Pearl Fishers.indd 1 10/10/2017 4:12:18 PM LYRIC OF CHICAGO Table of Contents ELISE BAKKETUN/ BAKKETUN/SEATTLE ELISE

IN THIS ISSUE The Pearl Fishers – pp. 20-38

6 From the General Director 23 Cast 43 Aria Society 8 From the Chairman 24 Artist Profiles 52 Breaking New Ground 10 Board of Directors 30 Opera Notes 53 Look to the Future 11 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ 34 Director's Note 54 Major Contributors – Special Events Executive Board/Young Professionals/ and Project Support Ryan Opera Center Board 35 After the Curtain Falls 55 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 12 Administration/Administrative Staff/ 36 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus Production and Technical Staff 57 Ryan Opera Center 37 Backstage Life 14 An Opera-tunity to Remember: 58 Ryan Opera Center Alumni 38 Lyric's Interns Artistic Roster Around the World 39 20 Tonight’s Performance Lyric and Social Media 59 Ryan Opera Center Contributors 21 Synopsis 40 Patron Salute 60 Planned Giving: The Overture Society ALL ABOUT LYRIC’S INTERNS pp. 14-18 61 Commemorative Gifts 62 Corporate Partnerships 63 Matching Gifts, Special Thanks and Acknowledgements 64 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 71 Facilities and Services/Theater Staff

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From the General Director

Quite a few have in common the fact that audiences’ enthusiasm for them has risen markedly in recent decades, thanks to the popularity of one particular portion of the score that has captured the public’s imagination. As a result of that renewed interest, the work becomes a great favorite internationally. In that category is The Pearl Fishers, composed by a dozen years before he gave the world . Whether in movies or television commercials, the number known worldwide STEVE LEONARD simply as “the Pearl Fishers duet” has captivated listeners all over the world. Certainly when it comes to stirring, uplifting expressions of friendship, there are few moments in opera to surpass it. The excitement for opera lovers happensn when their enthusiasm for the duet leads them to the opera that includes it. They then discover that The Pearl Fishersis a great deal more than that duet – the entire score is irresistible. It boasts breathtaking arias for tenor, soprano, and , stupendous choral scenes, and brilliance from the orchestra that brings this Frenchman’s view of ancient Ceylon excitingly to life. This opera has only a four-person cast, and each singer needs stellar vocalism and stage presence. I’m thrilled to welcome back four artists who are great friends of this company. Marina Rebeka (Leïla) has already exhibited her extraordinary vocal dexterity and theatrical flair in her Lyric portrayals of two signature roles, Violetta in La traviata and Donna Anna in . With The Pearl Fishers, Ryan Opera Center alumnus (Nadir) – whose Duke of Mantua you enjoyed earlier this season in Lyric’s – is returning to the French repertoire, to which he has brought unique elegance in Lyric portrayals of Massenet’s Werther, Gounod’s Roméo, and Offenbach’s Hoffmann. Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), vividly remembered as our remarkable Don Giovanni and Onegin, triumphed alongside Matthew in the recent new Met production of The Pearl Fishers. Like Mariusz and Marina, Andrea Silvestrelli (Nourabad) is singing his first French role with us, after successes in Mozart, Bellini, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini. During Sir Andrew Davis’s remarkable tenure as Lyric’s music director, it’s been one of our greatest joys to witness his conducting of French repertoire. From Les Troyens, Carmen, and Manon to Les Troyens, , Werther, Don Quichotte, and Dialogues of the Carmelites, Andrew has revealed the glory of this repertoire. I’m delighted that he will now be able to add The Pearl Fishers, to which we can expect him to bring the thorough stylistic command that has made his French-opera performances here – as well as in other major houses worldwide – so memorable. The Pearl Fishers production we’re presenting this season has enchanted audiences throughout the United States. Originating in 2004 at San Diego Opera, it marks the first time fashion icon Zandra Rhodes designed both sets and costumes for an opera production. For more than four decades, Zandra has enlivened the international fashion scene with her breathtaking gift for color and her truly astounding imagination. I’m very pleased that Lyric audiences will at last be able to experience her designs for Bizet’s opera. I know you’ll relish the spectacular sights and sounds of The Pearl Fishers!

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

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From the Chairman

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’m delighted to welcome you to Lyric Opera of Chicago. This season is a particularly varied and distinctive one, launched by Gluck’s exquisite Orphée et Eurydice in John Neumeier’s historic new production, Verdi’s powerfully dramatic Rigoletto, and the second installment in Lyric’s monumental new production of Wagner’s Ring cycle with Die Walküre. Following The Pearl Fishers, our audiences can look forward to two masterpieces of Italian opera, Puccini’s spectacular Turandot and Bellini’s captivating ; a gem TODD ROSENBERG of the Mozart repertoire, Così fan tutte; and a return to French repertoire with Gounod’s romantic Faust. Speaking personally, one of the most rewarding aspects of Lyric – not only as chairman, but as a longtime subscriber and patron – is my joy in introducing family, friends, and business colleagues to the company and the art form. I hope you’ll consider doing the same! When I receive out-of-town visitors during the opera season, I always try to include an evening at Lyric. It’s inevitably a major highlight of their stay. A Lyric performance isn’t only an opportunity to dress up and go out with your significant other or with close friends for an elegant evening – it’s also an unforgettable and rewarding experience of timeless stories set to some of the world’s greatest music and performed by many of the top artists of our day. Lyric’s mainstage productions are, of course, the core of every season we present. I also encourage you to explore the unique activities of Lyric Unlimited, our initiative focused on community engagement and education. It is one of the ways that the company stays relevant as a cultural service provider to all of Chicago, whether with newly commissioned works, community-created performances or the special programs presented in dozens of public schools all over Chicago every year. The level of creativity at work in Lyric Unlimited presentations has been truly inspiring, and it has exposed the art form of opera to tens of thousands of students across Chicagoland. By presenting opera in new and non-traditional ways, Lyric Unlimited helps to grow and expand our audiences. I invite you to join me at one of the Lyric Unlimited performances of Fellow Travelers in March or Family Day at Lyric on April 7. At Lyric, we truly cherish our donors and patrons. We consider each one of you as members of the Lyric family. It can sometimes be trite to declare, “Every gift counts,” but at Lyric it’s true: you’re going above and beyond what you’re paying for the ticket price. You’re investing in Lyric, entrusting that we will turn your gift into great art. We take that responsibility very seriously and are constantly imagining new ways to enhance your personal experience at Lyric, build new audiences for opera, and do it all in the most cost-effective way we can. Many thanks to all of you who play a vital role in ensuring that our great art form and our great company continue to serve Chicago and the world of opera today and in the years to come.

David T. Ormesher

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Board of Directors

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

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

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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 Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Director The John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair Roberta Lane Mary Ladish Selander Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Chief Development Officer

Cayenne Harris Elizabeth Landon Nicholas Ivor Martin Vice President, Lyric Unlimited Vice President, Human Resources Vice President, Artistic Operations and Labor Strategy The Chapters’ Endowed Chair for Education Andreas Melinat Lisa Middleton Dan Novak Vice President, Artistic Planning Vice President, Marketing and Communications Vice President and Director, Ryan Opera Center The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Will Raj Rich Regan Michael Smallwood Vice President, Information Technology Vice President and General Manager, Vice President and Technical Director Presentations and Events The Allan and Elaine Muchin Endowed Chair

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL Jenny Seidelman Nicky Chaybasarskaya Rebecca Edmonson DIRECTOR Associate Director of Corporate Senior Accountant Backstage Tours Coordinator Anthony Freud Partnerships Ana Joyce Jacob Stanton General Director, President & CEO Pavitra Ramachandran Senior Accountant Assistant to the Vice President, The Women’s Board Endowed Chair Institutional Partnerships Associate Lupe Juarez Lyric Unlimited Linda Nguyen Irvin Andrea Rubens Payroll Director MARKETING AND Manager, Office of the General Director Guild Board and Young Professionals Nancy Ko COMMUNICATIONS Grace Vangel Coordinator Accounting Manager Lisa Middleton Assistant, Office of the General Director Guirlaine Augustin Accounts Payable Associate Vice President, Marketing OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY Kate Later Ebonie McDuff and Communications GENERAL DIRECTOR Director of Women’s Board Payroll Associate Stefany Phillips Drew Landmesser Chelsea Southwood Tom Pels Marketing and Public Relations Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Associate Director of Women’s Board Payroll Associate Coordinator General Director Leah Bobbey Dan Seekman Women’s Board Coordinator ARTISTIC Staff Accountant Holly H. Gilson Justin Berkowitz Andreas Melinat Women’s Board Assistant HUMAN RESOURCES Senior Director, Communications Vice President, Artistic Planning Blaire Shaffer Elizabeth Landon Magda Krance Cory Lippiello Women's Board Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Director of Media Relations Artistic Administrator Stephanie Strong Roger Pines Evamaria Wieser Director of Compensation, Benefits, Dramaturg Casting Consultant Deborah Hare and HR Operations Kamaria Morris Associate Director of Donor Services Public Relations Manager DEVELOPMENT Jessica Drew and Special Events Andrew Cioffi Mary Ladish Selander Human Resources Associate Paul D. Sprecher Digital Content Producer Chief Development Officer Charity Franco Donor Services and Special Events Human Resources Coordinator Amanda Reitenbach Zachary Vanderburg Coordinator Social Media Associate Executive Assistant to the Chief Anna VanDeKerchove Development Officer Office Coordinator Benjamin Montalbano Amy Tinucci INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Tracy Galligher Young Assistant to the Chief Director of Systems, Reporting, Will Raj Senior Director, Marketing Development Officer and Donor Records Vice President, Information Technology and Audience Development Stephanie Lillie Eric Hayes Laura E. Burgos Donor Records and Reporting Associate Director of Audience Research Lawrence DelPilar Director, IT Operations Hanna Pristave and Analytics Senior Director, Development Rita Parida Data Analytics and Operations Associate Director, Data Services Jennifer Colgan Jonathan P. Siner Erin Johnson Director of Sales and Advertising Senior Director of Planned Giving Christina Bledsoe Donor Records Coordinator Systems Analyst Brittany Gonzalez Ellen Barkenbush Amanda Ramsey Director of Group Sales Director of Individual Giving and Sean Lennon Prospect and Research Coordinator Systems Administrator Valerie Bromann Chapters Manager of Digital Content Libby Rosenfeld Miles Mabry Associate Systems Administrator and Analysis Major Gifts Officer Scott Podraza Carrie Krol Meaghan Stainback Associate Director of Annual Giving LYRIC UNLIMITED Graphic Design Manager Associate Director of Individual Giving Meghan Pioli Cayenne Harris Michael Musick Sarah Geocaris Donor Relations and Stewardship Vice President, Lyric Unlimited E-Commerce Manager Chapters Coordinator Associate Jocelyn Park Rachel Peterson Karoline Reynolds The Chapters’ Endowed Chair for Education Creative Project Manager Planned and Individual Giving Digital Fundraising Coordinator Lindsey Raker Coordinator Alejandra Boyer FINANCE Director of Community Programs Marketing Associate, Special Programs Roberta Lane Todd Snead Margaret Stoltz Daniel P. Moss Chief Financial and Administrative Director of Learning Programs Marketing Associate, Advertising Senior Director of Institutional Officer Will Biby and Promotions Partnerships Aaron Andersen Manager of Audience Programs LeiLynn Farmer Angela DeStefano Senior Director, Financial Planning Dana McGarr Group Sales Coordinator Associate Director of Guild Board and Analysis Community Programs Associate Sarah Kull Whitney Bercek Drew Smith Associate Director of Foundation Controller Learning Programs Associate and Government Partnerships

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TICKET DEPARTMENT/ PRODUCTION Richard “Doc” Wren Brian Traynor AUDIENCE SERVICES Cameron Arens Warehouse Coordinator Charge Artist Susan Harrison Niemi Senior Director, Production Dan DiBennardi Tim Morrison Director of Audience Services Katrina Bachus Assistant Warehouse Coordinator Michael Murtagh Alex Chatziapostolou (Demas) Jordan Braun Scenic Artists Sales Manager Elise Sandell Dan Donahue John Renfroe David Toulson Justin Hull Tessitura Manager Assistant Stage Directors Ryan McGovern Scott Marr Laura Waters John W. Coleman Assistant Carpenters Wardrobe, Wigs, and Makeup Director Call Center Manager Rachel C. Henneberry Kristi Wood Kelly Cronin Rachel A. Tobias Anthony Bernardy Costume Project Coordinator VIP Ticketing Associate Stage Managers Adam Gorsky Brian Hobbs Maureen Reilly Emma Andelson Kristen Barrett Robert Hull, Jr. Costume Director Sebastian Armendariz Rachel C. Henneberry John Ingersol The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Katarina Bakas Anderson Nunnelley Ray Schmitz Endowed Chair Sharai Bohannon Daniel Sokalski Jacob Sullivan Lucy Lindquist Alex Carey Peggy Stenger Chase Torringa Wardrobe Mistress Áine Collins Amy Thompson Phil Wilkerson Jessica Doan Esteban Andres Cruz Rachel A. Tobias Carpenters Jenah Hensel Alicia Dale Bill Walters Kate Keefe Leigh Folta Sandra Zamora Cecylia Kinder Andrew Groble Assistant Stage Managers Chris Maravich Lighting Director Michael Lopez Virginia Howard Krystina Lowe Steve Landsman Ben Bell Bern The Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Rehearsal Department Manager Endowed Chair Kathy Rubel Katelyn Lee Tony Rubino Marisa Lerman Josie Campbell Sarah Riffle Artistic Services Manager Heather Sparling Joanna Rzepka Tina Miritello Marguerite Scott LaRob Payton Marina Vecci Assistant Lighting Designers Rebecca Shouse Tony Portella Rehearsal Associate Michael C. Reynolds Ewa Szylak Daniel Quinn Michael Calderone Master Electrician Barbara Szyllo Will Roberts Christine Wagner Soren Ersbak Damillia Taylor Stephanie Sprauer Rehearsal Assistants Board Operator Kellie Springfield Carolina Tuazin THE PATRICK G. AND SHIRLEY W. Issac Turner Megan St. John RYAN OPERA CENTER John Clarke, Jr. Caitlin Patricia Stigler Maggie Zabierowski Dan Novak Anthony Coia Wardrobe Staff Destiny Strothers Vice President and Director, Gary Grenda Adam Stubitsch Ryan Opera Center Michael A. Manfrin Scott Barker Mary Kate Von Lehn The Ryan Opera Center Board Robert Reynolds Tracy Curran Claire Watkins Endowed Chair Assistant Electricians Dawn Marie Hamilton Ticket Staff Craig Terry Charlie Junke Music Director Jason Combs Kim Kostera Emily Crisp Thomas Fernandez Alexandra Madda The Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Ed Mack Julia Faulkner Thomas Hull Wendy McCay Margaret Reberg Daniel Kuh Lyric Concierge Representatives Director of Vocal Studies John Salyers The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Jeremy Thomas Chris Valente OPERATIONS Jimmy Byrne Jose Villalpando Roger Weir Nicholas Ivor Martin Manager Electricians Dressers Vice President, Artistic Operations and Labor Strategy TECHNICAL Michael Smallwood Joe Schofield Sarah Hatten Stephanie Karr Head Audio Technician Director of Music Administration Vice President and Technical Director Wigmaster and Makeup Designer The Allan and Elaine Muchin Nick Charlan The Marlys Beider Endowed Chair Wendy Skoczen Matt Ebel Chief Librarian Endowed Chair Kathleen A. Evans April Busch Kelvin Ingram Department Coordinator Tabitha Boorsma Audio Technicians Operations Associate Technical Operations Director Michael Schoenig Amanda Clark Gretchen Meyerhoefer Chantelle Marie Johnson Music Administration Associate Technical Finance Director Maria DeFabo Akin Madeleine Borg Lynn Koroulis Janis Sakai Props and Scenic Art Director Robert Kuper Music Administration Coordinator Production Manager – Lyric Unlimited and Ryan Opera Center Charles Reilly Claire Moores PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Property Master Staff Rich Regan Michael McPartlin DeShawn Bowman Vice President and General Manager, Scott Wolfson Properties Crew Head Brittany Crinson Presentations and Events Associate Technical Director Eric Daniels Sharon Lomasney Stephen Snyder Phil Marcotte Anelle Eorio Director, Presentations and Events Technical Coordinator Prop Carpenter Bob Ladd June Gearon Nora O’Malley Joe Dockweiler Armorer David Grant Director of Facility Operations Master Carpenter Leslie MacLean Rachel Boultinghouse Briette Madrid Mike Reilly Patrick Munoz Facilities Coordinator Head Flyman/Automation Upholsterer Eleanor Sanchez Nelson Posada Jeffrey Streichhirsch Thomas Coleman, Jr. Jada Richardson Presentations and Events Coordinator Robert Hartge Stephen Dunford Automation Assistant Lela Rosenburg Chris Barker Richard Tyriver Bridget Ryzmski Chief Engineer Assistant Properties Gregg Brody Matt Reilly Melanie Shaw Box Office Manager Rigging/Automation Assistants Michael Buerger Pat Tomlinson Bernard McNeela Joseph Collins Anita Trojanowski Engineer Brian Grenda Gordon Granger Wig and Makeup Crew Briette Madrid Layout Carpenter Nick Malloy Stage Door Supervisor Drew Trusk Joe Mathesius Nathan Tuttle Shop Welder John Miulli Facilities Porter Bruce Woodruff Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Layout Welder Properties

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 13 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO JACLYN SIMPSON JACLYN

Clockwise from top: The Chicago Voices team hit the road in 2016 to capture everyday people singing their favorite songs for the Chicago Voices SING campaign. Staff members were assisted by interns Margaret Lovejoy and Courtney Cintron (far right). Public-relations intern Shelby Homiston with Lyric creative consultant Renée Fleming. Public relations intern Amanda Flores meets Manny the Frenchie, a French bulldog and social-media phenomenon who was invited to a performance of Der Rosenkavalier. Development intern Jessica Burroughs photographed on Lyric’s stage. Interns on Lyric’s stage during a backstage tour offered during orientation. From left to right: Majidah Saleem, Daliah Ammar, Yewon Oh.

