Performer: R. Keith Brumley

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

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

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