Lyric Opera of Kansas City | A Novel Legacy

Event Description:

Join us to explore how Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men fits into the tradition of great American novels adapted for the operatic stage, including The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, Little Women, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Floyd’s adaptation reimagines the American landscape through melody and character, translating John Steinbeck’s spare realism into music—where sound and silence shape empathy, morality, and myth.


Speaker: Dr. Andrew Granade, Professor of Musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory 

When: Monday, April 27, 2026, 6:00–700 pm

When: Kirk Family YMCA
222 W. 11th St.
Kansas City, MO 64105

Cost: FREE

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