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Looking to behind Remember the scenes at what it takes to be an intern at Lyric By Kamaria Morris he first day of work can be intimidating for anyone. You’re not quite sure what Tyou’ll be doing, or if your new coworkers will like you, or even where to sit and eat for lunch. You’re bright-eyed and eager to learn, but filled to the brim with trepidation and anxiety. This feeling – which most of us know quite well – can be even more pronounced when you’re an intern, fresh off a semester in college and in an unfamiliar professional work environment for the first time. Will you spend your days running errands? Filling coffee orders? Making endless copies of documents and spreadsheets? Interns can often feel undervalued or underutilized, which is one reason Lyric strives to be different. While it’s difficult to determine at Lyric begins with candidates applying that Lyric is looking for “someone officially when Lyric first began its online. Internship descriptions are who has done their research about the internship program, it’s safe to say posted on a variety of career search company, who has a genuine passion for they’ve been an important element of the websites, including Glassdoor, Indeed, the arts, and who is eager to learn and be company since at least the early 1980s. and LinkedIn. Staff members also visit a part of the team.” And while a general The program has grown exponentially career and internship fairs at colleges and passion for the arts is important, Landon since then, as the interest in becoming universities to meet with potential interns adds, “we recognize that many aspiring a coveted intern for one of the most face to face for preliminary interviews. singers and performers gravitate to roles prestigious arts organizations in the All applications include a résumé and anywhere they can find in the performing country has only increased. Averaging cover letter, but depending on the specific arts. While we value enthusiasm for the roughly 25 interns per year in a variety internship, they may also be asked to art form, it’s a real interest in doing work of departments, Lyric’s internship provide a writing sample, links to social for a specific department that attracts program strives to offer its participants an media pages, portfolios, or demo reels. us to intern candidates.” Once the enriching learning experience. The criteria for acceptance into the initial screening and interview process is “From our perspective, our interns program can differ by department as well, complete, if the hiring manager for the are a valuable part of our teams, pitching but there are a few universal criteria all department determines that a particular in on critical processes and projects across prospective Lyric interns should possess. candidate is a good fit, an offer is made our departments,” says Elizabeth Landon, Lindsey Raker, a former marketing intern and a start date is determined. Lyric’s vice-president of human resources, who was hired full-time last year as a Interns typically begin their first day “and we value their contributions marketing associate, is now charged with on the job by meeting with their manager immensely.” selecting interns for the marketing and and other team members from the The process of becoming an intern public relations department. She explains department in which they’ll be working.

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(left) During technical rehearsals for The Magic Flute, interns stand in as the dragon on stage.; (right) public relations intern Delaney Spangler gives a thumbs-up to the technical team while working on The Magic Flute set.

From there, they’re given a tour of the For example: So what does it take for an intern office tower, which includes common • Marketing and public relations: at Lyric to be successful? According to areas such as the kitchen, bathrooms, and Interns’ tasks can include assisting Raker, interns should be prepared to lunch cafeteria/canteen space. A backstage with programs and direct-mail dive right in from the start. “There are tour might follow, where they view the pieces, writing press releases and so many opportunities to learn at Lyric – stage, rehearsal spaces, wig/makeup/ radio commercials, and assisting on helping with events, seeing shows, going costume areas, and dressing rooms. special events or video shoots. on backstage tours, and working with At some point during that day, the • Wig and makeup department: other departments.” She continues, “The new interns visit the human resources Interns receive hands-on training in interns who get the most out of their time office, where they’re given an orientation styling and application, including here are the ones who take full advantage packet – created by a former HR intern, the construction of wigs and facial of these opportunities, are willing and no less! It includes information about the hair, and theatrical makeup skills. eager to learn, and who get to know their overall internship program, Lyric’s history • Audience engagement: Interns colleagues and really become part of the and mission, intern perks, policies, and assist with patron research and team.” If the timing is right and interns general building information. While the organization of survey data, prove to be a good fit, they are sometimes there, each intern has a photo taken for a and work to implement and asked to stay on and join Lyric full-time. company badge that gives them access to improve customer service and “I love it when we can hire an intern into different spaces throughout the building. retention campaigns. an entry-level role,” Landon adds. “Many Finally, a member from the information of our current professionals started as technology department meets with Internships in ticketing, social media, interns.” them and helps set up their computer dramaturgy, Lyric Unlimited, Ryan Josie Campbell is one such case. She credentials. At long last, the workday can Opera Center, artistic, human has been at Lyric for 33 years and is now begin! resources, development, graphic the artistic services manager, working In the same way no one role or design, and information technology closely with renowned singers, directors, department in a company the size of are also options, depending on the and creative teams. While Campbell is Lyric is the same, it’s also true that needs of each department at the time. a familiar presence around the rehearsal no internship is the same. Duties and “As one of Chicago’s premier cultural and backstage areas, few know she projects can run the gamut, and they’re institutions,” Landon says, “we owe it actually began her career at Lyric in 1984 constantly changing and being refined to the community to make a variety of as an intern. While completing a master’s each season. However, the interns experiences available. It’s one of the ways program in arts administration, she was all begin by learning the day-to-day we can welcome young people interested encouraged to apply for an internship at operations of their specific department. in the performing arts and non-profit Lyric as a way to learn the ins and outs of careers to get their feet wet.” an arts organization first-hand. “I assisted

16 | November 19 - December 10, 2017 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO SOPHIE PAOLINO

Former interns share their favorite Lyric moments

I was taken aback by the kind of people I’ve been able to meet and rub elbows with. Renée ​Fleming, Ana María Martínez, Richard E. Grant – all amazing individuals and artists. I’m so glad to have gotten the opportunity to meet them.​ — Jay Gummert (Dramaturgy)

I worked on Lyric Unlimited’s Community Created Performance program, which gave three community Dramaturgy intern Richie Hoffman Dan Novak, vice president and director groups the opportunity to turn their giving the pre-opera talk before a of the Ryan Opera Center, preparing for the personal stories into a live theater piece. performance of Les Troyens. Women's Board Wine Auction during his internship By the end of the summer, the groups in the development department, 1989. had worked so hard to create their show, going from simple icebreakers to with a variety of production tasks, and Novak says. After his three-month a fully scripted production. I felt very was able to learn how you organize and internship concluded, he returned to proud of their work, and very grateful plan an opera season,” says Campbell. school to finish his degree. Shortly before for the experience I had working with “I fostered relationships with the people graduation, he received a surprise call everyone. — Sage Pope who were in charge of the production and notifying him of a ​new vacancy in the ​ (Lyric Unlimited/Chicago Voices) artistic departments, which was invaluable very office where he had interned​. He was to me.” offered the job, and jumped at the chance As a requirement of her graduate to return. “I was thrilled! I’d thoroughly I got to meet THE Amber Wagner, who program, Campbell was asked to enjoyed my internship at Lyric, and is starring in the title role of Turandot this season at Lyric. She was the nicest complete a final project. She chose to was excited to be back.” That was June person – she asked me about what kind create a written history of Lyric, which of 1989. Novak began as assistant to of repertoire I was doing, and even allowed her to learn even more about the the Women’s Board office​, ​then moved congratulated me on my internship. storied institution she called home for into the role of assistant ticket manager, Amber Wagner. Congratulating me. I still a few months. Toward the end of Josie’s followed by ​a return to the development can’t believe it. internship, a colleague in the rehearsal department as ​assistant director ​f​or — Lauren Ingebrigtsen department accepted a job in New York, Chapter activities. In 2000, he joined the (Social Media) so she knew a position would be opening Ryan Opera Center as manager, before soon. “My timing was great!” she says, being named its director in 2013. Later in my internship, I was given the “and I decided I would go for that job.” Undoubtedly, Lyric’s internship opportunity to deliver the pre-opera To her delight, she was offered the role as program will continue to grow and talk for Les Troyens, an unforgettable an assistant to the operations department welcome new participants with each experience! and began her career helping coordinate passing season. Students receive hands-on — Richie Hoffman dance, chorus, and child auditions. work experience within their departments, (Dramaturgy) She was also assigned to manage travel but perhaps more important, they learn and accommodations for artists, which the inner workings of a large-scale cultural My most memorable moment was remains one of her duties today. institution with all the complexities of opening night of Das Rheingold and Dan Novak, director of the Ryan opera and the performing arts. “Starting attending the opera ball afterward. It’s Opera Center, similarly begin as an intern my career as an intern at Lyric was not every day you get to be in a dance at Lyric in January 1989. “I was a college incredible!” says Raker. “Now that I’m on circle with Eric Owens (and have pictures to prove it). student at Northwestern University, and​ the other side, it’s so rewarding to keep — Shelby Homiston I had time ​in my course work​ to do a discovering more talented young people, (Marketing/Public Relations) full-time internship in the development and I hope the program continues for department with the Women’s Board,” years to come.”

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Great Ways for Young Adults to Engage with Express

tudents and young professionals looking for ways to support their favorite arts Sorganization, network with other young opera fans, and gain new experiences need look no further! From College Night events to glamorous fundraising November 24 – January 7 galas and board leadership opportunities, there are many ways for young adults to engage with Lyric. Through the NEXT program, full-time college students can unlock $20 tickets for performances throughout the season. These aren’t the nosebleeds seats, either – students are placed in the best available seats at the time of purchase (often up to $200)! Students sign up online to receive email notifications when NEXT tickets become available. They may also choose a NEXT Now package with three or more performances, at the same $20 ticket price, and exclusive access to NEXT events. An example is the Rigoletto College Night in November, where students met in the Opera Club before the performance for snacks and a Q&A session with a member of Lyric’s creative team. Students who identify as leaders, social influencers, and Lyric fans can also apply to the Lyric University Ambassadors program. This is a great opportunity for anyone who loves promoting events, creating buzz, networking, and working Have the most wonderful time for a cause they believe in. The University Ambassadors elevate awareness of Lyric’s NEXT program among their classmates while sharing their excitement about the of your year at the seasonal Lyric season on their favorite social-media platforms. They gain real-world event celebration of holiday lights, marketing experience, at the same time making an impact on their campuses, networking with and learning from Lyric staff, and getting free admission to certain model trains, and Chicago Lyric productions and events. Once students finish college and begin their working lives, they can take landmarks in miniature. advantage of another opportunity at Lyric. A project of the company’s Renée Fleming Initiative and named one of the best such groups in Chicago by Make It Better, Lyric Young Professionals (LYP) isn’t just all parties and costumes. LYP is a growing group of opera lovers, ages 21 to 45, dedicated to building the next generation of Lyric supporters. LYP members pay annual dues from $150 to $400. They gain access to exclusive $35 ticket packages through the LYP Medley program. Other exclusive LYP benefits also include invitations to dress rehearsals and backstage tours; events like the annual Halloween Masquerade Gala at the Lyric – the most fun you can have while supporting the arts; “Cocktails and Conversations,” where members can engage with Lyric stars; intermission and post-performance meet-ups One of the treasures of the Forest Preserves of Cook County in the foyer; and other networking opportunities throughout the season. There are so many ways younger audiences can engage with Lyric – and the best part is that we’re ensuring an enthusiastic future audience for a wondrous art form!

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

Costume sketches by Zandra Rhodes

Georges Bizet

The Pearl Fishers

Production Sponsors

SYLVIA NEIL AND

DANIEL FISCHEL

with additional support from an Anonymous Donor

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The Pearl Fishers Synopsis

composure. Everyone leaves for the temple recognizes her. Now his concern turns except Nadir, who reflects on his beautiful to fury, and he proclaims that only TIME and PLACE: memory of Leïla. He recalls that, even misfortune will await both Leïla and 19th-century Ceylon after he and Zurga had made their vow, he Nadir. When the storm breaks out ACT ONE saw Leïla again and was captivated. violently, the pearl fishers kneel and pray A beach Leïla lifts her voice in a prayer to to Brahma for protection. ACT TWO Brahma, mesmerizing Nadir as he watches The ruins of an Indian temple her from below. As she sings, Nadir realizes ACT THREE that it is Leïla and calls to her. Equally Scene 1. Alone in his tent, Zurga is unable Intermission rapturous upon recognizing him, she to sleep, knowing that his former friend ACT THREE continues to sing, but now her soaring and the woman they both love must die Scene 1 A beach melody is meant for Nadir alone. at sunrise. He longs for them to forgive Scene 2 A wild place near the the rage that has overwhelmed him. pearl fishers’ encampment ACT TWO When Leïla is brought in, she asserts Nourabad informs Leïla that the priests her willingness to die if Zurga will spare will be keeping watch, which will allow her Nadir’s life. Zurga refuses, and, in her ACT ONE to sleep peacefully. Leïla recalls the vow she anger and frustration, Leïla curses him, Fishermen gather and dance on the beach. made years before. She tells the priest that, declaring that she will love Nadir forever. Zurga interrupts the revels to remind when she was a child, a fugitive once came Nourabad announces that the executions everyone that the time has come for them to her family’s hut begging for help. She must soon take place. Leïla is ready, to choose a king. The group chooses Zurga hid him there, and in so doing saved his but before she is taken away, she gives a himself, and all declare their allegiance life. His enemies appeared, threatening to fisherman her necklace and asks that it be to him. Everyone is astonished at the kill her, but she said nothing. When night taken to her mother when she is dead. arrival of Nadir, Zurga’s dear friend, who fell, the man fled, but not before giving has returned unexpectedly after years of her his necklace. Nourabad reiterates that Scene 2. The pearl fishers dance wildly as adventures. There is tension in the air. riches, glory, and happiness will all be hers they prepare for the deaths of Nadir and When he and Zurga are alone, the two if she keeps her vow. Leïla. The two are about to be executed recall their last trip together: They had Alone with her thoughts, Leïla seems when a sinister glow appears in the reached the gates of Candi when they to sense Nadir’s presence. As in the past, distance. Zurga rushes in, crying out that saw a beautiful woman at the temple of she can feel him watching over her. She the encampment has been set on fire. All Brahma. Both of them fell in love with her is ecstatic to hear him serenading her in rush off to save their belongings, leaving at first sight, but they swore to forget her the distance. When Nadir appears, Leïla Zurga, Leïla, and Nadir alone. Zurga – for the sake of their friendship. Now they becomes apprehensive, but Nadir, who the fugitive whose life Leïla once saved swear again to remain friends. confesses that he could not keep away – reveals that he lit the fire himself in Nourabad, the high priest of Brahma, from her, ardently declares his love. A order to save their lives. The lovers express and his fellow priests bring a veiled young storm approaches. They do not notice their joy, but Zurga knows his own fate woman before Zurga. She is about to Nourabad watching them. Upon seeing is sealed. Nadir hurries away with Leïla, follow the old custom: Once a year, a the two together, the high priest rushes leaving Zurga alone to face certain death. veiled virgin is chosen to pray for the away in a rage. The lovers promise to see each other protection of the pearl fishers for a day THE PEARL FISHERS and a night. If she remains faithful to the the next day. A shot is heard. Nourabad, law and is seen by no one, her reward the other priests, and the pearl fishers Approximate Timings appear at the temple. Nadir escapes, will be the most beautiful pearl the ACTS ONE and TWO fishermen can find. If she disobeys, she only to be captured again. The crowd is will die. The young woman is shocked to about to strike him when Zurga rushes 85 minutes in and orders them to stop, since it is recognize Nadir, and when he hears her Intermission 30 minutes voice, he believes it may well be that of he alone who will decide the pair's fate. Leïla, whom he and Zurga had promised He whispers to the two that they should ACT THREE 30 minutes each other to forget. Zurga notices Leïla’s flee immediately. The furious Nourabad Total: 2 hours, 25 minutes sudden apprehension, but she recovers her tears off Leïla’s veil, and Zurga instantly

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• Production designed by New-to-Chicago Production Zandra Rhodes for San Diego Opera Georges Bizet and Michigan Opera Theatre. THE PEARL FISHERS

• Sets for The Pearl Fishers executed by (LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES) San Diego Opera Scenic Studio. Opera in three acts in French

Libretto by Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon • Costumes for The Pearl Fishers executed by San Diego Opera First performed at the Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris, on September 30, 1863 First performed by Lyric Opera on November 11, 1966 Costume Shop.

