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Join us today at 12:15pm on Radio Kansas for The Green Room, where we’ll be talking all about our upcoming performances of Staggerwing!

Featured on today’s show:
🎤 Rachel J. Peters – Librettist
🎼 Lisa DeSpain – Composer
🎙️ Dr. Matthew Schloneger – Executive Director of Opera Kansas

Get the inside scoop on this soaring new opera—then head over to operakansas.org to grab your tickets for our next high-flying performance!



** STAGGERWING
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** May 29th
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** McPherson Opera House
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** May 31st-June 1st
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** Wichita Children's Theatre & Dance Center
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Opera Kansas presents Staggerwing, Winner of the 2020 Zepick Modern Opera Commission, Now expanded to a full-length, two-act opera

Lisa DeSpain and Rachel J. Peter’s
STAGGERWING celebrates the historic flight of Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes as they compete in – and win – the 1936 Bendix Trophy Air Race – the first year female piloting teams are allowed to compete. Their plane: a Beechcraft Staggerwing Model C-17.

The jazz-themed opera also highlights the contributions of Olive Ann Beech, co-founder and president of Beech Aircraft (later known as “The First Lady of Aviation”) and her husband Walter Beech, fierce advocates for women’s acceptance and equality in the skies.


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