Performer: Jill Grove

Shawna Lucey directs verismo's inseparable twins in the Lyric Opera of Kansas City's outstanding season opener. 

The young soprano Lise Davidsen scored a successful debut at the Met, with impressive support by conductor Vasily Petrenko, also making a debut, led a memorable revival of Pique Dame. 

Tenor-turned-director José Cura transplants the action from southern Italy to Buenos Aires.