Characters in order of vocal appearance: Zurga MARIUSZ KWIECIEŃ • The Lyric Opera of Chicago Nadir MATTHEW POLENZANIoo Broadcasts are generously sponsored Nourabad ANDREA SILVESTRELLI Leïla MARINA REBEKA by The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family, The Matthew and Kay Dancers: JACOB ASHLEY, NIKOLAS CHEN*, SAM CROUCH*, Bucksbaum Family, and The John and MARIAN FAUSTINO*, TOM MATTINGLY, GINNY NGO*, JIMI LOC NGUYEN*, Jacolyn Bucksbaum Foundation. MICHELLE REID*, TODD RHOADES, JACQUELINE STEWART, NICHOLAS STRASBURG*, JESSICA WOLFRUM

Conductor SIR ANDREW DAVIS • Lyric Opera gratefully Director ANDREW SINCLAIR acknowledges the support of Set and Costume Designer ZANDRA RHODES* the W. James and Maxine P. Farrell Lighting Designer RON VODICKA* French Opera Endowed Chair. Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Choreographer JOHN MALASHOCK* Assistant Choreographer MICHAEL MIZERANY* Ballet Mistress AUGUST TYE • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes Wigmaster and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN to thank its Official Airline, Assistant Director JORDAN BRAUN American Airlines. Stage Manager RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY Stage Band Conductor FRANCESCO MILIOTO Musical Preparation JERAD MOSBEY MADELINE SLETTEDAHL*o • This season’s projected English titles Projected English Titles CAROL BORAH KELLY* are funded in part by a generous grant

from the Lloyd E. Rigler/ Lawrence E. * Lyric debut ° Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Deutsch Foundation. °° Alumnus, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

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MARINA REBEKA The Evanston native, a Ryan Opera Center portrayed Onegin to great acclaim at Lyric, (Leïla) alumnus and one of today’s most admired the (new production, Previously at Lyric: tenors internationally, is particularly HD), the Bolshoi Theatre, the Polish National Donna Anna/Don renowned for bel canto and French opera.He Opera, Bavarian State Opera, and other Giovanni (2014/15); scored one of his greatest career successes in major houses. Another signature role, Don Violetta/La traviata 2016 starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s Giovanni, has been a triumph for Kwiecień in (2013/14). first production in a century of The Pearl nearly 20 productions worldwide, including Fishers. This season Polenzani will return to those of the Met (new production, HD), The Latvian soprano debuted her portrayal Munich’s Bavarian State Opera (La favorite), , the Los Angeles of Bizet’s Leïla in 2014 at the Zurich the Met (L’elisir d’amore), and the Zurich Philharmonic, Tanglewood, the Opera House. Since her international Opera House (Luisa Miller). In addition to State Opera, Covent Garden, and Munich’s breakthrough in Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon The Pearl Fishers, he has triumphed onstage Bavarian State Opera. Among his other at the 2009 , Rebeka in recent seasons at the Met in company acclaimed portrayals have been Rodrigo/ has been a regular guest at the world’s premieres of Roberto Devereux and Maria Don Carlo (San Francisco, London), and most prestigious concert halls and opera Stuarda (both in new productions seen in the Duke of Nottingham/Roberto Devereux houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, HD), as well as in Vienna and Munich (Met – company premiere, HD). Major Carnegie Hall, , Covent Garden, as Werther. Polenzani recently made his successes in his native repertoire include the Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Bavarian eagerly awaited role debut as Rodolfo/ title role/Szymanowski’s Król Roger (Opéra State Opera, and the . La bohème in Barcelona. Highlights of National de Paris, The Santa Fe Opera, This season marks her return to the Met his concert appearances include Messiah Covent Garden, Bilbao’s ABAO) and his first as Bellini’s Norma, reprising Violetta/La (New York Philharmonic) and Mahler’s solo CD, Slavic Heroes. In addition to the traviata (Opéra National de Paris), her first Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Carnegie Bolshoi’s Onegin and the Met’s Don Pasquale Amelia/Simon Boccanegra (Vienna), and her Hall). Among Polenzani’s recordings are and , Kwiecień can be debut Luisa Miller (Munich’s Münchner Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer and three seen on DVD in the Brahms Requiem with Rundfunkorchester). Rebeka is also active solo discs: live recitals from the Verbier the Rotterdam Philharmonic. on the recital and concert stage, having Festival and London’s Wigmore Hall, and performed at La Scala, Pesaro’s Rossini a studio recording of Liszt songs with ANDREA Opera Festival, the Rosenblatt Recital his regular recital partner, pianist Julius SILVESTRELLI series in London, and Salzburg’s Großes Drake. The tenor is a past recipient of two (Nourabad) Festspielhaus. Other career highlights of America’s most prestigious awards for Previously at Lyric: include Juliet/Romeo and Juliet (Vienna), singers, the Richard Tucker Award (2004) Eleven roles since Marguerite/Faust (Latvian National and the Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills 2000/01, most Opera), Donna Anna/Don Giovanni Artist Award (2008). Matthew Polenzani is recently Oroveso/ (Vienna, Munich, Zurich), and Norma generously sponsored by Patricia A. Kenney Norma (2016/17); (Trieste’s Teatro Lirico ). and Gregory J. O’Leary. Ferrando/Il trovatore, Commendatore/Don Rebeka appears on DVD as Mathilde/ Giovanni (both 2014/15). Rossini’s Guillaume Tell (Bologna’s Teatro MARIUSZ Comunale) and Violetta/La traviata (NDR KWIECIEŃ (Zurga) The Italian bass, who has made a specialty Radiophilharmonie); on CD is her solo Previously at Lyric: of German repertoire in recent years, recital of Mozart arias. Last summer her Four roles since 2002, recently performed in the Ring cycle, latest solo CD Amor fatale – Rossini Arias most recently title marking his return to the Tyrolean Festival with Marco Armiliato and the Münchner role/Eugene Onegin in Erl, Austria (his fourth Ring with the Rundfunkorchester was released. (2016/17); title company). He will be heard as both Fasolt role/Don Giovanni and Hagen in San Francisco Opera’s Ring MATTHEW (2014/15); Count Almaviva/The Marriage later this season. Silvestrelli is a favorite at POLENZANI of Figaro (2009/10). these venues, having also portrayed King (Nadir) Marke/Tristan und Isolde and King Henry/ Previously at Lyric: The internationally celebrated Polish in Erl, and the Nightwatchman/ Thirteen roles since baritone triumphed as Bizet’s Zurga two Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wurm/ 1995/96, most seasons ago at the Metropolitan Opera (new Luisa Miller, Pistola/Falstaff, the Grand recently Duke/ production, HD). Kwiecień appears this Inquisitor/Don Carlo, Don Basilio/The Rigoletto (2017/18); season at London’s Royal Opera House as Barber of Seville, and Sparafucile/Rigoletto Tamino/The Magic Flute (2016/17); title Marcello/La bohème and Don Giovanni, in San Francisco. The bass’s achievements role/La clemenza di Tito (2013/14). while also starring in the title role/Eugene in Wagner and Verdi are mirrored by his Onegin at the Vienna State Opera. He has successes in Mozart, including performances

24 | November 19 - December 10, 2017 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO as the Commendatore/Don Giovanni The Santa Fe Opera. He has also appeared Museum, where Faustino was recently a finalist (Lyric, La Scala, London, Bologna, Parma, at Brooklyn’s Atelier Roquette in Mary for their Creative-in-Residence position. Paris, Los Angeles, among many other John Frank’s production of Debutaunt, companies), Sarastro (Philadelphia, Tel with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at the TOM MATTINGLY Aviv, Santa Fe), and Osmin (Lyric, San Ikada International Dance Festival, at the Previously at Lyric: Francisco, Houston, Munich). Silvestrelli prestigious Association of Arts Professionals The Merry Widow has recorded Donizetti’s rarely heard Annual Conference (2015), at New (2015/16). Adelia (CD, Haydn Orchestra), as well York’s Symphony Space as the Prince/The as Don Carlo (CD, La Scala Orchestra, Nutcracker, and in several roles at the Yifu The California native Riccardo Muti conducting) and Rigoletto Theatre in Beijing, including Shakespeare’s trained at Virginia (DVD, Toscanini Foundation Orchestra). Hamlet. Chen is an alumnus of New York School of the Arts, Among his previous successes in concert University, China’s Central Academy of where he received the Dame Margot have been Verdi’s Requiem (Siena, Sydney, Drama, and the Beijing Dance Academy. Fonteyn Award for artistic excellence. Munich), Rossini’s Stabat Mater (Berlin), He has been seen at Cincinnati Opera, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (Amsterdam’s SAM CROUCH Richmond Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Concertgebouw), and Puccini’s Messa di Lyric debut West, and Visceral Dance Chicago, and Gloria (Hamburg). most recently in the first national tour of An The dancer earned his American in Paris (Broadway production). DANCERS B. F. A. degree last Among other numerous appearances are year from Western George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, Frederick JACOB ASHLEY Michigan University, Ashton’s The Dream, and Adam Sklute’s Previously at Lyric: where he performed Swan Lake. Mattingly has choreographed Four productions in works by Lew Christensen, Antony works for Ballet West, Honolulu Classical since 2011/12, most Tudor, Gerald Arpino, and many other Ballet, Utah Arts Festival, World Ballet recently Eugene choreographers. While at WMU, Crouch Competition, Youth America Grand Onegin (2016/17); also was seen with the university’s traveling Prix, the Beijing International Ballet Tannhäuser (2014/15); dance ensemble, the Western Dance Competition, and many other companies. La clemenza di Tito Project, and with another company in (2013/14). Kalamazoo, Wellspring Cori Terry and GINNY NGO Dancers (Only in Passing, Day Dream for 36 Lyric debut A Chicago native, the dancer began his Limbs). He has also appeared with Aerial ballet studies at the Chicago Academy Dance Chicago (Aerial Dance RAW, Ghost The dancer began her of the Arts under Shell Benjamin, Randy Stories, Harvest Chicago Contemporary training in Alhambra, Duncan, Guillermo Leyva, and the Dance Festival), and The Conservatory of California, with a late Anna Paskevska. Brooks has been a Dance in South Bend, Indiana (Sleeping concentration in classical featured performer and guest artist with Beauty, The Contemporary Nutcracker). Chinese folk dance and RPM Productions, Houston Grand Opera ballet. She continued her dance education at (Show Boat), San Diego Opera (Samson et MARIAN FAUSTINO the University of California, Irvine, earning Dalila, Tannhäuser, , Rigoletto), The Lyric debut a B. F. A. in performing arts with a minor Dallas Opera (Aida), Madison Ballet, Ballet in biological sciences. After graduating, Chicago, Chicago Festival Ballet, Giordano The dancer began Ngo spent two years with DanceWorks Jazz Dance Chicago, Luna Negra Dance her career with Ballet Chicago under the artistic guidance of Theater, and The Joffrey Ballet. Brooks is Manila (2002 to 2007, Julie Nakagawa. As a company member, a recipient of the Afro-Academic, Cultural, including extensive she was given the opportunity to perform Technological and Scientific Olympics international tours) with organizations such as the Milwaukee Dance Award from the NAACP. and Ballet Philippines (2008 to 2010). Symphony Orchestra and Bundes Jugend As a dancer for Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet of . She is currently working NIKOLAS CHEN (2010 to 2016), she was featured in many as a freelance artist while pursuing her career Lyric debut original contemporary works and has been in physical therapy. featured as a guest artist with Central City A major highlight of the Opera. Recent freelance work in Denver dancer’s experience in includes Farewell, My Lovely, choreographed by opera has been Huang Kevin Jenkins, dance film collaborations with Ro’s Dr. Sun Yat-sen Paper Bird Band and CoreCommunities, as (world premiere) at well as creative consulting for the Denver Art

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JIMI LOC NGUYEN from Point Park University (Pittsburgh) principal dancer with Seattle Jazz Dance Lyric debut and also trained at Boston Ballet School, Co., and was also a resident member of Joffrey Ballet School, and The Taylor Interweave Dance Theater in Boulder, The Michigan native School. He has performed as a guest Colorado. His professional career has began his training artist with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre; as a included performances with Jean Isaacs with the University of company member with Ballet Austin and Dance Theater, Compulsion Dance Theater, Michigan Department Luna Negra Dance Theatre. Rhoades has Blythe Barton Dance, and Malashock of Dance. Prior been seen onstage at Drury Lane Theatre, Dance in San Diego, California. Strasburg to graduating with a B.F.A. in dance, Paramount Theatre, Marriott Theatre, also appeared with Opera Colorado in their Nguyen performed in works of Bill T. Goodman Theatre, St. Louis’s MUNY, production of The Pearl Fishers. Jones, Lucinda Child, Jessica Fogel, and and Provincetown’s Tennessee Williams Robin Wilson. He represented UM Dance Festival. He has created choreography for JESSICA in the 2014 “Promising Artist Concert” in New Orleans Opera, Des Moines Metro WOLFRUM Costa Rica, performing works by Sandra Opera, Finger Lakes Opera, and Chicago Previously at Lyric: Torijano DeYoung. That summer, Nguyen Folks Operetta, as well as regional theater My Fair Lady, Carmen was honored to appear in the “Spirit of and dance companies. (both 2016/17). the Fringe” award-winning presentation of The Warriors: A Love Story in Edinburgh, JACQUELINE The dancer was Scotland, with ARCOS Dance. Nguyen STEWART recently seen in the joined DanceWorks Chicago in October Previously at Lyric: ensemble of Honeymoon in Vegas and Singin’ 2015 and has since toured nationally and My Fair Lady, Eugene in the Rain (Marriott Theatre). Prior to that, internationally with the company. Onegin, Les Troyens she danced for 14 years with River North (all 2016/17). Dance Chicago, where she performed MICHELLE REID works by Frank Chaves, Robert Battle, Ivan Lyric debut The dancer has been Perez, and Nejla Yatkin, among others. seen locally as a full-company member of Wolfrum has appeared in the TV series Hot The dancer, a B. F. A. Chicago Repertory Ballet (2012 through Date ep.106, the PBS special Every Dancer graduate of The Ohio 2017), as well as with ThodosDance Has a Story, and commercials for the State University, Chicago, The Seldoms, Dance Chicago, national tours of The Producers, The Wedding furthered her training and Dance for Life. Other credits include Singer, and Memphis. A graduate of the with several companies performances in New York in Anastasia (pre- University of Buffalo, Wolfrum is also on with which she has also performed: Broadway) and Artisan Dance Company’s faculty teaching ballet at Hubbard Street AerialDance Chicago (Aerial Dance Raw, The Nutcracker. Stewart has choreographed Dance Chicago. Spring to Dance Festival, 2017, Ghost for numerous companies and special Stories, 2016), Joel Hall Dancers (most events such as Joffrey Studios’ “RedDress recently Anja: The Unexpected, 2015), Event” and The Dance Gallery New York. SIR ANDREW and Emerald City Theatre (Dragons Love Company commissions include Madison DAVIS (Conductor) Tacos, Apollo Theatre, 2016). She has also Ballet and Chicago Repertory Ballet. Stewart Previously at Lyric: performed with the Alvin Ailey American is the founder/artistic director of Jaxon 56 operas since 1987, Dance Theater (summer intensive) and Movement Arts and Grand Prize recipient most recently Die Potecorvo Ballet Studios. A jazz instructor of the choreographic award from the Joyce Walküre (2017/18); for the 2017 Alvin Ailey Camp, Reid has Theatre Foundation’s A. W. A. R. D. Show. Don Quichotte, Les also taught at Joel Hall Dancers & Center, Troyens (both 2016/17). the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, NICHOLAS and Asian Youth Services. STRASBURG Lyric Opera of Chicago’s internationally Lyric debut renowned music director returns to the TODD RHOADES company later this season to conduct Previously at Lyric: The dancer began Turandot. The conductor’s summer activities Eleven productions, his training at included his return to the Melbourne most recently My Cornish College of Symphony Orchestra (of which he is chief Fair Lady, Carmen the Arts where he conductor), the BBC Symphony Orchestra (both 2016/17); Die was fortunate to have the opportunity to (at the BBC Proms), and the Edinburgh Fledermaus (2013/14). perform great works by Martha Graham, International Festival (Die Walküre with the Bebe Miller, Bill Evans, and Amy O’Neal. Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Elgar’s King The dancer received his B.F.A. degree While living in Seattle he performed as a Olaf with the Philharmonia Orchestra).

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Recent appearances have also included Australian Opera (now Opera Australia), previously been seen at New York City concerts with the Detroit, Frankfurt Radio, where his varied repertoire included works Opera, San Francisco Opera, and San Toronto, and Royal Liverpool symphony by Puccini (Sinclair’s La bohème production Diego Opera. Other design credits at SDO orchestras. Former music director of won a 1989 Emmy Award), Britten, include , Maria Stuarda, Lohengrin, The Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Davis is also Mascagni, Leoncavallo,Verdi and Menotti. Marriage of Figaro, and Cinderella. Vodicka conductor laureate of the BBC Symphony He has also directed for the opera companies designed La bohème, Cinderella, and Lucia Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony in Christchurch and Wellington, New di Lammermoor at Palm Beach Opera. Orchestra (which he is currently serving Zealand. (See Director’s Note, p. 34.) His designs also include The Countess, Old as interim artistic director). Operatic Wicked Songs, and Blues for an Alabama Sky successes include productions at many ZANDRA RHODES (all for San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre); major international companies, from the (Set and Costume Angels in America (Swine Palace in Baton Metropolitan, Covent Garden, and La Scala Designer) Rouge); Man of La Mancha and Sweeney to the and the leading Lyric debut Todd (Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista, houses of San Francisco, Munich, and California); South of Heaven and Sincerity Santa Fe. Davis has appeared with virtually The world-renowned Forever (both for San Diego’s Sledgehammer every internationally prominent orchestra, British fashion designer Theatre); andThe Nutcracker (San Diego including those of Chicago, New York, made her operatic City Ballet), among other productions. London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. debut at San Diego Opera in 2000 with Vodicka has been associate designer for A vast discography documents Davis’s artistry, costumes for The Magic Flute. She returned Peter Kaczorowski (La bohème, SDO) and with recent releases including programs of to SDO in 2004 to create sets and costumes Gregory Allen Hirsch (Man of La Mancha Berlioz and Ives, as well as Handel’s Messiah for The Pearl Fishers, which has traveled to national tour), and lighting supervisor for in Davis’s own orchestration. Sir Andrew San Francisco, New York, Washington, The Santa Fe Opera (1995 season), A Tuna Davis is the John D. and Alexandra C. and Montreal. Most recently she designed Christmas/Red, White, and Tuna (national Nichols Endowed Chair. costumes for Aida, seen in Houston tour, for which he served as production (premiere), London, San Francisco, and San manager), and Tap Dogs (national tour). ANDREW Diego. Rhodes launched her fashion career Currently production stage manager for The SINCLAIR in the late 1960s, and attracted significant Lion King on Broadway, he has worked on (Director) attention when she first took her collection national tours of Hairspray: The Musical, Previously at Lyric: to New York. In 1975 she founded her Saturday Night Fever: The Musical, Evita,and Lohengrin (2010/11). own London shop and a boutique area Man of La Mancha. in Chicago’s Marshall Field’s. Rhodes was The Australian one of the new wave of British designers MICHAEL BLACK director has been who put London at the forefront of the (Chorus Master) closely associated with London’s Royal international fashion scene in the 1970s. Chorus master since Opera House for many years. Among Her collections are sold in the top stores 2013/14; interim the productions he has staged at the and boutiques worldwide, including dresses, chorus master, ROH are Tosca,Werther, Katya Kabanova, printed textiles, jewelery, wrapping paper, 2011/12. Turandot, Peter Grimes, Lohengrin, china, and furs. In 2016, she collaborated Werther, , and Der with Valentino’s creative director, Pierpaolo Chorus master from to Rosenkavalier. Other London credits Piccioli, on prints for their SS17 collection, 2001 to 2013 at Opera Australia in Sydney, include a semi-staging of the Ring cycle at and also launched her “Archive Collection” during his tenure Black prepared the OA the Royal Albert Hall. Sinclair made his U. online, recreating some of her most iconic chorus for more than 90 operas and many S. debut directing The Marriage of Figaro for designs. Rhodes set up London’s Fashion concert works. He has served in that capacity Seattle Opera. His production of The Pearl and Textile Museum, which opened in 2003. for such distinguished organizations as Fishers premiered in San Diego in 2004 and She was made Commander of the British the Edinburgh International Festival, has since been revived by many companies Empire in 1997 and Dame Commander in Opera Holland Park (London), and, in North America, among them San 2014. (See Opera Notes, p. 32.) in Australia, the Sydney Symphony Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Orchestra (including Rachmaninoff’s The Seattle Opera, and L’Opéra de Montréal. RON VODICKA Bells, led by Vladimir Ashkenazy), and Sinclair has also directed Italian works in (Lighting Designer) the Philharmonia Choir, Motet Choir, San Diego, Norma in San Francisco, La Lyric debut and Cantillation chamber choir. Black bohème in Denver, and Lohengrin at the has also worked with the Melbourne Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He was guest The American Symphony Orchestra in Australia with Sir director at Indiana University in 2007. He designer’s work for Andrew Davis. His recent activities include is former principal resident director of The The Pearl Fishers has preparing the Damnation of Faust chorus,

