Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Kansas City, MO, United States

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Princely playing from Benjamin Beilman in new violin concerto

Hilary Stroh, 03 Jun

Beilman plays the world premiere of Chris Rogerson’s Violin Concerto no. 1 “The Little Prince” with the Kansas City Symphony under Gemma New.

*****

Dorothy comes home: The Wizard of Oz returns to Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 13 May

Septime Webre's irrepressible reinvention of Dorothy, Kansas and Oz is back at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

****1

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

Hilary Stroh, 30 Apr

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

****1

Cool Brahms from Midori and the Kansas City Symphony

Hilary Stroh, 26 Mar

A refined but unromantic rendition of Brahms' Violin Concerto by Midori following compelling account of Anna Clyne's This Midnight Hour and Debussy's La Mer.

***11

Opera for the iAge in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 11 Mar

Twilight of a Tech God: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

*****

A spine-tingling Dracula from Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 18 Feb

Liang Fu impresses as a regal and macabre, majestic and creepy Dracula in Michael Pink's ballet.

*****