Family programs

Through digital initiatives geared towards keeping children engaged, operas created for young audiences, and our annual Explore Your Lyric event, the artistic and programming teams at Lyric are committed to offering gateways to storytelling for the whole family.

Upcoming family programs

Katie: The Strongest of the Strong

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Explore Your Lyric 2026

Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:00 P.M.

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Explore Your Lyric

Explore Your Lyric is an activity-filled day and wonderful way to share your love for opera with family members of all ages. Whether you’re exploring the orchestra pit or the stage, or enjoying hands-on demonstrations of operatic stagecraft and costume try-ons, there’s something for everyone.

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Opera in the Neighborhoods

Each season, Lyric offers an opera for young audiences. Created by living composers, these operas deal with topics relevant to families and kids. They are sung in English, are approximately 45 minutes long, and are accompanied with interactive learning resources. After each performance, audiences are welcomed to meet the cast of the opera.

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Child tickets

Introduce a young person in your life to the wonder of opera and start them early on the thrill of live music and theater performance!

Lyric offers specially priced tickets for school-age children up to age 17, priced from $20-50 for all opera performances. For more information on purchasing child tickets, our Audience Services staff is happy to assist you by phone at 312.827.5600.

Please note: We ask that all children under 17 be accompanied by an adult. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate babes in arms or lap-sitting. Child tickets are subject to availability and not retroactive to previous purchases.

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