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 27 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO continuing his association with the Grant USA, and took the leadership role in The American dancer-choreographer’s Park Music Festival, where he has worked conceiving, developing, and establishing operatic credits include remounting the for two seasons. As one of Australia’s most Dance Place San Diego at Liberty Station, choreography of Lyric’s Iphigénie en Tauride prominent vocal accompanists, Black has where he teaches classes and workshops. (San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden) and regularly performed for broadcasts and Salome (Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, recordings (he has been heard numerous MICHAEL Japan). Tye has choreographed for Chicago times in Australian Broadcast Corporation MIZERANY Folks Operetta and will choreograph her programs), he has served as chorus master (Assistant second production at DePaul University, on four continents, and his work has been Choreographer) The Merry Widow, in March. She is currently recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, Lyric debut finishing a two-year training program with PBS, and for many HD productions in the Royal Academy of Dance, London, to movie theaters as well as on television. The American become a Registered Teacher of the RAD. He has also been a lecturer at the Sydney choreographer is Tye teaches ballet exclusively at the Hyde Conservatorium of Music, of which he is artistic director for Compulsion Dance Park School of Dance, which she founded an alumnus. Black holds a master’s degree & Theater and former associate artistic in 1993. She is a past recipient of Regional in musicology from the University of New director of Malashock Dance in San Dance America’s Best Young Choreographer South Wales. Michael Black is the Howard Diego. He conceived and directed both the Award and a two-time recipient of the A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair. popular dance series Hot Guys Dancing and Monticello Young Choreographer’s Award. Malashock/RAW. Recently he premiered a In addition to Lyric and Joel Hall Dancers, JOHN new cabaret series, In The VaVaVoom Room, she has performed in Chicago with Salt MALASHOCK at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre. He has Creek Ballet and Second City Ballet. In (Choreographer) choreographed extensively for Diversionary 1997 she founded Tyego Dance Project, Lyric debut Theatre, Ion Theatre, the Coronado which has performed at Steppenwolf, the Playhouse, Cygnet Theatre, and New Athenaeum, and throughout America in a The American chore- Village Arts, among many other companies revival of Spike Jones’s Nutcracker. ographer brings 35 in southern California. Mizerany holds years of experience numerous awards and honors, including SARAH HATTEN in dance, theater, and film to his current the LA Stage Scene Award for Outstanding (Wigmaster and role as artistic director of Malashock Choreography (Altar Boyz, Bare: A Pop Makeup Designer) Dance in San Diego, one of California’s Opera, A New Brain, Shockheaded Peter); Wigmaster and premier dance companies. He founded it The Blue Ribbon Choreography Award makeup designer in 1988, after a distinguished performing (Suds); and the Bravo San Diego Award since 2011/12. career with Twyla Tharp’s company, for Outstanding Choreographer of 2012 with whom he performed in New York (Desperate Love, Altar Boyz). He was Lyric’s wigmaster and and worldwide. He also appeared in nominated for a Craig Noel Theater Award makeup designer has worked in a wide the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, was for Outstanding Choreography (Dooley, repertoire at Des Moines Metro Opera featured in numerous television specials, 2011; Altar Boyz, 2012; Spring Awakening and Michigan Opera Theatre, as well as and performed in numerous concerts and Bare: A Pop Opera, 2014). Most Columbus Opera, Toledo Opera, the with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Malashock’s recently, he was nominated for a National Cabrillo Music Festival, and the University work has been presented throughout the Youth Arts Award for Outstanding of Cincinnati College-Conservatory United States, Central America, Japan, and Achievement in Choreography (West Side of Music. She has also worked at the Central Europe. He has choreographed Story). Mizerany's one-act play, 20 Minutes Glimmerglass Festival and the major productions at the La Jolla Playhouse and and Counting, received a staged reading at opera companies of Los Angeles, Omaha, the Old Globe Theatre, and his work has San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central City, been commissioned by the San Diego as well as Wisconsin’s American Players Symphony, La Jolla Music Society, and San AUGUST TYE Theatre and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages Diego Opera. He holds six Emmy Awards (Ballet Mistress) Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse. Hatten for his dance films, aired on many PBS Previously at Lyric: earned a B. A. in music at Simpson stations nationwide. Malashock has served 36 productions since College. Sarah Hatten is the Marlys Beider as guest faculty for the American Dance 1993-94 as dancer, Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Endowed Festival, Cal State Long Beach, Dance choreographer, or Chair. Space New York, ADF/Tokyo, Connecticut ballet mistress, most College, and University of Utah. He has recently Orphée et served on the Board of Trustees for Dance Eurydice (2017/18); Les Troyens (2016/17).

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Les pêcheurs de perles – Bizet’s Enchanting Late Bloomer By Mark Thomas Ketterson DAN REST METROPOLITAN OPERA ARCHIVES OPERA METROPOLITAN

How times have changed: (left) Giuseppe De Luca, Frieda Hempel, and in The Pearl Fishers at the Metropolitan Opera, 1916; (right) , Nathan Gunn, and Eric Cutler at Lyric, 2008/09.

here is a delightful photograph in the archives of the conferred a sizable endowment by Count Alexandre Colonna- Metropolitan Opera revealing tenor Enrico Caruso, Walewski. Count Walewski’s only stipulation was that Carvalho soprano Frieda Hempel, and baritone Giuseppe De was to stage a new work by a Prix de Rome winner each season. TLuca costumed for the 1916 Met premiere of Georges Bizet’s Les Carvalho offered Bizet a libretto; a tale of a love triangle in colorful pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers). It’s a quaintly old-fashioned Ceylon entitled Les pêcheurs de perles. shot. A modestly veiled Hempel looks every inch a sturdy little The libretto had been hastily cobbled together by the team hausfrau, while the men are decorously swathed in sumptuous of Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, neither of whom was fabrics that virtually cover them from head to toe. The opera ran particularly enthusiastic about the assignment. For inspiration, three performances and, according to the Evening Sun, “brought the pair turned to a recently published novel by Octave Sachot, the house down.” Then it vanished from the Met for a full century. L’île de Ceylan et ses curiosités naturelles, and also lifted several That was a typical course for Pêcheurs, a work that has elements from Spontini’s 1807 opera La Vestale. The result was an consistently delighted audiences, confounded critics, and only admittedly contrived bit of sentimental exotica, but was deemed hovered on the fringes of the repertory – until the twenty-first serviceable enough for the task, especially when the composer century, when it became a bona-fide hit. seemed to them little more than a boy. In 1863, the 24-year-old Bizet was an unproven commodity. Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre-Lyrique on His defining masterpiece, Carmen, was 12 years in the future. Bizet September 30, 1863. Audiences took to Bizet’s music immediately, had demonstrated unusual promise, however, and at the tender age and the opera was enthusiastically applauded. Critical consensus of 18, while still a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, his one-act was far less kind. Bizet was accused of having fallen under the opera had won an important competition. The influence of the “new Italian style” during his sojourn in Italy. following year, the young composer was awarded the esteemed Prix Worse, he was accused of “Wagnerism” – a popular epithet hurled de Rome and spent three years honing his craft in Italy. at young composers at the time, and a questionable one. Beyond The prestige earned by the Prix de Rome was ultimately to the French version of Tannhäuser that played at the Opéra in 1861 provide Bizet an entrée into the Parisian operatic scene. Léon and a handful of instrumental concerts, Paris had been given Carvalho, the impresario of the Théâtre-Lyrique, had been precious little opportunity to experience Wagner’s music.

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One of the few complimentary voices was a markedly interesting one; Hector Berlioz, who was notorious for decrying the “mediocrities” foisted upon the French public by fledgling composers, found the work “full of fire” and wrote, “The score does M. Bizet the greatest honor.” Otherwise, the critical reception can be summed up in the words of Benjamin Jouvin of Le Figaro, who in one of the most famous snarky reviews in opera history opined, “There were neither fisherman in the libretto, nor pearls in the music.” Although the failure of Pêcheurs is recounted in many a reference book, the reasons behind it remain a trifle murky, particularly given the enormous popularity the work has gained in the current century. The fault is generally laid at the feet of the libretto, and indeed it is dramatically thin stuff. In later years, Eugène Cormon admitted that had he realized what a melodic genius he was writing for, he would have made better work of it. That doesn’t really answer the question, however – many beloved works have prevailed in spite of weak dramaturgy. Much of the problem probably lay in the fact that French theatrical music was approaching a conceptual crossroad at that time. French opera had primarily existed in two forms, grand opéra and opéra comique, both of which were becoming mired in their own conventions. There was The pearl fishermen of Ceylon, depicted in 1887 for the British weekly illustrated newspaper great devotion to tradition, but also a The Graphic (top) and today (bottom). gnawing awareness that French opera was seriously in need of a reboot. The “its beauties are extolled; these are discussed neither more nor less rigid structural formulas of grand opéra were beginning to lose than if this had been the work of a proven master.” Bizet was also their appeal, which would continue to wane in ensuing decades. rebuked for taking a bow at the premiere. “This may be the custom Pêcheurs fielded the easy accessibility ofopéra comique, but it in Italy,” sneered Gustave Bertrand, “but we are in France, and M. was through-composed, without the spoken dialogue that was a Bizet is French. We here do not permit such exhibitions except for defining feature of the genre. Moreover, Bizet’s orchestrations had an absolutely exceptional success.” Even his appearance was raked a new density and lushness – a far cry from the delicate confections over the coals, as no fewer than five newspapers reported that he of Boieldieu or Auber, two masters of the comique form. Les tastelessly sported a grey paletot (topcoat) over his black suit. One pêcheurs de perles was an opéra lyrique, a newly emerging hybrid senses a critical community whose slavish adherence to tradition to be further developed by Ambroise Thomas and . felt threatened by a young upstart who was bucking the system. Moreover, some among the press had decried what was seen Pêcheurs ran for 18 performances and was never mounted as a novice composer’s presumption before hearing a note of the again in Bizet’s short lifetime. The composer carefully adopted a music. “For the nearly four months since this work was announced, withering public stance on his youthful creation, calling it a work it has been spoken of as an event,” complained L’Europe artiste, of no value. When caught off guard, however, he could wistfully

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 31 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO acknowledge being “pleased to have been able to write a few of its preceding century. Lyric revived it 2008, and in 2015 even the passages at so young an age.” Met joined the party with a new production. What, one might The opera was finally revived at La Scala in 1886. It progressed query, accounts for the opera’s extraordinary reversal of fortune? through many of the world’s musical centers in the next few years, Some credit is due to the delectable production by iconic no doubt aided by the recent popularity of Carmen (1875). Sadly, fashion and textile designer Zandra Rhodes, which Lyric is the autograph score had been lost, which led to considerable presenting this season. First mounted in San Diego in 2004, tampering. Milan employed the services of a second-rank French Rhodes’s kaleidoscopic, exotic imagery based upon Sri Lankan art composer, Benjamin Godard, to write a grand trio to conclude the and architecture has delighted audiences at many companies, and piece (an obvious appropriation from Gounod’s Faust). Various was dubbed the “essential production” of the piece by Opera News. journeymen created alternate endings, including one in which But then, opera production has evolved to meet contemporary Leïla commits suicide! Fortunately, restorative work began in tastes. There is no question that visual concerns have come to rival the 1970s; musicologist Arthur Hammond worked from Bizet’s musical matters in importance, and singers are expected to look piano score, and later, conductor Brad Cohen fortuitously secured their roles. One wonders what Caruso, Hempel, and De Luca the original conductor’s score from 1863. Pêcheurs achieved a would have thought about the parade of shirtless Zurgas and reasonable European presence throughout the twentieth century provocatively clad Leïlas that have graced contemporary stages. In at the Comique, and in Vienna and Berlin. American mountings a society obsessed with fitness and physical beauty, Pêcheurs seems were exceedingly rare, though Lyric presented the opera in 1966 an ideal vehicle; that the work’s popular ascension has coincided and 1998, and New York City Opera gave it a go. with the “barihunk” phenomenon is no mere coincidence. After 2001, a fascinating trend emerged. Pêcheurs began There is a cyclical nature to musical interest. In the early popping up on season brochures with a frequency that would have twentieth century, Baroque opera and the bulk of bel canto was astonished Bizet himself, and has probably clocked in more North largely swept aside by public preference for the grittier appeal of American performances in the last twenty years than in the entire Puccini and the verismo school. The delicately perfumed French

Zandra Rhodes on Designing The Pearl Fishers

was asked if I’d ever designed opera by Ian Campbell, who was running San Diego Opera Iat the time. I did The Magic Flute there, and after that he said, “There’s this very small opera that Bizet put together that never got anywhere in his lifetime. It was supposed to be set in Mexico and then they changed their minds. The sky’s the limit – just be very Zandra Rhodes about it! It doesn’t have to be very real.” So it’s got magical turquoise and orange and pink palm trees. I’d been to India a lot, so it’s also got Zandra Rhodes Indian saris. I was actually very lucky: just before I started designing the production, I was invited to go to India to judge the Miss India contest with an audience of something like 50 million. I asked, “Is there a fee?” “There isn’t a fee,” they said, “but we’ll fly you business class to Hyderabad.” I said that in that case, I wanted to go on to Ceylon – that is, Sri Lanka – to see whether it was enough like India. I took a side trip there with my sketching partner, and I had my sketch book with me. I got the patterns of the wonderful ladies swimming for pearls at an ancient monument. I just wanted to see if I could be slightly authentic initially before ‘Zandrafying’ everything! We found saris with the wonderful borders and pallus (that’s the bit that hangs in the back). Once we were back in London and brought them to my print room, we printed over them with Zandra Rhodes seashells and Zandra Rhodes wiggles. The production’s color palette includes all the religious people in vibrant, “singing” orange with shocking pink. All the villagers representing the sea are in pale blues and turquoises and seashells, but with flowing saris – it’s an ethereal, magical world. The leading lady is in a beautiful pink and yellow sari with a magical floral headdress, and we hand-painted the veil she wears in her entrance scene. When I began designing The Pearl Fishers, I was so thrilled and got so into the music. I never even imagined the production would eventually travel all over America! It’s been quite wonderful seeing it in different performances. I feel so fortunate to be able to watch it from the wings, seeing the singers giving their own interpretations, and hearing how magical the voices are. In opera you’ve got all your senses being attacked, with the voices, the music, combining with the visual element – it’s far deeper than one even realizes.

32 | November 19 - December 10, 2017 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO repertory barely stood a chance. But just as those repertoires have subsequently re-emerged, French opera has begun Modern Match – The Pearl Fishers to win back listeners. After decades “Bromance” is an idea that’s swept the nation, referring to two males’ close, non- of compositional dissonance, and romantic friendship. From Chandler and Joey in Friends to Sesame Street’s Bert innovations of the minimalist school, and Ernie, audiences adore watching bromances blossom. But when love and audiences have understandably become jealousy get in the way, will these bromances survive? That question arises in eager to be caressed with melody again. The Pearl Fishers, as Nadir and Zurga must work through their love for the same Who better to turn to than Bizet, that woman in order to save their own friendship. master tunesmith who gave us Carmen? Zurga and Nadir are long-lost friends, both from the city of Candi. It It’s difficult to imagine a score more was there that they both fell in love with a young priestess, Leïla, causing strife luxuriously melodic than Pêcheurs. The between them. They swore to choose friendship over love, and when reunited in tenor/baritone duet “Au fond du temple Ceylon after years apart, they once again make this pledge. However, love and saint” remains one of the most beautiful jealousy prove to be powerful counters to their bromance. blendings of male voices ever composed Leïla is the foil to their friendship, not unlike Andy in Pixar’s Toy Story series. (Bizet thought so, too – the piece was even While Leïla is a beautiful woman who has two friends fall in love with her, Andy sung at his funeral). The repeats of the is a child whose toys adore him and want to be his favorite. Woody, the cowboy, duet’s initial theme that conclude it and and Buzz, the space ranger, are thought of as the ideal best friends, but it wasn’t later appear in the opera’s final moments always like that. Think back to the original Toy Story, where Woody became were not in Bizet’s original score – that is so jealous of Andy favoring Buzz, his new toy, that Woody pushed Buzz out a a matter of tradition – but in any form, it window! That’s not unlike Zurga’s rage at discovering Nadir and Leïla’s hidden has long been a concert favorite. Interest love and sentencing the two to death. Jealousy is a commanding emotion that in the opera has been fanned by the duet’s can seemingly break the strongest of friendships. entry into pop culture, significantly after As Leïla and Nadir prepare for death, so, too, does Buzz begin to accept that its use in Peter Weir’s film Gallipoli to he’s “just a toy.” Realizing that jealousy has made a monster out of them, both underscore the devotion between two Zurga and Woody have a change of heart. Zurga sets fire to the village as a plot ill-fated soldiers. The often overlooked to distract the fishermen and allow his friend to escape. Woody restores Buzz’s Leïla/Zurga duet in Act Three is also a confidence and comes up with a plan to return them both to Andy’s loving arms. marvelous interlude of music drama when In the end, jealousy is overruled by the deep connection and love that the two interpreters approach it seriously. Then we feel for each other. Zurga and Nadir’s friendship may have some bumps along the have the ineffable lyricism of Nadir’s “Je way – as do Woody and Buzz’s – but nothing can stop their bromance. crois entendre encore,” the shimmering — Margaret Rogers coloratura flourishes of Leïla’s “Comme The author, Lyric’s dramaturgy intern earlier in the year, autrefois,” and Zurga’s remorseful “O is in her senior year at the University of Minnesota. Nadir, tendre ami” – not to mention splendid choral opportunities. DAVID H. FISHMAN Debates over Les pêcheurs de perles are endless. Some operagoers regard the piece as a guilty pleasure, and there are those who disregard it entirely (though one suspects even they hum along when nobody’s looking). But for those of us who value romance, and yearn to be spirited away on an escapist journey of glorious melody, Bizet’s late bloomer is just the ticket.

