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LYRIC OF Table of Contents MARIE-NOËLLE ROBERT / THÉÂTRE DU CHÂTELET

IN THIS ISSUE – pp. 23-43

6 From the General Director 12 2017/18 – Season of Delight, 32 Musical Notes and Chairman Season of Discovery 35 Director’s Note 8 17 Board of Directors Tonight’s Performance 36 After the Curtain Falls 9 19 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ Cast 38 Aria Society Executive Board/Young Professionals/ 20 Synopsis Ryan Opera Center Board 47 Breaking New Ground 21 Musical Numbers/ 10 Administration/Administrative Staff/ 48 Look to the Future 22 Production and Technical Staff Artist Profiles 49 Major Contributors – Special Events and Project Support ALL ABOUT LYRIC’S 2017-18 SEASON pp. 14-20 51 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 53 Ryan Opera Center Contributors 54 Planned Giving: The Society 55 Commemorative Gifts 56 Corporate Partnerships 57 Matching Gifts, Special Thanks and Acknowledgements

REED HUMMEL/NASHVILLE OPERA 58 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 64 Facilities and Services/Theater Staff

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The Sound of Music My Fair Lady With your support of the Lyric Opera Musical Theater Endowment Fund, we’ll be able to continue giving you the great musicals you love.

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO From the General Director and the Chairman STEVE LEONARD Welcome to Lyric Opera of Chicago’s presentation of one of the most enthralling masterpieces in musical-theater history.

Ever since Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady took

Broadway by storm in 1956, it has retained its hold on audiences worldwide. From

“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” and “I Could Have Danced All Night” to

“On the Street Where You Live” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” the melodies are irresistible, while the lyrics wonderfully enhance the characters cre- ated by George Bernard Shaw. That’s the miracle of My Fair Lady, and its greatest achievement: it remains so true to its source (Shaw’s own screen adapta- tion of his glorious play Pygmalion) that we don’t even notice where

Shaw ends and begin.

We’re producing My Fair Lady on the grand scale that it deserves, with sumptuous contributions from chorus and orchestra under David Chase, as well Anthony Freud as Lynne Page’s delightful choreography and elegant designs by Tim Hatley (sets) TODD ROSENBERG and Anthony Powell (costumes). The production originated at one of Europe’s most musically and theatrically adventurous houses, Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet.

Its internationally celebrated director, Robert Carsen, has triumphed repeatedly at

Lyric, including our revival of Eugene Onegin earlier this season. All of us at Lyric are thrilled by the cast, led by the charismatic Richard E. Grant (whom many of you will remember from his role in Downton Abbey) and the dazzling Lisa O’Hare.

Many of you are experiencing a Lyric performance for the very first time.

We invite you to return next season, since tremendous excitement is awaiting you.

Beginning on page 14 of this program, you’ll find a feature article that will tell you all about what we’re planning as we aim to be the great North American opera of the 21st century.

Thank you for joining us. Have a wonderful time at My Fair Lady! David T. Ormesher

Anthony Freud, David T. Ormesher, General Director Chairman

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Board of Directors

The Honorable Bruce Rauner Life Directors W. James Farrell Kenneth R. Norgan The Honorable Rahm Emanuel Edgar Foster Daniels Mark E. Ferguson Sharon F. Oberlander Honorary Chairmen Richard J. Franke Michael W. Ferro, Jr. * John W. Oleniczak of the Board Edgar D. Jannotta Matthew A. Fisher Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D. Edgar D. Jannotta George E. Johnson * Renée Fleming * David T. Ormesher Co-Chairman Emeritus Robert H. Malott * Sonia Florian * William A. Osborn Allan B. Muchin Co-Chairman Emeritus James J. O’Connor Mike Foley Matthew J. Parr David T. Ormesher Gordon Segal * Anthony Freud * Jane DiRenzo Pigott Chairman of the Board Robert E. Wood II Kristine R. Garrett Jose Luis Prado Lester Crown Ronald J. Gidwitz Don M. Randel Chairman of the Directors * Ruth Ann M. Gillis * Anne N. Reyes Executive Committee Katherine A. Abelson * Brent W. Gledhill J. Christopher Reyes Anthony Freud General Director, President * Whitney W. Addington, M.D. Ethel C. Gofen Thomas A. Reynolds III & CEO * James L. Alexander * Howard L. Gottlieb † William C. Richardson, Ph.D. Sir Andrew Davis John P. Amboian Melvin Gray Collin E. Roche Vice Chair Paul F. Anderson Maria C. Green Ricardo Rosenkranz Renée Fleming Larry A. Barden * Dietrich M. Gross Edward B. Rouse Vice Chair * Julie Baskes Mary Pat Hay Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. James L. Alexander James N. Bay, Jr. Carrie J. Hightman * Shirley Welsh Ryan Vice Chair Melvin R. Berlin Elliot E. Hirsch * E. Scott Santi Shirley Welsh Ryan Vice Chair Gilda R. Buchbinder Eric L. Hirschfield Claudia M. Saran William C. Vance Allan E. Bulley, III * J. Thomas Hurvis Rodd M. Schreiber Vice Chair John E. Butler Gregory K. Jones * Jana R. Schreuder Donna Van Eekeren * Marion A. Cameron † Stephen A. Kaplan Marsha Serlin Secretary * Paul J. Carbone Kip Kelley II * Brenda M. Shapiro Paul J. Carbone David W. Carpenter * Nancy W. Knowles * Eric S. Smith Treasurer Timothy L. Christen † Fred A. Krehbiel Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Mary Ladish Selander Assistant Secretary Richard W. Colburn * Josef Lakonishok Pam F. Szokol Michael P. Cole Roberta Lane † Robert W. Lane Franco Tedeschi Assistant Treasurer Vinay Couto * James W. Mabie Mark A. Thierer * John V. Crowe * Craig C. Martin Cherryl T. Thomas * Lester Crown Robert J. McCullen * William C. Vance Marsha Cruzan Blythe J. McGarvie * Donna Van Eekeren * Andrew Davis Andrew J. McKenna Mark Wagner † Gerald Dorros Frank B. Modruson Roberta L. Washlow Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis Robert S. Morrison Miles D. White Ann M. Drake * Allan B. Muchin Dan Draper * Linda K. Myers William Mason Allan Drebin Jeffrey C. Neal General Director Emeritus John D. Edelman Amélie Négrier-Oyarzabal * Indicates member of the Stefan T. Edlis Sylvia Neil Executive Committee Lois Eisen † John D. Nichols † Indicates National Director

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Women’s Board Guild Board of Directors Ms. Erika E. Erich Amy O’Donnell † Mimi Mitchell † James A. Staples Ms. Nancy R. Fifield Marne Smiley President President Ms. Margie Franklin JJ Williams † Mrs. Christopher Murphy † Daniel T. Manoogian Rick Greenman Lauren Wood Vice President of Board Activities Vice President – Backstage Tours Dennis C. Hayes † Marilynn Thoma † Maggie Rock Mrs. Mary Lunz Houston The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Vice President of Education Vice President – Membership Virginia Jach Ryan Opera Center Board † Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher † Allison Alexander Mrs. Jackie Knight Vice President of Fundraising Vice President – Fundraising * Ms. Kate Letarte of Directors † Betsy Bergman Rosenfield † Mrs. Daria M. Lewicky Ms. Vee Minarich Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Vice President of Special Events Vice President – Benefit Mrs. Maria Rigolin Honorary Co-Chairs † Dorothy Kuechl Secretary Mrs. Carla Thorpe John Nitschke President Ms. Silvia Beltrametti † Marc Lacher Treasurer Ms. Claudia Winkler ^ Jane DiRenzo Pigott Vice President – Fundraising Margot Stone Bowen Sustaining Members Suzette B. Bulley Julie Ann Benson Philip G. Lumpkin Vice President – * Ms. Julie Anne Benson Fundraising Co-Chair Marie Campbell Leslie Bertholdt Mrs. William Mamie Biggs Case *† Patrick J. Bitterman ^ Janet Burch Vice President – * Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu New Initiatives Mrs. Alger B. Chapman, Jr. Minka Bosco * Ms. Dorothy Kuechl Elizabeth O’Connor Cole Sarah Demet ^ Joan Zajtchuk Vice President – Lester Marriner Strategic Planning Mrs. Gary C. Comer Frank De Vincentis Ms. Susan Miller Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown Eben Dorros Juliana Chyu Vice President – * Ms. Jennie M. Righeimer Strategic Planning Co-Chair * Mrs. Lester Crown Mrs. Amanda Fox Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tiersky Mrs. Anne M. Edwards Mark Kozloff, M.D. Debbie K. Wright Treasurer * Mrs. W. James Farrell Gwen E. Kuber Life Members Roberta Lane Assistant Treasurer Mrs. Michael Ferro Jonathan B. Lewis, Sr. * Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Richard W. Shepro Secretary ^ Rénee Fleming * Ms. Martina M. Mead * Mr. Roy Fisher Dan Novak Assistant Secretary Regan Rohde Friedmann Craig R. Milkint * Mrs. Donald Grauer Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Melissa Mounce Mithal * Mrs. Patrick R. Grogan * Katherine A. Abelson Lili Gaubin Nathaniel W. Pusey * Mrs. Merwyn Kind Nicole M. Arnold Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz † Ms. Christina M. Rashid * Mrs. Jonathon R. Laing *^ Julie Baskes † Keith Kiley Goldstein Megan Burke Roudebush * Mrs. Frank M. Lieber Marcus Boggs Annemarie H. Gramm David J. Seleb * Mrs. Howard S. Smith Heidi Heutel Bohn Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel Mary Lynne Shafer * Mrs. William C. Tippens ^ Tanja Chevalier Mrs. King Harris Fay M. Shong * Mrs. Eugene E. White Tamara Conway Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Ilene Simmons Lawrence O. Corry Chapter Presidents * Allan Drebin Caroline T. Huebner Ms. Joan M. Solbeck Barrington Mrs. Philip E. Kelley * Oscar Tatosian Erika E. Erich Mary Robins Sally Feder † Rebecca Walker Knight Michael Tirpak Evanston Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel Karianne Wardell Anthony Freud Barbara Eckel Melvin Gray Mrs. Richard H. Lenny Ms. Cathy Wloch Far West Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Ms. Anne Zenzer Mary Pat Hay Judy Marshall Mrs. Thomas D. Heath * Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Flossmoor Area Florence D. McMillan Sustaining Members Mary Ellen Hennessy Ms. Sharon Gibson Martha A. Hesse Alison Wehman McNally Mrs. John H. Andersen Glencoe Mrs. Susan H. Mesrobian * Mrs. Gustavo A. Bermudez Loretta Julian Anne Ruzicka Chester T. Kamin Mrs. Christopher C. Milliken Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Hinsdale Mrs. Robert S. Morrison * Robert F. Finke * Kip Kelley Joseph Ender *^ Susan Kiphart Mrs. Susan B. Noyes Mrs. William R. Jentes Hyde Park/Kenwood * Mrs. James J. O’Connor Chester T. Kamin Jeanne Randall Malkin Ms. Vee Minarich Robert C. Marks Mrs. William A. Osborn * Kip Kelley Lake Geneva Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman John M. Kohlmeier Erma S. Medgyesy Vivian Fabbro Keenan Frank B. Modruson Mrs. Frederick H. Mrs. Robert E. Largay Near North Mrs. James C. Pritchard James G. McCormick Phyllis Neiman Jackie Knight Susan Noel M.K. Pritzker * Ms. Britt M. Miller Northfield *† Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes * John H. Nelson Michael A. Oberman Ms. Margareta Brown Gregory J. O'Leary Mrs. Ronald A. Rolighed Mrs. Lisbeth Stiffel Northwest Trisha Rooney R. Todd Vieregg Ted Reichardt Ms. Dorothy Kuechl Richard O. Ryan * Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Riverside Mrs. James L. Sandner Chapters’ Executive Board Billie Jean Smith Mary Kitzberger Nasrin Thierer † Mrs. E. Scott Santi † Mrs. Sherie Shapiro Wilmette † Nancy S. Searle Donna Van Eekeren President Mrs. Nancy R. Fifield Mrs. Richard H. Wehman Mrs. Alejandro Silva † Mrs. Peggy Beata Winnetka Mrs. John R. Siragusa Jack Weiss Vice President – Development Mrs. Julie McDowell Mrs. Lisbeth Stiffel † Mary Robins Life Members Mrs. James P. Stirling Vice President – Young Professionals Mrs. James W. Cozad * Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken Community Relations Mrs. Richard H. Wehman Justin Breitfelder President Bernard J. Dobroski *† Mr. Jonathan Eklund Anne Gross Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Vice President – Membership Lisa DeAngelis Vice President Hon. Corinne Wood Chris Hanig Secretary * Keith A. Reed † Ms. Ingrid Dubberke Orli Staley Mrs. Patrick Wood-Prince Vice President – Program Tania Tawil Events Chair Claudine Tambuatco * William C. Vance Life Members † Ms. Claudia Winkler * Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Treasurer YP Outreach Chair Paula Hannaway Crown Martha Grant Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. * Mrs. Richard W. Durkes † Laura Shimkus Member Engagement Chair Secretary * Mrs. A. Campbell de Frise * Former President * Jane Duboise Gargiulo Members at Large † Executive Committee * Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Ms. Judith A. Akers ^ Team Chair Mrs. Gerry Bellanca Ian Cundiff Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker Lena Dickinson Mrs. Gordon Segal Ms. Marlene R. Boncosky Mrs. Linda Budzik Evan Fry * Former President Mrs. Robert C. DeBolt Fritzi Getz † Executive Committee Mr. Joseph Ender Laura Guili ^ Honorary Member

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Anthony Freud, OBE General Director, President & CEO The Women’s Board Endowed Chair

Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Drew Landmesser Music Director Creative Consultant Deputy General Director John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair Roberta Lane Mary Ladish Selander Chief Financial Officer Director of Development

Cayenne Harris Elizabeth Landon Nicholas Ivor Martin Lyric Unlimited Director Director of Human Resources Director of Labor Strategy and Artistic Operations

Andreas Melinat Lisa Middleton Dan Novak Director of Artistic Planning Director of Marketing Director, Ryan Opera Center The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Will Raj Rich Regan Michael Smallwood Director of Information Technology General Manager, Presentations and Events Technical Director Allan and Elaine Muchin Endowed Chair

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL Rachel Peterson Whitney Bercek Dana McGarr DIRECTOR Administrative Coordinator – Controller Lyric Unlimited Coordinator Anthony Freud Planned and Individual Giving Nancy Ko Drew Smith General Director, President & CEO Pavitra Ramachandran Accounting Manager Education Coordinator The Women’s Board Endowed Chair Coordinator of Institutional Teresa Hogan Jacob Stanton Linda Nguyen Irvin Partnerships Ana Joyce Assistant to the Lyric Unlimited Director Manager, Office of Senior Staff Accountants MARKETING AND PUBLIC the General Director Kate Later Tom Pels RELATIONS Luke Duroc-Danner Director of Women’s Board Payroll Administrator Lisa Middleton Assistant, Office of the Deborah Hare Kirsten Alfredsen Director of Marketing General Director Assistant Director of Donor Services Payroll Accounting Assistant and Special Events LeVora Martin Holly H. Gilson OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY Chelsea Southwood Accounts Payable Coordinator Deputy Director of Communications GENERAL DIRECTOR Associate Director – Women’s Board Dan Seekman Roger Pines Drew Landmesser Leah Bobbey Staff Accountant Dramaturg Deputy General Director Women’s Board Administrative Assistant Lupe Juarez Magda Krance Sarah Generes Justin Berkowitz Payroll Manager Manager of Media Relations Producer of Classical Women’s Board Assistant Andrew Cioffi and Crossover Programming HUMAN RESOURCES Digital Content Producer Amy Tinucci Elizabeth Landon Kamaria Morris ARTISTIC Director of Systems, Reporting, Director of Human Resources PR Specialist Andreas Melinat and Donor Records Tiffany Tuckett Tracy Galligher Young Director of Artistic Planning Ellen Barkenbush Talent Manager, Administrative Staff Deputy Director of Marketing Cory Lippiello Director – Individual Giving Stephanie Strong Jennifer Colgan Deputy Director of Artistic Planning and Chapters Benefits Manager Senior Manager of Sales and Marketing Evamaria Wieser Scott Podraza Anna VanDeKerchove Laura E. Burgos Casting Consultant Associate Director of Annual Giving Office Coordinator Manager of Audience Development DEVELOPMENT Michelle Neuffer and Customer Experience Manager of Donor Communications INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Mary Ladish Selander Elizabeth Finch Director of Development Hanna Pristave Will Raj Lyric Unlimited Marketing Manager Manager of Operations and Director of Information Technology Zachary Vanderburg Jocelyn Park Data Analytics Assistant to the Director of Development Eric Hayes Creative Project Manager Sarah Geocaris IT Operations Manager Kate Bollier Carrie Krol Development Coordinator – Chapters Development Associate Rita Parida Graphic Designer Meghan Pioli Database Administrator Valerie Bromann Development Coordinator Christina Bledsoe Digital Marketing Specialist Lawrence DelPilar – Donor Stewardship Systems Analyst Deputy Director of Development Michael Musick Stephanie Lillie Miles Mabry Web and E-Marketing Specialist Jonathan P. Siner Senior Coordinator – Donor Records Associate System Adminitrator Lindsey Raker Senior Director of Planned Giving and Reporting Marketing Associate, Special Programs Lynn Bennett LYRIC UNLIMITED Margaret Stoltz Associate Director of Planned and Amanda Ramsey Research Coordinator Cayenne Harris Marketing Associate, Major Giving Andrea Rubens Lyric Unlimited Director Advertising & Promotions Meaghan Stainback Development Coordinator Mark Riggleman Stefany Phillips Associate Director of Individual Giving – Guild Board and Young Professionals Director of Education Marketing and Public Relations Daniel P. Moss Chapters’ Endowed Chair for Education Coordinator Director of Institutional Partnerships Keyana Marshall Donor Records and Reporting Assistant Alejandra Boyer Amanda Reitenbach Jenny Seidelman Director of Community Programs Social Media Coordinator Associate Director of FINANCE Will Biby Corporate Partnerships Roberta Lane Audience Education Manager Sarah Kull Chief Financial Officer Todd Snead Associate Director of Foundation Aaron Andersen School Engagement Manager and Government Partnerships Deputy Director, Budgeting and Forecasting

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Ticket Department Rachel Henneberry Jeffrey Streichhirsch Michael Buerger Susan Harrison Niemi Daniel Sokalski Automation Assistant Joseph Collins Deputy Director of Audience Services Peggy Stenger Kevin Gac Chris Barker Alex Chatziapostolou (Demas) Amy Thompson Gordon Granger Matt Reilly Sales Manager Bill Walters Joe Mathesius Rigging/Automation Assistants Laura Waters Sandra Zamora John Miulli Customer Service and Call Center Assistant Stage Managers Robert Barros Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Manager Shop Carpenter Properties Ben Bell Bern Kelly Cronin Brian Grenda Rehearsal Department Manager VIP and Inventory Associate Layout Carpenter Brian Traynor Josie Campbell John Renfroe Drew Trusk Charge Artist Artistic Services Coordinator Tessitura Associate – Ticketing Shop Welder Tim Morrison Marina Vecci Bruce Woodruff Michael Murtagh Emma Andelson Rehearsal Associate Layout Welder Scenic Artists Sebastian Armendariz Isabella Czyrnyj Richard “Doc” Wren Donna Barbonas Jeremiah Smith Warehouse Coordinator Scott Marr Carmen Beam Christine Wagner Production Design Director Katy Beddingfield Rehearsal Assistants Dan DiBennardi Kristi Wood Sharai Bohannon Justin Hull PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Costume Project Coordinator Katie Burnham Ryan McGovern Rich Regan Meghan Folkerts Assistant Carpenters Maureen Reilly Leigh Folta General Manager – Presentations Costume Director Katie Galliart and Events Dan Donahue The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Jennifer Gosack Nora O’Malley Robert Hull, Jr. Endowed Chair Hillary Grobe Facility Operations Manager John Ingersol Lucy Lindquist Martin Hughes Sharon Lomasney Ray Schmitz Wardrobe Mistress Erin Johnson Presentations and Events Carpenters Bradley Baker Aleksa Kuzma Manager and Producer Jessica Doan Steve Landsman Leslie MacLean Chris Maravich Kate Keefe Katelyn Lee Facilities Coordinator Lighting Director Cecylia Kinder Marisa Lerman Eleanor Sanchez Mary-Louis and James S. Aagaard Krystina Lowe Megan Ott Presentations and Events Coordinator Endowed Chair Kathy Rubel LaRob Payton Stephen Dunford Heather Sparling Toni Rubino Karlos Pinero-Mercado Chief Engineer Eric Watkins Joanna Rzepka Will Roberts Gregg Brody Assistant Lighting Designers Marguerite Scott Alex Romero Box Office Manager Michael C. Reynolds Ewa Szylak Angela Sheppard Bernard McNeela Master Electrician Barbara Szyllo Megan St. John Engineer Soren Ersbak Maggie Zabieowski Lani Stait Briette Madrid Board Operator Wardrobe Staff Adam Stubitsch Stage Door Supervisor Nathan Tuttle Ivo Suarez John Clarke, Jr. Scott Barker Facilities Porter Mary Kate vom Lehn Joseph Haack Kelly Davis Michael A. Manfrin Claire Watkins RYAN OPERA CENTER Kim Kostera Toby Wright Robert Reynolds Anna Krysik Dan Novak Assistant Electricians Ticket Staff Director, The Ryan Opera Center Ed Mack Board Endowed Chair Anthony Coia Wendy McCay OPERATIONS Craig Terry Jason Combs John Salyers Nicholas Ivor Martin Music Director Gary Grenda Isaac Turner Director of Operations and Special Initiatives Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Thomas Hull Chris Valente Stephanie Karr Julia Faulkner Daniel Kuh Roger Weir Director of Music Administration Director of Vocal Studies Jeremy Thomas Dressers Tabitha Boorsma The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Electricians Administrative Coordinator – Operations Jimmy Byrne Kevin Reynolds Sarah Hatten Wendy Skoczen Manager Surtitle Operator Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Chief Librarian Laura Stellwagon Designer Endowed Chair Gretchen Eng Administrative Coordinator Joe Schofield Kathleen A. Evans Music Administration Associate Head Audio/Visual Technician Department Coordinator Janis Sakai TECHNICAL Nick Charlan Brittany Crinson Music Administration Coordinator Michael Smallwood Matt Ebel Technical Director Chantelle Marie Johnson Production and Rehearsal Staff Audio/Visual Allan and Elaine Muchin Robert Kuper Cameron Arens Lynn Koroulis Endowed Chair Maria DeFabo Director of Production April Busch Claire Moores Properties and Scenic Art Director Staff Katrina Bachus Production Manager Daniel Ellis Michael Schoenig Charles Reilly Brook Carlson Jodi Gage Technical Finance Manager Property Master Lauren Cecil Elise Sandell Madeleine Borg Michael McPartlin Toywa Curington David Toulson Production Manager – Lyric Properties Crew Head Anelle Eorio Assistant Directors Unlimited/Ryan Opera Center Phil Marcotte June Gearon Prop Carpenter David Grant John W. Coleman Scott Wolfson Bob Ladd Briette Madrid Chelsea Antrim Dennis Assistant Technical Director Armorer Helen Marchfield Rachel A. Tobias Stephen Snyder Rachel Boultinghouse Lauren Marchfield Stage Managers Technical Coordinator Upholsterer Nelson Posada Kristen Barrett Joe Dockweiler Thomas Coleman, Jr. Jada Richardson Eric Nathan Brady Master Carpenter Robert Hartge Anita Trojanowski Jordan Braun Mike Reilly Richard Tyriver Daria Wright Donald Claxon Head Flyman/Automation Assistant Properties Wig and Makeup Crew

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Quinn Kelsey (above) returns as Rigoletto, his signature role.

Rigoletto, with costumes designed by Constance Hoffman.

John Neumeier (above, right), who will direct, choreograph, and design Gluck’s Orphée et . Season of Delight, Season of Discovery Russian tenor Dmitry Korchak debuts at Lyric as Orphée.

and for our audiences it’s sure to be a great General director Anthony Freud discovery and an unforgettable, deeply affecting experience.” reveals what Lyric audiences can look forward to Any Orphée production requires artists in 2017/18 of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence, both to produce it and to perform it. By Roger Pines “We’re thrilled that the world-renowned American choreographer John Neumeier n just four months, another Lyric The 2017/18 season opens with – in a very exciting collaboration between season will begin! The excitement Orphée et Eurydice ( and Lyric, The Joffrey Ballet, LA Opera, and is already building, with so many Eurydice), Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Staatsoper Hamburg – will create the vital Ithrilling and special events ahead. retelling of the Greek myth in which the dance element of this opera, direct the Everything contributes to Lyric’s ultimate musician Orpheus braves the dangers of production, and design the sets, costumes, goal – to redefine what a great opera the Underworld to bring his dead wife and lighting. Harry Bicket, one of today’s company is all about in the 21st century. back to earth. Lyric has produced this finest interpreters of pre-1800 repertoire, That goal includes bringing a broad- work before, but not in the 1774 Paris will return to conduct. Russian tenor based repertoire to the stage of the Civic version (in French rather than Italian, Dmitry Korchak, in his Lyric debut, Opera House, serving a wide range of with the hero sung by a tenor rather will sing Orpheus with all the beauty of tastes. “Even as we work to engage new than a ). Freud relishes “the sound, stupendous technique, and deep audiences,” says general director Anthony marvelous virtuosity in Gluck’s music for expressiveness the role requires. Andriana Freud, “one thing that will never change Orpheus, as well as his captivating ballet Chuchman, one of the most successful is our commitment to advancing our art music, added to satisfy the expectations of recent alumni of Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center, form by inspiring and entertaining our the 18th-century Parisians. There’s true will be with us again to sing Eurydice.” audiences with magnificent productions.” musical and dramatic glory in this work, Next we’ll welcome back to Lyric’s

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Heading the Walküre cast are Eric Owens (Wotan) and (Brünnhilde). FAY FOX

Costume sketches by Marie-Jeanne Lecca for Die Walküre: Hunding (left) and Brünnhilde (right). MIKOLAJ MIKOLAJCZYK Season of Delight, Season of Discovery

stage ’s Rigoletto, one North America.” Matthew Polenzani, one of the greatest dramas in the Italian of the foremost tenors of our time and repertoire. For more than 150 years also a Ryan Opera Center alumnus, will operagoers have been riveted by the portray the Duke. These Lyric favorites barbed-tongued court jester Rigoletto will be joined by two debuting artists: and his desperate attempt to avenge his Rosa Feola, the captivating young Italian daughter Gilda, after she’s seduced and soprano who will portray Gilda after her abandoned by the licentious Duke of great success at the CSO last season as The leading men of Mantua. “Audiences invariably thrill to Nannetta in Falstaff; and the charismatic The Pearl Fishers the music of Rigoletto,” Freud declares, Ukrainian bass Alexander Tsymbalyuk, are Mariusz Kwiecień “with so many highlights, including the who will sing Sparafucile. “I’m also (above, as Zurga) and Duke’s exuberant ‘La donna è mobile,’ delighted that Marco Armiliato, a master Matthew Polenzani Gilda’s exquisite ‘Caro nome,’ and opera’s of his native Italian repertoire, will return (as Nadir – he also sings the Duke of most famous quartet.” to conduct,” says Freud, “and that E. Mantua in Rigoletto). The dramatic power that a great Loren Meeker will direct Rigoletto communicates onstage can be Opera’s very striking, new-to-Chicago truly -raising. Lyric has a remarkable production.” artist to sing the role: “All of us in The newRing cycle – a work The Pearl Fishers, designed by this company are immensely proud that described by Freud as “the most massive Zandra Rhodes. Quinn Kelsey, a Ryan Opera Center challenge that any opera company alumnus and that rare singer, a true Verdi can undertake” – continues with the , will be returning in his signature second opera in Wagner’s tetralogy, Die role. Rigoletto has been a triumph for Walküre. The most passionate of the Ring

him at major houses across Europe and operas, Walküre shows us an emotionally KEN HOWARD/SAN DIEGO OPERA

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KAREN ALMOND / THE DALLAS OPERA the French repertoire that Lyric and other Puccini’s Turandot, designed by Allen Charles Klein. major houses have been relishing over the past decade.” Lyric is presenting The Pearl Fishers in irresistibly colorful and imaginative (left) Amber Wagner sets and costumes by fashion icon Zandra returns to Lyric to star Rhodes. Glorious performances can be in the title role. expected from soprano Marina Rebeka and the tenor-baritone duo who recently triumphed together in this opera at the Met – Matthew Polenzani and Mariusz Kwiecień. Exoticism will again pervade the air with Turandot, Giacomo Puccini’s final work, boasting some of opera’s most sumptuously beautiful music. It PAVEL VAAN – LEONID SEMENYUK KEN HOWARD / transports us back to a mythical ancient Peking, in which an ice-hearted princess finally discovers love. “The music will provide a fabulous showcase for the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus,” notes Freud. “I love all the large-scale moments of Turandot, but I’m also attracted to the sweet, intimate arias of the lyric soprano Liù. Like the rest of the world, I can’t resist ‘Nessun dorma,’ which has become everyone’s favorite tenor aria!” Lyric will be presenting Turandot in (left) Lyric’s leading lady for I Puritani is Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova; a much-celebrated production, created (right) Lawrence Brownlee, who stars as Arturo in I Puritani, is pictured (with Olga Peretyatko) originally for The Dallas Opera. After Ryan at the Metropolitan Opera. Opera Center alumna Amber Wagner’s devastating conflict between Wotan, king Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Fricka). Two recent successes at Lyric in Il trovatore and of the gods, and his Valkyrie daughter notable debuts will be those of Swedish Tannhäuser, she’ll return for Puccini’s Brünnhilde, as well as the profoundly soprano Elisabet Strid (Sieglinde) and formidable title role. Performing opposite moving love of Wotan’s human children, Estonian bass Ain Anger (Hunding). her will be three debuting artists who Siegmund and Sieglinde. “Wagner reveals Lyric will then move to French have distinguished themselves in major these characters’ psychology in the most repertoire with one of the most rapturously houses worldwide: Italian soprano Maria remarkably insightful way,” says Freud, melodic works in 19th-century opera, Agresta (Liù - December performances), adding that Walküre’s music is “surely the Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers. American soprano Janai Brugger (Liù – most beautiful in the entire Ring.” This opera presents a romantic triangle January performances), and Italian tenor On the podium will be the involving the priestess Leïla and the two Stefano La Colla (Calaf). company’s remarkable music director, Sir men who love her – the fisherman Nadir Freud loves the operas of Vincenzo Andrew Davis, renewing his collaboration and his friend Zurga, king of the pearl Bellini “for their emotion, elegance, and with Ring director , so fishers. For this work “Bizet created a the sheer beauty of the melodies. That’s memorable not just in Rheingold but truly entrancing score,” Freud asserts, why I’m so pleased that we’ll present his also in The Passengertwo seasons ago. “including the world-famous tenor- final masterpiece, I Puritani, at Lyric Returning will be four internationally baritone duet, as well as heartfelt arias for the first time in more than a quarter- renowned Wagnerians who have starred and exhilarating choruses, but also with century.” This romantic/historical drama, at Lyric this season: Christine Goerke an elegant, exotic beauty in every scene. set in 1640s England, abounds with one (Brünnhilde), Eric Owens (Wotan), I’m delighted that Sir Andrew will be on moment of vocal splendor after another, Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund), and the podium, confirming his mastery of including one of the greatest of all bel canto

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DAN REST (left) Così fan tutte at Lyric, 2006. (far left) Among the stars of Così fan tutte are Lyric favorites Ana María Martínez (Fiordiligi – she also sings Marguerite in the final performance of Faust) and Alessandro Corbelli (Don Alfonso).

showed her to be a masterful interpreter of Mozart’s music and comedy, will be joined by French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa (delightful in her debut last season in Romeo and Juliet) and a new artist at Lyric, the captivating Russian soprano Elena Tsallagova. The cast also includes Alessandro Corbelli, today’s ultimate master of comic repertoire, as Don Alfonso. “No director understands this opera better than John Cox,” says Freud, “and he’ll be collaborating with soprano roles and an aria taking the tenor Met’s lovely traditional production.” the brilliant American conductor James to F above high C ! “Opera companies Any occasion to present an opera Gaffigan, who has rapidly ascended to the can produce I Puritani only when four by Mozart is cause for rejoicing. Lyric’s top rank internationally.” extraordinary singers are available,” Mozartian treat for 2017/18 is Così fan Charles Gounod’s Faust, the says Freud. “The two lovers, Elvira and tutte, an endlessly intriguing, thought- tale of an old philosopher who sells Arturo, will be Albina Shagimuratova, provoking “school for lovers” story in his to the devil in exchange for who has enraptured our audiences in which two couples learn a great deal about youth, is a work Freud has loved for Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto, and each other while singing truly heavenly his entire operagoing life, “thanks to Lawrence Brownlee, following on his music. In addition to tremendous skill as its overwhelmingly romantic music. Of dazzling Lyric debut in Cinderella. Our vocalists and musicians, “a Così cast needs course, I also relish the matchlessly elegant Riccardo is the exceptionally gifted Ryan the ability to relate to each other on a yet sinister characterization Gounod gives Opera Center alumnus Anthony Clark very intimate level,” notes Freud. “It’s the Méphistophélès, the spirit of the devil!” Evans, now embarked on a major career. ensemble opera par excellence, although Acclaimed at Lyric for three productions Two artists who made outstanding Lyric the solo opportunities for individual (including last season’s world premiere debuts in this season’s Lucia – bass Adrian characters are fabulous as well!” of Bel Canto), director Kevin Newbury Sâmpetrean and conductor Enrique Lyric favorite Ana María Martínez, will return to create Lyric’s new Faust. Mazzola – will be with us as well, in the whose Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni His production designer, American artist CHRISTIAN CLAVADETCHER The embodiment of Faust stars (clockwise from top) Benjamin Bernheim (title Faust’s aspirations role), Erin Wall (Marguerite), representing his search and Christian Van Horn for life’s meaning. (Méphistophélès) Art by Faust production designer John Frame.

