

Recent engagements include Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio at The Metropolitan Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress at Boston Lyric Opera Ferrando in in Così fan tutte at The Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, and Oper Frankfurt, and a debut at Opera Philadelphia as Tamino in The Magic Flute he also returned to Santa Fe Opera as Robert Wilson in Doctor Atomic.

Tenor Ben Bliss makes his mainstage debut with Lyric Opera in The Abduction from the Seraglio. Recent engagements include Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio at Théâtre Champs-Elysées Nannetta in Falstaff with Opera Omaha Ninetta in The Thieving Magpie at The Glimmerglass Festival the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Virginia Opera, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffman at The Metropolitan Opera and Boston Lyric Opera Alice in Alice in Wonderland with Grand Théâtre de Genève Gilda in Rigoletto with Opera Omaha and Opera Colorado Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with The Glimmerglass Festival, and Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with Opera Philadelphia. Lewek debuted at Carnegie Hall in Handel’s Messiah, and has performed concerts with Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera, among others.Ĭoloratura soprano Rachele Gilmore returns to Lyric Opera for The Abduction from the Seraglio she was most recently seen here as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (2016). Recent engagements include Ginevra in Ariodante at Salzburg Festival and Opera Monte Carlo Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute at The Metropolitan Opera and many others Eurydice in Orphée aux Enfers at Salzburg Festival Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio at Deutsche Oper Berlin Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Opera Carolina, and Cunegonde in Candide at The Glimmerglass Festival. This project is supported in part by the City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.Ĭoloratura soprano Kathryn Lewek returns to Lyric Opera in The Abduction from the Seraglio she was most recently seen here as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (2013).

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UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD: The Abduction from the Seraglio will be sung in German, with English subtitles.Īrrive early to enjoy a FREE PRE-OPERA TALK before each Lyric Opera performance at the Kauffman Center.

But it’ll take more than a little luck to break her outta the joint. While her honey puts together a plan to free the club’s new canary from her cage, her singing sparks a sweetness in the buttoned-up boss. This risqué rom-com transplants Mozart’s trademark melodies to the golden age of Hollywood, where a “legitimate businessman” kidnaps a dishy doll with pretty pipes and locks her away in his swanky nightclub. The only thing harder than breaking into Hollywood is breaking out. Mack the Knife is the Man I Love: A Weill-Gershwin CabaretĮstimated running time is 2 hours, 30 minutes with one intermission.
