WHAT IS LYRIC THEATRE @ ILLINOIS?
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois (LTI) is the producer of sung theatre at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where it mounts several main stage and many smaller productions in a variety of styles and languages each year. We are committed to new, innovative, sung theatre; traditional European opera; and American Musical Theater. We work closely with professionals in all industries, and sponsor several compositions each year, ranging from workshops to full productions with chamber orchestra.
LTI offers a degree which focuses especially on sung theatre: the Bachelor of Musical Arts in Lyric Theatre. Students in this degree program follow a curriculum which includes substantial acting and dance instruction, and which trains the singing actor in the repertoire and techniques of all genres of sung theater. The BMA also includes students focusing on theatrical composition, directing, or writing for the stage. Uniquely positioned in a School of Music, the BMA provides a thorough musical education and commitment to healthy vocal production which theatrically based curricula cannot.
LTI is a resident producer of the Krannert Center, which presents the world’s greatest artists regularly, and which partners with us in fostering an important connection between the guest artists and students in masterclasses and residencies.
LTI offers a degree which focuses especially on sung theatre: the Bachelor of Musical Arts in Lyric Theatre. Students in this degree program follow a curriculum which includes substantial acting and dance instruction, and which trains the singing actor in the repertoire and techniques of all genres of sung theater. The BMA also includes students focusing on theatrical composition, directing, or writing for the stage. Uniquely positioned in a School of Music, the BMA provides a thorough musical education and commitment to healthy vocal production which theatrically based curricula cannot.
LTI is a resident producer of the Krannert Center, which presents the world’s greatest artists regularly, and which partners with us in fostering an important connection between the guest artists and students in masterclasses and residencies.
PRODUCERLyric Theatre @ Illinois is a producer of sung theatre at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. We continue to offer new, innovative, sung theatre; traditional European opera; American Musical Theater; Industry workshops; and World Premieres (2019's Pulitzer Prize winner for music: p r i s m).
GUEST ARTISTSLyric Theatre @ Illinois has hosted guest artists such as Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, Larry Brownlee, Willam Burden, Isabel Leonard, Julian Ovenden, Richard Maltby and David Shire, and Kevin Stites.
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CURRICULUMWe offer a Bachelors of Musical Arts in Lyric Theatre where students performers train to exhibit the highest standards of singing, acting, and movement. This program offers a variety of classes such as acting, dance, music theory, music history, vocal coaching, directing, and more.
We also work closely with: Vocal Performance, Vocal Coaching and Accompanying, Instrumental and Choral Conducting, Acting, Dance, Theater Studies, Stage Management, and Design. 
ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNIMetropolitan Opera
Lyric Opera of Chicago Houston Grand Opera San Francisco Opera Broadway Film and television Radio City Music Hall, the Hollywood Bowl Juilliard School, Oklahoma City University, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, the Academy of Vocal Arts, Dartmouth College, and Florida State University. 
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Lyric Theatre @ Illinois Resources
School of MusicLyric Theatre @ Illinois is a division of the School of Music at the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign.
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Krannert CenterLyric Theatre @ Illinois a resident producer of and housed in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
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Music and Performing Arts LibraryLTI students and faculty have access to one of the best performing arts libraries in the world, with an extensive collection of scores and other academic resources.
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College of Fine and Applied Arts
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois is a division of the School of Music,
a unit of College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
a unit of College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