Mark Thomas Ketterson is the Chicago correspondent for Opera News. He has also written for Playbill, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago magazine, Chicago on the Aisle, and the publications of Houston “Bromance” on film (Buzz Lightyear and Woody inToy Story) Grand Opera, the Ravinia Festival, and the and in opera (Alfredo Kraus as Nadir and and Sesto Bruscantini as Zurga Kennedy Center. in the Lyric premiere of The Pearl Fishers, 1966).

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Zandra Rhodes’s design for the opening of Act Two of The Pearl Fishers.

When Ian Campbell, then San Diego Opera’s general and artistic and Zurga’s moment of glory is mitigated as the focus shifts to the director, asked me to direct a new production of The Pearl Fishers village’s favorite, and Zurga’s former friend. While at first there is in 2004 with designs by Zandra Rhodes, little did I think that the awkwardness, there is finally some sort of reconciliation. production would have such an interesting life. But reconciliation between the friends is short-lived. A I approached the opera with some trepidation, as its pitfalls strange twist of fate brings the priestess from the temple at Candi are well known. For example, there is little dramatic interest in to preside over the pearl-diving that follows Zurga’s election. a one-dimensional “Hail fellow, well met” scene that precedes Since she is veiled, Zurga remains ignorant of the fact, but Nadir one of the most famous duets in the operatic repertoire. And not and Leïla recognize each other and the die is cast. In a paradise only that – the plot is rather far-fetched. From the beginning, of wildly colorful palm trees and painted silk drops created I set out to try to make the characters three-dimensional, so we by Zandra Rhodes, a story of sexual and political passion and needed to establish some conflict. Discussions with designer and betrayal is now played out, rushing headlong to an inevitable choreographer prior to rehearsal provided many thoughts as to conclusion. how this might be brought off, and in rehearsal we developed Dance has always been an important element in the French them further. operatic repertoire. But if we were to emphasize the conflicts in It is the day when the village elects a new chief. Nourabad, this production, we knew it was essential to avoid dance in a the High Priest, represents the old order and is concerned that classical and balletic form, which would work against the primitive if Zurga is elected, he will be a liberal leader and village life society in which the opera takes place. John Malashock, artistic will deteriorate. From the outset, therefore, there is “political” director of Malashock Dance in San Diego, had choreographed a confrontation. And this is complicated by a layer of personal production of Aida for me, and his inventive and unusual style, conflict. Zurga has always lived in the shadow of his friend Nadir, which evoked Egypt for that opera, seemed ideal for this, too. who has been absent from the village for some time after the Consequently, choreography is a significant part of this production atmosphere between them became intolerable when they both and, where many interpretations shorten the extended finale to fell in love with a mysterious priestess in Candi. Without Nadir Act Two, John’s powerful and aggressive choreography allows the overshadowing him, Zurga has become popular with the people punishment of Leïla and Nadir to be played out in full. in his own right. But at the moment of his election, Nadir returns — Andrew Sinclair

34 | November 19 - December 10, 2017 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Pearl Fishers After the Curtain Falls

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

• How did the music and drama of this production catch your interest? DAN REST • When Zurga and Nadir are reunited, they speak of how they were once torn apart by fighting over a woman and how in the end, they pledged allegiance to each other and their friendship over the love of the woman. What would you sacrifice for the friendships you have?

• The duet “Au fond du temple saint” from the first act is one of the most famous duets in opera. How does this duet show the friendship between the two fishers?

• Zurga is the leader of the community of fishermen in Ceylon. What communities or friend groups are you a part of that have unofficial leaders? What qualities do these “leaders” posses that make them a good fit for the role?

• Nadir betrays his friend by having been with Leïla without Zurga’s knowledge, both now and in the past. Is the love he has for her worth the friendship? Why – or why not?

• Leïla struggles between her love of Nadir and her devotion to the god Brahma, and she chooses love even in the face of Nicole Cabell (Leïla) and Eric Cutler (Nadir) death. How, in the end, does love prove to be the right choice? in The Pearl Fishers at Lyric, 2008/09 season. And why does Zurga sacrifice himself for the lovers?

To continue enjoying The Pearl Fishers, Lyric dramaturg • CD – John Aler, Barbara Hendricks, Gino Quilico, Jean- Roger Pines suggests the following performances: Philippe Courtis; Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, cond. Michel Plasson (EMI Classics) • DVD – Matthew Polenzani, Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecień, Nicolas Testé; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and • CD – Léopold Simoneau, Pierrette Alarie, René Bianco, Orchestra, cond. Gianandrea Noseda, dir. Penny Woolcock Xavier Depraz; Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus, Lamoureux (Erato) Concert Association Orchestra, cond. (Philips)

• CD – Nicolai Gedda, , Ernest Blanc, Jacques • CD – Alain Vanzo, Ileana Cotrubas, Guillermo Sarabia, Roger Mars; Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de Soyer; Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra de Paris, cond. l’Opéra-Comique, cond. (Erato) Georges Prêtre (Warner Classics)

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Music Staff Violin II Bass Bass Clarinet Tuba William C. Billingham Yin Shen, Principal Michael Geller, Principal Linda A. Baker Andrew Smith, Principal Scott Ellaway John Macfarlane, Ian Hallas, Susan Miller Hult Assistant Principal Acting Assistant Principal Bassoon Harp Keun-A Lee Bonita Di Bello Andrew L. W. Anderson Lewis Kirk, Marguerite Lynn Williams, Noah Lindquist Diane Duraffourg-Robinson Gregory Sarchet Acting Principal Principal Mario Antonio Marra Teresa Kay Fream Timothy Shaffer* Preman Tilson, Francesco Milioto Peter Labella Collins R. Trier Acting Assistant Principal Timpani Jerad Mosbey Ann Palen Hanna Sterba* Edward Harrison, Principal Steven Mosteller Irene Radetzky Flute Matthew Piatt John D. Robinson Marie Tachouet, Principal Contrabassoon Percussion Stefano Sarzani David Volfe Dionne Jackson, Hanna Sterba* Michael Green, Principal Madeline Slettedahl Albert Wang Assistant Principal Douglas Waddell, Robert Tweten Alyce Johnson Horn Assistant Principal Eric Weimer Viola Jonathan Boen, Principal Eric Millstein Carol Cook, Principal Piccolo Fritz Foss, Assistant Principal/ Orchestra Terri Van Valkinburgh, Alyce Johnson Utility Horn Stageband Musicians Assistant Principal Robert E. Johnson, Third Horn Karin Ursin, piccolo Violin I Frank W. Babbitt Oboe Samuel Hamzem Julia Richter, piccolo Robert Hanford, Patrick Brennan Judith Kulb, Principal Neil Kimel Julie Spring, harp Concertmaster Karl Davies Robert E. Morgan Rich Janicki, percussion The Mrs. R. Robert Amy Hess Assistant Principal Trumpet Funderburg Melissa Trier Kirk Judith Zunamon Lewis William Denton, Principal Librarian Endowed Chair Di Shi Matthew Comerford, John Rosenkrans, Principal Sharon Polifrone, English Horn Co-Assistant Principal Assistant Concertmaster Cello Robert E. Morgan Channing Philbrick, Personnel Manager Alexander Belavsky Calum Cook, Principal Co-Assistant Principal Stageband Contractor Kathleen Brauer Paul Dwyer, Assistant Principal Clarinet Christine Janicki Pauli Ewing Mark Brandfonbrener Charlene Zimmerman, Trombone Laura Ha William H. Cernota Principal Jeremy Moeller, Principal *Season substitute David Hildner Laura Deming Linda A. Baker, Mark Fisher, Assistant Principal Ellen Hildner Barbara Haffner Co-Assistant Principal Graeme Mutchler Laura Miller Walter Preucil Susan Warner, Liba Shacht Co-Assistant Principal Bass Trombone Heather Wittels Graeme Mutchler Bing Jing Yu

Chorus Master Maia Surace Jeffrey W. Taylor Supplementary Chorus Bass Michael Black Laurie Seely Vassalli Ronald Watkins Soprano Michael Cavalieri Chorus Master Corinne Wallace-Crane Nikolas Wenzel Joelle Lamarre Kirk Greiner The Howard A. Stotler Pamela Williams Katelyn Lee John E. Orduña Endowed Chair Michelle K. Wrighte Core Supplementary Rosalind Lee Douglas Peters Chorus Susan Nelson Martin Lowen Poock Tenor Christine Steyer Vincent P. Wallace, Jr. Regular Chorus Geoffrey Agpalo Soprano Jill Dewsnup Kelsea Webb Soprano Jason Balla Boya Wei Elisa Billey Becker Timothy Bradley Carla Janzen Jillian Bonczek Hoss Brock Suzanne M. Kszastowski Kaileen Erin Miller Mezzo Sharon Garvey Cohen William M. Combs Robin Bradley Patricia A. Cook-Nicholson John J. Concepcion Mezzo Sarah Ponder Cathleen Dunn Kenneth Donovan Emily Price Janet Marie Farr Joseph A. Fosselman Katie Ruth Bieber Amanda Tarver Amanda Runge Desirée Hassler Lawrence Montgomery Stephanie Schoenhofer Rachael Holzhausen Mark Nienow Ashley Sipka Laureen Janeczek-Wysocki James Odom Tenor Jared V. Esguerra Kimberly McCord Thomas L. Potter Tenor Heidi Spoor Walton Westlake Tyler Samuel Lee Joe Shadday Humberto Borboa Beltran Stephani Springer Matthew Daniel Elizabeth Anne Taylor Bass Bass Klaus Georg Sherry Watkins Matthew Carroll Cameo Humes David DuBois Claude Cassion Nicolai Janitzky Luther Lewis Mezzo Robert Morrissey Brett J. Potts Claudia A. Kerski-Nienow Kenneth Nichols Wilbur Pauley Marianna Kulikova Steven Pierce Colleen Lovinello Robert J. Prindle Yvette Smith Thomas Sillitti Marie Sokolova Craig Springer

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BACKSTAGE LIFE: Charlie Reilly

What is your role here at Lyric, and how long have you held the position? I am the property master, which means I oversee a prop crew of 15 in obtaining or creating all of the props for Lyric’s productions. I actually started my career at Lyric in the electrics department, followed by the carpentry department, and transitioned to working with the small props team creating items such as table settings, food, and other hand-held objects. I’ve been the property master for five years now, and I’ve been at Lyric for a total of 36 years.

What led you to work at Lyric? My father worked as a stagehand here (since the 1954 inaugural season) and really seemed to enjoy it. I was going either have to be bought, upholstered, Favorite Lyric moment? to school for business to become a painted, or even built from scratch Meeting my wife Maureen here. I stockbroker, but decided to do an completely. The time constraints are really certainly wouldn’t be who I am if I hadn’t apprenticeship at Lyric over the summer tough, but somehow we make it work! met her. I was doing a cue for a show and while I had a break from school. I never she was doing a wardrobe change for one What keeps you committed to the work knew I would end up falling in love with of the cast members. We would always you do? it. Once the apprenticeship was over, talk backstage, but when I asked her to they offered me a job, and I’ve been here The quality of work and the amazing go on a date with me, she said no. Finally, ever since. My father was here for Lyric’s collaboration that takes place within my she begrudgingly agreed, and three years first 16 seasons, and my wife Maureen is team. It’s really great when I can go to the later we were married. It’s been 23 years! Lyric’s costume director, so there’s been a opening of a new opera and see the props Reilly here for every curtain! my staff has created. Seeing something Beyond opera, what are your other that began as an idea transformed into passions? What’s a typical day like for you? reality is very rewarding. In my spare time, my wife and I I come in between 6 and 7 a.m. most volunteer for an organization called What’s something about your job that mornings. My prop crew usually has a Park Lawn. It was created for the people might not know? show onstage from the night before that developmentally disabled, and it’s really we need to take down, and then we might The long hours. My crew arrives early in our passion. We help organize fundraising have to set up the stage for a rehearsal. the morning and can be here until 11p.m. events every year, including motorcycle Separate from the main stage, we also some nights. There can be periods of 30- runs, 5K marathons, and golf outings, have three rehearsal rooms at Lyric that 40 days of straight work without a day which help fund homes specially made may need to be set up with props. off and that requires dedication like you for the developmentally disabled. It wouldn’t believe. We spend more time provides them with a full care center What’s the most challenging aspect of here than at our homes, so we’ve created and 24/7 medical treatment. It’s truly a your job? our own family of sorts. I respect them so fantastic cause. Time. Our rehearsal periods are so short, much for that. It’s a commitment, and it and especially in the case of new shows, a says something about who they are. It’s — Kamaria Morris production might have six pages of props more than a paycheck for them; it’s a way that are needed. These are items that of life.

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Artistic Roster

Sopranos Graham Maverick Marie-Jeanne Lecca Assistant Choreographer Maria Agresta Alessandro Corbelli Jeraldine Mendoza Ming Cho Lee Michael Mizerany Kate Baldwin Anthony Clark Evans Jacqueline Moscicke John Neumeier Emily Birsan Nathan Gunn Aaron Renteria Robert Perdziola Ballet Mistress Janai Brugger Joshua Hopkins Christine Rocas Zandra Rhodes August Tye Andriana Chuchman Quinn Kelsey Paulo Rodrigues Vita Tzykun Rosa Feola Mariusz Kwiecień Chloé Sherman Michael Yeargan Wigmaster and Makeup Christine Goerke Zachary Nelson Temur Suluashvili Designer Pureum Jo Emmett O’Hanlon Olivia Tang-Mifsud Associate Set Designer Sarah Hatten Alexandra LoBianco Takaoki Onishi Alonso Tepetzi Heinrich Tröger Ana María Martínez Edward Parks Elivelton Tomazi Fight Choreographers Whitney Morrison Hugh Russell Alberto Velazquez Assistant Set Designer Chuck Coyl Diana Newman Todd Thomas Joanna Wozniak Matt Rees Nick Sandys Marina Rebeka Joan Sebastián Zamora Albina Shagimuratova Bass-Baritones Lighting Designers Translators for Lauren Snouffer Alan Higgs Fabrice Kebour Projected English Titles Marcy Stonikas Philip Horst Jacob Ashley Chris Maravich Carol Borah Kelly Elisabet Strid Eric Owens Nikolas Chen John Neumeier Roger Pines Ann Toomey Christian Van Horn Sam Crouch Duane Schuler Francis Rizzo Elena Tsallagova Marian Faustino Ron Vodicka Colin Ure Amber Wagner Basses Tom Mattingly Ain Anger Ginny Ngo Projection Designer The American Laura Wilde Scott Conner Jimi Loc Nguyen David Adam Moore Guild of Musical Patrick Guetti Michelle Reid Artists, AFL- Mezzo-Sopranos Adrian Sâmpetrean Todd Rhoades Chorus Master CIO (AGMA), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Andrea Silvestrelli Jacqueline Stewart Michael Black is the union that Marianne Crebassa Alexander Tsymbalyuk Nicholas Strasburg represents the Susan Graham Jessica Wolfrum Choreographers and singers, dancers, actors, and Jill Grove Dancers Movement Directors staging personnel at Lyric Catherine Martin Conductors John Malashock Opera of Chicago. Lindsay Metzger The Joffrey Ballet Marco Armiliato John Neumeier Julie Miller Matthew Adamczyk Harry Bicket Denni Sayers Deborah Nansteel Derrick Agnoletti David Chase August Tye Annie Rosen Yoshihisa Arai Sir Andrew Davis DAVID H. FISHMAN Zanda Švēde Amanda Assucena James Gaffigan Kristy Swann Edson Barbosa Enrique Mazzola Miguel Angel Blanco Robert Tweten Contraltos Anais Bueno Emmanuel Villaume Lindsay Ammann Fabrice Calmels Lauren Decker Raúl Casasola Directors Valeriia Chaykina John Cox Tenors Nicole Ciapponi Eric Einhorn Thor Abjornsson Lucia Connolly Rob Kearley Piotr Beczała April Daly E. Loren Meeker Benjamin Bernheim Fernando Duarte John Neumeier Michael Brandenburg Olivia Duryea Kevin Newbury Lawrence Brownlee Cara Marie Gary David Pountney Alec Carlson Stefan Goncalvez Andrew Sinclair Rafael Davila Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Keith Jameson Dylan Gutierrez Associate Directors Jonathan Johnson Rory Hohenstein Rob Kearley Brandon Jovanovich Dara Holmes Bruno Ravella Dmitry Korchak Riley Horton Stefano La Colla Yuka Iwai Set and Costume Designers Josh Lovell Victoria Jaiani Johan Engels Matthew Polenzani Hansol Jeong John Frame Mario Rojas Gayeon Jung Peter J. Hall American debuts were made by Martiniquaise soprano Rodell Rosel Yumi Kanazawa Constance Hoffman Christiane Eda-Pierre (Leïla, left) and Bulgarian bass Issachah Savage Brooke Linford Robert Innes Hopkins Nicola Ghiuselev (Nourabad, right) in the 1966 Andrew Stenson Greig Matthew Allen Charles Klein Lyric premiere of The Pearl Fishers.