April - May, 2017 | 15 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO DAVID JENSEN/REGENT’S PARK OPEN-AIR at Regent’s Park Open-Air Theatre deeply poignant one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti, will be followed by a selection of beloved gems from the Bernstein vocal catalog. Don’t miss this glorious, one- night-only tribute to an American icon. Any solo recital at Lyric is always a thrilling occasion, and next season will be no exception when the company welcomes Polish tenor Piotr Beczała on February 25. “Piotr is sought after by all the major opera houses,” says Freud, “and his artistry is one of the great joys of the international vocal scene. He won innumerable new Chicago fans with his Lyric debut in Faust eight years ago, and John Frame, is known as one of his in its Cincinnati world premiere and he was a magnificent Edgardo inLucia generation’s most innovative sculptors. was enormously impressed,” says Freud. earlier this season. I couldn’t be more This quintessentially French opera will This is a story of Washington; in delighted that we’ll highlight his gifts as a have a French conductor at the helm, the politically highly charged atmosphere recitalist on the Lyric stage.”

Emmanuel Villaume, and onstage will be of the crusade against communism, TODD ROSENBERG a remarkably gifted young French tenor, an idealistic young man becomes Polish tenor Piotr Beczała (pictured as Edgardo Benjamin Bernheim (title role). He’ll romantically involved with a handsome in this season’s Lucia partner two Ryan Opera Center alumni State Department official. Forbidden love, di Lammermoor) who both enjoy spectacular international political corruption, unexpected betrayal returns to Lyric careers, Erin Wall (Marguerite) and – it’s all part of this riveting and moving in a solo recital. Christian Van Horn (Méphistophélès). work that praised as Beyond the season’s eight mainstage “a near-perfect example of fast-flowing operas, there are special events to make musical drama.” Kevin Newbury will be the Lyric season even more varied and reprising his world-premiere production, exciting. in which, said , “Fellow “Up to now in our musical-theater Travelers’ delicacy came through in full, In creating the 2017/18 season, productions we’ve concentrated on and so did its emotional wallop.” Anthony Freud and Sir Andrew Davis American classics,” notes Freud, “but Whether on Broadway or with recognize that, in Freud’s words, “there in 2017/18, for the first time, we’re , personified has never been a more challenging – or producing an iconic rock opera, one 20th-century American music. Lyric will a more exciting – time to be part of that suits a big theater – Jesus Christ commemorate his 100th birthday on the Chicago artistic community. I’m so Superstar.” In director ’s March 10 with Celebrating 100 Years proud of what Lyric is achieving, season new production adapted from ’s of Bernstein. David Chase will conduct after season. All of us in this company are Regent’s Park Open-Air Theatre, “our and renowned artists will be participating part of a great legacy. We’re committed audience will be reminded that this is a onstage. Bernstein’s bitingly funny and to honoring our past, celebrating our truly unforgettable piece. When it arrived present, and nurturing our company in in America in 1972, it became one of the Leonard Bernstein’s ways that ensure a vibrant and meaningful greatest successes in Broadway history, and 100th birthday future. We welcome every member of our it’s been enthralling audiences everywhere will be celebrated audience to be part of the journey.” with a special ever since.” concert. Learn more about next season at A Lyric Unlimited project at the lyricopera.org. Athenaeum Theatre will give Chicago JACK MITCHELL Roger Pines, Lyric’s dramaturg and broadcast audiences the opportunity to experience co-host, contributes writing regularly to one of the most acclaimed new American opera-related publications and recording works of recent years. “I heard Gregory companies internationally. Spears’s Fellow Travelers

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Lyric Opera Premiere New-to-Chicago Production

Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady

Lyric Opera premiere generously made possible by

The Negaunee The Davee Mrs. Herbert A. Vance Foundation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance The Jacob and Rosaline Robert S. and Susan E. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cohn Foundation Morrison Christopher Reyes

Liz Stiffel

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Lyric Premiere New-to-Chicago Production • My Fair Lady is presented by MY FAIR LADY arrangement with Tams-Witmark Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music Library, Inc., Music by Frederick Loewe 560 Lexington Avenue, Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion New York, New York 10022. First performed on March 15, 1956, at the , New York First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on April 28, 2017 In order of appearance: Eliza Doolittle LISA O’HARE* Harry JACKSON EVANS* Freddy Eynsford-Hill BRYCE PINKHAM* Angry Woman PEGGY ROEDER* • A production created by the Mrs. Eynsford-Hill CARMEN ROMAN* Mrs. Pearce CINDY GOLD Colonel Pickering NICHOLAS LE PREVOST* Butler DAVID LIVELY Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris – Bystander NIKOLAS WENZEL Mrs. Hopkins SARA SEVIGNY* Another Bystander PETER MORGAN First Maid LAURIE SEELY VASSALLI General Director: Jean-Luc Hoxton Man JOE SHADDAY Second Maid CORINNE WALLACE-CRANE Choplin, on December 9, 2010, Selsey Man HOSS BROCK Mrs. Higgins HELEN CAREY* Henry Higgins RICHARD E. GRANT* Charles JACKSON EVANS* in co-production with the State First Cockney HOSS BROCK Lord Boxington BILL MCGOUGH* Second Cockney NIKOLAS WENZEL Lady Boxington PEGGY ROEDER* Academic Mariinsky Theatre, Third Cockney PETER MORGAN Footman MATTHEW CARROLL Fourth Cockney JOE SHADDAY Zoltan Karpathy MICHAEL JOSEPH MITCHELL* St. Petersburg, Russia. Bartender BILL MCGOUGH* Queen of Transylvania SHARON GARVEY COHEN Alfred P. Doolittle DONALD MAXWELL* Prince of Transylvania RON WATKINS Jamie JAMES ROMNEY Mrs. Higgins’s Maid JANET MARIE FARR

Higgins’s Servants: Matthew Carroll, Matthew Keffer*, Amy Kuckelman, Katelyn Lee, Kenneth Nichols, Will Skrip, Marie Sokolova, Pamela Williams • New York principal casting by Ensemble: Skyler Adams, Hoss Brock, Matthew Carroll, Sharon Garvey Cohen, Janet Marie Farr, Tara Rubin Casting. Matthew Keffer*, Amy Kuckelman, Katelyn Lee, Will Mobley*, Peter Morgan, Kenneth Nichols, James Odom, Thomas Lewis Potter, Dominic Rescigno*, Stephen Schellhardt*, Joe Shadday, Will Skrip, Yvette Smith, Marie Sokolova, Laurie Seely Vassalli, Vince Wallace, Corinne Wallace-Crane, Ron Watkins, Sherry Watkins, Nikolas Wenzel, Pamela Williams, Fred Zimmerman Dancers: Aubrey Adams*, Shannon Alvis, Kristian Brooks*, Daniel Gold*, Tasha Heggem*, James E. Johnson V, Ethan R. Kirschbaum, Terence Marling*, Jamy Meek, Hayley Meier, • Chicago principal casting by Jessica Wolfrum Raun, Todd Rhoades, Jacqueline Stewart, J Tyler Whitmer* : Jeff Diebold – Henry Higgins; Jennie Sophia – Eliza Doolittle; Claire Simon Casting. Fred Zimmerman – Alfred P. Doolittle; David Lively – Col. Pickering; Peggy Roeder – Mrs. Higgins; Jackson Evans – Zoltan Karpathy; Michael Joseph Mitchell – Lord Boxington, Bartender, Butler; Sara Sevigny – Mrs. Pearce, Lady Boxington, Angry Woman; Corinne Wallace-Crane – Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Mrs. Hopkins; Skyler Adams – Harry, Jamie, Charles; Yvette Smith – Queen of Transylvania; Matthew Keffer – Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Cockney Quartet; Ron Watkins, Kenneth Nichols, Will Skrip – Cockney Quartet; Pamela Williams – Henry Higgins’s Maids; Sherry Watkins – Mrs. Higgins’s Maid; • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes James Odom, Yvette Smith, Ron Watkins, Sherry Watkins – Servants to thank its official airline, Conductor DAVID CHASE Associate Choreographer REBECCA HOWELL* Original Director ROBERT CARSEN Wigmaster and American Airlines. Revival Director OLIVIER FREDJ* Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN Set Designer TIM HATLEY* Associate Director MATTHEW OZAWA Assistant Set Designer PHILIPPINE ORDINAIRE* Assistant Director ELISE SANDELL Costume Designer ANTHONY POWELL* Stage Manager JOHN W. COLEMAN Assistant Costume Assistant Stage Managers RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY Designer FRÉDÉRIC LLINARES* RACHEL A. TOBIAS Co-Lighting Designer ROBERT CARSEN • No one will be admitted while Assistant Conductor VALERIE MAZE Co-Lighting Designer GIUSEPPE DI IORIO* Musical Preparation WILLIAM C. BILLINGHAM the performance is in progress. Sound Designer TIM LENIHAN* Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Dramaturg IAN BURTON* Choreographer LYNNE PAGE* Dialect Coach CHRISTINE ADAIRE* Sound Engineer JOE SCHOFIELD

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MY FAIR LADY – Synopsis

ACT ONE house if Higgins gives Doolittle five pounds Deciding to leave the house that On a cold night in London, patrons leaving for a drinking spree. While Eliza endures very night, Eliza finds Freddy still waiting the are trying to find the long and difficult speech-tutoring, outside. He is overjoyed to see her, but Eliza taxis. Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower the servants lament the long hours that cuts him off, telling him that if he really girl, is knocked over by one of them: a Higgins imposes on the entire household. loved her, he would show her rather than young man called Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Just as they are all about to give up, Higgins talk about it. At , Eliza’s She admonishes him, becoming even more eloquently speaks of the glory of the English old friends no longer recognize her. But upset when she sees another man copying language and Eliza makes the long-awaited her father, surprisingly dressed in top hat down her words. This is Henry Higgins, breakthrough. and tails, does. He explains bitterly that as a distinguished professor of phonetics. For her first public , Higgins a result of Professor Higgins’s intervention, Lamenting Eliza’s dreadful accent, he takes Eliza to his mother’s box at Ascot he has received a surprise bequest from an declares that in six months he could turn her Racecourse. Eliza initially impresses with American millionaire, which has ruined him into a lady simply by teaching her to speak her polite manners but then unintentionally by raising him to middle-class respectability. properly. An older gentleman introduces shocks everyone when she excitedly reverts The worst thing is that he now has to marry himself as Colonel Pickering, a linguist who to Cockney during a horse race. But she the woman he has been living with for all has long studied Indian dialects. As both has captured the heart of Freddy Eynsford- these years. Doolittle and his friends decide men have always wanted to meet each other, Hill, the young man who knocked her over to have one last drinking spree before his Higgins invites Pickering to stay with him. outside the Royal Opera. Freddy calls on wedding the next morning. As they leave, the professor distractedly Eliza, but after the Ascot disaster she refuses Higgins and Pickering are upset to throws some spare change into Eliza’s flower to see anyone. He declares that he will wait discover that Eliza has left, and Pickering basket. She and her Cockney friends wonder for her as long as is necessary. leaves to try to find her. Concluding what it would be like to live a comfortable After further preparation Eliza is finally that men are far superior to women in life. Eliza’s father, Alfred P. Doolittle, and ready for an even more difficult test: the everything, Higgins nevertheless seeks his his drinking companions Harry and Jamie, Embassy Ball. Higgins, his mother, and mother’s advice. He is astonished to find all dustmen, emerge from a nearby pub. Colonel Pickering are all nervous as to how Eliza having tea with her. Higgins demands Doolittle, as usual, is searching for money the evening will unfold, but Eliza passes that she return home, but Eliza accuses for another drink, and Eliza reluctantly gives the test brilliantly. Everyone at the ball is him of wanting her back only to fetch and him some. fascinated by her, including a Hungarian carry for him. She further declares that she At Higgins’s home the housekeeper, phonetician named Zoltan Karpathy. was foolish to ever think that she needed Mrs. Pearce, announces that a young woman Higgins’s triumph is complete when the Higgins, and that she will marry Freddy has arrived. It is in fact Eliza, who wants Queen of Transylvania not only notices instead. The professor is struck by Eliza’s Professor Higgins to teach her to speak Eliza but encourages her son, the Crown spirit and independence and asks her properly so that she can obtain work in a Prince, to dance with her. more to stay with him, but she tells him that florist’s shop. Pickering bets Higgins that he he will not be seeing her again. will not be able to make good his claim to ACT TWO As Higgins returns home alone, he transform Eliza and even volunteers to pay After the ball, Pickering flatters Higgins begins to discover what his real feelings for for Eliza’s lessons. An intensive makeover about his triumph, while the professor Eliza might be. As he listens once again to of Eliza’s speech, manners and dress begins. expresses his pleasure that the experiment the first recording he made of her voice, the Eliza’s father arrives at Higgins’s house is finally over. The episode leaves Eliza recording is suddenly replaced by Eliza’s real the next morning, claiming that Higgins feeling used and abandoned, particularly as voice. Without even looking up, Higgins is compromising Eliza’s virtue. Higgins is Higgins completely ignores her except to ask asks her if she has any idea where his slippers impressed by the man’s natural gift for where he has left his slippers. When Eliza might be… language and his brazen lack of moral throws them at him, Higgins is completely values. He and Doolittle agree that Eliza can mystified by her ingratitude. — Robert Carsen continue to take lessons and live at Higgins’s Printed courtesy of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE ACT TWO

Overture Orchestra Entr’Acte Orchestra

Scene 1: Outside Covent Garden, a cold winter night Scene 1: Higgins’s study, 3:00 the following morning “Why Can’t the English?” Higgins “You Did It” Pickering, Higgins, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” Eliza and Ensemble Mrs. Pearce, and the Servants Scene 2: A tenement section of , later that evening “Just You Wait” (reprise) Eliza “With a Little Bit of Luck” Doolittle, Harry, and Jamie Scene 2: Outside Higgins’s house, immediately following Scene 3: Higgins’s study, the next day “Show Me” Eliza, with Freddy “I’m an Ordinary Man” Higgins Scene 3: Flower market of Covent Garden, 5:00 in the morning Scene 4: Tenement section, as in Scene 2 “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” (reprise) Eliza “With a Little Bit of Luck” (reprise) Doolittle and Ensemble and Cockney Men “Get Me to the Church on Time” Doolittle Scene 5: Higgins’s study, later that afternoon and into the late evening and Ensemble “Just You Wait” Eliza “The Servants’ Chorus” Higgins’s Servants Scene 4: Upstairs hall of Higgins’s house, 11:00 that morning “” Higgins, Eliza, Pickering “A Hymn to Him” Higgins “I Could Have Danced All Night” Eliza, with Mrs. Pearce and Two Maids Scene 5: The garden of Mrs. Higgins’s house “Without You” Eliza Scene 6: Outside Ascot, a July afternoon Scene 6: Outside Higgins’s house, dusk that afternoon Scene 7: Ascot “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” Higgins “Ascot ” Full Ensemble Scene 7: Higgins’s study, immediately following Scene 8: Outside Higgins’s house, later that day Finale Orchestra “On the Street Where You Live” Freddy

Scene 9: Higgins’s study, six weeks later, evening

Scene 10: Transylvanian Embassy promenade, outside the ballroom, later that evening “Promenade” Orchestra “The Embassy Waltz” Orchestra, with Higgins, Eliza, Pickering, Karpathy, and Full Ensemble

Scene 11: Ballroom of the Embassy, immediately following

Orchestra Violin I Viola /Piccolo Horn /Percussion Kathleen Brauer, Terri VanValkinburgh, Dionne Jackson, Samuel Hamzem, Edward Harrison, Concertmaster Principal Principal Principal Principal Alexander Belavsky Amy Hess Neil Kimel Pauli Ewing Di Shi Oboe/English Horn Percussion Heather Wittels Karl Davies Robert E. Morgan, Trumpet Douglas Waddell, Ann Palen Principal William Denton, Principal Frank W. Babbitt Principal David Volfe Laura Deming, Clarinet Channing Philbrick Principal Leslie Grimm, Matthew Comerford Lynn Williams, Violin II Walter Preucil Principal Principal John Macfarlane, William H. Cernota Sergey Gutorov Trombone Principal Jeremy Moeller, Librarian Bonita DiBello Bass Bassoon Principal Wendy Skoczen Albert Wang Ian Hallas, Lewis Kirk, David Becker Peter Labella Principal Principal Orchestra Contractor Patrick Brennan Collins Trier Tuba Christine Janicki Andrew Smith, Principal

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ALAN JAY LERNER Portman, he can be seen in other recent films, Since 2003, Le Prevost has portrayed Georges (Book and Lyrics) wrote including the romantic comedy Their Finest and Simenon’s fictional detective Jules Maigret these musicals with Fred- Logan, the latest installment in the X-Men series. for BBC Radio. He is the founder of The erick Loewe: Life of the A native of Swaziland, Grant studied at the Wrestling School, a theater company that Party, What’s Up, The Day University of Cape Town and was a member explores the relationship between language, Before Spring, , of the Space Theatre Company in Cape Town performer, and audience through the work of Paint Your Wagon, My Fair before moving to London in 1982. Howard Barker. Lady, , and . He also wrote LISA O’HARE* (Eliza DONALD MAXWELL* with , On A Clear Day You Can Doolittle) was originally (Alfred P. Doolittle), the See Forever and with , trained at the Royal celebrated British baritone, Coco with , 1600 Pennsylvania Ballet School as a ballet has appeared with the Avenue with Leonard Bernstein, and Dance a dancer. The singer-actress Royal Opera, English Little Closer with . He wrote performed in London at National Opera, Welsh the and/or lyrics for the following Sadler’s Wells and the National Opera, Scottish films: An American in Paris, Gigi, The Little Royal Opera House, Opera, Glyndebourne, and Prince, The , and film versions Covent Garden, before all the other major British of his plays. He wrote two books – On the making the transition to musical theater. Most companies, as well as the Met, La Scala, Street Where I Live and The : recently she earned impressive critical praise Vienna State Opera, and the leading houses A Celebration. Lerner died in 1986. originating the role of Sibella Hallward/A of Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and Zurich. His Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder that repertoire of nearly 100 roles ranges from Don FREDERICK LOEWE showed on Broadway. O’Hare has played Pasquale and Falstaff to the Dutchman and (Music), a child prodigy the title role/ in Australia, on Wozzeck, along with major roles of Rossini, at four, made his concert the U.K. tour, and at Prince Edward Theatre Donizetti, Massenet, Janáček, Puccini, debut on the with in London; Eliza Doolittle on the U. S. and Stravinsky, and Britten. Engagements this the Berlin Philharmonic at U. K. national tours of My Fair Lady (receiving season include Tosca (Royal Opera), Iain Bell’s 13. He came to America the Elliot Norton and Denver Post Ovation In Parenthesis (world premiere, Welsh National in 1923. In 1942, Loewe Award); the title role/Gigi at London’s Regent’s Opera), and The Marriage of Figaro (Scottish approached Alan Jay Park Open-Air Theatre; and Sally Bowles/ Opera). In addition to DVDs including La Lerner in New York and for the Reprise Theatre Company fille du régiment, La bohème, (both from the said he would like to collaborate with him in Los Angeles. She has numerous television Royal Opera) and Pelléas et Mélisande (Welsh on a musical show. The two went on to enjoy credits, including roles in Castle, The Closer, National Opera), he has amassed a highly a notable partnership resulting in the stage and Undercovers. O’Hare’s performance as varied discography. Maxwell has held several musicals , Brigadoon, Sally Bowles/Cabaret for the Reprise Theatre prestigious posts, including artistic director of Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, Company won the 2011 LA Drama Critics the Buxton Festival, director of the National and the films Gigi and ,as well Circle Award for Lead Performance. Opera Studio, and head of opera studies at the as the stage version of Gigi. Loewe died on Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. February 14, 1988 at 88, the winner of several NICHOLAS LE PREVOST* Tony and Oscar awards. (Colonel Pickering) was BRYCE PINKHAM* nominated for a 2002 (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) is RICHARD E. GRANT* Olivier Award for his most widely known for (Henry Higgins) is recog- performance in My Fair originating the role of nized internationally as one Lady at the Royal National Monty Navarro in the of the great performers of Theatre and Theatre Royal- Tony-winning musical his generation. The actor Drury Lane as well as in A Gentleman’s Guide initially achieved renown as 1992 for George Feydeau’s to Love and Murder on the perpetually inebriated An Absolute Turkey (for which he won the Broadway, for which title character in his first Clarence Derwent Award). Recent successes he was nominated for Tony, Grammy, and film,Withnail and I, which include a critically acclaimed production of Drama Desk awards. He appeared in the has since established a large cult following. Roland Schimmelpfennig’s Winter Solstice and Broadway revival of The Heidi Chronicles as Some of Grant’s most memorable film credits two Sheridan plays (Love for Love, Royal Peter Patrone, for which he was nominated for include Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Henry & June, Shakespeare Company and The Rivals, Arcola an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama L.A. Story, Corpse Bride, Penelope, The Player, Theatre). Other major achievements range League Award for Distinguished Performance The Age of Innocence, The Portrait of a Lady, stylistically from Much Ado About Nothing in 2015. His other Broadway credits include Spice World, Gosford Park, and The Iron Lady. (Royal Shakespeare Company), Man and the lead role of Jim/Holiday Inn, Carl Bruner/ He has countless television credits, including Superman (), Tom Ghost, the Musical and Henry Clay/Bloody featured roles on Girls, Jekyll & Hyde, Dig, Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, and Bloody Andrew Jackson. His latest onscreen Downton Abbey, and Game of Thrones. In Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Critic (both appearances include Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix 2008, Grant performed the role of Henry at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester) to most series The Get Down, Robert De Niro’s The Higgins/My Fair Lady with in recently Alan Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Comedian, and as a series regular on PBS’s Sydney. In addition to Jackie starring Natalie Loves (London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket). Civil War drama series Mercy Street. His

22 | April - May, 2017 *Lyric debut PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO previous TV credits include The Good Wife and MICHAEL JOSEPH Shakespeare Theater, About Face, and Person of Interest. MITCHELL* (Zoltan Kar- Peninsula Players. Her work has earned her pathy, u/s Bartender, u/s four Jeff Awards. Roeder can be seen in CINDY GOLD (Mrs. Lord Boxington, u/s Butler) the films Groundhog Day, Road to Perdition, Pearce) is an active per- is an active performer in Stranger Than Fiction, In Memoriam, and Were former in the Chicago the Chicago area, having the World Mine, and her television appearances area and across the United appeared with Russell Land include Law & Order, Star Trek: Deep Space States, and is a professor Productions (Assassination , and Chicago Justice. of theater at Northwestern Theater), Provision Theater University. She has worked (Old Wicked Songs), Mercury Theater JACKSON EVANS* (Har- off-Broadway in New York (Freud’s Last Session), First Folio Theatre (A ry, Charles, u/s Zoltan Kar- and regionally at The Ken- Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, pathy) is an Iowa native nedy Center (Washington National Opera), The Merchant of Venice), City Lit Theater who received his bachelor’s Glimmerglass Festival, Cape Rep Theatre Company (Underneath the Lintel, Jeff Award degree in theater from (Cape Cod), Madison Repertory Theatre, nomination for best solo performance), and Northwestern University. Peninsula Players (Wisconsin), Shakespeare recently appeared in the films Falsely Accused An active performer in the Sedona (Arizona), Alabama Shakespeare and Scrooge & Marley. Chicagoland area, he Festival, and Boston Shakespeare Company. In has worked with such the Chicago area she has performed with Drury CARMEN ROMAN* (Mrs. companies as Mercury Theater (Avenue Lane, Lookingglass, Northlight, the Goodman, Eynsford-Hill) has received Q), Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Ride the About Face, and Broadway in Chicago. Gold the Sarah Siddons Award, Cyclone, SS! Taming of the Shrew), Second has directed at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Florence Herscher Award City Theatricals (The Realish Housewives), (Chicago), Coconut Grove Playhouse Summer (UCLA), Jeff Awards for Drury Lane Oakbrook (, ), Conservatory (Miami), Lyric Stage (Boston), Master Class and Wit, and Lincolnshire Marriott (Singin’ in the Rain, Festival of Southern Theatre (Mississippi), and was a 2002 Fox Fellow. She High School Musical), Victory Gardens (The 13th Street Theatre (New York). As a dialect toured nationally in Angels Snow Queen), Light Opera Works (Oklahoma!, coach, she has worked with many area theaters, in America and has worked Kiss Me Kate), Blank Theatre Los Angeles (Peter such as Griffin Theatre, the Court, and at extensively with the Peninsula Players Theatre, Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers), and First Lyric, where she worked with Robert Altman Theatre for a New Audience from Chicago’s Stage Children’s Theatre Milwaukee (Big: The and William Bolcom on their adaptation of Court Theatre, Classic Stage Company, Gary Musical, Seussical, ). Altman’s A Wedding. In 2006 Gold received a Allen Productions, Steppenwolf Theatre Jeff Award for best actress in Loving Repeating. Company, and Walnut Street Theater. Film JAMES ROMNEY (Jamie) and television credits include appearances in received his training at HELEN CAREY* (Mrs. The Falcon, Marilyn, All My Children, Law & the Roosevelt University Higgins) previously por- Order, and Savages. Chicago College of Per- trayed this character in forming Arts, where he Pygmalion on Broadway, BILL MCGOUGH* (George earned a bachelor of fine arts where she has also been the Bartender, Lord Box- in acting. At Lyric, he was a seen in The Curious ington)’s Chicago theater member of the ensemble in Incident of the Dog in the credits include Scratch Carousel (2014/15). At the Night Time and London and Santa/Rock and Roll Texas Shakespeare Festival, Romney performed Assurance (for which Christmas Tale (Broadway many roles, which include Sebastian/Twelfth Carey earned a Tony nomination, a Theatre Playhouse), Morty/Old Night, Puck/A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and World Award, and a Callaway Award). She Telling Jokes (Royal George Juan/. He most recently has performed at Canada’s Stratford Festival Theatre), and Willy Loman/ appeared in Fly By Night (Theo Ubique). (The School for Scandal, ); Death of a Salesman (The Hypocrites, Jeff Dublin’s Abbey Theatre (Kate Keller/All My Award nomination for actor in a principal role). DAVID LIVELY (Butler, Sons); in many major roles at the Guthrie He has been seen on episodes of Sirens (USA), u/s Colonel Pickering) pre- Theater; and on the East Coast at Arena Chicago Fire (NBC), Shameless (Showtime), viously performed at Stage (Mary Tyrone/Long Day’s Journey Into and The Chicago Code (FOX). Film appearances Lyric as David Bascombe/ Night), Signature Theatre (Phyllis/), and include roles in The Christmas, In Memoriam, Carousel. In addition to Shakespeare Theater Company, where she is a and Let’s Go to Prison. the , Drury longstanding company member. The actress Lane Theatre, and Round- holds three Awards for her PEGGY ROEDER* about Theatre Company, Washington appearances. Film credits include (Lady Boxington, Angry he has performed exten- Julie & Julia, The Next Three Days, and Black Woman, u/s Mrs. Higgins) sively with Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Knight. Carey has appeared in several popular has worked extensively 23 productions, including King Charles III, television series, among them The Good Wife, at Steppenwolf Theatre, Othello, King Lear, Henry V, and The Madness of Brotherhood, Seinfeld, and Law & Order. Goodman Theatre, Asolo George III. His television appearances include Repertory Theatre, The Empire, The Chicago Code, Prison Break, What Muny (St. Louis), Chicago About Joan, Cupid, and George Washington.

