​Producer

Lyric Theatre is the producer of sung theatre at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where it mounts several mainstage 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 Theatre. We work closely with professionals in all industries, and sponsor several compositions each year, ranging from workshops to full productions with chamber orchestra.

​Curriculum 
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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. 

​We also work closely with: Vocal Performance, Vocal Coaching and Accompanying, Instrumental and Choral Conducting, Choral Music Education, Acting, Dance, Theater Studies, Stage Management, and Design.

​Guest Artists
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As a resident of Krannert Center, which presents the world's greatest artists regularly, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois connected with guest artists such as Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, Larry Brownlee, Willam Burden, Isabel Leonard, Julian Ovenden, Richard Maltby and David Shire, Mandy Patinkin, and Kevin Stites.

Accomplished Alumni
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​Our alumni can be found at... Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, film and television, Juilliard School, Oklahoma City University, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, the Academy of Vocal Arts, Dartmouth College, Florida State University, and more!

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois Resources

School of Music

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois a division of the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

Krannert Center

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois is a resident producer and is housed in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

MPAL

LTI 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. ​