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Wendy Bryn Harmer (Turandot) © Andrew Schwartz

A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh, 02 May 2025

Lyric Opera of Kansas City ends its season with Garnett Bruce's blockbuster production of Puccini's Turandot.

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Kansas City

02 May 2025

A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh

Molten intensity: Marina Costa-Jackson a splendid Tosca in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh, 30 April 2022

Ryan McAdams conducts Tosca at the Kansas City Lyric Opera in a production by a famous former Tosca, Carol Vaness.

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Kansas City

30 Apr 2022

Molten intensity: Marina Costa-Jackson a splendid Tosca in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh

Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside: La Bohème in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh, 09 November 2019

Kathleen Belcher's production is well sung and vividly characterized – but a focus on the comedy comes at the expense of pathos

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***11

Kansas City

09 Nov 2019

Laughing outside, crying inside: La Bohème in Kansas City

By Hilary Stroh