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Lively’s feature film credits include The Opera MATTHEW CARROLL seen in productions at several area theaters, Lover and Contagion. (Servant, Footman), has including Porchlight (Sideshow, been a member of the Lyric Sondheim on Sondheim), First Folio Theatre SARA SEVIGNY* (Mrs. Opera Chorus for 11 years (Cymbeline), The Mercury Theater (The Man Hopkins, u/s Mrs. Pearce, u/s and has been seen in many Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes), and Theo Lady Boxington, u/s Angry of Lyric’s productions, Ubique (Aspects of Love). Keffer received his B. Woman) is a Chicago- including Carousel, Okla- F. A. in music theater at Elon University. based performer who has homa!, The Merry Widow, worked with the Broadway and La traviata. In addi- AMY KUCKELMAN Playhouse, Chicago Chil- tion, he has performed roles with Michigan (Servant) debuted at dren’s Theatre, About Face Opera Theatre, Opera Colorado, Central City Lyric in Theatre, TimeLine, and Opera, Toledo Opera, Opera Omaha, Ohio and portrayed the Female The Hypocrites. She received a Jeff Award Light Opera, and Chicago Folks Operetta. Narrator in the Lyric for best supporting actress in a musical in He was a regional winner of Unlimited world-premiere Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of the Metropolitan Opera National Council production of Jason and and was a part of Strawdog Theatre Auditions. the Argonauts. She trained Company’s best ensemble award-winning at the School Marathon ’33. Television credits include SHARON GARVEY of Music, where she received her bachelor’s Empire, The Gabriels,and Mindgames. Sevigny COHEN (Queen of Tran- degree in voice. While studying, she also trained at Curry College, the American sylvania) is a member of sang Mozart’s Pamina, Massenet’s Manon, Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and the Lyric Opera Chorus Vincenette/Gounod’s Mireille, Antonia/ Second City’s Conservatory. and has been seen onstage Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann, and Lisa/ in Lyric productions of Lehár’s The Land of Smiles. Kuckelman was a The Merry Widow, Die young artist at the ISING Beijing Festival and Ensemble Fledermaus, The Pirates of in Italy at the International Lyric Academy. Penzance, , The SKYLER ADAMS (u/s Sound of Music, Suor Angelica, Turandot, KATELYN LEE (Servant) Harry, u/s Jamie, u/s Fedora, and The Ghosts of Versailles. An alumna is a member of the Lyric Charles) returns to the of Northwestern University and Simpson Opera Chorus, Grant Park Lyric stage after debuting College, Cohen is the recipient of the Louis Chorus, and the in the ensemble of Sudler Excellence in the Art of Chicago Symphony Chorus. Oklahoma! (2012/13). He Award and is a past member of the Chicago She received her vocal has performed with Drury Symphony Chorus. training at the University Lane (, Les of Cincinnati College- Misérables, Saturday Night JANET MARIE FARR Conservatory and Indiana Fever), Mercury Theater (The Bardy Bunch), (Mrs. Higgins’s Maid), University. Most recently, she was a part of Musical Theater Wichita (Catch Me If You Can, currently in her 30th year Lyric Unlimited’s Opera in the Neighborhoods Big Fish, Legally Blonde), Chicago Shakespeare with the Lyric Opera tour and was a featured soloist with Music of the Theater (The Adventures of Pinocchio, world Chorus, received her musi- Baroque. She has performed as Antonia/Man of premiere), and Paramount Theatre (Hair, cal training at Mills College La Mancha (Cedar Rapids), Mizzi/Ball at the Grease, ). Additionally, (Oakland, California) and Savoy (Chicago Folks Operetta), and Rosina/The Adams appeared in the national tour of . the University of Texas- Barber of Seville (Springfield Regional Opera). Austin, where she received HOSS BROCK (Selsey her D.M.A. in voice. Farr has performed WILL MOBLEY* received Man, Cockney Quartet), Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with New Music his training from the a Lyric Opera Chorus Ensemble at UT, Cherubino/The Marriage of Savannah College of Art member, has been seen Figaro (Austin Lyric Opera), sang the North and Design, where he at Lyric Opera as Ike American premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s earned a bachelor’s degree Skidmore/Oklahoma! Ring a Dumb Carillon, and was seen in Chicago in theater. He has numerous and Baron Elberfeld/The Opera Theater’s production of Così fan tutte. theater credits, including Sound of Music. The tenor Chicago Shakespeare has portrayed Almaviva/ MATTHEW KEFFER* Theater (SS! Twelfth Night), The Barber of Sevillewith Lyric Unlimited’s (Servant, u/s Freddy (Days Like Today, Antony Opera in the Neighborhoods program and Eynsford-Hill, u/s Cockney and Cleopatra), Cardinal Stage Company in recently appeared as Alfredo/La traviata with Quartet) is an active Bloomington, Indiana (The Legend of Georgia the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra. Brock performer in the Chicago McBride), Indiana Repertory Theater The( has performed on ’s area. He received a Jeff Hound of the Baskervilles, A Christmas Carol, mainstage (Der Rosenkavalier) and with the Award as actor in a ), and Wisconsin’s American Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Peninsula principal role-musical for Players Theatre (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Music Festival, Northwest Indiana Symphony, his portrayal of Burrs/The Hamlet, Twelfth Night). and Grant Park Music Festival. Wild Party (Bailiwick Chicago) and has been

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PETER MORGAN (Another Werther, Gianni Schicchi), Sister Lakes Theatre master of music degree in voice from the Bystander, Cockney Quartet) (Robber Bridegroom, Man of La Mancha), University of Maryland. portrayed Chiron/Jason Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Father/Hansel and the Argonauts, Lyric and Gretel), Waukegan Symphony Orchestra WILL SKRIP (Servant, Unlimited’s world premiere (Brahms’s Requiem, Bach’s St. Matthew ), u/s Cockney Quartet), by Gregory Spears. An and James Chorale (Bach’s St. Mark Passion). an active Chicago-area apprentice artist at the performer, has been seen Sarasota Opera, he received DOMINIC RESCIGNO*, at Lyric in Carousel. his musical training at a Chicago native, received His credits onstage have Eastern Michigan University and Roosevelt his training from Columbia included Tony/West Side University, where he earned his master of music College Chicago where he Story (Paramount Theatre), degree in vocal performance. Recent appearances earned his bachelor of arts Prince Eric/The Little include the roles of Figaro/The Marriage of Figaro degree in theater while also Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), (Kor Productions), Sarastro/The Magic Flute studying and performing Michael/Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Drury Lane (Petite Opera Productions), and Bonze/Madama at The Second City. An Theatre), Emmett Forrest/Legally Blonde Butterfly (Main Street Opera). active performer in the (Little Theatre on the Square), and Cinderella’s Chicago area, his current season has included Prince and the Wolf/ (Mercury KENNETH NICHOLS appearances as Donny Dulce/Tony ’n’ Tina’s Theater). Skrip is a graduate of Northwestern (Servant, u/s Cockney Wedding (Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding Company) University, where he received his bachelor’s Quartet) has appeared in and Mark Cohen/ (Metropolis Performing degree in acting and musical theater. 11 roles at Lyric, most Arts Centre). Rescigno has also worked recently as a Lackey/Der with several Chicago theater companies, YVETTE SMITH (u/s Rosenkavalier (2015/16) including Williams Street Repertory, Chicago Queen of Transylvania, u/s and the Undertaker/ Dramatists, and Kokandy Productions. Servant), a member of the Porgy and Bess (2014/15). Lyric Opera Chorus, has The bass-baritone’s other STEPHEN performed at Lyric as the Chicago roles have included the King and SCHELLHARDT* earned Voice/Parisfal (2013/14) Herald/The Love for Three Oranges (Chicago two Jeff Award nomin- and First Maidservant/ Cultural Center) and Leporello/Don Giovanni ations for best actor in Elektra (2012/13). Perfor- (DuPage Opera Theatre). He was an ensemble a musical (Ko-Ko/Hot mance credits include Erda/ member and sang multiple performances of Mikado, Drury Lane Siegfried (Wagner Society of Washington, D. C.), Joe in ’s production Theatre) and best sup- Rosina/The Barber of Seville (Opera Theatre in New York, Toronto, Chicago, and London. porting actor (Laurie/Little of Northern Virginia), Katisha/ Women, Marriott Theatre), (Washington Savoyards), First Maidservant/ JAMES ODOM (u/s Ser- and a Barrymore Award nomination (Laurie/ Elektra (Washington National Opera), Third vant) is a member of the Little Women, Bristol Riverside Theatre). Lady/The Magic Flute (National Philharmonic Lyric Opera Chorus and Schellhardt portrayed Abe, Mark, and Juan, Opera), and Emilia/Otello (Summer Opera has performed in more and was also dance captain, for the first Theatre). Smith trained at the University of than 140 productions. His national tour of Altar Boyz. He has performed Maryland at College Park and the University of work as a soloist includes at, among others, Writers Theatre (Edward/ North Carolina-Greensboro. productions at The Dallas Days Like Today), Chamber Opera Chicago Opera, Lyric Opera of (Henry/Persuasion), and Marriott Theatre MARIE SOKOLOVA Dallas, Opera Irving, Casa (Emcee/Cabaret, Professor/, (Servant), a member of the Mañana, and Irving Theatre Center. In Tenor/A Grand Night for Singing). Lyric Opera Chorus, de- addition to his work in opera and musical buted at Lyric as Dolly/ theater, he has performed solo shows in JOE SHADDAY (Hoxton Show Boat (2010/11). A Chicago and New York, as well as in Cheerful Man, Cockney Quartet) graduate of the San Fran- Little Earful: The Songs of at is a member of the Lyric cisco Conservatory of Music Skylight Music Theatre (Milwaukee). Opera Chorus, Cantus and DePauw University, Vocal Ensemble, and she has been heard with THOMAS LEWIS was formerly an artist- the San Francisco Opera Education Outreach POTTER, a member of the in-residence at Chicago Program, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Lyric Opera Chorus since Opera Theater, where he Institute, College Light Opera Company, 1992, has been heard in most recently portrayed and MasterWorks Festival. Sokolova has also Lyric productions of Billy Banquo/Bloch’s Macbeth. Other recent appeared as the Witch/Hansel and Gretel Budd, , and performances include Goro/Madama Butterfly (Chicago Opera Playhouse, Tomorrow River Susannah. An alumnus of (Ash Lawn Opera in Charlottesville, Virginia), Opera), Flora/La traviata (Music by the Lake), DePauw University, where Ahmed/Woman from Morocco (Kentucky Margot/Mitislaw the Modern (Chicago Folks he received a bachelor’s Opera, world premiere), Enoch Snow/Carousel Operetta), and Dame Doleful/Too Many degree in voice, Potter has appeared with and Count Ivrea/King for a Day (both at the Sopranos (Milwaukee Opera Theatre). Chamber Opera Chicago (The Magic Flute, Glimmerglass Festival). Shadday received his

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LAURIE SEELY VASSALLI RON WATKINS (Prince PAMELA WILLIAMS (Ser- (First Maid), a member of of Transylvania, u/s Cockney vant, u/s Maids) has been the Lyric Opera Chorus, Quartet, u/s Servant), a member of the Lyric made her solo debut on a Lyric Opera Chorus Opera Chorus since the Lyric stage as a Page/ member since 1992, has 1999 and has been seen Tannhäuser (2014/15). performed seven roles at during recent seasons in Having received her train- Lyric, most recently in the ensembles of Carousel, ing at the University of Der Rosenkavalier, The , and Wisconsin-Green Bay and King and I (both 2015/ Oklahoma!. Major opera the University of Northern Iowa, the mezzo- 16), and Captain Watson/Carousel (2014/15). credits include Miss Todd/The Old Maid and soprano has performed with the Mobile Opera He has also appeared at DuPage Opera Theater the Thief and Sally/A Hand of Bridge (both at (Inez/Il trovatore), Michigan Opera Theatre (Marcello/La bohème), the Grant Park Music Governors State University’s Opera Up Close). (Slave/Salome), Sarasota Opera (La Vecchia/ Festival (Samuel/The Pirates of Penzance), Williams has also performed leading roles with L’amore dei tre re), Opera North (Dorabella/ Light Opera Works (Captain Corcoran/HMS the Natchez Opera Festival, Madison’s Opera Così fan tutte, Mercédès/Carmen), and Opera Pinafore, Sir Richard Cholmondeley/The for the Young, and the Indiana University Company of Brooklyn (Cherubino/The Yeomen of the Guard), as well as Chicago Opera Opera Theater. Marriage of Figaro, Kate Pinkerton/Madama Theater, Madison’s Opera for the Young, Butterfly, Zerlina/Don Giovanni). Eastman Opera Theater, and College Light FRED ZIMMERMAN Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts. (u/s Alfred P. Doolittle) VINCE WALLACE re- played Baron Pritschisch cently played Orpheus in SHERRY WATKINS (u/s in Lyric’s critically- Lyric Unlimited’s world- Mrs. Higgins’s Maid, u/s acclaimed production of premiere production of Servant) is a member of the The Merry Widow. He is Jason and the Argonauts Lyric Opera Chorus. She a Chicago-based singer- by Gregory Spears and made her Lyric solo debut actor and has starred in was heard at Lyric as the as Pepík/The Cunning numerous national tours of /Rigoletto (2013/14). Little Vixen (2004/05) Broadway productions, among them , A former Utah Festival and has performed in the Bounce, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Opera apprentice artist, he received his vocal ensemble for several other Strike Up the Band, , and training from Westminster Choir College of Lyric productions, including The King and ,I Show Boat. Zimmerman’s film and television Rider University and the Eastman School of Carousel, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Show credits include Chicago Fire, Lowering the Music of the University of Rochester. Wallace Boat, The Mikado, and The Pirates of Penzance. Bar, Dustclouds, Fred Claus, and the pilot for received first place as the U. S. representative at Watkins is an alumna of the American ABC’s Doubt. He performed as Big Davy in the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Patané Institute of Musical Studies (Graz, ), Drury Lane’s Jeff-nominated production of Respighi (Alessandria, Italy) in 2013. Arizona State University, and the University Billy Elliot. of Connecticut. CORINNE WALLACE- CRANE (Second Maid, NIKOLAS WENZEL u/s Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, (Bystander, Cockney Quar- Dancers u/s Mrs. Hopkins) most tet), onstage at Lyric this recently performed at season as the Second AUBREY ADAMS* re- Lyric as Sister Sophia and Trojan Soldier/Les Troyens, ceived her training from Fraulein Schweiger/The is a member of the the University of Okla- Sound of Music and the Lyric Opera Chorus. A homa and Oklahoma Fourth Page/Tannhäuser. graduate of Southern City Ballet School. An The mezzo-soprano has appeared with Petite Illinois University and active performer, she has Opera Productions (Madame de la Haltière/ Northwestern University, he has performed appeared on the stages Cendrillon), San Francisco Lyric Opera with Madison Opera (Prison Guard/Dead Man of Chicago’s Paramount (Giovanna/Rigoletto), and Central City Opera Walking, Sacristan/Tosca), Lyric Unlimited’s Theatre (West Side Story, A (Assunta/The Saint of Bleecker Street, Nurse/ Opera in the Neighborhoods (Sarastro/The Christmas Story, Oklahoma!, Les Misérables, The The Coronation of Poppea). She has also been Magic Flute, Don Magnifico/Cinderella), Who’s Tommy), Fort Worth’s Casa Mañana a resident artist at the Natchez Festival and an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Lillas Pastia/ (, , Grease, Rent, Hairspray, apprentice at Central City Opera and Sarasota Carmen, Don Magnifico/ Cinderella), and , Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Opera. Chicago Opera Theater (An Argonaut/Médée). Dreamcoat), and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Wenzel was a semifinalist in the 2012 Bel (High School Musical 2, , Joseph Canto Foundation competition. and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, ).

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SHANNON ALVIS has Peter Pan, Singin’ in the Rain, and A Fireside JAMY MEEK, a dancer danced on the Lyric stage Christmas (all three at Fireside Theatre). Heggem from Lubbock, Texas, in five productions, most danced with the Oslo Dance Ensemble and was has appeared at Lyric in recently this season’s a dancer and dance captain for two national The Merry Widow and Carmen. After nine years tours with the Norwegian State Theatre/ La clemenza di Tito. He with Hubbard Street Riksteatret. enjoyed a 13-year career Dance Chicago, she with Hubbard Street furthered her career in JAMES E. JOHNSON V Dance Chicago, before Europe with Nederlands trained at the Chicago he joined Nederlands Dans Theater. She has toured internationally Academy for the Arts Dans Theater for three years. Since his return and danced works by many world-renowned and the State University to Chicago, Meek has performed with the choreographers, among them Jiri Kylian, of New York – Purchase. Goodman Theatre inBrigadoon and joined , William Forsythe, and Crystal He has worked with The Cambrians contemporary dance company Pite. Additionally, Alvis has created her own choreographers such as for The Nexus Project: Autumn and Jamy. The choreographic works for Thodos Dance Robert Battle, Donald Oklahoma City University alumnus has taught Chicago, DanceWorks Chicago, and Joffrey Byrd, Sidra Bell, and Lauri master classes in ballet and jazz throughout the Ballet Academy. Stallings and has danced with Hubbard Street country. 2, Chicago Opera Theater, Muntu Dance KRISTIAN BROOKS*, Theatre, West Indian Folk Dance Company, HAYLEY MEIER was before receiving her DanceWorks, and Cirque Du Soleil. Receiving previously seen at Lyric as bachelor’s degree from the NAACP awards for choreography and solo a principal dancer in this University of Rochester, dance performance, Johnson has been seen in season’s Les Troyens. She spent five years on the tours of The Color Purple and . trained at the University of U.S.A. Gymnastics Rhyth- Arizona, Chicago’s River mic National Team. An ETHAN R. KIRSCHBAUM North Dance Summer inaugural member and debuted at Lyric in Les Intensive program, and the choreographer of the Troyens earlier this season, Timothy Draper Center University of Rochester’s Louvre Performance and has been a company for Dance Education. Meier has performed Ensemble, she has also danced with Royal member at Chicago’s with numerous companies, including Caribbean Cruise Lines, Aerial Dance Chicago, River North Dance Chicago’s River North Dance, C5 “Create Cedar Point’s Luminosity (as a featured since 2011. Among his With No Limits,” and RPM Productions. She aerialist), and most recently completed her other engagements have was a principal dancer with the Rochester City first national tour in Dirty Dancing: The Classic been the Saarländische Ballet, where she was involved in the creation Story on Stage. Staatstheater’s Donlon Dance Company, of Jamey Leverett’s The Blood Countess. Hubbard Street 2, The Santa Fe Opera, DANIEL GOLD* was in and Holland Dance Festival. Kirschbaum JESSICA WOLFRUM the national tour of Beauty graduated with honors from the Ailey School RAUN performed at Lyric and the Beast. Gold has at Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree this season in Carmen. She performed with Utah’s in dance and received additional training at the was recently seen as the Center for San Francisco Ballet School. Lady in Green and Olga the Arts (Peter Pan, The Mara in Singin’ in the Rain Hunchback of Notre Dame, TERENCE MARLING*, (Marriott Theater). Prior to Tarzan), Little Theatre on a Chicago native, trained that, she danced for 14 years the Square in Sullivan, at the Ruth Page School with River North Dance Illinois (Mary Poppins, The Addams Family, under the direction of Larry Chicago, directed by Frank Chaves, where she Swing!), American Repertory Theatre’s Club Long. He then danced performed works by Robert Battle, Ivan Perez, Oberon (The Donkey Show, Clubland: Monster with Pittsburgh Ballet and Nejla Yatkin, among others. A graduate of Pop Party), Rhode Island’s Theatre By The Theatre, Nationaltheater the University at Buffalo, Raun is on faculty Sea (Mary Poppins, Grease), and most recently Mannheim in Germany, teaching ballet at Hubbard Street Dance. Fireside Theatre. Gold is on faculty with and Chicago’s Hubbard Broadway Connection and Liberate Artists. Street Dance before becoming rehearsal TODD RHOADES has director for Hubbard Street in 2010. In 2013 appeared in ten Lyric TASHA HEGGEM*, a Marling moved on to direct Hubbard Street 2 productions, most recently native of St. Petersburg, where he remained until December of 2016. Carmen (2016/17), Die Russia, received her training He has choreographed work for Pittsburgh Fledermaus and Parsifal at the National Academy of Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street, Hubbard (both 2013/14). He the Arts in Oslo, Norway. Street 2, and Point Park University, among received his B.F.A. from Onstage, she has been seen others. Point Park University in West Side Story (Oslo New (Pittsburgh) and danced as Theatre), Czardasfyrstinnen a guest artist with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Norwegian National Opera), and as a company member with Ballet Austin.

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He has performed with Chicago Opera Theater, Fool Theater. Diebold received his master’s ROBERT CARSEN (Ori- Goodman Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Drury degree in acting from Roosevelt University’s ginal Director, Co-Lighting Lane Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Saint Louis’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. Designer), whose produc- MUNY, New Orleans Opera, Finger Lakes tion of Eugene Onegin was Opera, and many local dance companies. JENNIE SOPHIA (u/s seen at Lyric this season, Eliza Doolittle), who has directed five other JACQUELINE STEWART debuted at Lyric in The operas for the company, has appeared at Lyric this Merry Widow last season, most recently Dialogues des season in Les Troyens and has been featured with Carmélites and Iphigénie Eugene Onegin. She has also many Chicago-area the- en Tauride. His current season includes the recently performed with aters, including the Good- Metropolitan Opera (Der Rosenkavalier, the Chicago Repertory man (Brigadoon), Drury new production), Turin’s Teatro Regio Ballet, New York’s Artisan Lane Theatre (The Sound (Katya Kabanova), and Opéra de Lausanne Dance Company (The of Music, Oliver!, Les Misérables), Chicago (Monteverdi’s Orfeo). Carsen has worked Nutcracker), Thodos Dance Shakespeare Theater (Passion, How Can extensively at the Opéra National de Paris, Chicago, and in the pre-Broadway presentation You Run With a Shell on Your Back), Light in repertoire ranging from Les Boréades to Les of Anastasia. Stewart’s choreography has been Opera Works (Camelot), Court Theatre (The contes d’Hoffmann, Rusalka, and Capriccio (all showcased by numerous dance companies, Secret Garden), and Circle Theatre (Kiss Me released on DVD). Other major achievements including the Madison Ballet, the Chicago Kate!). She starred as Nellie Forbush in the include Dialogues des Carmélites (10 major Repertory Ballet, and Winifred Haun. She is U. S. Broadway national tour of South Pacific. companies, among them Amsterdam, Covent the recipient of the choreographic award from Sophia was nominated for an IRNE Award for Garden, and La Scala), A Midsummer Night’s the Joyce Theatre Foundation’s A. W. A. R. D. best lead actress in a musical for South Pacific Dream (Aix-en-Provence and many other Show. (). theaters), The Magic Flute(Baden-Baden), Falstaff (Covent Garden, La Scala, Met, J TYLER WHITMER* Amsterdam, Toronto), and L’incoronazione is an active Chicago Production Team di Poppea and Rinaldo (Glyndebourne). His performer, having appeared Ring cycle has triumphed in Cologne, Venice, with the Marriott Theatre DAVID CHASE (Con- Barcelona, and Shanghai. Musical-theater (, La Cage ductor) has been on productions include The Beautiful Game (West aux Folles, Cats, 9 to 5, the podium for Lyric End), Sunset Boulevard (U. K. tour), Candide The Producers, The Bowery productions of Carousel (Châtelet, , La Scala), Boys), Mercury Theatre (debut) and The King and My Fair Lady (Théâtre du Châtelet, Mariinsky (Barnum), and Paramount I. Chase has been music Theatre), and Singin’ in the Rain (Châtelet). Theatre (, Oklahoma!, The Little director, music supervisor, (See director’s note, p. 35.) Mermaid). Performances at other venues and/or dance arranger on include , Guthrie Theater, Write 32 Broadway productions OLIVIER FREDJ* (Revi- Act Repertory, The Gallery Players, Beef and and his work can currently be heard on val Director) studied Boards Theatre, and the Kansas City Pops. Broadway in the new musical Anastasia and British literature, drama, Whitmer also appeared in PBS’s production of the Bette Midler revival of Hello, Dolly!, as well and music at the Hoge- HMS Pinafore staged at the Guthrie Theater. as on the national tours of Finding Neverland school voor de Kunsten in and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. the . Starting He has two Emmy nominations for music off as a coor-dinator of Principal Understudies direction for NBC’s live 2013 telecasts of educational and social The Sound of Music and Peter Pan, and a projects in several cities JEFF DIEBOLD (u/s Grammy nomination for co-producing the around Europe and South Africa, he then Henry Higgins) has been Broadway cast album of Nice Work if You Can worked as a cultural journalist before attending featured in many leading Get It. His arrangements can also be heard the Studio Théâtre d’Asnières. He was a stage roles throughout the in London’s West End (revivals of Evita and manager at the Opéra-Comique, Théâtre de Chicagoland area. Most , currently-running Dreamgirls). Caen, and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In recently he portrayed Sam Beyond the theater, Chase has written multiple 2010 Fredj began his collaboration with Robert Carmichael/Mamma Mia! arrangements for the Boston Pops (including Carsen on the Théâtre du Châtelet’s production at the Paramount Theatre, their signature “Twelve Days of Christmas”), of My Fair Lady and directed its reprise at a role repeated on the U.S. the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Kennedy the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He tour of the Broadway production. Other Center Honors, Essential Voices USA, and the worked again with Robert Carsen on Singin’ in notable appearances include Lurch/The Addams Radio City Christmas Spectacular. the Rain at the Châtelet, where he also assisted Family (Mercury Theatre), Cornelius Hackl/ Lee Blakeley (Sweeney Todd) and Emilio Sagi Hello Dolly! (Drury Lane Theatre), and Joe (The Sound of Music) and directed Mozart’s Il Hardy/ (Metropolis Performing re pastore. He assisted Robert Carsen (Rigoletto) Arts Centre in Arlington Heights), as well as and Simon McBurney (The Magic Flute) at productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Fredj’s current Court Theatre, Theatre at the Center, and Noble season highlights include Verdi’s Macbeth

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(Brussels and Poland), and he will stage the ANTHONY POWELL* and Cavalli’s Hipermestra (Glyndebourne). inauguration of the new La Seine Musicale (Costume Designer) is one of He has designed a wide variety of productions theater in Paris. today’s most distinguished ranging from The Golden Cockerel(Bergen figures in design for stage National Opera) and Cinderella (Teatro TIM HATLEY* (Set De- and screen. He launched Heredia in Cartagena, Colombia), to Rigoletto signer) has earned acclaim his career with the world’s (Athens’s Megaron), The Makropulos Affair, in opera, theater, dance, first revival since its and Boris Godunov (both at St. Petersburg’s and film. His operatic original 1712 premiere of Mariinsky Theatre). His production designer work has been highlighted Handel’s Rinaldo (London, work can be seen in Elektra and Vittorio by productions at the Berlin, Dresden, and Halle). He then designed Gnecchi’s Cassandra (Catania’s Teatro Bellini), Aix-en-Provence Festival Sir John Gielgud’s production of The School Il trovatore (Nuremberg), Macbeth (Münster), (The Marriage of Figaro), for Scandal, for which he won the Tony Award Otello (Kiel), Carmen (Saarbrücken Opera), Cologne Opera (The Love for best costumes and a nomination for best and Semele (Scottish Opera, Milwaukee’s for Three Oranges), Opera North (Carmen, scenic design. Among his many film credits are Florentine Opera). He has also worked at Orpheus in the Underworld, Il ritorno d’Ulisse Papillon, two of the Indiana Jones films,Hook , Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, the Salzburg in patria), and Scottish Opera (Ariadne auf and Disney’s 101 and 102 Dalmations. He has Festival, and Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet. Naxos). Theater credits include productions earned six Oscar nominations, of which he won Di Iorio has received the highly prestigious for the National Theatre and London’s West three – Travels with My Aunt, Death on the Nile, Premio Abbiati prize for both Mosè in Egitto End (Dreamgirls, Travesties, Humble Boy, The and Tess. Powell’s designs for ’s (Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival, 2011) and Bodyguard, Ghosts), and on Broadway (The Capriccio (with Renèe Fleming in Paris) Die Gezeichneten (Palermo, 2010). Crucible, Vincent in Brixton, The Country Girl, can be seen on DVD. He collaborated with Private Lives, and the original productions of on the six worldwide MARK GREY (Sound Spamalot and Shrek the Musical which both productions of Sunset Boulevard, and his Designer)’s association with moved to the West End and on U. K. and costumes for the recent Théâtre du Châtelet Lyric Opera has encom- U. S. tours). Hatley has worked with the productions of My Fair Lady (reprised at St. passed seven productions Royal Ballet (Don Quixote, Carmen), Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre) andSingin’ since 2007/08, most re- Rambert (Roughcut), Northern Ballet Theatre in the Rain earned critical acclaim. Among cently The King and ,I (Cinderella), and English National Ballet many other international honors, he was given The Merry Widow(both (Unrequited Moments). His film work includes lifetime achievement awards in Hollywood, 2015/16), and Carousel Stage Beauty, Closer, and Notes on a Scandal. His New York, and Italy and was appointed a Royal (2014/15). Grey made work has been honored with multiple Tony, Designer in his native England. history as the first sound designer of the Drama Desk, Olivier, and Evening Standard (2002) and the Award nominations and wins. Winner of the FRÉDÉRIC LLINARES* Metropolitan Opera (five productions since Olivier for Best Set Design in 1997 (Stanley) (Assistant Costume Designer) 2015, most recently Iolanta/Bluebeard’s and in 2002 (Humble Boy, Private Lives), he has assisted in the design Castle). For more than two decades, received Tonys in 2002 (Private Lives) and of productions at Paris’s professional sound design relationships have 2009 (Shrek the Musical, Théâtre du Châtelet (14 led Grey to premiere works by such artists for both sets and costumes). works, ranging stylistically and organizations as , Steve from The Barber of Seville Reich, , Peter Eötvos, , PHILIPPINE and Wagner’s rarely heard Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, and ORDINAIRE* (Assistant Die Feen to My Fair Lady, many others. Productions include St. Matthew Set Designer) received her Carousel, Into the Woods, and The Sound of Passion (Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle/ training from London’s Music), Aix-en-Provence Festival (Rigoletto), at the Park Avenue Armory, St. Martins College of Art. Théâtre du Rond-Point (René l’Enervé), and New York, 2015). He designed and toured She has collaborated with, Lausanne Opera (Eugene Onegin, The Magic extensively with for nearly among others, designers Flute), among other venues. Llinares has 15 years and is also a longtime collaborator of Christian Fenouillat (Fin also worked with St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky composer John Adams. As a composer, Grey de Partie, Caligula, Pour Theatre (My Fair Lady) and Geneva’s Grand has recently undertaken commissions for the Ceux qui Restent), Chantal Thomas La( Théâtre (Wozzeck). Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Los Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, La traviata), Angeles Philharmonic. His opera Frankenstein and Tim Hatley (Singin’ in the Rain, My GIUSEPPE DI IORIO* premiered at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Fair Lady). In Paris she recently worked with (Co-Lighting Designer) is (Brussels) on , 2016. Robert Carsen on two exhibitions, Splendeurs originally from Naples and et Misères (Musée d’Orsay) and Volez Voguez studied in London at the Voyagez (Grand Palais). Ordinaire’s designs Guildhall School of Music have appeared in Le Brâme des biches (Bussang), and Drama. His current Les Temps Aventureux (1, 2, 3 Opera! Festival), season is highlighted by and Don Giovanni (Trieste’s Teatro Verdi). a wide variety of pro- ductions, including Anna Bolena (Lisbon and Seville), Così fan tutte (Rome), Fidelio (Bucharest), Carmen (Athens),

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MICHAEL BLACK REBECCA HOWELL* and assistant director, Ozawa has worked (Chorus Master) has served (Associate Choreographer) at Lyric and the major opera companies of as chorus master at Lyric has choreographed for Toronto, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and St. since 2013. At Opera several productions, among Louis, as well as off-Broadway and at the Australia he progressed them (Menier Oregon Shakespeare and Macau International from rehearsal pianist to Chocolate Factory), Spam- festivals. assistant chorus master and alot (English Theatre children’s chorus master, Frankfurt), The Life of the ELISE SANDELL (Assis- before his appointment as Party (TheatreWorks, San tant Director) has directed chorus master from to 2001 to 2013. He has Francisco), and Falstaff (Covent Garden). As at the opera companies served in that capacity for such distinguished Lynne Page’s associate, her credits include of Tulsa, Portland, Min- organizations as the Edinburgh International American Psycho (, Broadway), neapolis, Madison, Tacoma, Festival, Opera Holland Park (London), the Funny Girl, , and Little Shop and Boise, and her Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia of Horrors (all at Menier and in the West End). recent production of La Choir, Motet Choir, and Cantillation chamber She is an alumna of the London Studio Centre. traviata with Central City choir. His recent activities include preparing Opera was received with The Damnation of Faust chorus, continuing SARAH HATTEN (Wig- critical acclaim. Sandell has staged two world his association with the Grant Park Music master and Makeup premieres for HGOco, the outreach branch of Festival. As one of Australia’s most prominent Designer) has served as , and works frequently vocal accompanists, Black regularly performed Lyric’s wigmaster and with the artists at Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center. for broadcasts and recordings and has chorus makeup designer since In 2009, her production concept of Einstein on mastered on four continents. His work has 2011/12 and has worked the Beach was chosen as a finalist in OPERA been recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, in a wide repertoire at Des America’s Director-Designer Showcase. PBS, and for many HD productions in movie Moines Metro Opera and theaters as well as on television. He has also Michigan Opera Theatre, JOHN W. COLEMAN been a lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium as well as Columbus Opera, Toledo Opera, the (Stage Manager) has been of Music, of which he is an alumnus. Black Cabrillo Music Festival, and the University of a member of Lyric Opera’s holds a master’s degree in musicology from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She production staff for 27 the University of New South Wales. Michael has also worked at the Glimmerglass Festival seasons. Among his more Black is the Howard A. Stotler Chorus and the major opera companies of Los Angeles, than 100 Lyric productions Master Endowed Chair. Omaha, Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central City, have been five world as well as Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre premieres, two Ring cycles, LYNNE PAGE* (Chore- and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages Theatre and and 47 new productions, ographer) is renowned for the Geffen Playhouse. Hatten earned a B. A. for which he has collaborated with many her work in theater, opera, in music at Simpson College. Sarah Hatten is of the world’s most distinguished directors, television, and film. Career the Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup including Robert Altman, Götz Friedrich, highlights in opera include Designer Endowed Chair. Richard Jones, George C. Wolfe, and Graham Les Troyens (La Scala), Vick. Coleman is former production stage Medea (English National MATTHEW OZAWA manager of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera), Andrea Chénier (Associate Director) has Chicago Opera Theater, Portland Opera, and (Bregenz Festival), and directed acclaimed Lyric Texas Opera Theater. Other regional credits Carmen (Opera Holland Park). In film, Page productions of Don include productions with the major companies has undertaken projects for Warner Brothers Quichotte (2016/17) and of Pittsburgh, Houston, Santa Fe, and Miami. and Working Title as a movement director and Nabucco (2015/16). His An alumnus of the University of Illinois at choreographer. She has worked in London’s most recent productions Urbana-Champaign, he has served as adjunct West End and at the Royal National Theatre, include Florian Gassman’s faculty at DePaul University. Coleman is the the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as L’Opera Seria (Wolf first vice president of the American Guild of on Broadway. In addition to My Fair Lady Trap Opera, American premiere), Emmerich Musical Artists. (Paris’s Châtelet, St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky), Kálmán’s Arizona Lady (Arizona Opera, her theater credits include Funny Girl (West American premiere), Matthew Aucoin’s RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY End, Menier Chocolate Factory, U. K. tour), A Second Nature (Lyric Opera’s Lyric Unlimited, (Assistant Stage Manager) Little Night Music (West End, Broadway), and world premiere), and ’s A has been involved in more American Psycho (Almeida, Broadway). She Little Night Music, David Hanlon’s After The than 40 productions with was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, and Storm, and Marty Regan’s The Memory Stone San Francisco Opera, Olivier awards for the West End and Broadway (Houston Grand Opera, the latter two in working with such dis- productions of La Cage aux Folles (2010). Page their world premieres). A Little Night Music tinguished directors as was choreographer for the Pet Shop Boys’ world will mark Ozawa’s Des Moines Metro Opera Francesca Zambello (Ring tours (2009-16) and her recent collaboration debut this summer. 2017/18 season highlights cycle), David Pountney with GOGO Penguin (VEILS) was performed include his debut at Opera Colorado with La (Macbeth), Sir David McVicar (Don Giovanni), at the EFG London Jazz Festival (2015) and bohème and a new production of The Barber and Graham Vick (Lucia di Lammermoor, Latitude Festival (2016). of Seville (Kentucky Opera). As an associate Tannhäuser). A graduate in stage management

30 | April - May, 2017 *Lyric debut PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO from both the University of Cincinnati Festival and School, , Flemish Opera, Cologne Opera, Deutsche College-Conservatory of Music and DePaul Florentine Opera (Milwaukee), LA Opera, Oper am Rhein, and Opéra National de Paris. University, Henneberry has also stage-managed Midsummer’s Music Festival (Door County, He has written many libretti, including – for Seattle Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera, Wisconsin), and Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center. with Strasbourg composer Boris Boulanger- and Pittsburgh Opera. Haas – works based on Shakespeare’s Titus TIM LENIHAN* (Musical Andronicus and Dostoevsky’s White Nights, RACHEL A. TOBIAS Preparation), an alumnus as well as Richard III (Antwerp), Citoyen de (Assistant Stage Manager) of DePaul University, is Genéve (Geneva), The Duchess of Malfi(English has been a stage manager an active pianist and National Opera), Pop’pea (Paris’s Châtelet), and and assistant stage manager conductor in the Chicago CO2 (La Scala). Burton’s work as a director at Lyric for 16 seasons. area working with several includes the prize for best production of the Since 2009 she has spent theaters, including the Para- year given by the Province of Antwerp for three part of each summer as mount Theatre (Sweeney one-act works by Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight lead stage manager for Todd, The Little Mermaid, Songs for a Mad King, Vesalii Icones, and Miss opera programming at the Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Cats, Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot. Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. Tobias Saigon, ), Drury Lane Theatre (West Side has held similar stage-management positions Story, Camelot, Sunset Boulevard, Hairspray, CHRISTINE ADAIRE* with San Francisco Opera, Michigan Opera , Spamalot, Miss Saigon, Mame), and (Dialect Coach) is a pro- Theatre, Glimmerglass Festival, and Chicago Oriental Theatre (, Wicked, Billy fessor at the Chicago Opera Theater, among others. Elliot). Lenihan has also performed with the College of Performing Arts Kalamazoo Symphony, Northwest Indiana at Roosevelt University. VALERIE MAZE (Assis- Symphony, Elgin Symphony, Chicago Sin- She began her career as an tant Conductor) is a member fonietta, and Chicago Civic Orchestra. actor, later apprenticed with of Lyric’s musical staff. She the renowned vocal coach received the After Dark IAN BURTON* (Drama- Kristin Linklater for five Award for outstanding turg) has worked with years, and has been a master teacher of Linklater’s music direction for Cats director Robert Carsen technique since 1987. Adaire has coached Tony at Theatre at the Center. since 1987. Among their Award-winning actress Deanna Dunagan, Tom She has served as music collaborations have been Hardy, Keeanu Reeves, Matthew Modine, and director at Drury Lane (2005/06) Marlo Thomas, among others. She has worked on Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Iphigénie en Tauride more than 150 productions at prestigious venues Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Peninsula (2006/07). Burton, who (including the Guthrie, Chicago Shakespeare, Players, Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis, has published eight volumes Goodman, and Steppenwolf theater companies), Wagon Wheel Theatre, Light Opera Works, of poetry, has had articles published by many as well as the first national tour of Mary Poppins. and Provision Theater Company. Whether opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, Her current area of research is transgender voice as assistant conductor or pianist, Maze has Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, modification. worked at Portland Opera, Indianapolis MARIE-NOËLLE ROBERT / THÉÂTRE DU CHÂTELET Opera, , Light Opera Works (Evanston), Harrisburg Opera, and DuPage Opera. Among the recent acclaimed productions for which she has served as conductor are White Christmas (Drury Lane Theatre), Sondheim’s and Follies (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre), and A Little Night Music (Writers Theatre – Jeff Award nomination, music direction).