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PATRON SALUTE | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Scott and Nancy Santi: A Night on the Town at Lyric DAN REST Scott and Nancy Santi have voice, which is a language we all music in their blood. The son of the speak. It was thrilling to see fans of box office manager at Ravinia Festival, rapper Lupe Fiasco be blown away by Scott grew up attending concerts at the Renée Fleming’s powerful soprano, or iconic Highland Park venue, as well as Kurt Elling’s jazz loyalists appreciate listening to classical music and opera the Handsome Family’s storytelling records around the house. A native of through folk music. Opera can have a Cincinnati, Nancy had access to all reputation of being intimidating, so by the wonderful culture that the city showcasing varied musical styles on the had to offer, including the University Lyric Opera stage, Lyric demonstrated of Cincinnati College-Conservatory its diversity while showing people that of Music, where her grandmother opera is accessible, too.” studied music and served as president As a former teacher, Nancy is of Mu Phi Epsilon, a music fraternity particularly passionate about exposing founded there in 1903. the next generation to classical music “Classical music was my and opera. “Opera is an amazing tool grandmother’s first love,” Nancy to reinforce what is being taught in the recalls. “Every time I’m at the opera, classroom. There are so many elements I think of her and how proud she to it, so it allows them to utilize skills would be that I have the immense such as reading, writing, and creative pleasure of being involved at Lyric.” storytelling, and to discuss and think Nancy’s exposure certainly didn’t stop about different topics and themes. at classical music. “Music was always When I was teaching in Glenview, my playing in my house on my parents' classroom was fortunate enough to old LP stereo. They would play participate in Lyric’s Opera Residencies everything from Sinatra to Schubert, busy, but they occasionally made time for a program. We spent several sessions but I especially remember dancing around night out on the town. They started coming learning the story of Madama Butterfly with the house to their record of Carmen. They regularly to Lyric about five years ago when assistance from Lyric’s teaching artists. The had just taken me to see a performance of it at their children were old enough to attend residency culminated in a performance of the the Summer Opera Pavilion at the Cincinnati with them. “It’s become really important for opera by Lyric artists for the whole school. Zoo, and I was obsessed.” us to bring our kids,” Nancy says. “As young The kids were so invested in the story and the Although they were both raised in the adults, Scott and I were enamored with the music, and my hope is that it planted a seed Midwest, Nancy and Scott met as young idea of going to the opera as the perfect night which may one day develop into a love of the adults in Texas, where Scott was starting his out. Our kids have grown to see it the same art form.” career with Illinois Tool Works and Nancy was way. They love knowing they will have a Scott and Nancy are thrilled that their visiting a friend the summer after graduating magical evening whenever they come to the children, nieces, and nephews all appreciate from college. “I was having so much fun Lyric Opera House, and our involvement the opportunity to experience world- being in a new place that I decided to stay here has allowed them to experience so many class performances at Lyric, and they are for a year as a teacher before moving back to wonderful events and performances.” especially delighted that their youngest son Cincinnati. I thought it would be fun to meet Nancy was asked to join Lyric’s has demonstrated a passion for opera. “Each a Southern boy,” she jokes, “but instead I met illustrious Women’s Board in 2015, and element of the production appeals to a a screw salesman from Chicago!” Scott was shortly thereafter nominated to the different audience, and together they create a After they were married, Scott’s career at Board of Directors, where he now serves on multi-sensory experience that this generation ITW brought him back to the Midwest, and the Executive Committee. Last February, the thrives on. I think the key to attracting new eventually to Cincinnati to lead a recently- couple co-chaired the wildly successful and audiences is to create a night out that they acquired company. “The timing couldn’t have utterly unique Chicago Voices Gala, a multi- will never forget. I feel that Lyric succeeds been more perfect. Two of our children were genre concert and fundraiser which raised net in providing this each time I step into the born while we were there, and my family was proceeds of $2 million for Lyric Unlimited. magnificent Art Deco theater, and we are so close by to help out when needed.” Scott was “Chicago Voices was incredible, proud to be associated with the cultural crown later called back to ITW’s headquarters in and Lyric is really on the cutting edge by jewel that is Lyric Opera of Chicago.” Lyric, in Chicago, and the young family finally settled presenting programs like that. The evening turn, is immensely grateful to Scott and Nancy, on the north shore. brought people with different backgrounds along with their family, for choosing to spend Raising their kids and climbing the and different tastes in music under one many nights on the town at Lyric. corporate ladder kept Nancy and Scott plenty roof to celebrate the power of the human —Meaghan Stainback

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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 of in Chicago and have been members of the Lyric Opera dedicated support. Over the last three decades, Abbott has family for more than three decades. Generous donors generously cosponsored 23 Lyric productions, including this to Lyric Opera, they have supported Lyric's past Wine season’s new production of Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric’s first Auctions, Annual Campaigns, and education programs. collaboration with The Joffrey Ballet. Abbott has championed They made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Miles D. White Lyric’s achievements by making a leadership commitment to the Campaign and were sponsors of Lyric's 60th Anniversary Gala and Stars of Lyric Breaking New Ground Campaign. “The Lyric is one of the treasures that make Opera at Millennium Park in 2013. Jim and Laurie have generously cosponsored Chicago the world-class city that it is. We’re proud to be associated with it.” says Lyric productions of Madama Butterfly in 2014 and last season's Carmen. Lyric is Miles D. White, Abbott’s Chairman and Chief honored to have Jim Bay, a principal of Bays Corporation, serve on its Board of Executive Officer and a valued member of Lyric’s Directors and Compensation Committee. 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. They have contributed generously Benefactor of the planned giving Overture Society. Her to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground planned gift commitment created the Marlys Beider Wigmaster Campaign, and have made a leadership gift in support and Makeup Designer Endowed Chair in memory of her late of Lyric’s new Ring cycle, including this season’s Die husband, Harold Beider. Marlys Beider cosponsored several Walküre. The Addingtons have also invested in the productions including Elektra (2012/13), Parsifal (2013/14) company’s future through their planned gift to Lyric. and Tosca (2014/15), and has committed generous leadership gifts to cosponsor Lyric is fortunate to have Dr. Whitney Addington as a member of its Board of Lyric’s new productions of last season’s Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung (20 Directors and Executive Committee. 19/20), part of Lyric’s new Ring cycle.

AMERICAN AIRLINES RANDY L. and MELVIN R. BERLIN This season we celebrate 36 years of vital corporate partnership Devoted fans of opera education and the arts, Melvin with American Airlines, the Official Airline of Lyric Opera. and Randy Berlin are vital members of the Lyric Opera In recognition of the company’s significant contribution to family. “It’s part of Chicago for us. It enriches the city the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the mezzanine and the community, and we like to be part of that,” says level of the Lyric Opera House is named the American Airlines Melvin. The Berlins have contributed significantly to Mezzanine. American Airlines provides important in-kind the Annual Campaign and made a leadership gift to the Franco Tedeschi support for Lyric’s programs and Breaking New Ground Campaign. Melvin and Randy special events. Franco Tedeschi, Vice President of have cosponsored several productions including last season’s The Magic Flute and American Airlines, proudly serves on Lyric’s Board this season’s Così fan tutte. Lyric is honored to have Melvin Berlin serve on its Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. of Directors.

PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION BMO HARRIS BANK The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to advance society through the BMO Harris Bank is a proud supporter of Lyric Opera. BMO, performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. The which is celebrating its bicentennial this year, has demonstrated Foundation’s namesake, Paul M. Angell, founder of Newly Weds Foods, dedicated its strong commitment to supporting the communities it serves the early part of his life to serving his country and performing as a member of John for the past 200 years. BMO has generously supported special Philip Sousa’s U.S. Navy Band during World War I. He believed in hard work, projects through Lyric’s Annual Campaign, most recently as the self reliance, and optimism, and the Foundation is intended to honor him and his Exclusive Sponsor of both the Plácido Domingo and Ana María Alexandra ideals. At Lyric, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has been a loyal supporter Dousmanis-Curtis Martínez Concert (2015/16) and the Celebrating Plácido Concert of Lyric’s Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited programming and has generously (2016/17). Lyric is honored to have Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis, committed to a high level of multi-year support. Group Head, U.S. Retail and Business Banking, BMO Harris Bank, serve on its Board of Directors and Investment Committee. “Opera is truly an inspiration. ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS It affects how we see and interpret the world around us, and it’s our hope that Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Aria Society support received from six the support we provide Lyric will help increase anonymous contributors during the 2017/18 season. exposure to such a beautiful form of artistic expression.” JULIE and ROGER BASKES Lyric treasures the exemplary leadership and dedication BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP of Julie and Roger Baskes. Subscribers for more than The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is the world’s leading three decades, they have generously supported Lyric’s advisor on business strategy. Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Ryan Opera Center activities as previous cosponsors of their support and dedication this season in offering their pro bono Rising Stars in Concert, and currently underwrite the services to help Lyric to better understand our financial model, Ryan Opera Center Recital Series on 98.7WFMT. They and to identify creative and promising paths to growth. Lyric have cosponsored numerous productions including, most recently, last season’s Opera is honored to have Dan Dan Grossman Norma and this season’s Rigoletto. They also made a leadership commitment to Grossman, Partner & Managing the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help safeguard the future of Lyric Opera. Director, on the Lyric Board Lyric is honored to have Julie Baskes serve on its Board of Directors and Executive of Directors and Finance Committee. 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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HENRY M. and GILDA R. BUCHBINDER MARION A. CAMERON Dedicated lovers of the arts, Henry and Gilda Lyric is sincerely honored to have the support and leadership Buchbinder are longstanding members of the Lyric of Marion A. Cameron. A subscriber and donor for more Opera family. Committed to sustaining the exceptional than 20 years, Lyric gratefully acknowledges her outstanding quality of Lyric’s artistic product, the Buchbinders generosity through her leadership gift to the Breaking New made a leadership gift to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Ground Campaign, and her many production cosponsorships, Campaign to name the Henry and Gilda Buchbinder including this season’s Così fan tutte. Ms. Cameron is the CEO of Family Foundation Rehearsal Room. They have also been longtime generous donors Sipi Metals Corp., which continues to support the widely popular to the Annual Campaign, and are cosponsors of this season’s new production of Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert. Marion Cameron is a member of Faust. “I really do believe that Lyric is the best opera company in the world,” is Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive and Finance Committees, and Chair of the Gilda’s heartfelt assessment, to which Hank adds, “the productions are done so well, Investment Committee. and stage sets are marvelous.” Lyric is honored to have Gilda Buchbinder serve on its Board of Directors and the Production Sponsorship Committee. CENTENE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Charitable outreach is an important part of Centene Corporation's business CAROLYN S. BUCKSBAUM philosophy. Since 2004, Centene Charitable Foundation has contributed a Lyric Opera sincerely appreciates the extraordinary leadership and substantial amount to initiatives that improve the quality of life and health in our generosity of Kay Bucksbaum. An avid subscriber and longtime communities. Through our donations to organizations in the arts, we are not only patron of Lyric with her late husband Matthew, the Bucksbaum sustaining the ongoing cultural traditions, but also paving the way for future Family’s very generous challenge grant re-established Lyric’s generations to experience the arts. This season, Centene Charitable Foundation is regional and national/international radio broadcasts in 2006. providing leadership support for EmpowerYouth! Igniting Creativity through the Kay’s incredible continued matching support makes possible The Arts, a groundbreaking multi-disciplinary afterschool program offered in Lyric Opera Broadcasts, which draw 16 million listeners annually. partnership between Lyric Unlimited and the Chicago Urban League that will “Lyric is a great national institution,” Matthew once said, “and it gives our family culminate in the presentation of a fully great pleasure to know these broadcasts bring Lyric’s wonderful performances to so staged, youth-centric opera based on many in Chicago and around the globe.” participants’ real-life experiences.

THE JOHN and JACOLYN BUCKSBAUM ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Lyric Opera remains deeply grateful for the long-term generosity Passionate philanthropists in the Chicago community, of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, one of Chicago’s John and Jackie Bucksbaum are major supporters of nonprofit leaders in arts support. The Cheney Foundation has the arts. John Bucksbaum is founder and CEO of made an enhanced multi-year commitment to the Ryan Opera Bucksbaum Retail Properties, LLC, a fully-integrated Center/Lyric Opera. During the 2017/18 season, the Cheney owner and developer of retail real estate. John and Foundation is supporting Guest Master Teacher and Artist John and Jackie Bucksbaum Jackie, with their family, generously provide matching Elizabeth F. Cheney residencies; the Director of Vocal Studies faculty position; access funding for The Lyric Opera Broadcasts, which air on to a behind-the-scenes view of the Ensemble selection process 98.7WFMT live during each opening night performance. by opening the Ryan Opera Center’s Final Auditions to a greater number of Lyric donors and subscribers for the fifth year; and singer sponsorship of tenor Mario BULLEY & ANDREWS Rojas. Lyric Opera is honored to have foundation director Allan Drebin serve on its Founded 1891, Bulley & Andrews is one of the Midwest’s most Board of Directors, Ryan Opera Center Board and Audit Committee. trusted and accomplished construction companies. The fourth generation, family-owned firm offers clients a full-range of MRS. JOHN V. CROWE construction services including general contracting, construction Peggy and the late Jack Crowe are generous and management, design/build, and masonry and concrete restoration. passionate members of the Lyric family, evidenced Bulley & Andrews has, for many seasons, supported Lyric by their major support of the Breaking New Ground Allan E. Bulley, III Unlimited’s Performances for Students programs, and is a cosponsor Campaign and the Renee Fleming Initiative. Jack and of Lyric’s Ring cycle, including last Peggy Crowe's significant contribution to Lyric was season’s Das Rheingold and this season’s Die Walküre. Lyric recognized in naming the Isabelle Cavagnaro Crowe Opera is pleased to have Allan E. Bulley, III as a member Foyer on the fifth floor in memory of Jack Crowe's mother. Lyric was very fortunate of its Board of Directors. to have Jack Crowe serve as an esteemed member of the Executive Committee of Lyric's Board of Directors. THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION Longtime subscribers from Dubuque, Iowa, John and THE CROWN FAMILY Alice Butler recently made a leadership gift to Lyric’s Two of Chicago’s leading philanthropists, Renée and Breaking New Ground Campaign’s stage improvement Lester Crown, are devoted patrons of Lyric Opera. project. John says, “When Alice and I heard that Lyric The Crown Family is a sponsor of the Renée Fleming was unable to share productions with other houses due Initiative and made generous gifts to Lyric’s Annual to our outdated and unreliable stage technology, we Campaign and Breaking New Ground Campaign. Mrs. John and Alice Butler understood that to be a serious problem that needed to Crown is a past President of the Women’s Board. Mr. be addressed. We believe in Lyric’s mission to be the best Lester and Renée Crown Crown joined Lyric’s Board of Directors in 1977 and opera company in North America, and in order to be the best, we must have access has served as Chairman of the Executive Committee ever since. In 2004, Renée the best productions.” Lyric Opera is honored to have John Butler serve on its Board and Lester Crown were recipients of the Carol Fox Award, presented in recognition of Directors and Investment Committee. of their outstanding leadership and commitment to Lyric. Lyric is also honored to have Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. Lyric is forever indebted to The Crown Family for their many years of dedicated service to Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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THE DAVEE FOUNDATION JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION Lyric Opera is extremely grateful to The Davee Foundation and A founding patron of Lyric Theatre (now Lyric Opera) and a Lyric the late Ruth Dunbar and Ken M. Davee for their tremendous Opera Board member at the time of his death in 1982, Julius generosity over the years. The Foundation’s exemplary support of Frankel devoted his philanthropic giving to making Chicago a Chicago-area charities reflects the Davees’ wide-ranging interests, great place to live and enjoy life. The Julius Frankel Foundation including their great love of music and the arts. Lyric Opera is has sustained this noble legacy under the guidance and longtime fortunate to be among the organizations benefiting from The dedication of former trustees Nelson Cornelius and John Georgas Davee Foundation’s enduring philanthropy, which helps secure Julius Frankel and current trustee BMO Harris Bank N.A. Lyric’s audiences have Lyric’s future for generations to come. The Davee Foundation provided critical benefited greatly from the Foundation’s major grants for general preliminary support to enhance amplification and sound systems used in the Musical operating support and production sponsorships. “Mr. Frankel was particularly Theater Initiative, and has generously cosponsored each production in the initiative, interested in making Chicago one of the greatest places in the world to live and including this season’s Jesus Christ Superstar. enjoy life,” Nelson Cornelius once said. “The foundation’s giving supports things that enhance the reputation of Chicago; which, of course, Lyric Opera does.” Lyric MARIANNE DESON-HERSTEIN has named Mezzanine Box 25 in honor of Julius Frankel in grateful recognition of Marianne Deson-Herstein was a long-time supporter and lover of Lyric Opera the Foundation’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. until her death in 2015. Her Trust left a substantial bequest to the Lyric Opera Production Endowment Fund for designers and scenery expenses, in memory of ELIZABETH MORSE GENIUS CHARITABLE TRUST her parents, Samuel and Sarah Deson. To fulfill her intentions, Marianne’s bequest One of two trusts established in memory of Elizabeth Morse is being used to cosponsor Lyric’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre this opera Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist Charles Hosmer season. Her gift will help support the designer and scenery expenses for this new Morse, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is a major, Lyric Opera production. Lyric is greatly appreciative of Marianne’s thoughtfulness and deeply appreciated, leader among Lyric’s contributors. in making this very generous planned gift to endow these essential mainstage opera Through the Trust’s support of classical fine arts, Co-Trustees production expenses. Bank of America, N.A. and James L. Alexander seek to enrich Elizabeth Morse Genius the quality of life in Chicago, especially for youth and elderly STEFAN T. EDLIS and GAEL NEESON citizens. In recognition of the Trust’s Building on Greatness Passionate patrons of the arts, Stefan Edlis and Gael Capital Campaign support, Lyric named the distinctive Opera House chimes and Neeson are actively involved with organizations in music library in honor of Elizabeth Morse Genius. Along with its sister trust, The Chicago, New York, and Aspen. Mr. Edlis and Ms. Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, the Genius Trust has sponsored many mainstage Neeson have supported and subscribed to Lyric Opera productions and was most recently one of the cosponsors of last season’s company for more than 30 years. They have previously cosponsored premiere of Les Troyens. In addition to production sponsorship, the Trust has helped five mainstage operas, including last season’sLucia di underwrite Lyric’s ongoing efforts to diversify its various boards and preserve Lyric’s Lammermoor and this season’s Faust. Stefan and Gael also made a leadership gift to history through support of its Archives project. Most recently, Lyric named one of its the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is honored to have Stefan Edlis serve on key meeting rooms in its executive offices as the Elizabeth Morse Genius Conference its Board of Directors and Production Sponsorship Committee. Room in order to show its grateful appreciation for the Trust’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, as well EXELON as to recognize the Trust’s commitment over The philanthropic initiatives of Exelon Corporation help generate and sustain many years to helping build the company’s core Chicago’s cultural stature and economic vitality. For several decades, Exelon has capacities and institutional infrastructure. 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 BRENT and KATIE GLEDHILL programs. Exelon’s many cosponsorships have included The Mikado (2010/12), Brent and Katie are proud supporters of numerous causes the Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Subscriber Appreciation Concert in Chicago, and they have made a leadership gift to (2011/12), La bohème (2012/13), Rusalka (2013/14), Lyric’s second mariachi opera, Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign. Last season, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (2014/15), and The Marriage of Figaro (2015/16). Last Brent and Katie were a Diamond Record Sponsor of the season, Exelon cosponsored Lyric’s production of Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. Brent Gledhill is Carmen. Lyric Opera is fortunate to have Exelon as the Global Head of Investment Banking at William Blair an outstanding corporate partner. & Company, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Lyric is honored to have Brent serve on its Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Audit ELAINE FRANK Committee. A member of the Lyric family since its calling card performance of Don Giovanni in 1954, Elaine Frank has generously supported WILLIAM and ETHEL GOFEN Lyric’s education programs by underwriting the NEXT Student William and Ethel Gofen have been attending Lyric Discount tickets since 2014. Elaine and her family named Opera productions for more than 50 years. They are the Elaine and Zollie Frank Rehearsal Room as part of their generous donors to Lyric’s Annual Campaign, and are major contribution toward the Building on Greatness capital cosponsoring Lyric’s new production of Faust this season. campaign. Most recently, Elaine gave generously to the Breaking New Ground They have also made a leadership gift to the Breaking Campaign’s stage renovation project to ensure Lyric’s technology is competitive New Ground Campaign. Lyric is thrilled to have Ethel with its sister institutions. “Opera has been a part of my life since I was a young Gofen as a member of the Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. girl and still is as I am turning 100. I am grateful for all the wonderful memories my involvement at Lyric has afforded me.” Lyric is grateful for the decades-long HOWARD GOTTLIEB and BARBARA GREIS friendship of Elaine, her family, and her late husband and former Board of Directors Among Lyric’s most devoted subscribers and patrons, member, Zollie Frank. Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis have generously supported Lyric Opera through major contributions to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. They have cosponsored many productions, including this season’s production of Rigoletto. Mr. Gottlieb is the retired chairman of the Glenwood Investment Corporation and an accomplished violinist. Lyric is honored to have him serve as an active member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

