Audience seats that are 22-24 inches in width provide maximum comfort. The theatre also offers the Figaro supertitle system, with a personal monitor mounted on each individual seatback for productions requiring translation. The orchestra section is the biggest in the theatre with 1100 seats in total, followed by the dress circle with 371 seats, and the balcony bringing up the rear with 350 seats. Inspired by the great opera houses of Europe, audiences are seated in a vineyard-style, semicircle configuration facing the stage-bringing them closer to the performers than in traditional auditorium-style proscenium venues. The Lyric Theater has a total seat count of 1930 spread across three primary seating section namely, orchestra, dress circle, and balcony, along with some box seats. Complete redesign of 3,652-seat theater maps utilized by over 300,000 patrons per year. The 1,800-seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre is designed to be visually striking, yet retain an intimate experience for both audiences and performers. At the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, everyone can have an opportunity to experience excellence. Photos at Lyric Theatre View from seats around Lyric Theatre.

The Kauffman Center, home to resident organizations theLyric Opera, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Symphony, and other innovative programming, embraces a variety of audiences with different tastes, interests and passions.

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