WILLIAM C. BILLING- HAM (Musical Preparation), has been on the music staff at Lyric since 1995. An active recital accompanist and chamber musician, he received his training from the Oberlin Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, and the University of Southern California. Billingham has been a répétiteur for the Heidelberg and Düsseldorf opera houses and has served as a coach at the Aspen Music Higgins’s study, designed by Tim Hatley for the Châtelet production of My Fair Lady.

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My Fair Lady: Almost – But Not Quite – a Love Story By Jay Gummert COLLECION, SOTHEBY, BELGRAVIA CHAPPELL MUSIC

Julie Andrews portrayed Eliza Doolittle opposite Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner as Henry Higgins in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady, 1956.

lan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s daunting (Rodgers and Hammerstein had My Fair Lady has thrilled audiences previously made the attempt and given up); around the world since its 1956 after all, how could anyone create a great Apremiere. Its memorable songs – “I Could Have contemporary musical without a love story? Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Lerner and Loewe abandoned the project, but Live,” “The Rain in Spain,” and many more – after Pascal’s fruitless pursuit of Noël Coward have made their way into the lives of millions, and – two other musical-theater capturing hearts of all ages. The evolution of this greats – they began again, starting work shortly masterpiece, while immensely challenging to its after Pascal’s death in mid-1954. creative team, was wildly successful and rewarding With the ever-present problem of an for them all – a musical that truly illuminated unromantic plot, the duo finally achieved a and enhanced one of the most captivating plays breakthrough in realizing that, as Lerner later and films in the English language. explained, they “could do Pygmalion simply Lerner and Loewe were already successful by doing Pygmalion.” The foundation for their on Broadway (Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon) work would be the superb screenplay written by 1952, when the idea of a musical version of by Shaw himself for Pascal’s 1938 film. This George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion was suggested meant a copious amount of dialogue, but to them. The instigator, film producer-director Lerner insisted on retaining as much Shaw Gabriel Pascal, had previously fashioned as possible. Shaw’s characters were certainly brilliant film adaptations of four Shaw plays strong and dynamic enough to stand on their – Pygmalion, Major Barbara, Caesar and own; Lerner and Loewe’s great challenge was to Cleopatra, and Androcles and the Lion. At create transitions that would compel them to first the task proposed by Pascal seemed too express themselves through song. George Bernard Shaw at the time of Pygmalion.

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The development of the score was still at a comparatively early stage when Broadway superstar and her husband, producer Richard Halliday, caught wind that a musical Pygmalion was in the works. They requested a preview, but after hearing some of the songs, the couple left without saying a word. Halliday later told Lerner and Loewe that Martin had paced back and forth all night muttering, “Richard, those boys have lost their talent.” While attacking the thorny task of obtaining the rights to produce their show, the duo searched for a leading lady, now that Mary Martin was out of the picture. Attending a performance of Sandy Wilson’s 1920s-style Broadway musical hit, , Lerner and Loewe first laid eyes on an exceptionally poised 19-year-old English singer-actress. Her name was , and in voice, diction, presence, and beauty she was exquisite. Lerner asked her to stay on call and not accept another project until they could confirm the rights to the show, and Andrews graciously agreed. Now that Wendy Hiller as Eliza in Gabriel Pascal’s film ofPygmalion , 1938 – an ideal Eliza Doolittle was waiting in the wings, the bedraggled flower girl and the proper young lady. the duo needed to locate her leading man. Though Noël Coward was thought of as a possibility, for Lerner there was only Rex Harrison, whom he considered the quintessential Prof. Henry Higgins. In 1955 the librettist and composer flew to London to secure the rights to produce the show, but also to meet with Harrison. After his performance in John Van Druten’s comedy Bell, Book, and Candle in the West End, they found a piano to show the actor two of the completed numbers A frustrated moment for Higgins: “Lady Liza” and “Please Don’t for Eliza (Audrey Marry Me” (neither actually ended up in Hepburn) in George the final production). Harrison was hesitant Cukor’s 1964 film of to sign on; he disliked the music and was My Fair Lady. unconvinced of Lerner’s clever word games. An even more serious problem – Harrison wasn’t a singer! He was also nervous about following in the footsteps of Leslie Howard in Pascal’s film, but having been assured that he was the best possible choice, Harrison decided to think it over. After a few days, he confirmed with Lerner and Loewe that he would play Higgins. His utterly distinctive half-singing/ half-speaking style would ultimately leave an avoiding work and marriage while pursuing the musical Pygmalion, as it sounded too much indelible mark on the role. drink and philandering. Lerner and Loewe like just a revival. My Fair Lady was originally The introduction of Eliza’s father into knew that London-born , rejected, since the duo considered it too the story developed as an aside from Shaw’s with his experience as a comic monologist operetta-ish. Other names were thought over, original concept. The team decided to show who’d also acted in two of Pascal’s Shaw films, such as Liza, Lady Liza, Come to the Ball, The what happened to Eliza between her meeting would be perfect as Doolittle. Talk of London, and Fanfaroon (British slang for Higgins at Covent Garden and her arrival at After securing funding for production “braggart”), but by the summer of 1955, the his house the next morning. They imagined a from CBS, the musical had everything in title My Fair Lady had stuck. As it turned out, scene in which the flower-girl – having been place – except a director and a title. The first in 1925 had written a musical of tossed a good bit of money by Higgins – is problem was solved after , a major the same name that was then renamed Tell Me cajoled by her father into tossing him a coin player on Broadway as both playwright and More. Out of courtesy, Lerner made a call to or two. Alfred P. Doolittle is an incorrigible director, heard half a dozen of the songs. As for Gershwin to inform him that he and Loewe yet lovable man, reveling in the “good life” of the title: Lerner and Loewe did not want to call would be using the title.

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Lisa O’Hare as Eliza at North Shore Music

PAUL LYDEN Theatre, 2011.

Years before gaining world fame as television’s Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett played Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the film ofMy Fair Lady. BRANCO GAICA / OPERA AUSTRALIA The creative process proved difficult; however, it helped that, with the deaths of both Shaw and his friend Pascal, Lerner and Loewe then felt comfortable allowing themselves some artistic liberties, although they stayed true to the spirit of Shaw’s story. Shaw himself included some elaborations on his original play when adapting it for film, and Lerner and Loewe did the same for their musical (especially as regards Mr. Doolittle: his appearances in both his first scene and then in Act Two – the scene featuring his boisterous 11 o’clock number “Get Me to the Church on Time” – don’t appear in Shaw.) But when it came to the matter of the love story – or lack thereof – Lerner and Loewe had a problem: how to write what amounts to an almost-love song? The answer would be found in the pages of Shaw’s drama. In the final act ofPygmalion , Eliza makes the decision to leave and marry Freddy, now that her lessons in speech are over. She tells Higgins firmly that he’ll have to do without her. In response, Higgins shows a bit of vulnerability, saying, “And I’ve grown accustomed to your voice and appearance. I like them, rather.” It was from these very words that Lerner and Loewe were inspired to write “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” certainly one of the show’s most memorable songs. In this, the last of his four solo numbers, Higgins expresses an emotional ambivalence – in fact, a genuine inner turmoil – over Eliza’s impending marriage to Freddy. He alternates between quietly reflecting on his feelings for the girl and gleefully predicting that she’ll soon come crawling back to him. It was in the song’s main theme that Lerner and Loewe developed the memorable “almost-love song” they’d searched for; it became one of Broadway’s most frequently recorded and performed songs, covered by the likes of Johnny (Eliza) and Richard E. Grant (Higgins) sing Mathis, , and even Kermit the Frog (!), to name just a few “The Rain in Spain” in Opera Australia’s 2008 production. of its interpreters. Now it was time to develop a similarly revealing song for Eliza. Loewe actually wrote the melody for “I Could Have Danced All Night” in a single part of Shaw’s original play – constitutes the final moments of both the day. The following day Lerner presented him with the finished lyric, in which film and the musical. we can sense her suppressed feelings for Higgins. Interestingly, Lerner was Despite the odd structure and lack of a conventional love story, unhappy with one particular line – “Why all at once, my heart took flight”; Lerner and Loewe were triumphantly successful in their adaptation. My he felt what he referred to as a “special loathing” for songs in which someone’s Fair Lady was absolutely Broadway’s hottest ticket of the 1950s. Without heart took on anthropomorphic qualities. But he got over his reluctance: the a doubt, for as long as musicals are performed, Lerner and Loewe’s phrase remained, and this exhilarating, show-stopping number went on to masterpiece will continue its reign. It is, quite simply, perfection. become arguably the most beloved song in My Fair Lady. The absence of a typical love song doesn’t divorce the show from Jay Gummert is a recent graduate of Michigan State University, where he romance completely; there is, after all, Freddy’s “On the Street Where You majored in clarinet performance and music theory. He is currently working Live” (even Shaw declared in his afterword that that once Pygmalion was in the publications area of the marketing and communications department over, Freddy and Eliza married), and in fact, Eliza’s return to Higgins – not at Lyric.

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Singing the War Between the Classes Robert Carsen, director of My Fair Lady, spoke with Geneviève Joublin in December 2010. Here are excerpts from that conversation.

From George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (1913) to the monstrous egotism, but he has the honesty to recognize it. Even if he musical comedy of Lerner and Loewe (1956), followed by belongs to the upper class, he is iconoclastic, mocks conventions, doesn’t ’s film (1964) – have you found inspiration in each stage respect the rituals of attire, and is the despair of his mother when he shows of the success of My Fair Lady? up at Ascot. He is eccentric in the English manner, which gives him a good They all offer something, and that includes the text of that inspired deal of charm. Colonel Pickering is much more traditional; he represents Shaw. In Ovid, Venus gives life to , the sculpture created by the England of the Empire, the England of “fair play” and “good sport,” Pygmalion, with which he falls in love. With Shaw, the story isn’t which will not change but which will soon disappear. It must be said that completed by a romance. The playwright objected to the idea of an if he is less original than Higgins, he is also more human: he treats Eliza adaptation, even more to a . The musical comedy premiered with respect, just as he does Higgins’s mother. six years after Shaw’s death and captivated the public. Its extraordinary As for Eliza, it’s a magnificent role, a dream for an actress, with a very success (2,717 performances of the original production on Broadway and wide compass from the rough and noisy flower girl to the gracious lady of 2,281 in London) is obviously due to the delicious music of Frederick high society, the queen of the ball. It’s a role that requires temperament. Loewe and the extraordinary quality of the lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner. Eliza has ambition, in the human sense of the word; she wants to make The music follows the action, supports it, and enlivens it. The lyrics are something of her life, and she seizes the opportunity of the fortuitous brilliant, light, witty, and full of spirit, but also pointed, rich in sense. encounter with Higgins by the entrance of the Royal Opera House at The work’s strength lies equally in its directness and sincerity, as well as Covent Garden to shape her destiny. It is she who goes to see him to ask its sophistication. for lessons in speech. She wants to progress socially, and it is she who hopes to become – thanks to her mastery of the language – a florist in a shop. She My Fair Lady isn’t just a fairy tale? fights, she refuses to be only an object. She is Cinderella gifted with a real Beyond the grand, primary emotions, it has to do with how George personality, and her story joins the myths of other fairy tales. Bernard Shaw regarded the English society of his time – a profoundly inegalitarian society in which people judged other people according to their Does the great popularity of My Fair Lady allow for any freedom accent. Shaw anticipates that all of this will change. He is equally visionary in the staging? in his perception of the rights of women, describing precisely the way in This work, which has been called the perfect musical comedy, doesn’t need which women were regarded – that is, without respect. He makes himself a director to change everything. My role is to put into place a coherent the champion of their emancipation. and convincing vision in approaching the scenic challenges, the numerous The story is solidly anchored in English society, in the duality between set changes, the frequent moves from one world to another, from speech the working class with their Cockney speech and the snobbism of the upper to sung text, from the working-class world to high society – and this can classes. Shaw sometimes amuses himself with this, but he doesn’t deal with happen very quickly at times. Certain scenes last five minutes, others more anything lightly. He never loses his critical sense, nor his concern to show than fifteen. One must find the proper to make the transitions men as they are. So, in the scene in which Alfred Doolittle, Eliza’s father, fluid and to maintain the magic of the big numbers and the famous scenes: comes to see Henry Higgins to ask him for money – in fact, to sell him his the market at Covent Garden, the horse race at Ascot, the embassy ball. daughter – Doolittle explains very simply to Higgins (who is shocked by his The whole piece takes place in London, and perhaps our vision of this great approach) that morality is a luxury that he, as a poor man, cannot afford. city (before the terrible destruction of the Second World War) is rather different from what has been seen in other productions: lighter, whiter Is the historic anchoring of the work a given that restricts you? and more open. For this piece, teamwork is fundamental. One part of It’s very important. One can’t neglect the social and political side of this the production’s attraction rests in the elegant and intelligent sets of Tim work. The piece is supposed to take place at the dawn of the First World Hatley, the other in the rich beauty and exciting elegance of the costumes War, in a society. The only liberty that we’ve taken is an adjustment designed by Anthony Powell. Not to mention Lynne Page’s lovely and of the period, a shift forward of fifteen years, to place the action at the witty choreography. dawn of the Second World War. This doesn’t change the given: at that time English society was even more frozen, even more unjust, and the Is work on the language fundamental? rituals were the same. Tis slight but important shift in period allowed us It is essential. Pygmalion is a play about the English language, about the the freedom to make the costumes more fluid, more modern to our eyes confrontation between ways of speaking during a specific period, with – and equally importantly, to allow some color into the show. However, importance in respect to the word. You need actors of great quality to do this period is really the latest that one can situate the action – this world justice to both the spoken and sung episodes, and to embody personalities of privilege will disappear forever after World War II. Indeed, today more complex than they might seem. one might go so far as to say you need to have a Cockney accent to be considered of interest or importance in London! And the ending? A possible romance between Eliza and Higgins? The ending needs special treatment. In our production, it’s a bit different The principal characters are well defined: Higgins is unsympathetic, from what one usually shows onstage. We have tried to imagine what Colonel Pickering the most human, and Eliza the “poor sparrow” who Shaw – who opposed the idea of a romance between between Higgins ravishes every heart. and Eliza – had in mind, and, being faithful to his spirit, imagine what a These characters aren’t that simple. Their belonging to a particular social possible happy ending could really signify for his Pygmalion and Galatea… class doesn’t determine who they are. What interests Shaw is the human condition in its complexity. Higgins is a complex personality, with Translation: Roger Pines Reprinted by permission of the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.

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My Fair Lady: After the Curtain Falls

When the performance is over, try discussing it with your companions and any other theater lovers you know! You can continue your pleasure in My Fair Lady for hours – even days – by exchanging ideas about it. Here are some topics we can suggest:

• At the end of the musical, Eliza Doolittle returns to Henry Higgins. What happens next? Does Eliza still marry Freddy? Or do the repressed feelings of both Higgins and Eliza blossom?

• Both Pygmalion and My Fair Lady share the notion that different groups of people use different types of language – in this case, specifically English. What different types of vernacular do you use or notice other people using (whether family, friends, or strangers)? How does the emphasis on language influence the show?

• When compared with other hit musicals of its time, My Fair Lady is very different in that it isn’t a love story. How does the absence of this signature element have an effect on the relationships the characters develop with each other?

• What is it about the music of My Fair Lady that makes this musical so popular? Is it the lyrics? The melodies? What’s your favorite song from the show and why?

• Compare the roles of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. What is the general attitude of each and how is this highlighted in their songs and dialogue?

• What elements of the set, costume, and lighting designs are the most memorable to you in this production? How do these elements help convey the musical’s shifting moods?

Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle) and Rex Harrison (Henry Higgins) in director George Cukor’s 1964 film version ofMy Fair Lady.

To continue to enhance your experience of My Fair Lady, Lyric dramaturg Roger Pines suggests the following performances:

• CD – Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, • DVD – Rex Harrison, , Stanley Holloway, , John Michael King (Masterworks Broadway) Wilfred Hyde-White, Jeremy Brett (Warner Home Video)

• CD – , Martine McCutcheon, Dennis Shaw’s Pygmalion: Waterman, Nicholas Le Prevost, • CD – Anton Lesser, Lucy Whybrow, David Burke, (First Night – Red) Geoffrey Palmer, Charlie Simpson (Naxos Audiobooks)

• CD – , , Warren Mitchell, • DVD – Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller,Wilfrid Lawson, John Gielgud, Jerry Hadley (Polygram Records) Scott Sunderland, David Tree (Criterion Collection)

• CD – Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan, Michael Bauer, • DVD – James Villiers, Lynn Redgrave, Emrys James, Michael Denison, Henry Wickham (Jay Records) Ronald Fraser, Nicholas Jones (BBC Home Entertainment)

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ABBOTT FUND JAMES N. and LAURIE V. BAY Abbott and the Abbott Fund are leading corporate contributors Jim and Laurie Bay are passionate supporters of the arts to Lyric Opera of Chicago, with a longstanding tradition in Chicago and have been members of the Lyric Opera of dedicated support. Over the last three decades, Abbott family for more than three decades. They have previously has generously cosponsored 22 Lyric productions, including contributed to Lyric’s Wine Auction, 60th Anniversary this season’s Das Rheingold, The Marriage of Figaro(2015/16) Concert and Diamond Ball, Stars of Lyric Opera at and Don Giovanni (2014/15). Abbott has championed Lyric’s Millennium Park, the Annual Campaign, and education Miles D. White achievements as a contributor to the Great Opera Fund, the programs. They also cosponsored Madama Butterfly Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, and Wine Auctions, (2013/14) and have made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. among other efforts, and made a leadership commitment to the Breaking New This season, Jim and Laurie generously cosponsor Lyric’s production of Carmen. Ground Campaign. Lyric is honored to have Abbott’s Lyric is honored to have Jim Bay, a principal of Bays Corporation, serve on its Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Miles D. of Directors and Compensation Committee. White, serve on its Board of Directors. MARLYS A. BEIDER ADA and WHITNEY ADDINGTON As an aficionada of Lyric for more than 30 years, Marlys has Ada and Whitney Addington are dedicated Lyric contributed to the Annual Campaign and is a Bel Canto subscribers and donors. For many seasons, they have Benefactor of the planned giving Overture Society. Her planned contributed to the Annual Campaign, and have gift commitment created the Marlys Beider Wigmaster and generously supported the Great Opera Fund, the Building Makeup Designer Endowed Chair in memory of her late on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for husband, Harold Beider. Marlys Beider cosponsored several Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. productions including Elektra (2012/13), Parsifal (2013/14) and The Addingtons have also invested in the company’s Tosca (2014/15), and cosponsored last season’s Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium future through their planned gift to Lyric. Last season they cosponsored Lyric’s Park concert. Marlys has committed generous leadership gifts to cosponsor Lyric’s world premiere of Bel Canto, and have committed a generous leadership gift in new productions of this season’s Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung (2019/20), support of Lyric’s new Ring cycle, which begins this season with Das Rheingold. Lyric part of Lyric’s new Ring cycle. is fortunate to have Dr. Whitney Addington as a member of its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. RANDY L. and MELVIN R. BERLIN Devoted fans of opera education and the arts, Melvin AMERICAN AIRLINES and Randy Berlin are vital members of the Lyric This season we celebrate 35 years of vital corporate partnership Opera family. They have contributed significantly to with American Airlines, the Official Airline of Lyric Opera. In the Annual Campaign and have made a leadership gift recognition of the company’s significant contribution to the to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Melvin and Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the mezzanine level Randy have cosponsored several productions including of the Civic Opera House is named the American Airlines last season’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro, Mezzanine. American Airlines provides important in-kind and generously cosponsor this season’s new production of The Magic Flute. Lyric is Franco Tedeschi support for Lyric’s programs and honored to have Melvin Berlin serve on its Board of Directors. special events. Franco Tedeschi, Vice President of American Airlines, proudly serves BMO HARRIS BANK on Lyric’s Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited BMO Harris Bank proudly supports Lyric Opera in the spirit of Committee. community partnership that has identified the bank for over 125 years. As a longstanding corporate contributor to Lyric, BMO PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION Harris Bank has generously supported Lyric’s Annual Campaign, The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to advance society through the the Facilities Fund, the Great Opera Fund, the Stars of Lyric performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. The Opera at Millennium Park concert, Fantasy of the Opera, the Foundation’s namesake, Paul M. Angell, founder of Newly Weds Foods, dedicated Alexandra Renée Fleming Subscriber Appreciation Concert (2010/11), the early part of his life to serving his country and performing as a member of John Dousmanis-Curtis the Renée Fleming & Susan Graham Subscriber Appreciation Philip Sousa’s U.S. Navy Band during World War I. He believed in hard work, self Concert (2012/13), Lang Lang in Recital (2013), and last season’s Plácido Domingo reliance, and optimism, and the Foundation is intended to honor him and his ideals. and Ana María Martínez Concert. This season, BMO Harris Bank is the Exclusive At Lyric, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has been a generous supporter of Sponsor of Lyric’s Celebrating Plácido Concert. Lyric is honored to have Alexandra Lyric’s Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited programming, cosponsoring The Dousmanis-Curtis, Group Head, U.S. Retail and Magic Victrola (2014/15) and The Family Barber (2013/14). Business Banking, BMO Harris Bank, serve on its Board of Directors and Investment Committee. ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Aria Society support received from five HENRY M. and GILDA R. BUCHBINDER anonymous contributors during the 2016/17 season. Dedicated lovers of the arts, Henry and Gilda Buchbinder are longstanding members of the Lyric JULIE and ROGER BASKES Opera family. Committed to sustaining the exceptional Lyric treasures the exemplary leadership and dedication quality of Lyric’s artistic product, the Buchbinders of Julie and Roger Baskes. Subscribers for more than made a leadership gift to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground three decades, they have generously supported Lyric’s Campaign to name the Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Ryan Opera Center activities as previous cosponsors of Family Foundation Rehearsal Room. They have also Rising Stars in Concert, and currently underwrite the been longtime generous donors to the Annual Campaign, including cosponsoring Ryan Opera Center Recital Series on 98.7WFMT. They Boris Godunov (2011/12) and this season’s production of Eugene Onegin. Lyric have cosponsored numerous productions including, is honored to have Gilda Buchbinder serve on its Board of Directors and the most recently, La Clemenza di Tito (2013/14), Il Trovatore (2014/15), Romeo and Production Sponsorship Committee. Juliet (2015/16), and this season’s Norma. They also made a leadership commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help safeguard the future of Lyric Opera. Lyric is honored to have Julie Baskes serve on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Julie is also Chairman of the Production Sponsorship Committee, and is a past President of the Ryan Opera Center Board.

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CAROLYN S. BUCKSBAUM THE ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION Lyric Opera sincerely appreciates the extraordinary leadership and Lyric Opera remains deeply grateful for the longterm generosity generosity of Kay Bucksbaum. An avid subscriber and longtime of The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, one of Chicago’s patron of Lyric with her late husband Matthew, the Bucksbaum nonprofit leaders in arts support. The Cheney Foundation has Family’s very generous challenge grant re-established Lyric’s made an enhanced multi-year commitment to the Ryan Opera regional and national/international radio broadcasts in 2006. Center/Lyric Opera. During the 2016/17 season, The Cheney Kay’s incredible continued matching support makes possible The Foundation is supporting Guest Master Teacher and Artist Lyric Opera Broadcasts, which draw 16 million listeners annually. Elizabeth F. Cheney residencies; the Director of Vocal Studies faculty position; access “Lyric is a great national institution,” Matthew once said, “and it gives our family to a behind-the-scenes view of the Ensemble selection process great pleasure to know these broadcasts bring Lyric’s wonderful performances to so by opening the Ryan Opera Center’s Final Auditions to a greater number of Lyric many in Chicago and around the globe.” donors and subscribers for the fourth year; and singer sponsorship of bass Bradley Smoak. Lyric Opera is honored to have as a major supporter The Elizabeth F. THE JOHN and JACOLYN BUCKSBAUM Cheney Foundation, whose directors are committed to celebrating Ms. Cheney’s FOUNDATION legacy through the philanthropic support of the arts. Passionate philanthropists in the Chicago community, John and Jackie Bucksbaum are major supporters of NELSON D. CORNELIUS PRODUCTION the arts. John Bucksbaum is founder and CEO of ENDOWMENT FUND Bucksbaum Retail Properties, LLC, a fully-integrated Nelson Cornelius was a longtime subscriber and supporter of owner and developer of retail real estate. This season, Lyric Opera and a cherished friend of legendary former Lyric John and Jackie Bucksbaum John and Jackie, with their family, generously provide Opera General Director Ardis Krainik, with whom he shared matching funding for The Lyric Opera Broadcasts, his passion for opera and for making sure that Lyric would which air on 98.7WFMT live during each opening night performance. keep Chicago on the world’s opera map. That passion was also shared by Julius Frankel, and as a trustee of the Julius Frankel BULLEY & ANDREWS Foundation for many years, Mr. Cornelius fulfilled Mr. Frankel’s wishes by Founded 1891, Bulley & Andrews is one of the Midwest’s most directing significant Foundation support to Lyric Opera’s Annual Campaign and trusted and accomplished construction companies. The fourth production cosponsorship. Mr. Cornelius was also personally generous, supporting generation, family-owned firm offers clients a full-range of Lyric’s Annual Campaign. His legacy created the Nelson D. Cornelius Production construction services including general contracting, construction Endowment Fund, which this year cosponsors the Lyric premiere of Les Troyens. management, design/build, and masonry and concrete restoration. Lyric is honored to remember its close friend Nelson Cornelius. Bulley & Andrews has, for many seasons, supported Lyric Allan E. Bulley, III Unlimited’s Performances for Students program and this season MR. and MRS. JOHN V. CROWE serves as cosponsor of Das Rheingold. Jack and Peggy Crowe are generous and passionate Lyric Opera is pleased to have Allan E. Bulley, III as a members of the Lyric family, evidenced by their member of its Board of Directors. production sponsorship of Turandot (2006/07) and Tosca (2009/10) and major support of the Breaking New MARION A. CAMERON Ground Campaign and the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric is sincerely honored to have the support and leadership of Jack and Peggy Crowe’s significant contribution to Lyric Marion A. Cameron. A subscriber and donor for over 20 years, was recognized in naming the Isabelle Cavagnaro Crowe Lyric gratefully acknowledges her outstanding generosity through Foyer on the fifth floor in memory of Jack Crowe’s mother. The Crowes were her leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, her leading contributors to the Campaign for Excellence and the Building on Greatness cosponsorship of Rusalka (2013/14), and her additional gift in Capital Campaign. Lyric is very fortunate to have Jack Crowe as an esteemed support of Tannhäuser (2014/15). This season she generously member of the Executive Committee of Lyric’s Board of Directors. cosponsors Lyric’s production of Eugene Onegin. Ms. Cameron is the CEO of Sipi Metals Corp., which continues to support the widely popular THE CROWN FAMILY Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert. Marion Cameron is a member Two of Chicago’s leading philanthropists, Renée and of Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive and Finance Committees, and Chair of the Lester Crown, are devoted patrons of Lyric Opera. Investment Committee. The Crown Family is a sponsor of the Renée Fleming Initiative and made a generous commitment to Lyric’s DAVID and ORIT CARPENTER Breaking New Ground Campaign. They have also David and Orit Carpenter have been staunch supporters made major contributions to the Annual Campaign, the of Lyric Opera for many years, and have recently Lester and Renée Crown Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign made a generous planned gift to the Breaking New for Excellence, and the Great Opera Fund. This season, Ground Campaign to help ensure that Lyric will be the Crown Family is a Diamond Record Sponsor of the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit available for many future generations to enjoy. In Concert. Mrs. Crown is a past President of the Women’s Board. Mr. Crown joined addition to their longtime personal support of Lyric’s Lyric’s Board of Directors in 1977 and has served as Chairman of the Executive Annual Campaign, David Carpenter has helped secure Committee ever since. In 2004, Renée and Lester Crown were recipients of the numerous production cosponsorships, including this season's company premiere of Carol Fox Award, presented in recognition of their outstanding leadership and Les Troyens, through Sidley Austin LLP, where he was a Partner for more than 30 commitment to Lyric. Lyric is also honored to have Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown years. Lyric is honored to have David serve on its Board of Directors and Production serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. Lyric is forever indebted to The Crown Sponsorship Committee. Family for their many years of dedicated service to Lyric Opera of Chicago.

THE DAVEE FOUNDATION Lyric Opera is extremely grateful to The Davee Foundation and the late Ruth Dunbar and Ken M. Davee for their tremendous generosity over the years. The Foundation’s exemplary support of Chicago-area charities reflects the Davees’ wide- ranging interests, including their great love of music and the arts. Lyric Opera is fortunate to be among the organizations benefiting from The Davee Foundation’s enduring philanthropy, which helps secure Lyric’s future for generations to come. Recently, The Davee Foundation provided critical support to enhance amplification and sound systems used in the American Musical Theater Initiative. The Foundation has generously cosponsored Lyric premieres of Oklahoma! (2012/13), The Sound of Music (2013/14), Carousel (2014/15), The King and I (2015/16), and this season’s My Fair Lady.

