![]() Sometimes eclecticism works really well, but here it felt like it spun out of control. The sentimental excerpts from musicals were juxtaposed with serious material and intense questions. Secondly, and perhaps more seriously, what did it all add up to? First, opera singers don’t quite have Broadway sass, so their versions seem somewhat underwhelming. The evening opened, rather coyly, with “Sister Suffragette” from “Mary Poppins,” with white-dressed Anglo suffragists distributing yellow roses to the audience later “I have Confidence” from “The Sound of Music” made its appearance the whole concert was brought to a close on “The Impossible Dream” from “Man of La Mancha.” Look, I’m as partial to the classic musicals as anyone else, but there were two problems. ![]() ![]() America the Beautiful was thrown in before the end, for a feel-good straightforward moment of patriotism. As a celebration of an extraordinary historic milestone, perhaps it would be churlish to quibble with the interjection of sentimentality and even kitsch. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The overarching aim was to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. The concert, billed “When there are Nine (an allusion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s celebrated quip about an all-female Supreme Court),” was an explicit demonstration of the latter. A recent departure for the company, brainchild of General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler, and held in its fine new production facility in the Crossroads district downtown, the series also provides excellent opportunities to showcase the company’s Resident Artists, and allow composers, creative teams, and conductors an intimate space in which to innovate and engage in cultural politics in challenging ways. Experimentation and adventurous programming are at the heart of The Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s Explorations series.
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