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Baritone Matthew Worth will be making his role and Lyric debut as the amusing Papageno.
Mr. Worth has appeared in principal roles at Opera Theatre St. Louis, Glimmerglass, Juilliard
Opera Center, & Chicago Opera Theatre. He has been hailed by The New York Times for a
voice that is “fully powered and persuasively expressive,” and is currently featured in Sound
Bites in Opera News (February 2008).
Lorraine Ernest, soprano, will perform her signature role, the Queen of the Night, which
she has performed across the United States and Europe. Miss Ernest has performed the role
in numerous venues including Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City Opera,
Pittsburgh Opera, Washington National Opera, Denver Symphony Orchestra, Opera Grand
Rapids, Palm Beach Opera, Central City and the Volks Opera of Vienna.
Bass Craig Hart will be performing Sarastro and has performed with the Metropolitan
Opera, L’Opera de Montreal, Palm Beach Opera, Cleveland Opera, Nashville Opera and
Boheme Opera.
Kansas City native, Doug Jones, tenor, will be returning to his hometown to play
Monostatos. Mr. Jones has portrayed more than 90 roles in 70 operas across the U.S. and
Europe including Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Bastille,
Royal Opera Covent Garden, Grand Theatre de Geneva and Teatro Liceu in Barcelona.
Soprano Maureen McKay will bring princess Pamina to life in her Lyric and role debuts.
Miss McKay has recently appeared with the New York City Opera, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony and Opera Company of Philadelphia. Her upcoming
performances include Cold Sassy Tree with Atlanta Opera, Una cosa rara with Opera Theatre of
St. Louis and Don Pasquale at Anchorage Opera.
Director Garnett Bruce returns to the Lyric, where he received rave reviews from The
Kansas City Star’s Classical Music and Dance Critic, Paul Horsley, for directing La bohème in
2002: “Under Garnett Bruce's direction, the hyper-energized cast moved with animation,”
and Cinderella in 2004: “Cinderella succeeds through the enormous creativity of director
Garnett Bruce and his team.” In addition to Mr. Garnett’s directing at Peabody University
in Baltimore where he serves as the Opera Stage Director, he has directed across the US and
Europe including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera,
Teatro di San Carlo (Italy) and Los Angeles Opera.
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