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STEFAN T. EDLIS and GAEL NEESON ANN and GORDON GETTY FOUNDATION Passionate patrons of the arts, Stefan Edlis and Gael Lyric is extremely grateful for the longstanding support of the Ann and Gordon Getty Neeson are actively involved with organizations in Foundation. The Foundation has made vital contributions to the Annual Campaign, Chicago, New York, and Aspen. Mr. Edlis and Ms. providing essential general operating support to foster Lyric’s achievements. Gordon Neeson have supported and subscribed to Lyric Opera Getty served on Lyric’s Board of Directors from 1988-2015. for more than 30 years. They have previously cosponsored the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert and BRENT and KATIE GLEDHILL named their seats through the Your Name Here program. Stefan and Gael have Brent and Katie are proud supporters of numerous causes previously cosponsored five mainstage operas, and are generously cosponsoring this in Chicago, and they have made a leadership gift to Lyr- season’s Lucia di Lammermoor. They also made a leadership gift to the Breaking ic’s Breaking New Ground Campaign. This season Brent New Ground Campaign. Lyric is honored to have Stefan Edlis serve on its Board of and Katie are a Diamond Record Sponsor of the Chicago Directors and Production Sponsorship Committee. Voices Gala Benefit Concert. Brent Gledhill is the Global Head of Investment Banking at William Blair & Com- EXELON pany, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. The philanthropic initiatives of Exelon Corporation help generate and sustain Lyric is honored to have him serve on its Board of Directors, Executive Committee Chicago’s cultural stature and economic vitality. For several decades, Exelon has and Audit Committee, and as Chairman of the Innovation Committee. generously supported the Annual Campaign, Fantasy of the Opera, Wine Auction, and the Great Opera Fund as well as Lyric’s education and community engagement WILLIAM and ETHEL GOFEN programs. Exelon’s many cosponsorships have included The Mikado (2010/12), William and Ethel Gofen have been attending Lyric the Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Subscriber Appreciation Concert Opera productions for more than 50 years. They are (2011/12), La bohème (2012/13), Rusalka (2013/14), Lyric’s second mariachi opera, generous donors to Lyric’s Annual Campaign, and El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (2014/15), and The Marriage of Figaro(2015/16). cosponsored the Overture Society Luncheons for many This season, Exelon cosponsors Lyric’s production of years. In 1997, Bill and Ethel named seats for each other Carmen. Lyric Opera is fortunate to have Exelon as in the Ardis Krainik Theatre as part of the Building on an outstanding corporate partner. Greatness Capital Campaign. The Gofens generously cosponsored Lyric’s world premiere of Bel Canto, based on the novel by Ann FORD FOUNDATION Patchett, and are supporting the opera’s appearance on PBS Great Performances. Lyric is honored to have the tremendous support of the Ford Foundation. For They have also made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. nearly 80 years, the Foundation has worked with visionary leaders and organizations Lyric is thrilled to have Ethel Gofen as a member of the Board of Directors and worldwide to ensure that all people have the opportunity to reach their full potential, Lyric Unlimited Committee. contribute to society, have a voice in the decisions that affect them, and live and work in dignity. Lyric is deeply grateful for the Ford Foundation’s essential support KAREN Z. GRAY-KREHBIEL and JOHN H. for Lyric’s landmark Chicago Voices initiative during KREHBIEL, JR. the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons. Lyric is deeply grateful for the friendship and support of Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel. A devoted JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION member of the Women’s Board, Karen has served on A founding patron of Lyric Theatre (now Lyric Opera) and a Lyric its Executive Committee as Vice President – Education, Opera Board member at the time of his death in 1982, Julius 2011 Opera Ball Chair and 2016 Board of Directors' Frankel devoted his philanthropic giving to making Chicago a Annual Meeting Chair. In addition, she contributed great place to live and enjoy life. In past seasons, Julius Frankel a very generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support of stage sponsored Lyric productions of Andrea Chénier (1979) and renovations. The Krehbiel family plays a prominent role in the continued success of Lohengrin (1980) in memory of Betty Frankel. The Julius Frankel the company; this season, Karen and John join the production sponsor family with Julius Frankel Foundation has sustained this noble legacy under the guidance their generous support of Carmen. and longtime dedication of former trustees Nelson Cornelius and John Georgas and current trustee BMO Harris Bank N.A. Lyric’s audiences have HOWARD GOTTLIEB and BARBARA GREIS benefited greatly from the Foundation’s major grants for general operating support Among Lyric’s most devoted subscribers and patrons, and production sponsorships. The Julius Frankel Foundation has generously Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis have generously sponsored/cosponsored many celebrated new productions at Lyric, including supported Lyric Opera through major contributions to Die Fledermaus (1989/90), Xerxes (1995/96), Carmen (1999/00) in memory of the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Campaign Ardis Krainik, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci (2002/03), Il Trovatore (2006/07), for Excellence, Breaking New Ground Campaign, and La Traviata (2013/14) in honor of the late Nelson D. Cornelius. Lyric has and Annual Campaign. They have cosponsored many named Mezzanine Box 25 in honor of Julius Frankel in grateful recognition of the productions, most recently Otello (2013/14), Il Trovatore Foundation’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. (2014/15), The Merry Widow (2015/16), and this season’s Don Quichotte. Mr. Gottlieb and Ms. Greis are also the exclusive sponsors of this season’s Itzhak Perlman ELIZABETH MORSE GENIUS CHARITABLE TRUST in Recital. Mr. Gottlieb is the retired chairman of the Glenwood Investment One of two trusts established in memory of Elizabeth Morse Corporation and an accomplished violinist. Lyric is honored to have him serve as an Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist Charles Hosmer active member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Morse, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is a major, and deeply appreciated, leader among Lyric’s contributors. GRAMMA FISHER FOUNDATION Through the Trust’s support of classical fine arts, Co-Trustees With an unparalleled record as sponsor of more than 26 Lyric new productions Bank of America, N.A. and James L. Alexander seek to enrich the since the 1960s, the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa is a Elizabeth Morse Genius quality of life in Chicago, especially for youth and elderly citizens. cornerstone of Lyric’s legacy of world-class achievement in the arts. The Gramma In recognition of the Trust’s Building on Greatness Capital Fisher Foundation has made a leadership commitment to cosponsor each of the four Campaign support, Lyric named the distinctive Opera House chimes and music operas that make up Wagner’s Ring cycle, starting with this season’s Das Rheingold library in honor of the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust. Along with its and concluding with the complete cycle in 2019/20. Lyric is sincerely grateful for sister trust, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, the Genius Trust has sponsored the enduring friendship and leadership of Christine Hunter and other members of many mainstage productions and will be one of the cosponsors of this season’s the Fisher family. Lyric is fortunate to have Matthew Fisher serve on its Board of company premiere of Les Troyens. In addition to production sponsorship, the Trust Directors and Stephanie Fisher as an esteemed member of the Women’s Board. has helped underwrite Lyric’s ongoing efforts to diversify its various boards, and preserve Lyric’s history through support of its Archives project.

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MR. & MRS. DIETRICH M. GROSS J. THOMAS HURVIS Lyric deeply appreciates the enduring friendship and Tom Hurvis is an avid opera fan and longtime Lyric subscriber. tremendous generosity of Dietrich and Erika Gross. As part of the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Tom and his Together, they have sponsored/cosponsored a total of 22 beloved late wife Julie made a generous leadership commitment in Lyric productions since 1987/88, including last season’s support of Lyric Unlimited, comprising the company’s education Der Rosenkavalier and this season’s Das Rheingold. and community engagement activities. In an effort to help keep Through yearly challenge grants, they also help generate Chicago a haven for the cultural arts, Tom Hurvis sponsors the important momentum for Operathon, Lyric’s annual Renée Fleming Initiative, and Ms. Fleming’s role as a creative fundraising broadcast heard live on 98.7WFMT. They made a leadership gift to the consultant. Tom has also made a generous leadership gift in support of Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign in support of Lyric’s future. Dietrich Gross is an Chicago Voices initiative during the 2016/17 season. Lyric gratefully acknowledges esteemed member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In 2009, the Hurvis family’s more than 20 years of contributions to the Annual Campaign, Lyric recognized the dedicated leadership and vital involvement of Dietrich Gross by including support for The Lyric Opera Broadcasts. The Hurvises previously awarding him the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor. sponsored four mainstage productions, including last season’s The Merry Widow starring Renée Fleming. This season, Tom Hurvis is providing leadership support JOHN R. HALLIGAN CHARITABLE FUND for many aspects of the Chicago Voices initiative. Lyric is honored to have John R. Halligan was a devoted subscriber and patron of Lyric Tom Hurvis serve on its Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Innovation for many years until his death in 2001. With support from his Committee, and Lyric Unlimited Committee. Charitable Fund under the direction of the Fund’s President, Norman J. Gantz, Mr. Halligan’s philanthropic legacy continues ITW through very generous annual contributions to Lyric. The Lyric Opera deeply appreciates the long tradition of sustaining Halligan Fund is proud to support numerous artistic, cultural, support from Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW). The company John R. Halligan and civic organizations which enhance our lifestyles, preserve our has made vital contributions to the Annual Campaign, the sense of history and heritage, instill knowledge, and advance our Breaking New Ground Campaign, the Building on Greatness appreciation of nature. The fund focuses its attention on organizations based in the Capital Campaign, the Great Opera Fund, 60th Anniversary Chicago and Honolulu metropolitan areas, being the communities in which Mr. Concert and Diamond Ball, and Wine Auction, and since 2002, Halligan resided during his lifetime. Scott Santi it has cosponsored the Opera Ball, one of Lyric’s most important traditions. ITW has cosponsored The Pearl Fishers (1997/98 and THE HARRIS FAMILY FOUNDATION 2008/09), The Barber of Seville (2000/01), The Elixir of Love (2009/10), Hansel and The Harris Family Foundation, represented Gretel (2012/13), and Tosca (2014/15), and generously cosponsors this season’s by Pam and Joe Szokol and King and production of Carmen and the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. Lyric is proud Caryn Harris, is a valued member of Lyric’s to have Chairman and CEO Scott Santi on its Board of Directors and Executive production sponsorship family, most recently Committee, along with past ITW Chairmen and CEOs cosponsoring Tosca (2014/15), Nabucco W. James Farrell, John Nichols, and the late David Speer. (2015/16), and this season’s Carmen. The Joe and Pam Szokol and King and Caryn Harris Harris Family Foundation also supports the EDGAR D. JANNOTTA Annual Campaign, and made a generous Lyric is extremely grateful for the longstanding of support from commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help secure Lyric’s future. Ned Jannotta and his beloved late wife Debby. A lifelong opera Lyric is thrilled to have Vice President of the Foundation Pam Szokol as a member lover, Ned has been an integral part of the Lyric Opera family, of its Board of Directors and serving on its Production Sponsorship Committee. joining the Board of Directors in 1987, serving as President and Lyric is also grateful for the dedicated involvement of Caryn Harris. Caryn is CEO of Lyric Opera from 1996 to 2000, and is currently serving an active member of the revered Women’s Board and has held many leadership as Co-Chairman Emeritus. Lyric is honored to have received positions, most recently as Opera Ball Chair in 2012, and last season as Co-Chair leadership gifts from the Jannottas for the Building on Greatness of Opening Night/Opera Ball. Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign to create the Ryan Opera Center Music Director Endowed Chair, in WALTER E. HELLER FOUNDATION addition to their generous gifts to the Annual Campaign. Alyce H. DeCosta was a dedicated philanthropist who loved Chicago and helped nurture cultural life in the city through JENNER & BLOCK her generous support for the arts and higher education. Mrs. Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block is a leading law firm with DeCosta was a leading member of the Lyric family, having served global impact and substantial experience in a broad range of legal as a National Director of Lyric’s Board. For many years, she was issues. The firm has long played a prominent role in Chicago’s president of the Walter E. Heller Foundation, a philanthropic legal and business communities, and is consistently ranked as Alyce H. DeCosta foundation named after her late husband, the founder and one of the top firms in the country. Jenner & Block has provided past Chairman of Walter E. Heller Co. The Walter E. Heller significant pro legal expertise to Lyric, along with generous Foundation has generously funded many Lyric productions, most recently Madama Craig C. Martin contributions to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, the Butterfly (2013/14). The Walter E. Heller Foundation cosponsored Lyric’s world Annual Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, Fantasy of the premiere of Bel Canto, and is proudly underwriting its appearance on PBS Great Opera, Opera Ball, the Spring Musical Celebration, and Wine Auction. Lyric is Performances. This season, the Foundation cosponsors Don Quichotte. fortunate to have Craig C. Martin, Partner and Chair of Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department, as a valued member of its Board of Directors, Nominating, and Executive Committees.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. Lyric gratefully acknowledges the vital corporate leadership and support of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Along with the bank’s predecessors The First National Bank of Chicago and Bank One, JPMorgan Chase has generously contributed to the Annual Campaign, the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Lyric Unlimited, Facilities Fund, the Great Opera Fund, and Wine Auction. The bank has also cosponsored many mainstage productions, including last season’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro.

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THE RICHARD P. AND SUSAN KIPHART JOSEF and MARGOT LAKONISHOK FAMILY Devoted members of the Lyric family, Josef and Margot Susie is an esteemed member of the Lyric Opera family. Lakonishok have subscribed to Lyric for many seasons. She is immediate past President of the Ryan Opera Center They have contributed to the Annual Campaign, and Board, Chair of the Ryan Opera Center Nominating made significant gifts to the Campaign for Excellence and committee, and serves on the Lyric Unlimited the Breaking New Ground Campaign. They have also Committee. Along with her beloved late husband Dick cosponsored several mainstage productions, including Kiphart, Susie is a passionate philanthropist. Dick and last year’s Cinderella and this season’s Eugene Onegin. The Susie generously cosponsored several Lyric productions, CEO of LSV Asset Management, Josef Lakonishok is a most recently The Passenger (2014/15). In honor of Lyric’s Golden Jubilee dedicated member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, serving on the Executive, Finance, (2004/05), they made a significant gift to Lyric to establish the Richard P. and and Investment Committees. Susan Kiphart Costume Director Endowed Chair. They have made leadership contributions to the Campaign for Excellence, of which Dick served as chairman, JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. They also continue to provide major The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, support for Lyric’s radio programming as members of the broadcast consortium effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and and are generous sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric will forever be peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress grateful for the visionary leadership of the late Dick Kiphart. He was a past President is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over- and CEO as well as Chairman of Lyric’s Board of Directors, Chairman of the incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing Nominating/Governance Committee, and a member of the Executive, Finance financial capital for the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, and Production Sponsorship Committees. The Kipharts’ enthusiasm for opera the Foundation supports arts and culture organizations in Chicago and the region as and heartfelt commitment to Lyric are tremendous assets to the company, and in an expression of its civic commitment to where the Foundation has its headquarters recognition of their passion and immense dedication they received the Carol Fox and where John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur made Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2013. their home. Grants are designed to sustain the cultural life of the city and region. Lyric Opera is very grateful KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP for the ongoing support of the MacArthur Foundation. Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a more than 100-year history of providing exceptional service to clients in Chicago and around the world MALOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION in complex litigation, corporate and tax, intellectual property, Robert H. Malott, Retired Chairman and CEO of FMC restructuring, and counseling matters. The firm is committed Corporation, is a fervent fan of opera and music, and Lyric to enhancing quality of life through educational opportunities, is delighted to call him a longtime friend, staunch leader, cultural awareness, youth programs, and community outreach. and generous supporter. The Malott Family Foundation made Linda K. Myers For many years, Kirkland & Ellis LLP sponsored Lyric Opera’s a leadership commitment to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Board of Directors Annual Meeting. More recently, Kirkland Campaign, and the Malott Room was named in his family’s honor & Ellis LLP cosponsored Boris Godunov (2011/12), A Streetcar Named Desire Robert H. Malott in recognition of their gift to the Building on Greatness Capital (2012/13), and The Merry Widow(2015/16), and was Lead Sponsor of Lyric’s 60th Campaign. He also plays a leadership role as a Life Director of Anniversary Concert and Diamond Ball. Lyric Opera is fortunate to have Linda K. Lyric’s Board of Directors. In recognition of the Malott Family's commitment to Myers, a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as a member of its Board of Directors, the Breaking New Ground Campagin, Box 18 is named in perpetuity in honor of Executive and Production Sponsorship Committees. This season, Kirkland & Ellis Robert H. Malott for his extraordinary generosity and steadfast dedication to Lyric LLP is the Lead Corporate sponsor of Opera of Chicago through the Malott Family Foundation. the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit. MAZZA FOUNDATION NANCY W. KNOWLES Lyric deeply appreciates the abiding Opera has always played an important role in the life of Nancy W. friendship and generosity of the Mazza Knowles. Her love for the art form was nurtured by her family’s Foundation. Under the guidance of its musical traditions. “My father had hundreds and hundreds of directors, Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas records to play,” she fondly recalls, “so classical music was always J. Lavezzorio, Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., in my home.” A devoted subscriber and patron, Nancy Knowles and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind, the is a prominent member of the Lyric family. She generously Mazza Foundation provided major invests her time, talents, and leadership abilities to advance support for the Student Matinees from Lyric as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and 1994 through 2004, helping Lyric Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas formerly as a Guild Board member. Chairman Emeritus of Knowles Electronics, J. Lavezzorio, and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind introduce the majesty and grandeur of a manufacturer of hearing-aid components, Nancy Knowles is president of The opera to thousands of young people Knowles Foundation. The Knowles Foundation is a leading contributor to Lyric’s each season. Since 2005, the Mazza Foundation has been part of the production Annual Campaign and has cosponsored several mainstage productions. As part of sponsorship family, most recently cosponsoring Otello (2013/14), Il Trovatore the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Foundation provided an assisted (2014/15), and The Merry Widow(2015/16). This season, the Mazza Foundation listening system to enhance the operatic experience for hearing-impaired patrons. In generously cosponsors Carmen. recognition of her extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric named the Nancy W. Knowles Lobby in 2007. Mrs. Knowles has once again made a significant gift in support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign to underwrite the Nancy W. Knowles Student and Family Performances fund. In recognition of her outstanding generosity and enthusiasm, she received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2014. Most recently, Ms. Knowles is generously underwriting the appearance of Lyric’s world premiere Bel Canto on PBS Great Performances.

MR. and MRS. FRED A. KREHBIEL Kay and Fred Krehbiel are longstanding dedicated members of the Lyric Opera family. Lyric gratefully acknowledges their generous contributions to Lyric’s Wine Auction, the Annual Campaign, the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Kay Krehbiel is a leading and cherished member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, and Fred Krehbiel is a National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors.

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THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION ALLAN and ELAINE MUCHIN Lyric is deeply grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long and tremendous Allan and Elaine Muchin are longtime, valued members history of support. Through a multi-year commitment to Lyric’s American Horizons of the Lyric Opera family. Allan served as President initiative in 2000, the Mellon Foundation encouraged presentation of American and CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006, and operas and expansion of the operatic repertory by providing major support for is currently Co-Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Lyric Opera premieres; the centerpiece of the initiative was Lyric’s mainstage world Directors and serves on the Executive Commitee. premiere of Bolcom’s A Wedding. The Mellon Foundation provided essential The Muchins have staunchly supported the Annual matching funds which enabled Lyric to resume radio broadcasts in 2006. During Campaign, Fantasy of the Opera, Operathon, and the the 2012/13 season, the Mellon Foundation provided leadership funding to Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert, and have committed leadership launch Lyric’s visionary new Lyric Unlimited programming, which included the gifts to the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, Chicago premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s first Mariachi opera. and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is extremely grateful for Allan and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation continued its generous partnership with Lyric Elaine Muchin’s munificent friendship. Unlimited by providing outstanding support for Lyric’s world premiere mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and continued its unparalleled legacy by NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the ARTS cosponsoring last season’s world premiere of mainstage production Bel Canto. Most Serving the public good by fostering creativity and artistic excellence in America, recently, the Mellon Foundation has provided generous grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have played leadership funding for Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative, a leading role in the advancement of Lyric’s programming and expansion of playing a vital role in bringing together Chicago’s diverse the operatic repertoire. Through production and program funding as well as a communities and vocal traditions in celebration of the major challenge grant, awards from the NEA have nurtured Lyric’s world-class human voice. artistic achievements. The Endowment has funded important artistic initiatives at Lyric such as American Horizons, Great American Voices, and Toward the THE MONUMENT TRUST (UK) 21st Century. The NEA has provided vital support for numerous Lyric Opera Lyric is grateful for the generosity of The Monument Trust and its Chairman premieres, new productions, and revivals, most recently A Streetcar Named Desire of trustees Stewart Grimshaw, who initiated their support for the cosponsorship (2012/13), Rusalka (2013/14), Porgy and of Rusalka in 2013/14 and cosponsored Anna Bolena (2014/15) and Wozzeck Bess (2014/15), and Bel Canto (2015/16). (2015/16). The Monument Trust is a This season, the National Endowment for passionate supporter of the arts in the the Arts is supporting Lyric’s company U.K. and U.S. and cosponsors The Magic premiere of Les Troyens. Flute this season. THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION MR. and MRS. ROBERT S. MORRISON The founder of The Negaunee Foundation has great affection for music, the Susan and Bob Morrison are devoted members of the performing arts, and Mozart. These interests, combined with a strong admiration Lyric Opera family. Both are loyal subscribers and of Lyric Opera, have been instrumental in bringing operas to Lyric’s mainstage. patrons who take an active role in nurturing Lyric’s The Negaunee Foundation has cosponsored many productions, most recently Don success. Susan Morrison is a leading member of Giovanni and Carousel (both 2014/15), The Marriage of Figaro and The King and I the Women’s Board. Lyric is fortunate to have Bob (both 2015/16), and cosponsors Lyric’s productions of The Magic Fluteand My Fair Morrison serve as a member of its Board of Directors. Lady this season. The Negaunee Foundation has also made a generous gift to the The Morrisons have generously supported the Opera Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is very fortunate to be among the Chicago Ball and Wine Auction as well as the Annual Campaign cultural institutions benefitting from The Negaunee Foundation’s leadership and for many years. They provided a substantial gift to the financial commitment. Lyric is honored to have The Negaunee Foundation’s Campaign for Excellence and Breaking New Ground president serve as a member of its Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Campaign, and have cosponsored each installment of Lyric’s American Music Theatre Initiative, including My Fair Lady this season. SYLVIA NEIL and DANIEL FISCHEL Sylvia and Dan have been loyal Lyric Opera subscribers THE ELIZABETH MORSE CHARITABLE TRUST and donors for many years. They sponsored the Lyric sincerely appreciates the tremendous ongoing support of Symposiums for Lyric productions of Hercules (2010/11) The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, as well as the invaluable and Show Boat (2011/12), and have cosponsored several leadership of the Trust’s Co-Trustees JPMorgan Chase Bank, mainstage opera productions, including this season’s N.A. and James L. Alexander. One of two trusts established in production of Lucia di Lammermoor. They made a memory of Elizabeth Morse Genius, daughter of 19th-century generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign industrialist Charles Hosmer Morse, The Elizabeth Morse to help secure Lyric’s future. Sylvia is Lecturer in Law, Law Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust supports non-profit organizations that reflect School. She is founder and chair of the Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the values of thrift, humility, industry, self-sufficiency, and self- Law at Brandeis and is co-editor of its book series (Brandeis University Press). Dan sacrifice, such as Lyric Opera, where the Trust will support this season’s company is President, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Compass Lexecon consulting firm. premiere of Les Troyens. After providing cosponsorship support of The Cunning He is the Lee and Brena Freeman Professor of Law and Business Emeritus at the Little Vixen (2004/05) in honor of Lyric’s Golden Jubilee, The Elizabeth Morse University of Chicago Law School. Lyric is honored to have Sylvia Neil serve on Charitable Trust raised challenge grant support for Orfeo ed Euridice (2005/06), its Board of Directors, Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. and continued on to cosponsor many more productions, along with its sister trust, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust. From 2000-2008, the Morse Trust THE NERENBERG FOUNDATION provided leadership support of the Stars of Lyric Opera concerts at Grant Park and During their lifetimes, Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Millennium Park. were passionate supporters of Lyric Opera and subscribed for more than 30 years. They were especially supportive of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center and loved to watch these young artists perform and grow at Lyric Opera. Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Jerry Nerenberg and his wife Elaine passed away in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In their wills, they established The Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation, which was funded to make generous annual grants to Lyric Opera for many years to come. Lyric is very appreciative of the Nerenbergs’ thoughtfulness and generosity in creating this planned gift.

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NIB FOUNDATION NUVEEN INVESTMENTS Founding owners/managers of former radio station WNIB, Sonia Nuveen Investments, represented by Lyric Board member John P. and the late William Florian established the NIB Foundation to Amboian, has been an enthusiastic supporter of Lyric Opera for extend their support to many worthwhile arts and environmental over three decades. Dedicated to developing the next generation of causes. Sonia is a devoted member of the Lyric family, having opera lovers, Nuveen Investments has most recently cosponsored subscribed to Lyric for more than four decades. The NIB Lyric Unlimited’s family productions The Magic Victrola Foundation continues to cosponsor many mainstage productions, (2014/15) and The Family Barber (2013/14), has provided Sonia Florian most recently Tannhäuser (2014/15), Romeo and Juliet (2015/16), John P. Amboian general support for Lyric’s education and community engagement and this season’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor. The initiatives, and has underwritten NEXT student discount tickets. Foundation made a significant and deeply appreciated contribution to Lyric’s Nuveen Investments has also cosponsored endowment, establishing The NIB Foundation Italian Opera Endowed Chair, and several mainstage opera productions, Lyric’s the NIB Foundation made major contributions to the Campaign for Excellence Radio Broadcasts, and has recently committed and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. In addition to their magnanimous a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground financial support, Mr. and Mrs. Florian and the NIB Foundation gave their Campaign. valuable collection of operatic and other vocal recordings to Lyric, making Lyric’s Educational Library Collection one of the most extensive collections of its kind in MR. and MRS. DAVID T. ORMESHER the country. Sonia Florian very generously provided a naming gift for the Florian Lyric Opera is sincerely grateful for the devotion of Opera Bistro located on the third floor of the David and Sheila Ormesher. David is founder and CEO Civic Opera House. Sonia is a vital member of of closerlook, inc., a Chicago-based digital marketing Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive Committee, agency serving the pharmaceutical industry since 1987. and Production Sponsorship Committee, and closerlook has given generously to Lyric Opera for many was awarded the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most years, sponsoring Fantasy of the Opera from 2009 to prestigious honor, in 2015 for her outstanding 2014 and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park commitment to the company. concert for five consecutive years. Most recently, David and Sheila generously provided an Operathon Challenge Grant and supported the Opera Ball. Lyric JOHN D. and ALEXANDRA C. NICHOLS is proud to have David T. Ormesher serving as its Chairman of the Board of Longtime enthusiasts of arts and culture in Chicago, Directors, on the Executive Committee, and on seven sub-committees of the Board John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols have steadfastly of Directors. supported the Annual Campaign, and are generous sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative. This season MR. and MRS. WILLIAM A. OSBORN John and Alexandra are a Diamond Record Sponsor of Bill and Cathy Osborn are devoted members of the the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. By providing Lyric Opera family. They have subscribed to Lyric major support to Lyric’s endowment, Mr. and Mrs. for two decades and enjoy participating in special Nichols established the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Music Director events such as Opening Night/Opera Ball and Wine Endowed Chair. Principal Dressing Room 110 is named in their honor due to Auction. The Osborns have generously contributed their very benevolent contribution to the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign. to the Annual Campaign, the Building on Greatness Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for John and Alexandra Nichols’ significant Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, the leadership contributions to both the Campaign for Excellence and the Breaking Breaking New Ground Campaign, and Wine Auctions. Cathy Osborn, a valued New Ground Campaign, establishing the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Grand member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, was Co-Chairman of Lyric’s highly successful Staircase. Retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works and Retired Vice Wine Auction 2009, and Chairman of Opera Ball 2013. William A. Osborn, Chairman and CEO of The Marmon Group, Inc., John Nichols is also a dedicated Northern Trust’s Retired Chairman and CEO, is a leading member of Lyric’s Board National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. Lyric is immensely grateful for the of Directors and Executive Committee. unwavering generosity of John and Alexandra Nichols. SEYMOUR H. PERSKY CHARITABLE TRUST NORTHERN TRUST The late Seymour H. Persky was an avid supporter of Lyric Lyric is honored to have Jana R. Schreuder, chief operating Opera since its inception in 1954. Seymour was introduced officer of Northern Trust, serve as a member of Lyric’s Board of to Lyric through his lifelong friend and Lyric’s beloved public Directors, Executive and Finance committees, and William A. relations director Danny Newman. In addition to his regular Osborn, Northern Trust’s retired chairman and CEO, serve as a annual support, Seymour made a special gift in support of member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Lyric Unlimited’s commission The Propertyin 2015, A leading global financial services provider, Northern Trust has Seymour H. Persky combining his love of Klezmer music with his passion for Lyric. Jana R. Schreuder enjoyed a long-standing and significant relationship with Lyric. Among his favorite Lyric memories, according to his family, were Based in Chicago, the firm has played a major role supporting arriving to Lyric’s Opening Night celebrations in antique cars from his collection. the Annual Campaign, Facilities Fund, Great Opera Fund and Lyric Unlimited. Seymour’s favorite operas were Carmen, La bohème, and Tosca. His Charitable Trust Northern Trust also provides vital leadership contributions to Lyric as presenting fittingly cosponsors this season’s production of Carmen in his memory. sponsor of our wine auctions (2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018) and as cosponsor of the Opera Ball (annually since 1998.) In addition, Northern Trust POWERSHARES QQQ cosponsored Faust (2009/10), Oklahoma! PowerShares QQQ, represented by Dan Draper, Managing (2012/13), The Sound of Music (2013/14), Director and Head of Global ETFs, PowerShares by Invesco, is The King and I (2015/16) and this season’s proud to sponsor the arts as a corporate partner of Lyric Opera. My Fair Lady. Last season, they cosponsored the productions of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet, and they are generously cosponsoring Lyric’s new production of The Magic Flute this season. PowerShares global network recognizes the value in helping investors around Dan Draper the world, but with headquarters in Downers Grove, we also support Lyric Opera’s deep engagement with the local community to foster a rich culture of arts right here in Chicago.

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PRITZKER FOUNDATION LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION The Pritzker Foundation is a leading supporter of A graduate of the University of Illinois and life-long arts philanthropist Lloyd E. arts and education philanthropies in Chicago. Lyric Rigler established the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation in 1977 in Opera of Chicago is truly grateful for the Pritzker memory of his partner to provide major support to arts organizations in Los Angeles Foundation’s generous support of the Breaking New and nationwide. In 1994, the late Mr. Rigler established the Classic Arts Showcase Ground Campaign to underwrite the Pritzker Family in an effort to provide free arts programming to those who could not afford to attend Concert Shell, designed by renowned Chicago architect live performances. Mr. Rigler’s nephew James Rigler now serves as President of the Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang architects. Lyric Opera is Foundation and continues the important legacy established by his late uncle. As honored to have Life Member Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker and Lyric strives to expand its reach and relevance, it is grateful to the Rigler-Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker M. K. Pritzker serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. Foundation for its support of the annual Operathon broadcast on 98.7WFMT. This season, the Rigler-Deutsch Foundation also generously cosponsors the Lyric’s company premiere of Les Troyens. PwC A world-wide leader in professional services, PATRICK G. RYAN and PwC is a prominent member of Lyric Opera of SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN Chicago’s Business Ensemble. PwC has staunchly Lyric cherishes the enduring friendship and dedication supported Lyric’s Annual Campaign for over three of Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan. Since 1966 when decades, underwriting such special projects as they first subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have production sponsorship, the Board of Directors, shared their leadership, talents, vision, and resources to John Oleniczak Vinay Couto Annual Meeting, and Lyric Signature Events. PwC advance Lyric’s mission. Over the past four decades, has provided a leadership gift to the Breaking New the Ryans have contributed generously to the Annual Ground Campaign, having previously supported the Campaign for Excellence. Campaign, the Great Opera Fund, Wine Auctions Lyric is fortunate to receive generous in-kind consulting services from Strategy&, (which Mrs. Ryan initiated in 1988), and the Building on Greatness Capital part of the PwC network. Lyric Opera is proud to have several PwC representatives Campaign for which Lyric named the Pat and Shirley Ryan Family Rehearsal Center as members of the Lyric family: John Oleniczak, PwC’s Midwest Region Assurance located backstage to honor their major contribution. In recognition of his leadership Managing Partner, serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive, and Finance role in the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Pat Ryan was a recipient of Committees, and as Chairman of the Audit Committee; Vinay Couto, Principal, the 1994 Carol Fox Award. For many seasons, they have sponsored Lyric Opera Strategy&, part of the PwC network, serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors and Lyric Commentaries, underwriting this special project to honor the memory of their Unlimited Committee; Maggie Rock Adams, Director and Client Relationship parents. The Ryans are sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative, and supported Executive, is a dedicated member of Lyric’s Guild Board; and the 60th Anniversary Concert and Diamond Ball. This season they are a Diamond Tamara Conway, Director at Strategy&, part of the PwC network Record Sponsor of the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. In recognition of (formerly Booz & Company), is a committed member of the Ryan their extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric’s premier artist Opera Center Board. development program was renamed The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. Pat and Shirley serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Ryan Opera Center. PROTIVITI Lyric is deeply grateful for their major leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Protiviti, represented by Managing Director Tom Campaign in support of the Innovation Initiative. A Vice President and a member Andreesen and President and CEO Joe Tarantino, of the Executive, Nominating, and Innovation Committees of Lyric’s Board of is a global business consulting and internal audit Directors and a distinguished former President of the Women’s Board, Shirley firm composed of experts specializing in risk, Welsh Ryan was awarded the 2008 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious advisory and transaction services. They help solve honor, in recognition of her many years of devoted service to the opera company. problems in finance and transactions, operations, Joe Tarantino Tom Andreesen technology, litigation, governance, risk, and DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION compliance. Their highly trained, results-oriented Since 1983, the Dr. Scholl Foundation’s commitment to professionals provide a unique perspective on a wide range of critical business issues children, families and educational enrichment through for clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Protiviti the arts has led it to provide essential support for one of and its independently owned Member Firms serve clients through a network of Lyric’s most popular cultural engagement opportunities more than 70 locations in over 20 countries. The company’s more than 3,800 available to young Chicagoans, the Student Matinees. professionals provide a host of consulting and internal audit solutions to over Each year, these widely accessible performances at the ® ® 60 percent of FORTUNE 1000 and 35 percent of FORTUNE Global 500 Jack and Catherine Scholl Civic Opera House reach audiences of junior high and companies. Protiviti is proud to provide in-kind high school students, many of whom are experiencing consulting services to Lyric Opera of Chicago opera for the first time. The Foundation has generously supported family this season. presentations of The Magic Victrola (2014/15) and The Family Barber (2013/14). Lyric Opera is deeply grateful to the Dr. Scholl Foundation for its generous ongoing J. CHRISTOPHER and ANNE N. REYES support of Student Matinees/Performances for Students, commemorating Catherine Anne and Chris Reyes are prominent members of A. and Jack E. Scholl, who championed cultural and institutional education. the Lyric family. Immediate past President of Lyric’s Women’s Board, Anne was recently elected to serve EARL and BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION on Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive and Lyric Prominent members of the Lyric family for many seasons, Brenda Unlimited Committees; Chris is also a valued member Shapiro and her late husband Earl provided vital support to the of the Board of Directors, and serves on its Nominating/ Annual Campaign, the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Governance and Finance Committees. Together they the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground have made important contributions to Lyric as cosponsors of several mainstage Campaign. The Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions, most recently Carousel (2014/15) and this season’s My Fair Lady. productions, most recently The Passenger (2014/15) and this They have staunchly supported Wine Auctions 2009, 2012, and 2015, Lyric’s 60th Brenda Shapiro season’s presentation of Norma. Lyric is honored to have Brenda Anniversary Concert and Diamond Ball, and are major supporters of the Annual Shapiro serve on the Board of Directors as well as the Executive, Campaign. In addition, they provided significant and much appreciated gifts to Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. the Campaign for Excellence and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Chris and Anne Reyes provided leadership support for Lyric Unlimited’s world premiere of Second Nature (2015/16), and Lyric deeply appreciates their leadership gift for this season’s new opera for youth, Jason and the Argonauts.