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GRAMMA FISHER FOUNDATION WALTER E. HELLER FOUNDATION With an unparalleled record as sponsor of more than 27 new Lyric productions Alyce H. DeCosta was a dedicated philanthropist who loved since the 1960s, the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa is a Chicago and helped nurture cultural life in the city through cornerstone of Lyric’s legacy of world-class achievement in the arts. The Gramma her generous support for the arts and higher education. Mrs. Fisher Foundation has made a leadership commitment to cosponsor each of the DeCosta was a leading member of the Lyric family, having served four operas that make up Wagner’s Ring cycle, which began with Das Rheingold last as a National Director of Lyric’s Board. For many years, she was season and will continue with Die Walküre this season. Lyric is sincerely grateful president of the Walter E. Heller Foundation, a philanthropic for the enduring friendship and leadership of Christine Hunter and other members Alyce H. DeCosta foundation named after her late husband, the founder and of the Fisher family. Lyric is fortunate to have Matthew Fisher serve on its Board past Chairman of Walter E. Heller Co. The Walter E. Heller of Directors and Stephanie Fisher as an esteemed member of the Women’s Board. Foundation has generously funded many Lyric productions, most recently Lyric’s world premiere of Bel Canto (2015/16) and Don Quichotte (2016/17). KAREN Z. GRAY-KREHBIEL and JOHN H. KREHBIEL, JR. J. THOMAS HURVIS Lyric is deeply grateful for the friendship and support of Tom Hurvis is an avid opera fan and longtime Lyric subscriber. Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel. A devoted As part of the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Tom and his member of the Women’s Board, Karen has served on beloved late wife Julie made a generous leadership commitment in several committees, most recently as the 2016 Board support of Lyric Unlimited, comprising the company’s education of Directors’ Annual Meeting Chair. In addition, she and community engagement activities. Tom Hurvis sponsors the contributed a very generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support Renée Fleming Initiative, and made a generous leadership gift in of stage renovations. The Krehbiel family plays a prominent role in the continued support of Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative during the 2016/17 success of the company. Last season, Karen and John joined the production sponsor season. Lyric gratefully acknowledges the Hurvis family’s more than 20 years of family with their generous support of Carmen and this season made a leadership gift contributions to the Annual Campaign, including several production sponsorships, to Wine Auction 2018. as well as their support of The Lyric Opera Broadcasts. Most recently, Tom has given a generous gift to the Ryan Opera Center, endowing a singer in perpetuity MR. & MRS. DIETRICH M. GROSS in memory of dear friend Dick Kiphart. “Opera enriches lives. That is why it is Lyric deeply appreciates the enduring friendship and so important to introduce young people to opera, and for them to experience tremendous generosity of Dietrich and Erika Gross. productions done by the best in their fields. How fortunate we are to have all this Together, they have sponsored/cosponsored a total of 23 right here in Chicago.” Lyric is honored to have Tom Hurvis serve on its Board Lyric productions since 1987/88, including last season’s of Directors, Executive Committee, Innovation Committee, and Lyric Unlimited Das Rheingold and this season’s Die Walküre. Through Committee. yearly challenge grants, they also help generate important momentum for Operathon, Lyric’s annual fundraising broadcast heard live on ITW 98.7WFMT. Lyric is honored to name Mezzanine Box 20 in grateful recognition for Lyric Opera deeply appreciates the long tradition of sustaining their leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Dietrich Gross is an support from Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW). The company has esteemed member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In 2009, made vital contributions to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking Lyric recognized the dedicated leadership and vital involvement of Dietrich Gross by New Ground Campaign, and since 2002, has cosponsored the granting him the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor. Opera Ball, one of Lyric’s most important traditions. ITW has cosponsored many productions, including this season’s new Scott Santi JOHN R. HALLIGAN CHARITABLE FUND production of Faust. Lyric is proud to have Chairman and CEO John R. Halligan was a devoted subscriber and patron of Lyric Scott Santi on its Board of Directors and for many years until his death in 2001. With support from his Executive Committee, along with past ITW Chairmen and CEOs Charitable Fund under the direction of the Fund’s President, W. James Farrell, John Nichols, and the late David Speer. Norman J. Gantz, Mr. Halligan’s philanthropic legacy continues through very generous annual contributions to Lyric. The Halligan EDGAR D. JANNOTTA Fund is proud to support numerous artistic, cultural, and civic Lyric is extremely grateful for the longstanding of support from John R. Halligan organizations which enhance our lifestyles, preserve our sense Ned Jannotta and his beloved late wife Debby. A lifelong opera of history and heritage, instill knowledge, and advance our lover, Ned has been an integral part of the Lyric Opera family, appreciation of nature. The fund focuses its attention on organizations based in the joining the Board of Directors in 1987, serving as President and Chicago and Honolulu metropolitan areas, being the communities in which Mr. CEO of Lyric Opera from 1996 to 2000, and is currently serving Halligan resided during his lifetime. as Co-Chairman Emeritus. Lyric is honored to have received a leadership gift from the Jannottas for the Breaking New Ground Campaign to THE HARRIS FAMILY FOUNDATION create the Ryan Opera Center Music Director Endowed Chair, in addition to their The Harris Family Foundation, represented generous gifts to the Annual Campaign. by Pam and Joe Szokol and King and Caryn Harris, is a valued member of Lyric’s JENNER & BLOCK production sponsorship family, most recently Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block is a leading law firm with global cosponsoring last season’s Carmen and this impact and substantial experience in a broad range of legal issues. season’s Faust. The Harris Family Foundation The firm has long played a prominent role in Chicago’s legal and Joe and Pam Szokol and King and Caryn Harris also supports the Annual Campaign, and business communities, and is consistently ranked as one of the top made a generous commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help firms in the country. Jenner & Block has provided significant pro secure Lyric’s future. Lyric is thrilled to have Vice President of the Foundation bono legal expertise to Lyric, along with generous contributions to Pam Szokol as a member of its Board of Directors and serving on its Production Craig C. Martin the Breaking New Ground Campaign and the Annual Campaign, Sponsorship Committee. Lyric is also grateful for the dedicated involvement of Lyric is fortunate to have Craig C. Martin, Partner and Chair Caryn Harris. Caryn is an active member of the revered Women’s Board and has of Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department, as a valued member of its Board held many leadership positions, most recently as Co-Chair of Opening Night/Opera of Directors, Nominating/ Ball in 2015. Governance, and Executive Committees.

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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. NANCY W. KNOWLES Lyric gratefully acknowledges the vital corporate leadership and support of Opera always played an important role in the life of the late Nancy JPMorgan Chase. Along with the bank’s predecessors The First National Bank of W. Knowles. Her love for the art form was nurtured by her family’s Chicago and Bank One, JPMorgan Chase has generously contributed to the Annual musical traditions. “My father had hundreds and hundreds of Campaign, Lyric Unlimited, and Wine Auction. The bank has also cosponsored records to play,” she fondly recalled, “so classical music was always many mainstage productions, including this season’s in my home.” Nancy Knowles generously invested her time, talents, new production of Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric’s first and leadership abilities to advance Lyric as a member of the Board collaboration with The Joffrey Ballet. of Directors and Executive Committee, and formerly as a Guild Board member. In recognition of her extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric named the THE ANNE and BURT KAPLAN FUND Nancy W. Knowles Lobby in 2007. Ms. Knowles once again made a significant gift in The Kaplan Fund is a longstanding supporter of numerous arts organizations support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign to support the Nancy W. Knowles throughout Chicago, fostering a vibrant visual and performing arts environment. They Student and Family Performances fund. Ms. Knowles generously underwrote the are joining the Lyric production sponsorship family this season with their generous appearance of Lyric’s world premiere Bel Canto on PBS Great Performances on January sponsorship of Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric’s historic collaboration with The Joffrey Ballet. 13, 2017, and had previously cosponsored several mainstage operas. In recognition of her outstanding generosity and enthusiasm, she received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest PATRICIA A. KENNEY and GREGORY J. O'LEARY honor, in 2014. Lyric will forever be grateful for Nancy's extraordinary generosity. Pat Kenney and Greg O'Leary are longtime subscribers and generous donors to Lyric, with a particular passion NANCY and SANFRED KOLTUN for supporting the emerging artists of The Patrick Close members of the Lyric family as longtime subscribers G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. They have and generous supporters, Nancy and Sanfred were generously cosponsored the season-culminating Rising Ryan Opera Center Singer Cosponsors for many years Stars in Concert for six consecutive years, and Greg and cosponsored the Lyric Unlimited family opera The was recently elected to the Ryan Opera Center Board Magic Victrola. This season, they join the production and serves on its Fundraising Committee. Pat and Greg join the Aria Society this year sponsorship family with their generous support of Così fan with their generous Mainstage Singer Sponsorship of celebrated Ryan Opera Center tutte. "In the fall of 1954, I attended Carmen, staged by the precursor of the Lyric. That alumnus Matthew Polenzani in his appearances in this season's production of The Pearl night I fell in love with Carmen, opera, and my date. We were married shortly thereafter. Fishers. Lyric is grateful for their longstanding friendship. "We are thrilled to help Lyric Nancy and I have loved Lyric Opera and have always supported one of the most Opera and the Ryan Opera Center with their mission of providing world class opera cherished cultural institutions of Chicago. It is our hope that our children, grandchildren and training for singers, respectively. Every time we think they hit the high plateau, they and those beyond will be able to attend the Lyric and appreciate what a gem is in their ascend to another." midst."

THE RICHARD P. and SUSAN KIPHART FAMILY MR. and MRS. FRED A. KREHBIEL Susie Kiphart is an esteemed member of the Lyric Opera Kay and Fred Krehbiel are longstanding dedicated family. She is immediate past President of the Ryan Opera members of the Lyric Opera family. Lyric gratefully Center Board, Chair of the Ryan Opera Center Nominating acknowledges their generous contributions to Wine Committee, and serves on the Lyric Unlimited Committee. Auction, the Annual Campaign, and the Breaking New Along with her beloved late husband Dick Kiphart, Susie Ground Campaign. Kay Krehbiel is a leading and is a passionate philanthropist. They have made leadership cherished member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, and Fred contributions to the Campaign for Excellence, of which Krehbiel is a National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. Dick served as chairman, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. They also continue to provide major support for Lyric’s radio programming as members of the broadcast JOSEF and MARGOT LAKONISHOK consortium, sponsorship of Ryan Opera Center Ensemble members, and are generous Devoted members of the Lyric family, Josef and Margot sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric will forever be grateful for the visionary Lakonishok have subscribed to Lyric for many seasons. leadership of the late Dick Kiphart. He was a past President and CEO as well as They have contributed to the Annual Campaign, and Chairman of Lyric’s Board of Directors, Chairman of the Nominating/Governance made a significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Committee, and a member of the Executive, Finance and Production Sponsorship Campaign. They have also cosponsored several mainstage Committees. The Kipharts’ enthusiasm for opera and heartfelt commitment to Lyric productions, including last year’s Eugene Onegin and are tremendous assets to the company, and in recognition of their passion and immense this season’s Orphée et Eurydice. The CEO of LSV Asset dedication they received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2013. Management, Josef Lakonishok is a dedicated member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, serving on the Executive, Finance, and Investment Committees. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a more than 100-year history of providing JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION exceptional service to clients in Chicago and around the world The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective in complex litigation, corporate and tax, intellectual property, institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful restructuring, and counseling matters. The firm is committed to world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible enhancing quality of life through educational opportunities, cultural on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, awareness, youth programs, and community outreach. Kirkland & global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for Linda K. Myers Ellis LLP has cosponsored several operas, most recently The Merry the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the Foundation Widow (2015/16), and was Lead Corporate Sponsor of the Chicago supports creativity in Chicago through its arts and culture grantmaking. The Voices Gala Benefit last season. Lyric Opera is fortunate to have Linda K. Myers, a Partner Foundation’s support helps create powerful performances and exhibitions, educate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as a member young people, and engage communities, while providing of its Board of Directors, Executive and arts and culture organizations the flexibility to innovate Production Sponsorship Committees. and experiment. Lyric Opera is very grateful for the ongoing support of the MacArthur Foundation.

