General Director Evan Luskin and Artistic Director Ward Holmquist announced the 2011-2012 season of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City which will be the first season in the new Muriel Kauffman Theatre in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “Becoming a Resident Opera Company at this magnificent performance hall will allow the Company to present opera in ways that Kansas City has never before experienced,” notes Evan Luskin, Lyric Opera General Director.
Enjoy this three-dimensional look at the Kauffman Center’s structural concrete, steel, electrical components, plumbing and mechanical systems.
Theater League has announced they will host MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN and NEXT TO NORMAL at the state-of-the-art Kauffman Center for Performing Arts as part of their 2011-2012 Broadway Series.
Internationally acclaimed soloists join Music Director Michael Stern and the Symphony to show off the state-of-the-art capabilities of the new Helzberg Hall in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
An unprecedented collection of distinguished guest artists will join the Symphony and Music Director Michael Stern for the 2011-12 season, performing diverse programs designed to showcase the Symphony as well as their new performance home, Helzberg Hall. When it opens on September 16, 2011 Helzberg Hall will be one of the most technically and architecturally advanced concert halls in the nation, offering musicians and audiences alike an intimate and powerful listening experience. 360-degree seating – including behind and beside the musicians – will allow the audience to sit close to the performers and to feel as though they are among the orchestra. The Symphony’s classical, pops, and family series concerts will feature repertoire specifically selected to illustrate the dynamic range of the hall’s acoustics and state-of-the-art technical capabilities.
KCUR’s blog Sound and Glass is taking a more detailed look at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – our building, mission, and the organizations that will present there, in order to give people a “behind the scenes” look at who and what makes up Kansas City’s newest major attraction.
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