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP DONNA VAN EEKEREN FOUNDATION A leader in the international legal arena, the law firm of Sidley Donna Van Eekeren is a devoted opera fan, Lyric subscriber, Austin is a generous corporate contributor to arts and culture in and generous supporter of the Ryan Opera Center. She enjoys Chicago. Lyric deeply appreciates Sidley Austin’s cosponsorship encouraging talented young artists in her roles as a Ryan Opera of Lyric’s new productions of Orfeo ed Euridice (2005/06), Center Distinguished Benefactor and Lead Sponsor of Rising Lulu (2008/09), Hercules (2010/11), Werther (2012/13), Rusalka Stars in Concert and Exclusive Sponsor of its radio rebroadcast on (2013/14), and The Passenger (2014/15). Additionally, Sidley 98.7WFMT. Reflecting her passion for introducing young people Larry A. Barden Austin has supported Operathon, Fantasy of the Opera, and the Donna Van Eekeren to opera, the Donna Van Eekeren Foundation has supported Annual Campaign. This season, Sidley Austin LLP generously Lyric’s Performances for Students, NEXT discount tickets for cosponsors Lyric’s company premiere of Les Troyens. Lyric is proud to have Larry A. college students, and Opera in the Neighborhoods, as well as Fantasy of the Opera Barden, chair of the firm's Management Committee and and as a Singer Sponsor for the Ryan Opera Center. This season, the Donna Van member of the firm's Executive Committee since 1999, Eekeren Foundation generously cosponsors the Lyric premiere of Les Troyens, on its Board of Directors and Compensation Committee. having previously cosponsored several mainstage productions. Donna also made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to secure Lyric’s future. LIZ STIFFEL Executive Chairman of Land O’Frost, Donna Van Eekeren is a valued member of A passionate devotee of opera and loyal subscriber at Lyric, Liz is a Lyric’s Board of Directors, serving as Secretary of the Board, on the Executive and prominent member of Lyric’s Women’s Board and a longstanding Production Sponsorship Committees, and on the Ryan Opera Center Board. member of the Guild Board of Directors. Liz Stiffel was the Lead Sponsor of the Renée Fleming Subscriber Appreciation Concert THE WALLACE FOUNDATION (2010/11), the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert The Wallace Foundation is a national philanthropy that seeks to improve learning (2013/14), and last season’s See Jane Sing, and she is generously and enrichment for disadvantaged children and foster the vitality of the arts for underwriting the appearance of Lyric’s world premiere Bel Canto everyone. Wallace has an unusual approach: funding projects to test innovative on PBS Great Performances. She has also supported Lyric’s Building on Greatness ideas for solving important social problems, conducting research to find out what Capital Campaign, and Lyric has named Mezzanine Box 1 in recognition of her works and what doesn’t and to fill key knowledge gaps – and then communicating significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. She has cosponsored the results to help others. Lyric Opera is the recipient of a multi-phase grant as several mainstage productions, most recently Carousel (2014/15), and this season’s part of the Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability initiative; the grant productions of Das Rheingold and My Fair Lady. Liz Stiffel has also committed a is funding research and analysis of Lyric Opera generous leadership gift in support of Lyric’s Chicago Voices Gala. audiences, and will reveal ways in which Lyric can maximize its reach in the community. Lyric’s work MRS. HERBERT A. VANCE and will inform lessons that will be shared with the MR. and MRS. WILLIAM C. VANCE broader field. Lyric Opera appreciates the extraordinary generosity and leadership of the Vance Family. For more than 20 years, ROBERTA L. and ROBERT J. WASHLOW Mrs. Herbert A. Vance provided Lead Sponsorship of Roberta and Bob Washlow are cherished members of Opera in the Neighborhoods, one of Lyric’s most popular the Lyric family. For more than three decades, they have youth-enrichment programs. The Vances have generously enjoyed attending Lyric performances and special events, sponsored/cosponsored several Lyric premieres and new and have generously supported the Annual Campaign. productions, most recently Oklahoma! (2012/13), The Since 1986, the Port, Washlow, and Errant Families Sound of Music (2013/14), Carousel (2014/15), The King sponsored more than 20 Lyric productions. Roberta Carol and William Vance and I (2015/16), and this season’s My Fair Lady. For and Bob made a generous commitment to the Breaking many years, the Vances have supported young singers New Ground Campaign to support Lyric Unlimited activities. The Washlows through their sponsorship of Ryan Opera Center Ensemble members. In addition, have annually remained valued members of the production sponsorship family, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance contributed to the Campaign for Excellence and the and generously cosponsor this season’s new production of The Magic Flute. Lyric is Breaking New Ground Campaign, and are generous sponsors of the Renée Fleming honored to have Roberta Washlow as an esteemed member of its Board of Directors Initiative. Mr. Vance is Vice President and an esteemed member of Lyric’s Board and Lyric Unlimited Committee. of Directors, Compensation, and Executive Committees. He also serves on the Ryan Opera Center Board, of which he is a past President. Mr. Vance was awarded HELEN and SAM ZELL the 2016 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, in recognition of his Helen and Sam Zell are passionate supporters of leadership, steadfast support, and many years of devoted service to Lyric Opera. Chicago’s vibrant cultural scene. They are longtime subscribers to Lyric Opera and have contributed to the Annual Campaign for many years. They were essential in bringing new work to Lyric last season, underwriting the world premiere of Bel Canto. Helen and Sam Zell have previously cosponsored several new productions, most recently La Traviata (2013/14), The Passenger (2014/15), and Bel Canto (2015/16), and this season are generous cosponsors of Lyric’s new production of Das Rheingold.

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The Breaking New Ground Campaign was launched in January 2013 to implement the company’s blueprint for a world-class, twenty-first century opera company. This Campaign allows Lyric to continue to produce major productions of the highest caliber, update media, marketing, and audience development programs, and fortify Lyric’s endowment. The current focus of the Campaign is to modernize the stage of the Ardis Krainik Theatre with state-of-the-art equipment. To that extent, we have established a new Insull Society comprised of loyal patrons who are contributing $10,000 or more for this critically important stage project. To join the Insull Society, please call (312) 827-5675. Lyric Opera is grateful to the following donors who have made contributions of $5,000 and above to the Campaign as of February 28, 2017.

Anonymous Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Caerus Foundation, Inc. Nuveen Investments The Monument Trust (UK) OptumRx The Negaunee Foundation Sheila and David Ormesher John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Foundation PwC Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley Welsh Ryan David Ramon*

Julie and Roger Baskes John and Ann Amboian Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Robert and Evelyn McCullen David and Orit Carpenter Allan and Elaine Muchin Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross* Northern Trust Nancy W. Knowles Susan and Robert E. Wood II Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Anonymous (2) Anonymous Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP Abbott and Abbott Fund The Barker Welfare Foundation* The Crown Family Marion A. Cameron Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson* Ann and Reed Coleman* Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Nancy Dehmlow John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin The Ferguson-Yntema Family Charitable Trust The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation Elaine Frank* Julius Frankel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa Sue and Melvin Gray* The Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George F. Johnson The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Stephen A. Kaplan and Alyce K. Sigler Josef and Margot Lakonishok Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy Robert H. Malott Lavin Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Blythe Jaski McGarvie Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfield Jeffrey C. Neal and Susan J. Cellmer Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Connor Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Edward B. Rouse and Barbara R. Rouse Anne Zenzer Rose L. Shure Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas* Anonymous Roberta L. Washlow and Robert J. Washlow Alice and John Butler* Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Jack and Peggy Crowe Maurice and Patricia Frank Anonymous ITW Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Anderson Edgar D. Jannotta Family Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel John W. and Rosemary K. Brown Family Foundation NIB Foundation Joyce Chelberg* Pritzker Foundation Estate of Nelson D. Cornelius Richard O. Ryan Vinay Couto and Lynn Vincent Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance* Ann M. Drake Lois Eisen Ada and Whitney Addington Lloyd Gerlach, in memory of Mary Ann Gerlach* James N. and Laurie V. Bay Virginia and Gary Gerst* Bulley & Andrews Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis Amy and Paul Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Considine Phillip and Norma Gordon* Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. HMR Designs Brent and Katie Gledhill Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr.* Ethel and William Gofen Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Jenner & Block Patricia Hyde Jim and Kay Mabie Susan M. Miller*

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Breaking New Ground - continued

Near North Chapter* Michal C. Wadsworth William C. and Nancy Richardson* Mrs. John H. Andersen* Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Candace and Gary Ridgway* Dr. Michael Angell* David and Linda Wesselink Collin and Lili Roche Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr.* Marsha Serlin E. M. Bakwin Anonymous (2) Larry G. Simpson and Edward T. Zasadil* Helen Brach Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Mary Stowell Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Robert M. Arensman Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hirschfield* Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden Anonymous Ms. Elizabeth Hoffman* Jane B. and John C. Colman Ken and Amy Aldridge* Howard E. Jessen Mitch Crask, Ph.D. American Airlines Dr. Anne M. Juhasz* Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Elizabeth A. Khalil* Drs. George and Sally Dunea Diane and Michael Beemer* Burt and Mary Ann Lewis* Daniel Groteke and Patricia Taplick Ross and Patricia D. Bender* Maura Ann McBreen Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Sir Andrew Davis and Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis Sarah Miller* Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hank Erika E. Erich* Matt and Carrie Parr Carrie and Harry Hightman Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Karen and Tom Phillips* Capt. Bernardo Iorgulesco USMC Memorial Fund James R. Grimes Ellie Radvanovsky* Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hay The Rhoades Foundation* John and Mary Kohlmeier Carl J. Hildner* Norman Sackar* Richard and Susan Levy James and Mary Houston Linda Samuelson and Joel Howell* Lester and Mary Jane Marriner Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull Claudia Saran Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor The King Family Foundation Alan Schriesheim* Kate B. Morrison Reinhardt H. and Shirley R. Jahn Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Smith Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Allan and Meline Pickus Foundation Kenneth R. Norgan Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher Ellie Radvanovsky Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander* Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg in honor of her daughter Sondra Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taylor Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Schreiber Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Virginia Tobiason* Ilene Simmons David J. Varnerin* Richard and Marietta Toft* Mrs. John Stanek W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp* Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Owen and Linda Youngman* U.S. Bank* Gwenyth B. Warton Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Pam and David Waud Mrs. John A. Wing *Insull Society Member: Gifts of $10,000 or more allocated to the stage renovation. Lyric Opera is extremely grateful to the many donors who have made gifts of less than $5,000 to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Space limitations prevent listing the names of these donors but their generosity is sincerely appreciated. Look To The Future – Endowed Chairs and Programs ENDOWED CHAIRS William E. and Mary Gannon Hay LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED FUNDS The Women’s Board General Director Puccini Endowed Chair Estate of Robert and Isabelle Bass Endowed Chair The Guild Board of Directors George F. and Linda L. Brusky Youth In Loving Memory Of Ardis Krainik Verdi Endowed Chair Education Endowment Fund John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Wagner Endowed Chair – A Gift From An Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Music Director Endowed Chair Anonymous Donor John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Hope Baldwin McCormick Trust Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Concertmaster Howard A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair Endowed Chair RYAN OPERA CENTER ENDOWED Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Costume Director Chapters’ Endowed Chair For Education FUNDS Endowed Chair In Memory Of Alfred Glasser Anonymous Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard The Ryan Opera Center Board Opera Center Thomas Doran Lighting Designer Endowed Chair Director Endowed Chair J. Thomas Hurvis In memory of Richard P. Kiphart In Honor Of Duane Schuler Edgar D. Jannotta Family Jannotta Family Ryan Opera Center Philip G. Lumpkin Robert and Ellen Marks American Opera Music Director Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Robert Marks Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Estate of Marjorie Mayhall Baroque Opera Endowed Chair – A Gift From Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair An Anonymous Donor Richard Pearlman Charitable Trust Fund for Music In Honor Of Gianna Rolandi Lois B. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfield Allan and Elaine Muchin Production and Bel Canto Opera Endowed Chair Joanne Silver Technical Director Endowed Chair The Lois L. Ward Trust W. James and Maxine P. Farrell Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Designer French Opera Endowed Chair Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Endowment Fund Endowed Chair Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Irma Parker German Opera Endowed Chair In Memory Of Harold Beider The NIB Foundation Italian Opera Endowed Chair LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED PROGRAM PRODUCTION ENDOWMENT FUND Regenstein Foundation Mozart Endowed Chair Distinguished Conductor Award Nelson Cornelius Trust In Memory Of Ruth Regenstein Sarah and A. Watson Armour III James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Joanne Silver

48 | April - May, 2017 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Major Contributors – Special Events and Project Support

Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of special events and projects. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by February 28, 2017. Annual Meeting Dinner 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Operathon Challenge Grants Strategy&, part of the PwC network Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Amsted Industries Foundation The PrivateBank Kenneth R. Norgan Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Sharon and Lee Oberlander Sir Andrew Davis and Gianna Rolandi Audience Development Initiative Cherryl T. Thomas Anthony Freud and Colin Ure The Wallace Foundation Lyric Opera Chapters Costumes and Canapés Lyric Opera Overture Society Backstage Tours Albert and Rita Lacher Mr. and Mrs. James McClung Amy and Paul Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Allen Muchin Innovation Initiative Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley Welsh Ryan Dr. David Thurn Caerus Foundation, Inc. Itzhak Perlman in Recital Operathon Merchandise Sponsor With Matching Funding by: Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis Fellowes, Inc. The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Family The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Foundation Lyric Signature Events Overture Society Luncheons The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family PwC Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau United Scrap Metal, Inc. Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Cast Parties Susan M. Miller Joyce and Ed Dlugopolski Official Airline Donald and Anne Edwards American Airlines Planned Giving Seminars An Anonymous Women’s Board Member William Blair & Company Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Opening Night Gala Morgan Stanley (2) Robert and Evelyn McCullen Aon Projected English Titles Laura and Ricardo Rosenkranz Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Opera Ball ITW Renée Fleming Initiative Celebrating Plácido Concert Northern Trust Anonymous BMO Harris Bank Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Opera Ball Grand March The Crown Family Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert Bartlit Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP J. Thomas Hurvis Lead Sponsor: The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Liz Stiffel Opening Night Gala and Opera Ball Fund John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Abbott Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Supporting Sponsor: BMO Harris Bank J. Thomas Hurvis closerlook, inc. Season Preview Concert Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buchbinder Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Lead Corporate Sponsor: Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Patricia Hyde Kirkland & Ellis LLP Amy and Paul Carbone Lake Geneva Chapter Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Diamond Record Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. Lester Crown Spring Musical Celebration The Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Lead Sponsor: The Crown Family Lois and Steve Eisen Zurich Brent and Katie Gledhill Eisen Family Foundation John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Premium Patrons: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Daniel Fischel and Sylvia Neil Bain & Company ITW Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Baird Kohler Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Suzette and Allan Bulley, Bulley & Andrews Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Platinum Record Sponsor: John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Rita & Herbert Z. Gold Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hirschfield First Midwest Bank Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes Jenner & Block Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and Fifth Third Bank Michael and Lindy Keiser John H. Krehbiel, Jr. The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Annie and Greg Jones Family Foundation Gold Record Sponsor: Nancy W. Knowles ITW Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole Lenny Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Hal Coon Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation KPMG LLP Eisen Family Foundation Blythe Jaski McGarvie Lazard The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. and Daria M. Lewicky Renée Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Murphy Florence D. McMillan/Cynthia Sargent Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Quarles & Brady LLP/Patrick J. Bitterman Family Foundation Prince Charitable Trust Reed Smith LLP Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Collin and Lili Roche Matt and Carrie Parr J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse Carl and Marilynn Thoma Ropes & Gray LLP Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Robert L. Turner in honor of Renée Fleming Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Make It Better Media Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Nancy S. Searle Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Mary Lynne Shafer Additional Support Honorable Corinne Wood Skadden/Rodd Schreiber and Susan Hassan Marsha Cruzan and Tom McGinnis U.S. Bank/Marsha Cruzan Spencer Stuart Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis Liz Stiffel Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Operathon UL LLC Annie and Gregory K. Jones and Family Ardmore Associates Meredith and Patrick Wood Prince, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knight III Walgreens Prince Charitable Trusts Lavin Family Foundation 98.7WFMT Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca

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SUPERSTAR LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Lyric Unlimited

Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of Lyric Unlimited programs. Listings include contributors of gifts of $5,000 and above received by February 28, 2017. With Major Support from Caerus Foundation, Inc. An Afternoon of Additional Support: NEXT Student Ticket Program The Wallace Foundation Anonymous (2) Leadership Funding: Baxter International, Inc. The Grainger Foundation Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Helen Brach Foundation Lead Sponsor: Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation Additional Support: Lauter McDougal Family Foundation John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Anderson Envestnet Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Cosponsors: Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ The Brinson Foundation Eisen Family Foundation Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Elaine Frank The Ferguson-Yntema Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Joseph and Madeleine Glossberg Helyn D. Goldenberg Patricia Hyde Eric and Deb Hirschfield The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation – Inamari Foundation Kenneth R. Norgan Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund NiSource Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Nuveen Investments Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings The Barbara and Frank Lieber Family Satter Family Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Chicago Voices Charitable Trust Leadership Funding: Molex Pre-Opera Talks J. Thomas Hurvis Morgan Stanley Raynette and Ned Boshell The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Northern Trust James and Michele Young Ford Foundation Rosy and Jose Luis Prado J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Foundation Senior Matinee Additional Support: Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Buehler Family Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Lannan Foundation and Special Events Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Eisen Family Foundation LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER! The Retirement Research Foundation The Second City Wagner Companion Siragusa Family Foundation Chicago Voices Fest The Wallace Foundation J. Thomas Hurvis Student Backstage Tours Bank of America Lyric Express Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund General Support Tawani Foundation Youth Opera Council Leadership Funding: Terry J. Medhurst The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Penelope and Robert Steiner With Major Support provided from the Stars of Lyric Opera Nancy W. Knowles Student and Family Performances Fund at Millennium Park

Chicago Public Schools Bus Scholarship Opera Residencies in Schools Lead Sponsor: Anonymous Anonymous closerlook, inc. U.S. Bank Foundation Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. BNY Mellon Cosponsors: Jason and the Argonauts Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Anonymous Lead Sponsor: Polk Bros. Foundation Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Crain-Maling Foundation Performances for Students Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Bulley & Andrews Cosponsors: Greg and Annie Jones/The Edgewater Funds Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/Judy Anonymous (2) Allan and Elaine Muchin Guitelman & ALAS Wings Dover Foundation Lois B. Siegel General Mills Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Sipi Metals Corp. John Hart and Carol Prins Walter Family Foundation Music Performance Trust Fund and Film Funds Dr. Scholl Foundation Wintrust Community Banks Segal Family Foundation Additional Support: Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Opera in the Neighborhoods Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Fox Hill Trust Anonymous

April - May, 2017 | 51 Take Center Stage this Season! Lyric’s new Broadway Benefactors Circle is tailored specifi cally to fans of our musical theater productions, including benefi ts like access to star-studded events, private dress rehearsals, valet parking, and more! Join online at lyricopera.org/broadwaybenefactors or contact the Lyric Development o ce at 312.827.5685.

BROADWAY BENEFACTOR CIRCLE MEMBERS Commitments as of March 31, 2017

Paul Earle and Ellen Rudnick Jean Klingenstein Jodi A. Lamela Margaret Murphy Michael and Sandra Perlow Rehearsal Level Members

James Donahugh Roberta Olshansky Louis Rathje and Maria Costanzo Michael Santay Mary and Stanley Seidler Charles Smith Join today by calling the Lyric Development o ce at 312.827.5685Ralph, or and Sally Stoll visit us online at lyricopera.org/broadwaybenefactors. Call Back Level Members LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions in support of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the world’s premier artist development programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by February 28, 2017.

Artist Support, Special Events, Anonymous (3) Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Julie and Roger Baskes The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust and Project Sponsors Michael and Sally Feder Phyllis Neiman Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Duds for Divas Julian Family Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Heidi Heutel Bohn Philip G. Lumpkin Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Lawrence O. Corry Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. Anne Gross Phyllis Neiman Dan and Patty Walsh Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Walter Family Foundation Ensemble Sponsors Dr. Scholl Foundation Dr. David H. Whitney and Dr. Juliana Chyu Anonymous (2) Thierer Family Foundation Debbie K. Wright Heidi Heutel Bohn Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Artist Circle The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Debbie K. Wright Lawrence O. Corry ($5,000 to $9,999) Renée Fleming Foundation / International Renée Fleming Master Class Anonymous (3) Lester S. Abelson Foundation Foundation for Arts and Culture Julian Family Foundation Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Jennifer Bellini Friends of Oliver Dragon Training Program Peter and Kelley Conway Tamara Conway Susan Ipsen National Endowment for the Arts The Susan and Richard P. Kiphart Family Anne Megan Davis Philip G. Lumpkin Voice Instruction Thomas Doran Harvey S. and Sheila Dulin Robert C. Marks Anonymous James and Mary Houston Susan M. Miller The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Kip Kelley Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Mary Ellen Hennessy Leslie Fund, Inc. The C. G. Pinnell Family Jennifer L. Stone Richard O. Ryan Lyric Young Professionals Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts WFMT Recital Series Margo and Michael Oberman and Family Genevieve Phelps Lois B. Siegel Julie and Roger Baskes Stepan Company Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Thierer Family Foundation Workshop Performances Marilee and Richard Wehman Harriet Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Martha A. Hesse Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk General Support Final Auditions Aria Society The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation ($100,000 and above) The Cozad Family Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Rising Stars in Concert April 1, 2017 Platinum Distinguished Benefactors Foreign Language Instruction ($50,000 to $99,999) Carl A. and Fern B. Gaensslen Anonymous Lead Sponsor: Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Charitable Giving Fund Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Erma S. Medgyesy Distinguished Benefactors Sponsors: Dentons US LLP Guest Master Artist ($25,000 to $49,999) Ingrid Peters Ann M. Drake The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Don and Abby Funk Ensemble Friends Sue and Melvin Gray Launchpad ($10,000 to $24,999) Howard Family Foundation Marcus Boggs Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory J. O’Leary C. Bekerman, M.D. Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Master Classes Nancy Dehmlow Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Family Foundation Martha A. Hesse Fred L. Drucker and Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker OptumRx National Auditions Erika E. Erich American Airlines Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast Michael and Sally Feder Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Sue and Melvin Gray No Tenors Allowed Celebration Mary Pat G. Hay Rising Stars in Concert Reception Lead Individual Sponsor Miriam U. Hoover Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation Illinois Arts Council Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Fund Lead Corporate Sponsor Stephen A. Kaplan Mayer Brown Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen

April - May, 2017 | 53 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Overture Society

The Overture Society consists of those esteemed supporters who have designated a special gift, through bequests, trusts, or other planned giving arrangements, to benefit Lyric Opera in the future. These generous gifts ensure Lyric Opera’s artistic progress well into the twenty-first century for the benefit of future Lyric audiences. Lyric Opera is honored to acknowledge these members of the Overture Society: Bel Canto Benefactors These Overture Society members have made a major planned gift to Lyric Opera as well as a generous annual gift. For information about the Bel Canto Benefactors, please call Jonathan Siner, Lyric’s Senior Director of Planned Giving, at (312) 827-5677. Anonymous (15) Paula Hannaway Crown Josephine E. Heindel Susan M. Miller Lois B. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Renée Crown Concordia Hoffmann David and Justine K. Mintzer Ilene Simmons Louise Abrahams Thomas Doran Edgar D. Jannotta James and Mary Beth Morehouse Larry G. Simpson Dr. Whitney Addington Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ericson Ronald B. Johnson Allan and Elaine Muchin Craig Sirles Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. John and Kerma Karoly Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mrs. Jay Spaulding Ross C. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Paul Y. Feng Kip Kelley David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Karen G. Andreae Robert F. Finke James C. Kemmerer John H. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Catherine Aranyi Jack M. and Marsha S. Firestone LeRoy and Laura Klemt John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Mary Stowell L. Robert Artoe Roy Fisher Nancy W. Knowles Joan L. Pantsios Carla M. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Elaine Frank Dr. Petra B. Krauledat and Irma Parker Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Marlys A. Beider Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Dr. W. André and Julia Pernet Virginia Tobiason Julie Anne Benson Rhoda and Henry S. Frank Dr. William R. Lawrence Frances Pietch Phil and Paula Turner Merrill and Judy Blau Richard J. Franke Thomas and Lise Lawson Kenneth Porrello and Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn-Mason Ann Blickensderfer George and Mary Ann Gardner Carol L. Linne Sherry McFall Joan and Marco Weiss Dr. Gregory L. Boshart James K. Genden and Philip G. Lumpkin Nathaniel W. Pusey Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Danolda (Dea) Brennan Alma Koppedraijer Daniel T. Manoogian Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Claudia L. Winkler George F. and Linda L. Brusky Sue and Melvin Gray Robert C. Marks Lyn and Bill Redfield Florence Winters Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Linda Budzik Harry J. Griffiths, M.D. Paul Mavros Joan L. Richards Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Christopher Carlo and Julian W. Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Chatka Ruggiero Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Robert Chaney William E. and Mary Gannon Hay Nancy Lauter McDougal Mary T. Schafer Edward T. Zasadil David and Orit Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Bill Melamed Martha P. Schneider Anne Zenzer James W. Chamberlain Mrs. John C. Hedley Margaret and Craig Milkint Charles Chris Shaw Society Members Anonymous (44) Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Cottey Carl J. Halperin Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Malatesta Michael and Susan “Holly” Reiter Valerie and Joseph Abel B. A. Coussement Capt. Martin Hanson USN (Ret) Jeanne Randall Malkin Evelyn R. Richer Carol A. Abrioux Morton and Una Creditor Ms. Geraldine Haracz Ann Chassin Mallow Jennie M. Righeimer Judy Allen Kathryn M. Cunningham Andrew Hatchell Dr. and Mrs. Karl Lee Manders Gerald L. Ritholz Mrs. Robert L. Anderson Barbara L. Dean William P. Hauworth Mrs. John Jay Markham Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Elizabeth M. Ashton Donald A. Deutsch Dr. and Mrs. David J. Hayden James Massie and Mary Raffetto-Robins Richard N. Bailey Phyllis Diamond Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Dr. Christine Winter Massie Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, M.D., David G. Baker Roger Dickinson Ronald G. Hedberg Michael M. and Diane Mazurczak in memory of Robert Kyts Susann Ball Ms. Janet E. Diehl Mary Helbert James G. and Laura G. McCormick Mrs. Beth Wheeler Rome Constance and Liduina Barbantini Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon Martha A. Hesse Gia and Paul McDermott James and Janet Rosenbaum Margaret Basch Dr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Dobroski Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder William F. McHugh Dr. John Gregory Russo Mrs. Bill Beaton Ms. Barbara J. Doerner Mrs. Marion Hoffman Florence D. McMillan Joseph C. Russo Alvin R. Beatty Thomas M. Dolan James and Mary Lunz Houston Leoni Zverow McVey and Dennis Ryan Lynn Bennett Mary Louise Duhamel H. Eileen Howard J. William McVey Louise M. Ryssmann Joan I. Berger Mrs. Alfred V. Dunkin, Jr. Joseph H. Huebner Martina M. Mead Eugene Rzym, in memory of Barbara Bermudez Kathy Dunn Kenneth N. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Meader Adaline Rzym Patrick J. Bitterman Richard L. Eastline Michael Huskey Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Melamed David Sachs M. J. Black Carol A. Eastman Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Mesrobian Mrs. Philip H. Schaff, Jr. Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Lowell and Judy Eckberg Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Meyers Douglas M. Schmidt D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Lucy A. Elam, in memory of Barbara A. Joabson Ms. Barbara Terman Michaels Franklin R. Schmidt Ned and Raynette Boshell Elizabeth Elam John Arthur Johnson Marilyn E. Miller Lois K. Schmidt David Boyce Mr. and Mrs. Don Elleman Laurence P. Johnson Edward S. and Barbara L. Mills Donald Seibert Dr. and Mrs. Boone Brackett Cherelynn A. Elliott Nancy E. Johnson BettyAnn Mocek and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Shaw Robert and Phyllis Brauer Terrence M. W. Ellsworth Roy A. Johnson Adam R. Walker Mette and David Shayne Mrs. William A. Briggs Joseph R. Ender Ms. Barbara Mair Jones Robert and Lois Moeller David A. Sherman Candace Balfour Broecker and the Dr. James A. Eng Janet Jones Dr. Virginia Saft Mond Jared Shlaes Estate of Howard W. Broecker Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Engel Moreen C. Jordan Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Dr. Alfred L. and Mildred Siegel Leona and Daniel Bronstein Martha L. Faulhaber Dr. Anne Juhasz Mr. and Mrs. Mario A. Munoz Joanne Silver Kathryn Y. Brown Nadine Ferguson Mr. Theodore Kalogeresis Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Nickels Andrew Barry Simmons and Richard M. and Andrea J. Brown Felicia Finkelman Stuart Kane Edward A. Nieminen Mitchell Loewenthal-Grassini Jacqueline Brumlik Kenneth Fiske Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Florence C. Norstrom Dr. Ira Singer Donna Brunsma Mr. and Mrs. John C. Forbes Kenneth Kelling Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Norman and Mirella Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III Barbara Gail Franch Paul R. Keske Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson Joan M. Solbeck Steven and Helen Buchanan James Victor Franch Chuck and Kathy Killman Stephen S. Orphanos Mary Soleiman Dr. Mary Louise Hirsh Burger and Ms. Susan Frankel Diana Hunt King Jonathan Orser Elaine Soter Mr. William Burger Thomas H. Franks, Ph.D. Neil King Robert W. Parsons, M.D. Ms. Geraldine A. Spatz Muriel A. Burnet Allen J. Frantzen Esther G. Klatz George R. Paterson Philip and Sylvia Spertus Lisa Bury Dr. Paul Froeschl R. William Klein, Jr. Dr. Joan E. Patterson James A. Staples Robert J. Callahan Marie and Gregory Fugiel J. Peter Kline George Pepper, M.D. Sherie B. Stein Patrick V. Casali Sheilah Purcell Garcia, Lady Witton Helen Kohr Elizabeth Anne Peters K. M. Stelletello Esther Charbit Susan Boatman Garland Dr. Bruce Korth Susanne P. Petersson J. Allyson Stern Jeffrey K. Chase, J.D. Scott P. Krsinich Genevieve M. Phelps Carol A. Stitzer Ramona Choos Mr. Lyle Gillman Mary S. Kurz Karen and Dick Pigott Norene W. Stucka J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo John F. Gilmore Larry Lapidus Ms. Lois Polakoff Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Stuffers Heinke K. Clark Bruce A. Gober, M.D. and Barbara K. Larsen Martilias A. Porreca, CFP Emily J. Su Robert and Margery Coen Donald H. Ratner Ernest L. Lester Mrs. Edward S. Price Peggy Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Peter V. Conroy John A. Goldstein Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Levy Roberta Lyn Anderson Rains Sherwin A. Swartz Sharon Conway Dr. J. Brian Greis Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Robert L. Rappel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Telander Sarah J. Cooney James R. Grimes Carole F. Liebson Sherrie Kahn Reddick Cheryl L. Thaxton Dr. W. Gene Corley Family Patricia Grogan Doris C. Lorz Keith A. Reed and Lauritz K. Thomsen Joseph E. Corrigan Carolyn Hallman Eva Lutovsky Beth Kesterson Reed Karen Hletko Tiersky

