffman Center

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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, one of the three resident companies at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, has announced its 2011-2012 season, its first in the new venue. As KCUR's Laura Spencer reports, the announcement began with a twist.

By Laura Spencer

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