Performer: Kansas City Symphony

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Francesca Zambello's magnificent production of the Gershwins’ American epic comes to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. 

Swan Lake opens the season for Kansas City Ballet in a splendid looking production and with very pleasing interpretations.

Michael Shell's sparkling new production of La Cenerentola, built locally, opens the season at the Lyric Opera Kansas City. 

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

Kansas City Ballet's first love affair with Don Quixote is a striking and well-danced success.

With the Kauffmann Center approaching its tenth anniversary, we look at how the building has breathed life into the arts scene in a city that was formerly considered flyover country.