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Myron Tiersky Marlene A. Van Skike Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Weinberg Nora Winsberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Raita Vilnins Endowment Fund Joanna L. Weiss David G. Winter Jean M. Turnmire Dr. Malcolm Vye Karl N. Wechter James M. Wells Brien and Cathy Wloch Paul and Judith Tuszynski Darcy Lynn Walker Patricia M. Wees Mrs. Melville W. Wendell Mrs. William Wunder Ultmann Family Charitable Gary T. Walther Mrs. Richard H. Wehman Sandra Wenner Dr. Debra L. Zahay Remainder Unitrust Albert Wang Claude M. Weil Caroline C. Wheeler Daniel R. Zillmann Louella Krueger Ward Eric Weimer and Edwin Hanlon Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson Audrey A. Zywicki Estate Gifts The following estates have generously provided gifts of bequests and other planned gifts to Lyric Opera. Due to space limitations, listings include all bequests received from July 1, 2011 to the present. With deepest regards, Lyric Opera commemorates those departed friends who have honored us with this most profound commitment. Anonymous (2) Bettie B. Dwinell Amyl W. Johnson, Jr. Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Roy Schmaltz Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Kelli Gardner Emery Diana T. Jones Foundation Edwin J. and Margaret W. Seeboeck Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour III William J. Evans Joseph M. Kacena Dawn Clark Netsch Dr. Joseph Semrow James Ascareggi Regina C. Fain Stuart Kane John and Maynette Neundorf Michael N. Shallow Elsa E. Bandi Darlene Fiske Sherry Kelley Mrs. Oliver Nickels Sidney N. Shure and Rose L. Shure Vincent Barresi Lynette Flowers Mrs. Israel Kirsh Joan Ruck Nopola Joan M. Skepnek Velma Berry Robert B. Fordham Russell V. Kohr Rex N. Olsen Philip and David Slesur Family Trust Rev. Dr. Warren Best Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Anne C. Lacovic Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Olson Marilyn J. Snoble Edward F. Blettner Marital Trust In memory of Carl and Fern Marjorie Lanterman Mary G. Oppenheim Jay Spaulding Joanell C. Breen Gaensslen Sarrah Lapinsky Venrice R. Palmer Clarke and Adine Stayman Trusts Elizabeth Capilupo Dr. Martin L. Gecht and Francey Walter and Millicent Leibfritz Richard Pearlman Charitable Trust James L. Stein Ellen Cole Charitable Remainder Gecht Ernest L. Lester Fund for Music Howard A. Stotler Trust Carlyn E. Goettsch Dr. Arthur G. Lipman Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Gerald Sunko, M.D. Robert P. Cooke Shirley and Benjamin Gould Rosalie Loeding Ira J. Peskind Joseph Tiritilli Nelson D. Cornelius Endowment Fund Arthur B. Logan Helen Petersen Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Marianne Deson-Herstein, Allen Greenberger Mary Longbrake Sidney L. Port Annuity Trust in memory of Samuel and Lester and Betty Guttman Eva Lutovsky Jack and Eleanor Portis Dr. John E. Ultmann Sarah Deson Elaine H. Hansen Marjorie A. Mayhall Lyn Redfield Dr. Paul D. Urnes Jane Warner Dick, in honor of Kenneth L. Harder Trust Hope Baldwin McCormick Trust George T. Rhodes John H. Utley and Mary L. Utley Edison Dick John C. Hedley Alfred L. McDougal Howard M. Robins Trust Christopher D. Doemel Margot S. Hertz Renate Moser Harry A. Root Sheila von Wiese-Mack Josephine S. Dryer James and Gail Hickey Doris A. Murdoch H. Cary Ross Lydia Walkowiak Dr. Thomas R. Du Buque Dagmar Hurbanek Dr. Robert and Brigitte Nehaus Margaret R. Sagers James M. Wells Thomas W. Scheuer Paul and Virginia Wilcox CommemorativeMrs. Ray Duncan Deborah Jannotta Gifts S. Leder (Lee) Schiff Gifts of $500 and above contributed in the name of a friend, loved one, or colleague are a unique expression of thoughtfulness. In Memory Of: William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt Dr. Robert J. Strzyz Paula Getman Robert G. Bartle from Sheila Ann Hegy from Dr. Bernadette Strzyz from Concierge Unlimited International from Mrs. Robert G. Bartle Ardis Krainik Stephen A. Thau William and Ethel Gofen John R. Blair from Mead and Anne Montgomery from Janet D. Thau from Phil and Sylvia Spertus from Barbara Blair Richard P. Kiphart Sheila Von Wiese Caryn Harris Flora Boemi from Steven Ashbury from Debra and Edward Platz from the Comer Family Foundation from her many friends and family Leslie Mastroianni Nancy Wald Mary Pat Hay Sandra Box Lisbeth Stiffel from an Anonymous Donor from Douglas R. Hoffman from Barbara Box Dr. Bruce A. Korth Ruth and Irving Waldshine Edgar D. Jannotta Martha A. Boyce from Karin Korth from Marcia Purze and Deane Ellis from Sandra L. Grung from David E. Boyce Millicent Leibfritz Dale E. Wooley Caroline Huebner from Kim and Steve Theiss Edwin Conger from Linda Kutt from Regina Janes from an Anonymous Donor Richard P. and Susan Kiphart John A. Leer, Jr. M.D. Nikolay Zhizhin from Don and Abby Funk James W. Cozad from Mary Anne Leer from Larisa Zhizhin from Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. James Margot and Josef Lakonishok Armida Melino Melone from Liz and Arsen H. Manugian Laurence Davis from Bernadette McCarthy In Honor Of: from R. Charles Rudesill Jeanne Randall Malkin Hugo Melvoin Julie and Roger Baskes from Lynn Barr Lois Dunn from Lois Melvoin from Jerry and Kathy Biederman from Kathy Dunn Sue Niemi Virginia Byrne Mooney Peter Wender from Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Blatt Hon. Richard J. Elrod from Kathleen Vondran David Q. Bell from Marilyn Elrod Susan Noyes Naomi M. Nash and Lawrence Nash from Mary A. Bell from Ronald and Julie Allen Mary Ann Gerlach from Lawrence T. Nash, M.D. Mary A. Bell from Lloyd Gerlach Martha C. Nussbaum Dr. Antonio E. Navarrete from David Q. Bell from Inamori Foundation Betty Rae Gilbert from Virginia Navarrete Janet Burch from the family of Betty R. Gilbert Ellen O’Connor Kenneth G. Pigott from Neil and Diana King from Leonard Lavin Catherine Graham from Tully Family Foundation Paul and Amy Carbone from Liz Stiffel from Mr. Paul Reilly Jr. and Carol Lavin Bernick Dr. Robert A. Pringle and the Lavin Family Foundation Lewis E. Grimes from Marla McCormick Pringle Ms. Diane Atwood from an Anonymous Donor Lester and Renée Crown Dr. William Richardson Bertha Rabin from Exelon Margaret Ballard Hall from Dr. Sondra C. Rabin from Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow from Ernita Cooper Sir Andrew Davis and Gianna Rolandi Davis Richard O. Ryan Marilyn and Roland Resnick from Michael and Sally Feder Laura Ladish Jacobson from J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. from James Baughman and from Mary Ladish Selander Deborah Morris Baughman Mary Ladish Selander

and her family Howard Robins from Feitler Family Fund from Mary, Michael, Susan, Lois Eisen Suzanne Singer Deborah Jannotta and his many friends from Peggy and James Swartchild from Sandra L. Grung Kay and Craig Tuber from James N. and Laurie V. Bay Dr. Sheldon K. Schiff Meaghan Stainback Mrs. Edgar D. Janotta from Mrs. Sheldon K. Schiff Sonia Florian from Sandra L. Grung from an Anonymous Donor from Terry J. Medhurst Stephen Schulson Liz Stiffel Lee and Billye Jennings from Susan Buckman Schulson Regan Friedmann from Alfred G. Goldstein from Peggy and James Swartchild from Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Dr. Alan J. Shapiro Kay and Craig Tuber Michael McGuinnis from his many friends and family

April - May, 2017 | 55 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Corporate Partnerships

Lyric Opera gratefully recognizes and sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following distinguished corporate contributors. The following list includes donors whose gifts or pledges were received by February 28, 2017. For more information about corporate partnership opportunities, please contact Daniel Moss, Lyric’s Director of Institutional Partnerships at (312) 827-5693 or [email protected]. ARIA SOCIETY • $100,000 and above

PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR • $50,000 to $99,999

GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR • $25,000 to $49,999

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR BENEFACTOR KD Mailing Service $10,000 to $24,999 $5,000 to $7,499 MWM Consulting Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law General Mills Foundation Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. Baird Italian Village Restaurants TAYLAR BNY Mellon Molex The Chicago Group at Morgan Stanley Sahara Enterprises, Inc. FRIEND Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation Shure Incorporated $1,000 to $1,999 Evans Food Group Concierge Unlimited International First Midwest Bank BRAVO CIRCLE Draper and Kramer, Incorporated OPERA America $3,500 to $4,999 Kinder Morgan Foundation The PrivateBank Corporate Suites Network Michuda Construction, Inc. Quarles & Brady LLP Invesco Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. Reed Smith LLP Lazard Asset Management S&C Foundation Starshak Winzenburg & Co. Old Republic International Corporation Turks’ Greenhouses Wintrust Community Banks IMPRESARIO SUSTAINER PREMIER BENEFACTOR $2,000 to $3,499 $500 to $999 $7,500 to $9,999 American Agricultural Insurance Company Law Office of Phillip Brigham LLC Amsted Industries Foundation BBJ Linen Children’s Law Group LLC Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation BNSF Foundation Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Thermos LLC Enterprise Holdings Foundation Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP Envestnet Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Ropes & Gray LLP William Blair & Company Matching Gifts A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago. Anonymous (2) CME Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Pfizer Foundation Allstate Giving Program CNA Foundation Kirkland & Ellis PNC Foundation Aon Foundation ConAgra Lannan Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation ArcelorMittal Emerson Electric John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur The Retirement Research Foundation AT&T Foundation GE Foundation Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Bank of America Foundation General Mills Foundation Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s Skadden Baxter International Foundation Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley UBS Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund Graham Holdings Motorola Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation BMO Harris Bank Foundation IBM Corporation Northern Trust Company The Warranty Group Helen Brach Foundation ITW Foundation Peak6 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Inc. Johnson & Johnson Peoples Gas W. W. Grainger Inc. Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Johnson Controls Foundation PepsiCo Foundation For purposes of recognition, we are pleased to combine matching gifts with an individual’s personal gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please request a matching gift form through your Human Resources or Community Affairs office, and send it to us along with your contribution. Special Thanks • American Airlines for its 35 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago. • Jenner & Block and Craig C. Martin, Partner, for the firm’s pro bono legal services throughout the year. • Strategy& and Vinay Couto, Principal, as well as PwC and John Oleniczak, Midwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, and Paul Anderson, Retired Senior Advisor, for their firm’s pro bono consulting services on our organizational assessment. • Warner Classics as the Official Education and Promotion Music Provider.

Acknowledgements

The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric Opera’s efforts: Generous Gifts Special Gifts Cantor David Berger Marc Lacher Art Institute of Chicago BBJ Linen Cochon Volant Wayne and Kristine Lueders Calihan Catering Cru Café KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation Lloyd’s Chicago Classic Color Jewell Events Catering Calo Ristorante Martha Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Einstein’s Bagels Ingrid Peters Coco Pazzo Notable Gifts Food and Paper Supply Company Todd Rosenberg HMS Media, Inc. John and Linda Anderson Hall’s Rental Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Seth and Susan Mason Artists Frame Service Insomnia Cookies Thomas Terry The Estate of Gerald Ritholz Marlys Beider KD Mailing & Fulfillment Vision Wine and Spirits This performance is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Lyric Opera of Chicago is a member of OPERA America.

April - May, 2017 | 57 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Annual Individual and Foundation Support

Lyric Opera deeply appreciates annual campaign gifts from the following individuals, foundations, and government organizations. Their continued support is vital to our success. The following listings include donors whose gifts or pledges were received by February 28, 2017. ARIA SOCIETY · $100,000 and above Anonymous (6) Ford Foundation Dr. David G. Knott and Sheila and David Ormesher Katherine A. Abelson and Julius Frankel Foundation Ms. Françoise Girard Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Robert J. Cornell Estate of Dr. Martin L. Gecht and Nancy W. Knowles Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Ada and Whitney Addington Francey Gecht Kohler Co. Pritzker Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Julie and Roger Baskes Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Josef and Margot Lakonishok Foundation James N. and Laurie V. Bay Brent and Katie Gledhill Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Marlys Beider Ethel and William Gofen Estate of Arthur B. Logan Foundation Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Henry M. and Gilda R. Buchbinder The Grainger Foundation Foundation Estate of Thomas W. Scheuer Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Gramma Fisher Foundation of Malott Family Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Marshalltown, Iowa Mazza Foundation Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Foundation Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Lisbeth Stiffel David and Orit Carpenter John H. Krehbiel, Jr. The Monument Trust (UK) Mrs. Herbert A. Vance Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Estate of Nelson D. Cornelius John R. Halligan Charitable Fund The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe The Harris Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Wallace Foundation The Crown Family Walter E. Heller Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Roberta L. Washlow and The Davee Foundation J. Thomas Hurvis Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Robert J. Washlow Estate of Christopher D. Doemel The Edgar D. Jannotta Family Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation Helen and Sam Zell Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson Estate of Amyl W. Johnson NIB Foundation Ann Ziff Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols

PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR · $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous (4) Renée Fleming Foundation/ Howard Family Foundation Allan and Elaine Muchin The Brinson Foundation International Foundation Illinois Arts Council Polk Bros. Foundation Greg and Mamie Case for Arts and Culture Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts The Chicago Community Trust Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knight III Nancy S. Searle City of Chicago Department of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann The Knowles Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Cultural Affairs and Special Events Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Howard Solomon and Ann and Reed Coleman Sue and Melvin Gray Family Foundation Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Estate of Elaine H. Hansen Linda K. and Dennis M. Meyers Estate of Gerald Sunko Eisen Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hirschfield Ms. Paula Milone Robert L. Turner

GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR · $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (8) The Ferguson-Yntema Family Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Paul and Mary Anderson Charitable Trust Patricia Hyde Foundation Robin Angly Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Lavin Family Foundation Collin and Lili Roche Estate of James Ascareggi Elaine Frank Mr. and Mrs. Burt Lewis Betsy and Andy Rosenfield Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Maurice and Patricia Frank Estate of Arthur Lipman Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Dr. David Bear and Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Lucas Family Foundation Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Dr. Laurie Hammer Bear Don and Abby Funk Jim and Kay Mabie Schreiber Christine and Paul Branstad Family Carl A. and Fern B. Gaensslen Jeanne Randall Malkin Family The Schroeder Foundation Foundation Charitable Giving Fund Foundation Segal Family Foundation Amy and Paul Carbone The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation Judith W. McCue and Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Howard M. McCue III Lois B. Siegel Joyce E. Chelberg Michael J. McGuinnis Robert and Evelyn McCullen Morris Silverman and Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole Joseph B. Glossberg Blythe Jaske McGarvie Lori Ann Komisar Estate of Robert P. Cooke Estate of Carlyn E. Goettsch Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna Bill and Orli Staley Foundation The Cozad Family Mary Ellen Hennessy Susan M. Miller Penelope and Robert Steiner Crain-Maling Foundation Martha A. Hesse Frank B. Modruson and Joseph and Pam Szokol Sir Andrew Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Lynne C. Shigley Tawani Foundation Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Music Performance Trust Fund and Carl and Marilynn Thoma Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Greg and Annie Jones/The Edgewater Film Funds Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Ann M. Drake Funds Kenneth R. Norgan Walter Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Julian Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Drs. George and Sally Dunea Joseph M. Kacena Endowed Fund Matt and Carrie Parr Paul Wood and The Honorable Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy Estate of Ira J. Peskind Corinne Wood Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Patricia A. Kenney and Ingrid Peters Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Fama Gregory J. O’Leary The C. G. Pinnell Family

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR · $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elden Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Erika E. Erich Karin Korth John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Ken and Amy Aldridge Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. John and Ann Amboian Michael and Sally Feder Ms. Linda Kutt Susan and David Ruder Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Joan and Robert Feitler Albert and Rita Lacher Richard O. Ryan Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Sonja and Conrad Fischer Nix Lauridsen and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Sandner Juliette F. Bacon Barbara and Richard Franke Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Mr. and Mrs. Scott Santi E. M. Bakwin Susan J. Garner Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lenny Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden Bruce A. Gober, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. and Daria M. Eric and Jana Schreuder Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Lewicky Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Robert S. Bartolone Phillip and Norma Gordon The Barbara and Frank Lieber Family Mary Beth Shea Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata David and Elizabeth Graham Charitable Trust Richard W. Shepro and Silvia Beltrametti and Jay Krehbiel Mrs. William B. Graham Philip G. Lumpkin Lindsay E. Roberts Ross and Patricia D. Bender Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marjan The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Mrs. Mary Winton Green Robert C. Marks The Shubert Foundation Norman and Virginia Bobins/The Robert Maria C. Green and Oswald G. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund Thomas Bobins Foundation Estate of Allen Greenberger Estate of Herbert and Brigitte Neuhaus Larry G. Simpson and Edward T. Zasadil Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark “I have had many sublime moments - where the singing, acting, costumes were outstanding. Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Each opera takes me completely into its soul.” Jennifer L. Stone Patricia M. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stone Thierer Family Foundation Marcus Boggs Estate of Betty Guttman Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas Heidi Heutel Bohn Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hank Erma S. Medgyesy Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Borland Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Hannigan Terry J. Medhurst Virginia Tobiason Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. The Irving Harris Foundation Dawn G. Meiners Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp Helen Brach Foundation Joan W. Harris Jon and Lois Mills Tully Family Foundation Betty Bradshaw John Hart and Carol Prins Martha A. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie Mary Pat G. Hay Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Buehler Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Phyllis Neiman Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Burnham Mrs. John C. Hedley David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Estate of Sheila von Wiese-Mack The Butler Family Foundation Dr. Judith and Mr. Mark C. Hibbard Fredric G. and Mary Louise Novy Dan and Patty Walsh Marie Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Hal Coon Miriam U. Hoover Martha C. Nussbaum Harriet Weinstein Lawrence O. Corry Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull Pasquinelli Family Foundation Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Crawford, Jr. James Huntington Foundation Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Kim and Miles D. White Rosemary and John Croghan Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Maya Polsky Dr. David H. Whitney and Marsha Cruzan Memorial Fund Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Dr. Juliana Chyu Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Susan Ipsen Andra and Irwin Press Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson Nancy Dehmlow Laurie and Michael Jaffe Dr. and Mrs. James C. Pritchard Mrs. John A. Wing M. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jentes Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Reilly Jr. William Wolf and Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Shawn M. Donnelley and Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jorndt Merle Reskin Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wood Prince Christopher M. Kelly Stephen A. Kaplan The Rhoades Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wood II Edward and Joyce McFarland Mike and Lindy Keiser Candy and Gary Ridgway Debbie K. Wright Dlugopolski Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman James and Michele Young John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Gerald A. and Karen A. Kolschowsky Mary F. Robins Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca Foundation, Inc. The Rooney Family PREMIER BENEFACTOR · $7,500 to $9,999 Anonymous (6) Richard B. Egen Martin and Patricia Koldyke Daryl and James Riley Kelley and Susan Anderson Robert F. Finke Mr. Mark L. Koten J. Timothy Ritchie L. Robert Artoe Dr. Jorge Galante MaryBeth Kretz and Robert Baum Ropes & Gray LLP Judith Barnard and Michael Fain Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Geldermann Lannan Foundation Edgar Rose Mark and Judy Bednar Lloyd Gerlach Bernard and Averill Leviton Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Meta S. and Ronald Berger Family Virginia and Gary Gerst Julius Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse Foundation George and Maureen Gilmore Jim and SuAnne Lopata George and Terry Rose Saunders Mr. and Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Goldblatt Francine Manilow Raymond and Inez Saunders Lieselotte N. Betterman Helyn D. Goldenberg Daniel T. Manoogian George and Joan Segal Patrick J. Bitterman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Shari Mayes Mary and Stanley Seidler Marcus Boggs Chester A. Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Dr. Doris Graber Egon and Dorothy Menker Siragusa Family Foundation Dr. Charles Bower Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Milliken Mr. and Mrs. John R. Siragusa Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden Joan M. Hall Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Connor Patricia Arrington Smythe Joy Buddig Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Margo and Michael Oberman and Family The Solti Foundation U.S. Mrs. Warren M. Choos Katie Hazelwood and Todd Kaplan Julian and Sheila Oettinger Dorie Sternberg Thomas A. Clancy and Dana I. Green Mrs. Richard S. Holson, Jr. Marian Phelps Pawlick Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Struthers Lynd W. Corley James and Mary Houston Karen and Tom Phillips Angela Tenta, M.D. Susan E. Cremin Mr. Richard M. Jaffee Harvey R. and Madeleine P. Plonsker Dr. David Thurn Anne Megan Davis Mr. and Mrs. John A. Karoly Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Potempa Howard and Paula Trienens Foundation Decyk Charitable Foundation Nancy Rita Kaz Irene D. Pritzker Christian Vinyard Fred L. Drucker and Kate T. Kestnbaum John and Betsey Puth Marilou and Henry von Ferstel Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Marilee and Richard Wehman Harvey S. and Sheila Dulin The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation James T. and Karen C. Reid Donna and Phillip Zarcone Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation - Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund The Retirement Research Foundation Donald and Anne Edwards

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BENEFACTOR · $5,000 to $7,499 Anonymous (8) Sondra Berman Epstein Lois Melvoin Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Jim and Pati Ericson Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Robert M. Arensman Margaret Byrne, Attorney Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Del Snow Mr. and Mrs. David Batanian James and Deborah Fellowes Estate of Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg C. Bekerman, M.D. Renée Fleming Mead and Anne Montgomery Ellen and Jim Stirling Jennifer Bellini Adrian Foster Charles and Ellen Mulaney Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stonebraker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bent Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Estate of Gerda Nickels Pam and Russ Strobel Wiley and Jo Caldwell John F. Gilmore Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. Family Charitable Trust Bolton Sullivan Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Calvin Mr. Gerald and Dr. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson Andrea and Mark Taylor Carylon Foundation Dan and Caroline Grossman Mr. and Mrs. James N. Perry Jr. Mrs. M. James Termondt Lawrence Christensen James and Brenda Grusecki Genevieve Phelps Janet Thau Jane B. and John C. Colman Mrs. John M. Hartigan John Raitt O. Thomas Thomas Francie Comer Howard E. Jessen Rocco and Cheryl Romano L. Kristofer Thomsen Peter and Kelley Conway Tyrus L. Kaufman J. Kenneth and Susan T. Rosko Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Tamara Conway The Kip Kelley Family Chatka and Anthony Ruggiero Michael Tobin, MD Mr. and Mrs. Gerry V. Curciarello Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lennard Norman Sackar Ksenia A. and Peter Turula The Dancing Skies Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Estate of Margaret R. Sagers Jean Morman Unsworth Thomas Doran Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Ellen M. Salter Howard Walker Cherelynn A. Elliott Ms. Michelle McCarthy Satter Family Foundation David and Linda Wesselink James G. and Laura G. McCormick Arch W. Shaw Foundation Claudia Winkler BRAVO CIRCLE · $3,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. Craig Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarian Ms. Charlene T. Handler Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Milkint Bill and Harlan Shropshire Mychal P. Angelos Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heestand, Jr. Ms. Britt M. Miller and John Simmons Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Hornik Mary Lou and Jack Miller Craig Sirles Susann Ball Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizenga Mr. Anthony Juozapavich Joan M. Solbeck Geoffrey Bauer and Anna Lam Dr. and Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus John H. Nelson Mary Soleiman Mr. and Mrs. George Bayly Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Zehava L. Noah Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Astrid K. Birke Carolyn and Paul Jarvis Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Mrs. John Stanek Danolda (Dea) Brennan Joy Jester Jonathan F. Orser Irving Stenn, Jr. Nicholas Bridges and Margaret McGirr Douglas M. Karlen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Ottley MinSook Suh Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Christianson Gerald and Judith Kaufman Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, MD Janet D. Thau B. A. Coussement Jean Klingenstein Dr. Pat and Lara Pappas Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Toft Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davison Thomas A. Kmetko Barbara and Jerry Pearlman Marianne Tralewski Jon W. DeMoss Dr. Katherine Knight Drs. Sarunas and Jolanta Peckus Phil and Paula Turner Charles Denison John and Mary Kohlmeier Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Elizabeth K. Twede Drs. Donald and Helen Edwards Eldon and Patricia Kreider Karen and Richard Pigott Lori L. and John R. Twombly Deane Ellis Vivian Leith and Stewart Hudnut Dr. Joe Piszczor Scott D. Vandermyde and Julie T. Emerick David S. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln Ramirez David J. Varnerin Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin Thomas A. Marshall Edward and Leah Reicin Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Marilyn and Myron Maurer Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Dr. Catherine L. Webb Peter G. O. Freund Thomas J. McCormick Dr. Cynthia J. Sanders and Mr. Otis Sanders Hilary and Barry Weinstein Foundation James R. Grimes Dr. John J. McGrath and Ms. Tola Porter Curt G. Schmitt Estate of James M. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Grob David E. McNeel Julie Schwertfeger and Alexander Zajczenko Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Sandra L. Grung Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad Phyllis W. Shafron and Ethan Lathan Owen and Linda Youngman Dr. S. P. Shah Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and IMPRESARIO · $2,000 to $3,499 James C. Kemmerer Anonymous (9) Mrs. Henry T. Chandler CAPT Martin Hanson USN (Ret) Dr. Judith Lichtenstein Allison Alexander Alice Childs Mari L. Harrer Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Mary C. Allen Dr. Edward Cole and Dr. Christine Rydel Hoellen Family Foundation Lloyd R. Loback Mrs. Robert W. Allen Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Concordia Louise Hoffmann Dr. Therese Lucietto-Sieradzki Dr. Michael Angell Robert O. Delaney Andrèe S. Hognestad Robert Mann and Kathryn Voland-Mann Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Arbetter Mr. and Mrs. John DeWolf Edmund A. and Virginia C. Horsch Liz and Arsen Manugian Stephen Ashby Mario Diorio Estate of Dagmar Hurbanek Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Marks Bastian Voice Institute Bernard J. and Sally Dobroski Michael Huston William Mason and Diana Davis Ron Bauer and Michael Spencer Richard and Ingrid Dubberke Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ibers Loren D. May and Kathy Newton May Ron and Queta Bauer Drs. Walter Dziki and Emily Miao Dr. Segun Ishmael Mrs. David McCandless Dee Beaubien La and Philip Engel John G. and Betty C. Jacobs Florence D. McMillan Diane and Michael Beemer Susanna and Helmut Epp Ronald B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally V Daniel J. Bender John Ettelson Drs. Perry and Elena Kamel Martina M. Mead and Michael T. Gorey Julie Anne Benson Firestone Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karger Sheila and Harvey Medvin Jacquie Berlin Anita D. Flournoy Dr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Pamela G. Meyer Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berlin Amanda Fox Judith L. Kaufman Robert and Lois Moeller Leslie Bertholdt Mr. and Mrs. James V. Franch Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Dr. John S. and Nan D. Munn Mrs. Arthur Billings Jack E. Fredenburgh Kenneth Douglas Foundation Rosemary Murgas Richard and Heather Black Fred Freitag and Lynn Stegner Mr. and Mrs. Joe King David and Lynne Nellemann Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Neil and Diana King Mrs. A. M. Neumann Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Klaff Family Foundation Elaine T. Newquist Mr. and Mrs. David Bomier Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy C. Klemt Mickey Norton Minka and Matt Bosco Judy and Bill Goldberg J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. Renate P. Norum Richard Boyum and Louie Chua Gordon and Nancy Goodman Dr. and Mrs. Sung-Tao Ko Janis Wellin Notz and John K. Notz Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Annemarie H. Gramm Emil J. and Marie D. Kochton Foundation Penny J. Obenshain Carline Bronk Richard Greenman Dr. and Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Marc and Cindy Oberdorff Mr. and Mrs. Roger O. Brown Patricia Grogan Marc Lacher Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson Winston and Lally Brown Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman Peter N. Lagges, Jr. Mrs. Richard C. Oughton Ms. Elena Sapienza Solomon Gutstein Paul Larson Mark Ouweleen and Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Glen and Claire Hackmann Dr. M. S.W. Lee Sarah Harding Mrs. Laurence A. Carton The Blanny A. Hagenah Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Leopold Gerald L. Padbury Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Cavallino Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Kimberly Ann Palmisano James W. Chamberlain Mr. and Mrs. Cameel Halim Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Lewis, Sr. Elizabeth Anne Peters

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Laurie and Michael Petersen Tim Ross Ilene Simmons Oscar Tatosian, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Walsh Jr. Mrs. Zen Petkus Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Rubash Mr. and Mrs. John B. Simon Gilbert Terlicher Mrs. William N. Weaver, Jr. Mrs. Geoffrey C. M. Plampin Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Mr. and Ms. Bob Slain Humanist Fund Louis Weber Mary and Joseph Plauche Rubnitz Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas, Jr. Caroline C. Wheeler Joel and Vivianne Pokorny Mrs. Dolores E. Ruetz The Sondheimer Family Charitable Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Howard S. White Charles B. Preacher Foundation Robert Russell Foundation Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Wick Nathaniel W. Pusey Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sarnoff Phil and Sylvia Spertus Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tirpak Dr. Wendall W. Wilson Christina Rashid Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Schaeffer James A. Staples Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Brien Wloch Phillip C. and Jeanne R. Ravid Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Schuler Tom Z. Startek The Trillium Foundation Chip and Jean Wood Mr. and Mrs. William Revelle Thomas and Judy Scorza Mary Stowell Dulcie L. Truitt Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woolever William and Louise Robb David J. Seleb and John P. Cialone Walter and Caroline Sueske Kay and Craig Tuber Priscilla T. Yu Maggie Rock Adams Mary Lynne Shafer Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Barbara Zeleny FRIEND · $1,000 to $1,999 Anonymous (13) Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Roy Fisher and Charles Chris Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hodges Craig and Jane Love A & T Vavasis Philanthropic Fund Berle Blitstein Mr. and Mrs. James G. Fitzgerald Mrs. J. Dillon Hoey Carlotta and Ronald Lucchesi Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aaron Better Benefits Family Group Inc. Mrs. Harold M. Flanzer Sandra Hoffman Kurtice Luther Louise Abrahams Candace B. Broecker Nona C. Flores Suzanne L. Hoffman and Charlene and Gary MacDougal Richard Abram and Paul Chandler Jerry and Gisela Brosnan Paul Fong Dale Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mages Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin D. Abrams Mark S. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. William A. Holland Mr. and Ms. Carl Majeski Ann Acker Alice C. Brunner Dr. Jacek Franaszek and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hollensteiner Jeffrey and Paula Malak Duffie A. Adelson Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Kathleen McQueeny Stephen D. Holmes Deborah Manoogian Susan S. Adler Bruyninckx Arthur L. Frank, M.D. George R. Honig, M.D. and Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Mark Judith A. Akers Howard and Moira Buhse Allen J. Frantzen and Olga Weiss Mrs. John Jay Markham Ginny Alberts-Johnson and Susan Burkhardt George R. Paterson Joel and Carol Honigberg Robert Markowski and Lance Johnson George J. Burrows Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freeborn Bill and Vicki Hood Randi Ragins Claudie Aldridge Angelo Buscaglia, Jr. Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Victoria Howland Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Altman Joseph A. Caprini, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. John Freund Michael and Beverly Huckman Mr. and Mrs. Sean Martin Sheila and James Amend Irma Caprioli Penny Friedman Mr. and Ms. Gary Huff Jeordano Martinez Paul Andziewicz Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Jeff Frient and Jennifer Carter Janice Humphrey Mariano Martinez Doris W. Angell Stephen H. and Virginia McM. Carr Samuel and Adriana Front Cleveland and Phyllis Hunt Bob and Doretta Marwin Antoniou Family Fund Cartier John A. Gable Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Hussey Dr. John Mazuski Daniel J. Anzia Drs. James and Stephanie Cavanaugh Nancy R. Gamburd and Dr. Kamal Ibrahim Maureen and Michael McCabe Dr. Edward Applebaum and Barry and Marcia Cesafsky Cathy Hanby Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson Bernadette McCarthy Dr. Eva Redel Robert Cieslak Ms. Kristine Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. James John F. McCartney Drs. Vijayalakshmi and Heinke K. Clark Mrs. Norman Gates Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. James Marilyn McClory Bapu Arekapudi Keith and Barbara Clayton Stephen and Elizabeth Geer Judith H. Janowiak Marilyn McCoy and Eric Argence Margery and Robert Coen Generations Fund The Jaquith Family Foundation Charles R. Thomas Robert Austin Maryclaire Collins Mr. Scott P. George Mel and Mary Ann Jiganti Drs. William and Margaret Mr. Wayne Baden Gordon and Sigrid Connor Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gepson Jerry and Judy Johansen McCulloch Rajeev Bahri Dr. Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Gregory Geuther Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Johnson Ann E. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Baldwin Ernita Cooper Sharon L. Gibson Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Harold McGrath The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Geo Cooper Jean Gilkison Russell L. Johnson Therissa McKelvey Peter and Elise Barack Michael McKinney William and Marjorie Bardeen Anne Ford McMillen Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Barkei “The voices of the stars are exceptional - and their performance stays with me!” Maryjanet McNamara Ronald and Donna Barlow Mary H. Kathie Y. McReynolds Family Michael A. Barna Mr. and Mrs. Zarin Mehta Barbara J. Barnes Claretta Meier Mr. Merrill Barnes James M. Cormier Gay L. Girolami JS Charitable Trust Helen Melchior Mrs. Robert G. Bartle Nancy Corrie Barbara and Norman Gold Judith Jump Dr. R. Menegaz and R. D. Bock Mr. and Mrs. Brit J. Bartter Daniel Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Golden Myrna Kaplan Jim and Ginger Meyer Barbara Barzansky Jennifer Cox Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Goldin Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Virginia Michalicek Sandra Bass Katherine Hutter Coyner Alfred G. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Jack Karp Joanne Michalski and Michael Weeda James and Deborah Morris Gary Crosby Robert and Marcia Goltermann Mary Ann Karris Barbara Mikolajczyk Baughman Karen and John Crotty Jaimy Gordon and Peter Blickle Christine Kassa-Skaredoff Rev. Dr. Mary L. Milano Priscilla and Anthony Beadell Pamela Crutchfield Jill Gordon Mrs. Helen Kedo Gearold D. Miles W.C. Beatty Robert Curley Motoko Goto Larry M Keer, MD Mr. and Mrs. William A. Miller Seth Beckman Barbara Flynn Currie Dr. Steven A. Gould Marian Kinney Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III John R. D’Ambrose Dr. Ruth Grant and Linda Kinzelberg Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Milnarik Lynn Bennett Timothy and Cheryl Dahlstrand Dr. Howard Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Dr. Virginia Mond Roy C. Bergstrom James and Marie Damion Anthony Green Mr. Stephen Kitchen William Mondi Lois M. Berman Jason Dantico Nancy and Jonathan Green Esther G. Klatz Charles Moore Mr. and Mrs. Turney P. Berry Tim Daro Greene Family Foundation Frank and Alice Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore IV Jane Berry Rathin Datta Rochelle and Michael Greenfield Paul Kleppner Lloyd and Donna Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Loren M. Berry III Carol Davis Tim and Joyce Greening Janice Klich Mr. Peter and Dr. Deborah Ejovwokoghene Biakolo Patty Litton Delony John R. Grimes Mary Klyasheff Morowski Jerry and Kathy Biederman Lyn Dickey Donald J. Grossman and Emily and Christopher Knight Heather Morrison Dr. Vanice (Van) Billups Dr. Elton Dixon Elaine T. Hirsch Lionel and Jackie Knight John S. Mrowiec and Mr. Thomas Bittner Michael L. Dollard Donald Haavind Edward and Adrienne Kolb Dr. Karen L. Granda Cynthia L. Bixel Bill Donaldson Philip and Nancy Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Konczal Gerald and Maia Mullin M. J. Black and Mr. Clancy Dr. and Mrs. Peter E. Doris Hablutzel William Konczyk and Marcus Murphree Mrs. John R. Blair David and Deborah Dranove Mirja and Ted Haffner Family Fund Stanley Conlon Chris and Eileen Murphy Diane and Tom Blake Tom Draski Daniel J. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Christos N. Kritikos Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mustell Elaine and Harold Blatt Douglas F. Duchek Mary E. Hallman Richard Kron and Dr. Corinne Nawrocki Ann Blickensderfer Susan Duda Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Hammock Deborah Bekken Christopher K. Neal Jim Blinder Ronald B. Duke Agnes Hamos Marina Kuznetsov Ms. Amélie Négrier-Oyarzabal Brian Bloch Kathy Dunn Michael Hansen and Nancy Randa Carol and Jerome Lamet Robert and Tricia Nelson John Blosser Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dusek Charles Hanusin Frederic S. Lane Jeffrey Nichols Frima H. Blumenthal Barbara and John Eckel Daggett Harvey Dr. William R. Lawrence Nancy A. Nichols Martin Boguszko Hugh and Jackie Edfors Betty Ann Hauser Sarena Lee-Schott Gayla and Ed Nieminen Terence and Mary Jeanne Bolger Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ellis Alex P. Heard Mrs. Harold E. Leichenko John Nigh Robert and Anne Bolz Peter Emery Sheila Ann Hegy Dominique Leonardi Carol M. Nigro Charitable Trust Dr. and Mrs. James O. Ertle Dr. Allen W. Heinemann and Mrs. Nancy Levi Daniel S. Novak and Dean Ricker Dr. Gregory L. Boshart Dr. Thelma M. Evans Dr. William Borden Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nusinow Mrs. Fred Bosselman Jim and Elizabeth Fanuzzi Joseph Heiney Anne and Craig Linn Michael J. O'Connell Anastasia Boucouras Farley Family Robert and Janet Helman Caroline P. Lippert Virginia A. O’Neill Donald F. Bouseman Jerrad Fenske Dr. and Mrs. Leo M. Henikoff DeAnn Liska Dr. Songya Pang Dr. and Mrs. Boone Brackett Dr. and Mrs. Carl Fetkenhour Raymond Hicks William and Diane Lloyd Kevin Patti Wendy and Norman Bradburn Elizabeth W. Fischer Carrie and Harry Hightman Melvin R. Loeb Ilene Patty and Thomas Terpstra Knox and Gabrielle Long Marilyn Pearson April - May, 2017 | 61 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

Norman and Lorraine Perman Evelyn Richer Edgar Schiller Verna Stovall April Ware and Jess Forrest Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Perry Jerry and Carole Ringer Deborah and George Schulz Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Dr. Richard Warnecke Viktoras Petroliunas Carol Roberts Richard and Betty Seid Dr. Bernadette Strzyz Mr. and Mrs. Virgil L. Watts Jr. Marlene Phillips William and Cheryl Roberts Paul R. Seidlitz Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Stuart Pam and David Waud Ruth A. Phillips Joseph Rochetto Christine and David Seidman Mr. and Mrs. James Swartchild Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Weiland Dr. and Mrs John T. Picken Mr. and Mrs. Randall S. Rogers Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Semerad Sandra Sweet Tamra and Jack Weiss Jim and Polly Pierce The Philip and Myn Rootberg John and Floria Serpico Geraldine L. Szymanski Adele and Joseph R. Wells Srikumar Pillai Foundation Sherie Shapiro Maureen Tansey-Tokar Mr. and Mrs. Melville W. Wendell Mr. and Mrs. Les Pinsof Dr. Ashley S. Rose and Mr. and Mrs. James F. Shea Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taylor Manfred Wendt Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pinto Charlotte Puppel-Rose David Sherman Russell Ternes Heide Wetzel Cheryl and Jimmy Podolny Roberta Rosell Carol and Roger Shiffman Mr. Theodore Tetzlaff Patricia and William H. Wheeler Dr. and Mrs. Alan Pohl Lorelei Rosenthal Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth I. Siegel Kim and Steve Theiss Zita Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Polenzani Babette Rosenthal Nancy Silberman Linda and Ronald Thisted Floyd and Judith W. Whellan Mrs. Carol Pollock Marsha and Robert Rosner Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Sims Dr. Andrew J. Thomas Mrs. John White Charlene Posner Merlin and Gladys Rostad Arts Fund Paul and Ann Singer Jennifer Tipton James L. Wilson Matthew and Erica Posthuma Manfred Ruddat Margles Singleton and Clay Young Diane Tkach and James Freundt Kathryn B. Winter Dorothy M. Press R. Charles Rudesill Barbara Smith and Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker F. C. Winters Gail S. Prins and Alice S. Wisse Lena M. Ruppman Timothy Burroughs Joanne Tremulis Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Witkowski Jennifer N. Pritzker Joanne Ruxin Louise K. Smith M. Jean Trowbridge Charles B. Wolf Jean M. Prokopek-Kasnick Louise M. Ryssmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smolen Mr. James W. Tucker Ann S. Wolff Marcia Purze David Sachs Robert A. Sniegowski Professor Harald and Ted and Peggy Wolff Drs. Joseph and Kimberly Pyle Dr. and Mrs. Hans Sachse Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Snopko Mrs. Christine Uhlig Christopher and Julie Wood David Quell Carol S. Sadow The Sondheimer Family Charitable Manuel S. Valderrama D.P. Wood and R.L. Sufit Anne Rainis Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Safford Foundation Marlene A. Van Skike Mark Woodworth and Dr. and Mrs. Don Randel John Sagos Larry and Marge Sondler Frances and Peter Vandervoort Randi Ravitts Woodworth John P. and Victoria L. Z. Sharon Salveter and Stephan Meyer George Speck Rosalba Villanueva Michael B. Yanney Ratnaswamy Paul R. Sand Carol D. Stein and James Sterling Dr. Annabelle Volgman Michael and Judy Zeddies William H. Redfield Mary T. Schafer Carol Stein and Doris Ashkin Mr. Malcolm V. Vye Marianne and Ted Zelewsky Alicia and Myron Resnick Robert P. Schaible Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Stein W. Bruce Lunsford Susan Zick Joan L. Richards Marie-Claude Schauer Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Stoll Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Walter Richard E. Ziegler SUSTAINER · $500 to $999 Anonymous (23) Erminio Bonacci Anna Beth Culver Suja Finnerty Sarah J. Gottermeyer Julia and Charlotte Abarbanell Dr. H. Constance Bonbrest Constance Cunningham Susan Fisher-Yellen David B. Gottshall Andrew Abbott and Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus M. Bond Sr. Duone Curran Marilyn E. Fites John Grad Susan Schlough Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Borden James Currie Jr. William A. Fleig Mr. and Mrs. Delmon Grapes Jay Aber Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Czarkowski Family Archibald E. Fletcher Mr. Richard Greene Katherine Abbott and Jerry Szatan David E. Boyce Mary and Hans Dahl Marvin Fletcher Ms. Sharmon F. Greene Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Mrs. Susy Braddock Elizabeth J. Daniels Mr. Eric Flint Ginger Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Adams Robert Bradner Mr. Douglas Davis Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Flint Mr. W. L. Griffith Mrs. Carol E. Adelman Vivian Brandt Greg Davis Kathleen Folena Robert Grist Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Albright Giovanna and Joseph Breu Henry De Vogue Lafayette J. Ford Charles R. Grode Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation Mary Lee Brinegar Bruce Deemer Dr. Kate L. Forhan and Daniel Groteke and Judith L. Allen Joan and Tom Broderick Paul B. Dekker Dr. Joseph P. Cousins Patricia Taplick Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Allen Gordon Brodfuehrer Wendelin DeLoach Stephen and Rosamund Forrest D. Grynspan and S. Stupp Mrs. Ronald L. Allen Leona and Daniel Bronstein Tania Del Rio Richard W. Foster Mrs. Kathleen Grzybek Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Allie Dr. Annie Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Deppong, Jr. Anne and Willard Fraumann John Gustaitis Peri M. Altan Ms. Suzanne W. Brown Dr. Lawrence Devoe Dr. Maija Freimanis and Margo Lynn Hablutzel Evelyn Alter Todd Brueshoff Stephen Di Padua David Marshall Dr. and Mrs. Norm A. Hagman Zakwan Alzein Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III Mr. John D. DiBuono Mrs. Michelle B. Fries John Hales Emilyjane Andaya Mr. and Mrs. John A. Buck Robert and Anne Diffendal Priscilla and Henry Frisch Terry Haller Kenneth and Mary Andersen Warren and Patricia Buckler Dr. Gary Dillehay Michael and Jane Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hallisy, Sr. Carol L. Anderson Mrs. Theodore H. Buenger Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gahlon Janice H. Halpern Gregory and Michael Anderson Mr. Kurt Bullard Mrs. Danute M. Dirvonis Leota P. Gajda Mr. Randall Hanssen Louise E. Anderson Dr. Jack Bulmash Ms. Bridgette K. Doheny Thomas F. Gajewski Dr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Harris Nancy E. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harris William Ankenbrandt Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Harris Drs. Andrew and Iris Aronson Malcolm Harsch and Edin Arslanagic “Lyric was one of the prime motivators for me moving to Chicago.” Matthew Killen Susan and Bob Arthur Gerry B. Mr. John Hartigan Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hartigan Margaret Atherton Ms. Claudia Hawkins Ms. Bolanle Babatunde Dr. and Mrs. David Jerome Hayden Fred and Michelle Baird Dr. Mary Louise H. Burger Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey B. Donnell Joan A. Gall Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hayden Stan Balog Susan Burner Maureen Dooley Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Gall Mrs. John S. Hayford Andrew Bandish Ed and Natalie Byczynski Marilyn F. Dore Dorothy and John Gardner Dr. Gillian M. Headley Marilyn R. Barmash Dr. Lidia T. Calcaterra Catherine and Patrick Dowd Jen Garner Paul Hecht Richard and Shirley Baron Janna and David Caldarelli Paul E. Drennan Mrs. Lisa Gaspero James Heger Peter Barrett Hon. and Mrs. Michael T. Caldwell Dr. Morton Dubman Christopher Gaston Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heidenry Joseph P. Basile Christopher Calip Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Lili Gaubin Robert and Raynelle Heidrick Laura C. Bauer Christina Canham Dr. Robert Golub Dedre Gentner Josephine E. Heindel Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Baum Agnes B. Canning Mr. Thomas Duston Ms. Esther Geppert Dr. Martha Heineman Pieper Marcia J. Baylin Walter Carlson Roma Dybalski Thomas and Patricia Germino Stephen Heller Benjamin C. Beach Kimberly R. Carmen Joan M. Eagle Florence Gibaldi Mr. Jay and Ms. M. Kathryn Alvin R. Beatty Robert and Emily Carroll Deborah and Scott Early Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Gilbert Hennington Matthew Beatty Donald Carruthers Hon. Frank Easterbrook and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Gilford Kimberlee S. Herold Elizabeth S. Beck Jerry Carter Mrs. B. Englert Easterbrook Mrs. Susan Gilkey-Richard Joanna Herrick Roger B. Beck Victor J. Casaz Kimberly A. Eberlein Mr. Lyle Gillman Norman K. Hester Hans F. Bell Donald and Bonnie Chauncey Adrienne Eckerling Dale and David Ginsburg Midge and Frank Heurich John C. Benitez Connie Clark James W. Edmondson Dr. Howard P. Girard Harriet E. Heyda Edward Berman Michael Cleveland and Grazia Nunzi Martha Edwards David L. Gitomer Cyndi I. Hicks Dyanna Bernier Lauretha Cobb Mrs. Richard J. Elrod James W. and Patricia T. Gladden Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. High Diane and Karl Berolzheimer Jean M. Cocozza R. Vincent Embser Jill Glaser/Make Up First School Dr. and Mrs. Roger D. Hilbert Marlene Bertolozzi David and Carolyn Colburn Joseph R. Ender Robert Dunn Glick Carl J. Hildner Better Godparents Elaine Collina Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ertman Dr. Paul B. Glickman Thomas W. and Helen C. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Bevers Parker Colvin Dr. William B. Evans Dr. Cai Glushak Nora Jaskowiak and Mrs. Keki Bhote Susan and John Combes Benjamin Evans Ms. Christine Goerke Matthew Hinerfeld Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bible Dr. Frank F. Conlon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Evans Elizabeth and Edwin Goldwasser Edward and Teresa Hintzke Mr. and Mrs. John Bienko Sharon Conway Christa Even Enid J. Golinkin Douglas R. Hoffman Dorin Bircu Diana Corbett Janet Eyler and Edwin Walker Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gonnella John E. Holland Donald H. Bittner James Cox Marion and Burt Fainman Mary C. Goodman HolliBoyleStainglass.com Louis and Catherine Bland Anatole Crane Dr. Robert A. Fajardo Amy and Michael Gordon Cynthia and Ron Holmberg Ms. Elizabeth Blinderman Beatrice V. Crane Mr. Michael Farmer Andrew Gore Ms. Edith A. Holst Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Blitstein Nancy Crawford John and Joann Faulhaber Drs. Margaret and Richard Gore Joel Horowitz Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Block III Evelyn Crews Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Feldman Anne H. Gorham Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Horwich Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Bloom Robert C. Cronin Dr. Eva D. Ferguson Phillip and Suzanne Gossett Linda Horwitz E. M. Bluhm Martyn Crook Harve A. Ferrill Mr. Matthew Goto William Hosken D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Dr. Mary J. Crooks Howard and Charlotte Fink Birgit Gottelt Larry and Ann Hossack

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Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Howell, Jr. Myron and Eleanor Lieberman Lawrence T. Nash, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Roemer Joanne Storm Joseph H. Huebner Stewart Liechti Harvey A. Nathan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Rolighed Lorna P. Straus G. Todd Hunt Paula Lima Virginia Navarrete Elaine G. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. John Strom Anne Hutcherson Robert E. Lindgren Elizabeth Nerney Saul and Sarah Rosen Laura Sturdevant Kevin Hutchinson Carol Linkowski Wayne W. Nestander Honey and Howard Rosenfeld Mary W. Sullivan and Ms. Amy Hutchison Anthony Lioce Mr. David Nevill Thomas and Barbara Rosenwein Coleman S. Kendall Anita A. Hutchinson Mr. Al Lipponeur Elizabeth Newkirk and Jason Rosnick Ms. Svetlana Sutic Robert and Sandra Ireland John Liston Christa Andrepont Mrs. Donald I. Roth Karen L. Swartz Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Isaacson Mr. Alan Littmann Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols, Jr. Alex Ruiz Sherwin A. Swartz Dr. Stephen and Kathy Irwin Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Loftus Eleanor A. Nicholson Marilyn Faklis Ruiz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sweders Sr. Howard Isenberg Abby and George Lombardi Kenneth Noffke and Andrew Ruggles Patricia N. Tabet Virginia A. Jach Dr. Vassyl A. Lonchyna and Tatiana Kudina Drs. Cynthia and Gary Ruoff Anne Taft Ms. Marina B. Jacks Dr. Roksolana Tymiak-Lonchyna Andrew Noha Patricia A. Rutkiewicz Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Douglas and Lynn Jackson Jerome A. and Kathie M. Long Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nolen Gerald S. Rutkowski Bradley L. and Simone Himbeault Merle L. Jacob Sherry and Mel Lopata Anna Marie Norehad Eugene W. Rzym Taylor Charlene Jacobsen Richard Lord David Norris Mary Ann Sadilek Fara Taylor Bett C. and Ronald E. Jacquart Shana Lowitz Northwest Indiana Pathology Mr. Eugene Saenger Jr. Susan C Taylor David Jaffe Wayne R. Lueders William Novshek and Natalie Saltiel Prof. Brian Thompson Reinhardt H. and Shirley R. Jahn Lutz Family Foundation Lynda Thoman Richard H. Sanders Mr. John G. Thomson Foundation Timothy Lyman, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram M. Nowlan Jeffrey Sanfilippo Charles and Kristine Thorsen Marqui Jamison Mrs. Diane L. Macewicz Dr. W. E. Null Joe and Lisa Sangster Sheila J. Thuesdee Mr. and Mrs. Ross H. Jannotta Daniel Carroll Madden and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nutt Ursula Sanne Myron and Karen Hletko Tiersky Dr. Paul B. Jaskot Tuny Mokrauer Ms. Ruth O’Brien Robert and Mary Ann Savard Eleanor W. Tippens Nicholas Jeffery Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Madden Gail O’Gorman Gregory Scannell Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tittle Mr. amd Mrs. A. Paul Jensen Ms. Teresa A. Maganzini Paul and Cathy O’Kelly Mr. Larry Scattaglia Karen J. Tjarksen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnston Katherine Magon Mr. Timothy O’Malley Patricia Schaefer Ms. Cindi Todd Barbara Mair Jones Mrs. Timothy J. Malloy Dr. Dragic M. Obradovic Karla Scherer Mrs. Lisa Towe Courtney and Ora Jones Ms. Gwen Maneke Margory M. Oliker Anne McMillen Scheyer Larry and Carol Townsend Mr. Dennis Jones George and Roberta Mann Dr. Mildred M. Olivier Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Schiele Jany and Kelly Tunney Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jordan Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Keith Olson Mrs. Sheldon K. Schiff Mr. John Tusken Ethan Jung Mr. and Mrs. Mark Manto Kathleen Field Orr and David Schiffman Judith Tuszynski Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kaeser Paul and Caitlin Maranville Dr. Edward S. Ogata Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Schloss Peter and Susan Tuteur Marianne E. Kalinke Damiano Marchiafava Sandra L. Osborn Michele C. Schmal United Senior Services, Inc. Beth Kalov Dr. Lawrence and Sylvia Margolies Evelyn E. Padorr Nancy Schmitt Dr. Aris Urbanes Mr. and Mrs. Elliot B. Kamenear Dr. Ashley Martin and Ms. Jane L. Palmen Marcia G. Schneider Anna Vera Urbanski Dr. and Mrs. James J. Kane Viviana Potocnik John and Dawn Palmer Rosemary J. Schnell Mrs. Denise M. Utter Mr. Louis Kartsimas Nisrin Martin Paloucek Family Fund Samantha Schnur Elsa Vaintzettel Thomas R. Kasdorf Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Dr. Nicholas E. Panomitros Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Scholly Mrs. Murray J. Vale Harriet Katz David J. Martin Joan L. Pantisios Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schulson Mr. Peter Vale Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kawalek James Martins Stephen Parahus Susan B. Schulson Sharon Van Dyck and Matthew J. Keller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Marzec David Paris Gerald and Barbara Schultz Richard Kelber Douglas and Christine Kelner Gloria A. Mashke Robert and Catherine Parks Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schultze Andre Vanee Thomas E. Kerber Harold L. Mason Charles M. Parrish Stacy and Robert Schultze Dr. Thuong Van Ha Jeffrey R. Kerr Fernando and Leslie Mastroianni Robert W. Parsons, M.D. Linda S. Schurman Elizabeth Van Ness Patricia Kersey and Kevin Matzke and Alap Patel Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Scoggins Marie Vanagas Charles Erlichman Jacqueline Griesdorn Bruce and Nancy Payne Judy and John Scully Dr. Eladio A. Vargas Mr. and Mrs. Algimantas Kezelis Ann and Philip May V Darlene Payton Barbara and John T. Seaman, Jr. Drenda Vijuk Chuck and Kathy Killman Mrs. John May Jean T. Pennino Jim and Joan Sears Raita Vilnins Anne G. Kimball Daphne Mazarakis Mr. Michael Perman Dr. Itai Seggev and John N. Vinci Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Mr. and Mrs. George P. McAndrews Drs. Mark and Sandra Perpich Dr. Dara Goldman Mr. and Mrs. James Vlaming Kittle-Kamp Gale D. McCarty Karen Petitte Sandra K. Seim Robert and Camille Von Dreele Elaine H. Klemen Marilyn McConachie Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Arthur Schneider and Helen Sellin John and Kathleen Vondran Diane F. Klotnia Meredith McDonald Shirley Pfenning and Mr. and Mrs. Neal Seltzer Alan J. Wakefield Alexis Kneeland Andrew S. McFarland Robert J. Wilczek Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Seng Lucinda Wakeman Rochelle Kneisley-Fisher Dr. and Mrs. John McGee Mr. Robert Phelan Okan K. Sengullu Robert D. Wallin Richard and Carol Knop Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. McGrane Dr. and Mrs. Macon Phillips Dr. Robert F. Shankland James M. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Roger Koenker IV Ms. Lyneta Grap Piela Dr. and Mrs. David Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walter Mrs. Russell V. Kohr Alec McKechnie Mr. and Mrs. William Pinsof Mr. and Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro Sara and Kevin Warner R. R. Konetshny Andrea McNeal John J. W. Plampin Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shapiro Ms. Alexis Washa Amy Kontrick and Mark Mycyk Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Meader Diane L. Podolak Ms. Maureen L. Shea Benjamin Wasmuth Cannon Koo Mrs. Carmen Medina Pollack Family Foundation Ms. Darlene Shearer Nancy E. Webster Dobrila Kovac Joann H. Meigs Mr. and Mrs. Michael Polsky Mrs. Mercedes Sheppard Claude M. Weil Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kracum Ernst Melchior Felix Ponce Ellen and Richard Shubart Dr. and Mrs. Howard Weiss Tadeusz A. Krafft Dr. Janis Mendelsohn William V. Porter Heather Shulick Marco and Joan Weiss Stephen Kraft John Merikoski Paul Porvaznik Barbara Fulton Sideman Dr B. Craig Weldon and Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Kretchmer Mrs. Catherine Merkel Marla Portman Joanne Silver Terri Monk Harold Kroeger Metro Pedix SC Mr. William Preller Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Simon Peter J. Wender Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Krugel Mr. Eric Meyer Semra Prescott Linda Simon Mr. Paul Wendzonka Ms. Rebecca Kruk Sally S. Miley Dr. Kathryn Press Roberta E. Singer Donald Wertz Konrad Kuchenbach Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Miller, Jr. Elizabeth Ann Price John Stephen Skaggs Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wertz Ruth L. Labitzke David E. Miller Marla McCormick Pringle Arthur B. Smith, Jr. and David P. Whitman and Jeanne LaDuke Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller Jeroen Pul Tracey L. Truesdale Donna L. Reynolds Laimonis and Kristina Laimins Gerry M. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Chris Quigg Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Smith, Jr. Charles A. Whitver Susan Laing Barry and Sharon Millman Dorothy V. Ramm Janet Smith Thomas Willett Y. Angela Lam John and Barbara Milwee Jonathan Ramos Therese G. Smith Ms. Margaret Williams Jodi A. Lamela Vee Minarich Jeffrey Rappin and Penny Brown Michael and Donna Socol Rabbi Lawrence A. Winer Elisabeth M. Landes Ms. Elizabeth L. Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Pradeep Rattan Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Arlene and Michael Winfield Penfield S. Lanphier Edward J. Mitchen Dr. Biswamay Ray II Alfred and Barbara Winick John T. Lansing Lori Mivshek Dennis C. Regan Dr. and Mrs. John Solaro Curtis Winter and Christina Paton Mr. Max Lanz Sanford Moltz David Rehor Mr. and Mrs. John D. Soley Stephen Wood and Elfa Lari Montiel and Becker Family Sandra and Ken Reid K. Soltani Kathleen Arthur Bonnie B. and Robert M. Larsen Steven Montner and Scott Brown Mr. Garth Renne Dr. and Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein Marsha and David Woodhouse Mrs. Frederick Larsen Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor John Reppy Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sopranos Robert E. Woodworth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Larsen Deborah A. Morrin Judith Revells Linda Soreff Siegel Wright Foundation for the Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laughlin Greg Morris Mae Svoboda Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Sorensen Realization of Human Potential Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Lawrence Martin W. Morris Edward Rhyne Jr. Elaine Soter Teana and Abbott Wright Marsha Lazar Steven W. Morris William C. and Nancy Richardson Amelia Soudan Catherine J. Wytzka Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee John A. Morrison Ashley Richter Michael Sprinker Charles Yager Mary Anne Leer Larry Morrison Dr. Patricia C. Rieger Phillip V. St. Cloud Mark Zajackowski Tina Leffler Mr. and Mrs. Karlos Moser L. Jennie Righeimer Beth R. Stafford R. Lisa Zambrano, CPA and Eileen Leiderman and Dr. Arthur Moswin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Rinkenberger Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Staley Dr. Michael Davis Anderson Ben L. Brener Helga E. Muench Lynn W. Riordan Henry M. Staley Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. John G. Zasi Dr. Michael C. Leland Mary Mulcahy Ed and Susan Ritts Standby and Go, Productions, Inc. Regina W. Zehr Ralph and Carol Lerner Anthony Mullins Blanche Roberts Judy Stanley Blad Dr. Antoinette Zell and Dr. and Mrs. Peter Letarte Maxwell Mulmat Helen H. Roberts Corinne M. Steede Kenneth R. Walter Laurence and Mary Levine Ms. Jan Munagian Sharon Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Steele Robert Zentner David Levinson and Kathy Kirn Frank and Meg Munaretto Jared C. Robins Mrs. Karl H. Stein Larisa Zhizhin Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levy Thomas F. Murphy Gabriel and Beth Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Stern Dr. and Mrs. Eric Zickgraf Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg and Barbara B. Murray Susan Rodriguez Scott Stoeffler and Jill Krieg Camille J. Zientek Dr. Arnold Tobin Mrs. Natalie Mycyk Victor Rodriguez Mrs. James H. Stoner Lyric Opera is very grateful to the thousands of donors who give gifts of less than $500 to our annual campaign. Due to space limitations, we are unable to list the names of these donors, but their generosity is sincerely appreciated.

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Tickets: Buy tickets online any time via Lyric’s website: www.lyricopera.org

Consessions: To commemorate Lyric’s production of My Fair Lady, prior to each performance and during intermission the concessions will offer a special “Eliza Doolittle Cocktail” (Smirnoff Welcome! Vodka, Sprite, a splash of orange juice, and lemon garnish, served in a Lyric Attention, Box Seat Holders: Lyric Opera of Chicago welcomes you cup you can take into the theater). Full to this performance. We are very glad Lyric encourages guests in box seats you are here. In order to ensure maxi- bar offerings – liquor, wine, sparkling to share the front-of-box seating by mum enjoyment for all guests during wine, beer, soda, and water – will be switching seats within your box at an a performance, we ask for your compli- available for all performances. Snacks appropriate time during an intermission. ance with some simple house rules: are available – cheese plates (pre-order You can make this plan, prior to the • Please remain silent during the for intermission), chocolate bars, performance, if you know the others performance. popcorn, handmade turtles, cookies, in your box. Please remember that you nuts, and granola bars. • As a gesture of respect for other may need to adjust your seating plans audience members and the perform- to include patrons who do not regularly ing artists, please remain seated until sit in your box and would be unaware an act or the opera is completely over. of any previous seating arrangements. If you need to leave the auditorium, you may not be readmitted while the Please Note: performance is in progress. The usher The use of a ticket acknowledges that staff will help you understand when you have granted permission to appear you can be reseated. in photographs, video capture, and • Do note that the program and artists capture by other media, in all of the are subject to change without notice. public spaces in the house and theater • Please silence all electronic devices to be used by Lyric for any promotional and double check that phones, pagers, purpose. This blanket permission watches, and other personal devices If you arrive late: releases Lyric Opera of Chicago from are switched off before the perfor- Lyric has a tradition of starting liability resulting from the use of such mance begins. performances right on time, and the images in any medium. • Please don’t use any device with doors to the house are closed promptly a glowing screen at any time during at . We realize situations First Aid: a performance. It is always more arise that can delay your arrival, and In case of illness or injury, please disruptive and distracting than you we will try to accommodate latecomers think it is. inform an usher, who will call the house in an available section of the house or manager and house EMT for assistance. • Noises from the lobby may disturb at a predetermined break, which may patrons in the auditorium during be intermission. A video screen is a performance. available in the lobby, so you won’t miss Your understanding and cooperation are a moment of the performance. Please appreciated. Please let any member of be aware that patrons who must leave Lyric’s house staff know if you have any their seats during a performance will questions. not be readmitted until intermission or a suitable break.

64 | April - May, 2017 with removable armrests. The Opera Public Phones: House has automatic door-openers on As a courtesy to our patrons, exterior doors, and accessible drinking complimentary phone service is fountains and public telephones. A TTY available in the Vaughan Family phone is available in the Box Office for Hospitality Foyer. outgoing calls only. Lost and Found: Please telephone (312) 827-5768 for lost items. Unclaimed articles are held for 30 days.

Restrooms facilities for female patrons Other important policies: with disabilities are located on all levels Photography and/or audio and video of the Opera House except the Opera recording of any kind is prohibited Club level. For male patrons, these during the performance. You are facilities are located on all levels except encouraged to take photographs and the Opera Club (lower) level and the share your experience on social media sixth floor. from the lobby and other parts of the public, non-performance spaces in the Assistive listening devices for persons house, as well as in the house itself, desiring amplification are available but not during the performance. at no cost at any open checkroom. A valid driver’s license, state Lyric, for safety reasons, has the right Dining: identification, or major credit card to inspect any large bags or packages Options are available before, during is required as a security deposit. and insist that all large backpacks, bags, (intermission), and after most Lyric luggage, etc. be checked at one of the Large print and Braille programs performances on the main and third Civic Opera House checkrooms. floors of the Civic Opera House. may be available at the main floor coat The Pedersen Room on the main floor check. Outside food and beverages may not accepts dining reservations while the be brought into the Civic Opera House. Audio description, touch tours, Florian Opera Bistro on the third floor Refreshments may be purchased inside and American Sign Language is available for walk-in dining for first the opera house and limited items seating of dinner, 4:45PM. Reservations interpretation is available for select may be brought in with you to the www. required for matinees, second seating, performances; please see performance. lyricopera.org/accessibility and intermission walk-in. Refreshments for dates are also available throughout most lobby and details. Thank you again for joining us at Lyric areas on each floor and on the lower Opera of Chicago! No Smoking Policy: Opera Club level. Visit lyricopera.org/ dine for complete details. In compliance with the City of Chicago ordinance, Lyric Opera of Patrons with Disabilities: Chicago enforces a no-smoking policy The Opera House is accessible to throughout the Opera House and persons with physical disabilities, with within 15 feet of our theater entrance. elevator service to all floors except the Thank you for your cooperation. Opera Club. The Ardis Krainik Theatre contains seating that is accessible to persons in wheelchairs, as well as seats

Front of House Manager: Laura LoChirco Box Office Assistant Treasurers: John Thor Sandquist and Joseph Dunn Food & Beverage Manager: Geri LaGiglio Restaurant Manager: Mark Foley Usher Supervisor: Dolores Abreu