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MALOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION MR. and MRS. ROBERT S. MORRISON Robert H. Malott, Retired Chairman and CEO of FMC Susan and Bob Morrison are devoted members of Corporation, is a fervent fan of opera and music, and Lyric is the Lyric Opera family. Both are loyal subscribers delighted to call him a longtime friend, staunch leader, and and patrons who take an active role in nurturing generous supporter. The Malott Room was named in his family’s Lyric’s success. Susan Morrison is a leading member honor in recognition of their gift to the Building on Greatness of the Women’s Board. Lyric is fortunate to have Bob Capital Campaign, and in recognition of the Malott Family’s Morrison serve as a member of its Board of Directors. Robert H. Malott commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Box 18 is The Morrisons have generously supported the Opera named in perpetuity in honor of Robert H. Malott for his extraordinary generosity and Ball and Wine Auction as well as the Annual Campaign steadfast dedication to Lyric Opera. He also plays a leadership role as a Life Director for many years. They provided a substantial gift to the of Lyric’s Board of Directors. Breaking New Ground Campaign, and have previously cosponsored Lyric’s Musical Theatre Initiative, including My Fair Lady last season. This season the Morrisons MAZZA FOUNDATION are generously sponsoring Lyric’s production of Turandot. “Lyric reaches patrons at Lyric deeply appreciates the abiding every level. People are here because they love it. They’re welcomed, embraced, and friendship and generosity of the Mazza made to feel part of a family.” Foundation. Under the guidance of its directors, Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas THE ELIZABETH MORSE CHARITABLE TRUST J. Lavezzorio, Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Lyric sincerely appreciates the tremendous ongoing support of and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind, the The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, as well as the invaluable Mazza Foundation provided major leadership of the Trust’s Co-Trustees JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas support for the Student Matinees for and James L. Alexander. One of two trusts established in memory J. Lavezzorio, and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind many years, helping Lyric introduce of Elizabeth Morse Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist the majesty and grandeur of opera to Charles Hosmer Morse, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust thousands of young people each season. Since 2005, the Mazza Foundation has been Elizabeth Morse Genius supports non-profit organizations that reflect the values of thrift, part of the production sponsorship family, most recently cosponsoring last season’s humility, industry, self-sufficiency, and self-sacrifice, such as Lyric Opera. The Carmen and this season’s new production of Die Walküre. Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust most recently cosponsored last season’s company premiere of Les Troyens as well as many past productions, along with its sister trust, LAUTER McDOUGAL CHARITABLE FUND the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust. To show its grateful appreciation for Nancy and her late husband Alfred have provided The Trust’s generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, as well as to vital support to the Annual Campaign as well as recognize The Trust’s commitment for more than fifteen years to helping build the The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. company’s core capacities and institutional infrastructure, Lyric named one of its In addition, Nancy generously sponsored Lawrence key meeting rooms in its executive offices the Elizabeth Morse Conference Room. Brownlee and Eric Owens in Recital, Lyric Unlimited’s Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD, and Rising Stars in

Fred and Nancy McDougal Concert last season. This season, Nancy continues this support as a cosponsor of Piotr Beczała in Recital, Lyric ALLAN and ELAINE MUCHIN Unlimited’s Fellow Travelers, EmpowerYouth!, Rising Stars in Concert, and the Ryan Allan and Elaine Muchin are longtime, valued members Opera Center fundraising event Ladies’ Choice. of the Lyric Opera family. Allan served as President and CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006, and THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION is currently Co-Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Lyric is deeply grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long and tremendous Directors and serves on the Executive Committee. history of support. Through a multi-year commitment to Lyric’s American Horizons The Muchins have staunchly supported the Annual initiative in 2000, the Mellon Foundation encouraged presentation of American Campaign, Operathon, and the Stars of Lyric Opera operas and expansion of the operatic repertory by providing major support for Lyric at Millennium Park concert, and have committed leadership gifts to the Building Opera premieres. During the 2012/13 season, the Mellon Foundation provided on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking leadership funding to launch Lyric’s visionary new Lyric Unlimited programming, New Ground Campaign. Lyric is extremely grateful for Allan and Elaine Muchin’s which included the Chicago premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s munificent friendship. first Mariachi opera. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation continued its generous partnership with Lyric Unlimited by providing outstanding support for Lyric’s world NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the ARTS premiere mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and continued its unparalleled Our support from the National Endowment for the Arts: Grants awarded by legacy by cosponsoring last season’s world premiere of mainstage production Bel the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have played a leading role in the Canto. Most recently, the Mellon Foundation has provided generous leadership advancement of Lyric’s programming and expansion of the operatic repertoire, funding for Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative, specifically focused on the Community serving the public good by fostering creativity and artistic excellence in America. Created Performances component, which plays a vital role Through production and program funding as well as a major challenge grant, in bringing together Chicago’s diverse communities and awards from the NEA have nurtured Lyric’s world-class artistic achievements. vocal traditions in celebration of the human voice. The Endowment has funded important artistic initiatives at Lyric such as American Horizons, Great American Voices, and Toward the 21st Century. The THE MONUMENT TRUST (UK) NEA has provided vital support for numerous Lyric Opera premieres, new Lyric is grateful for the generosity of The Monument Trust and its Chairman of productions, and revivals, most recently last season’s Les Troyens and this season’s trustees Stewart Grimshaw, who initiated their support for the cosponsorship of I Puritani. Rusalka in 2013/14 and cosponsored Anna Bolena (2014/15), Wozzeck (2015/16), and The Magic Flute (2016/17). The Monument Trust is a passionate supporter of the arts in the U.K. and U.S. and cosponsors Lyric’s new production of Orphée et Eurydice this season.

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THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION JOHN D. and ALEXANDRA C. NICHOLS The founder of The Negaunee Foundation has great affection for music, the Longtime enthusiasts of arts and culture in Chicago, John performing arts, and Mozart. These interests, combined with a strong admiration D. and Alexandra C. Nichols have steadfastly supported of Lyric Opera, have been instrumental in bringing operas to Lyric’s mainstage. the Annual Campaign, and are generous sponsors of The Negaunee Foundation has cosponsored many productions, most recently the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric Opera is extremely last season’s productions of The Magic Fluteand My Fair Lady. This season The grateful for John and Alexandra Nichols’ significant Negaunee Foundation is of the lead sponsor of both Così fan tutte and Jesus Christ leadership contributions to both the Campaign for Superstar. The Negaunee Foundation has also made a generous gift to the Breaking Excellence and the Breaking New Ground Campaign, establishing the John D. and New Ground Campaign. Lyric is very fortunate to be among the Chicago cultural Alexandra C. Nichols Grand Staircase. Retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool institutions benefitting from The Negaunee Foundation’s leadership and financial Works and Retired Vice Chairman and CEO of The Marmon Group, Inc., John commitment. Lyric is honored to have The Negaunee Foundation’s president serve Nichols is also a dedicated National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. “Our as a member of its Board of Directors and Audit Committee. involvement with the opera company is truly a deeply rewarding experience for both of us.” Lyric is immensely grateful for the unwavering generosity of John and SYLVIA NEIL and DANIEL FISCHEL Alexandra Nichols. Sylvia and Dan have been loyal Lyric Opera subscribers and donors for many years, and have cosponsored several NORTHERN TRUST mainstage opera productions, including last season’s Lyric is honored to have Jana R. Schreuder, chief operating officer Lucia di Lammermoor and this year’s The Pearl Fishers. of Northern Trust, serve as a member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, They made a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Executive and Finance Committees, and William A. Osborn, Campaign to help secure Lyric’s future. “It has been very Northern Trust’s retired chairman and CEO, serve as a member enjoyable to become part of the Lyric family and to give of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A leading back to a place that has given us so much pleasure. There have been many moments global financial services provider, Northern Trust has enjoyed a long- for both Dan and me when we have said, tonight is incredible, it is one of the Jana R. Schreuder standing and significant relationship with Lyric. Based in Chicago, memorable performances of our lifetime. Lyric Opera of Chicago is an international the firm has played a major role supporting the Annual Campaign star and it is evidenced by the people who choose to be involved here.”Lyric is and Lyric Unlimited. Northern Trust also provides vital leadership contributions honored to have Sylvia Neil serve on its Board of Directors, Executive, Production to Lyric as presenting sponsor of the triennial Wine Auction since 2000, and as Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. cosponsor of the Opera Ball (annually since 1998). In addition, Northern Trust has cosponsored several mainstage productions including last season’s My Fair THE NERENBERG FOUNDATION Lady. "Being a good corporate citizen is very During their lifetimes, Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg important," William Osborn once said. "It were passionate supporters of Lyric Opera and allows us to do our part to help keep the City subscribed for more than 30 years. They were of Chicago strong and viable and, in the end, especially supportive of The Patrick G. and Shirley this is beneficial to everyone." W. Ryan Opera Center and loved to watch these young artists perform and grow at Lyric Opera. NUVEEN INVESTMENTS Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Jerry Nerenberg and his wife Elaine passed away Nuveen Investments, represented by Lyric Board of Directors in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In their wills, they established The Jerome and and Finance committee member John P. Amboian, has been an Elaine Nerenberg Foundation, which was funded to make generous annual grants enthusiastic supporter for more than three decades. “Lyric Opera to Lyric Opera for many years to come. Lyric is very appreciative of the Nerenbergs’ is one of the gems of Chicago; a world-class endeavor in every thoughtfulness and generosity in creating this planned gift. aspect of its operation” proudly says John. Dedicated to developing the next generation of opera lovers, Nuveen Investments provided NIB FOUNDATION John P. Amboian general support for Lyric’s education and community engagement Founding owners/managers of former radio station WNIB, Sonia initiatives, and has underwritten NEXT student discount tickets. and the late William Florian established the NIB Foundation to Nuveen Investments has also cosponsored several extend their support to many worthwhile arts and environmental mainstage opera productions and has committed causes. Sonia is a devoted member of the Lyric family, having a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground subscribed to Lyric for more than four decades. The NIB Campaign. Foundation continues to cosponsor many mainstage productions Sonia Florian including this season’s production of Orphée et Eurydice, and made MR. and MRS. DAVID T. ORMESHER a major commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is sincerely grateful for the devotion of David In addition to their magnanimous financial support, Mr. and Mrs. Florian and the and Sheila Ormesher. David is founder and CEO NIB Foundation gave their valuable collection of operatic and other vocal recordings of closerlook, inc., a Chicago-based digital marketing to Lyric, making Lyric’s Educational Library Collection one of the most extensive agency serving the pharmaceutical industry since 1987. collections of its kind in the country. Sonia Florian very generously provided a closerlook has given generously to Lyric Opera for naming gift for the Florian Opera Bistro located on the third floor of the Lyric many years, sponsoring Fantasy of the Opera from 2009 Opera House. Sonia is a vital member of Lyric’s to 2014 and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Park concert for six consecutive years. Most recently, David and Sheila generously Production Sponsorship Committee, and was provided an Operathon Challenge Grant, supported the Opera Ball, and made a awarded the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most leadership gift towards the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is proud to prestigious honor, in 2015 for her outstanding have David T. Ormesher serving as its Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the commitment to the company. Executive Committee, and on seven sub-committees of the Board.

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MR. and MRS. WILLIAM A. OSBORN PATRICK G. RYAN and Bill and Cathy Osborn are devoted members of the SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN Lyric Opera family. They have subscribed to Lyric for Lyric cherishes the enduring friendship and dedication over two decades and enjoy participating in special of Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan. Since 1966 when events such as Opening Night/Opera Ball and Wine they first subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have Auction. The Osborns have generously contributed to shared their leadership, talents, vision, and resources the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground to advance Lyric’s mission. Over the past four decades, Campaign. Cathy Osborn, a valued member of Lyric’s the Ryans have contributed generously to the Annual Women’s Board, was Co-Chairman of Lyric’s highly successful Wine Auction Campaign, Wine Auctions (which Mrs. Ryan initiated 2009, and Chairman of Opera Ball 2013. William A. Osborn, Northern Trust’s in 1988), and the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support of the Innovation Retired Chairman and CEO, is a leading member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Initiative. In recognition of his leadership role in the Building on Greatness Capital Executive Committee. Campaign, Pat Ryan was a recipient of the 1994 Carol Fox Award. For many seasons, they have sponsored Lyric Opera Commentaries, underwriting this special POWERSHARES QQQ project to honor the memory of their parents. The Ryans are sponsors of the Renée PowerShares QQQ, represented by Dan Draper, Managing Fleming Initiative and Lyric’s premier artist development program was renamed The Director and Head of Global ETFs, PowerShares by Invesco, is Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center in recognition of their extraordinary proud to sponsor the arts as a corporate partner of Lyric Opera. gift to the Campaign for Excellence. Pat and Shirley serve as Honorary Co-Chairs They previously cosponsored the productions of Cinderella and of the Ryan Opera Center Board. A Vice President and a member of the Executive, Romeo and Juliet, and they generously cosponsored Lyric’s new Nominating/Governance, and Innovation Committees of Lyric’s Board of Directors production of The Magic Flute last season. During the 2017/18 and a distinguished former President of the Women’s Board, Shirley Welsh Dan Draper season, PowerShares QQQ generously cosponsors Turandot. Ryan was awarded the 2007 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, in PowerShares global network recognizes the value in helping recognition of her many years of devoted service to the company. investors around the world, but with headquarters in Downers Grove, "We also support Lyric Opera’s RICHARD O. RYAN deep engagement with the local community to foster A passionate supporter of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan a rich culture of arts right here in Chicago." Opera Center, Lyric’s premier artist development program, Richard cosponsors Ryan Opera Center soprano Ann Toomey. PRITZKER FOUNDATION An ardent opera lover, Richard has been a Lyric subscriber for The Pritzker Foundation is a leading supporter of more than 45 years. He recently made a generous leadership arts and education philanthropies in Chicago. Lyric commitment to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign for the Opera of Chicago is truly grateful for the Pritzker stage improvement project. Richard proudly serves as a member of the Ryan Opera Foundation’s generous support of the Breaking New Center Board, and was formerly a Guild Board member. Lyric is grateful for the Ground Campaign to underwrite the Pritzker Family munificent support of Richard Ryan. Concert Shell, designed by renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang architects. Lyric Opera is DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION honored to have Life Member Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker and Since 1983, the Dr. Scholl Foundation’s commitment to Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker M. K. Pritzker serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. children, families and educational enrichment through the arts has led it to provide essential support for one of Lyric’s most popular cultural engagement opportunities J. CHRISTOPHER and ANNE N. REYES available to young Chicagoans, the Student Matinees. Anne and Chris Reyes are prominent members of the Each year, these widely accessible performances at Lyric Lyric family. A past President of Lyric’s Women’s Board, Jack and Catherine Scholl Opera of Chicago reach audiences of junior high and Anne was recently elected to serve on Lyric’s Board of high school students, many of whom are experiencing opera for the first time. Lyric Directors, Executive and Lyric Unlimited Committees; Opera is deeply grateful to the Dr. Scholl Foundation for its generous ongoing Chris is also a valued member of the Board of Directors, support of Student Matinees/Performances for Students, commemorating Catherine and serves on its Nominating/Governance and Finance A. and Jack E. Scholl, who championed cultural and institutional education. Committees. Together they have made important contributions to Lyric as cosponsors of several mainstage productions, including this EARL and BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION season’s Jesus Christ Superstar. They have staunchly supported the Wine Auction and Prominent members of the Lyric family for many seasons, Brenda are major supporters of the Annual Campaign, Breaking New Ground Campaign, Shapiro and her late husband Earl provided vital support to the and Lyric Unlimited. Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. The Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions, LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION most recently last season’s presentation of Norma. Lyric is honored A graduate of the University of Illinois and life-long arts philanthropist Lloyd E. to have Brenda Shapiro serve on the Board of Directors as well Rigler established the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation in 1977 in Brenda Shapiro as the Executive, Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited memory of his partner to provide major support to arts organizations in Los Angeles Committees. and nationwide. In 1994, the late Mr. Rigler established the Classic Arts Showcase in an effort to provide free arts programming to those who could not afford to attend WILLIAM and ARLENE STALEY live performances. Mr. Rigler’s nephew James Rigler now serves as President of the Loyal subscribers for more than four decades, Bill and Foundation and continues the important legacy established by his late uncle. As Orli Staley have contributed to the Annual Campaign Lyric strives to expand its reach and relevance, it is grateful to the Rigler-Deutsch as well as provided vital support for the Ryan Opera Foundation for its support of the annual Operathon broadcast on 98.7WFMT. The Center. Recently, they have enabled hundreds of students Rigler-Deutsch Foundation also generously cosponsored Lyric’s company premiere to see mainstage Lyric productions by supporting Lyric of Les Troyens last season and is cosponsoring Die Walküre this season. Unlimited’s Performances for Students initiative. Lyric is honored to have Orli Staley serve as a life member of the Ryan Opera Center Board. The Staleys join the production sponsor family this season with their generous cosponsorship of Lyric’s new production of Orphée et Eurydice.

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LIZ STIFFEL THE WALLACE FOUNDATION A passionate devotee of opera and loyal subscriber at Lyric, Liz is a The Wallace Foundation is a national philanthropy that seeks to improve learning prominent member of Lyric’s Women’s Board and a longstanding and enrichment for disadvantaged children and foster the vitality of the arts for member of the Guild Board of Directors. She has cosponsored everyone. Wallace has an unusual approach: funding projects to test innovative several mainstage productions, most recently Carousel (2014/15), ideas for solving important social problems, conducting research to find out what Das Rheingold and My Fair Lady (both 2016/17), and this season’s works and what doesn’t and to fill key knowledge gaps – and then communicating new production of Orphée et Eurydice. Lyric has named Mezzanine the results to help others. Lyric Opera is the recipient of a multi-phase grant as Box 1 in recognition of her significant gift to the Breaking New part of the Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability initiative; the grant Ground Campaign. Liz Stiffel was awarded the 2017 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most is funding research and analysis of Lyric Opera prestigious honor, in recognition of her continuing dedication to Lyric. “I believe audiences, and will reveal ways in which Lyric can that Lyric and all art forms are beacons of light that shine as examples of the best that maximize its reach in the community. Lyric’s work mankind has to offer to our children, our nation, and ourselves.” will inform lessons that will be shared with the broader field. MRS. HERBERT A. VANCE and MR. and MRS. WILLIAM C. VANCE ROBERTA L. and ROBERT J. WASHLOW Lyric Opera appreciates the extraordinary generosity Roberta and Bob Washlow are cherished members and leadership of the Vance Family. The Vances of the Lyric family. For more than four decades, have generously sponsored/cosponsored several Lyric they have enjoyed attending Lyric performances and premieres and new productions, most recently last special events, and have generously supported the season’s My Fair Lady. For many years, the Vances have Annual Campaign. Since 1986, the Port, Washlow, supported emerging singers through their sponsorship and Errant Families together sponsored more than 20 of Ryan Opera Center Ensemble members. In addition, Lyric productions. The Washlows made a generous Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance contributed to the commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to support Lyric Unlimited Carol and William Vance Breaking New Ground Campaign, and are generous activities. Roberta and Bob have annually remained valued members of the sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative. Mr. Vance is Vice President and an production sponsorship family, and generously cosponsor this season’s production esteemed member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He of Rigoletto, their tenth opera cosponsorship, continuing a beloved family tradition. also serves as a life member of the Ryan Opera Center Board, of which he is a Lyric is honored to have Roberta Washlow as an esteemed member of its Board past President. Bill Vance was awarded the 2016 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. “Opera has always touched me,” prestigious honor, in recognition of his leadership, steadfast support, and many years Roberta once said. “I love the drama, passion, music, and excitement of a live of devoted service to Lyric Opera. performance at Lyric. Nothing can replace it, and I hope this beautiful art form will continue for generations.” DONNA VAN EEKEREN FOUNDATION Donna Van Eekeren is a devoted opera fan, Lyric subscriber, HELEN and SAM ZELL and generous supporter of the Ryan Opera Center. She enjoys Helen and Sam Zell are passionate supporters of encouraging talented young artists as Lead Sponsor of Rising Chicago’s vibrant cultural scene. They are longtime Stars in Concert and Exclusive Sponsor of its radio rebroadcast on subscribers to Lyric Opera and have contributed to the 98.7WFMT. Reflecting her passion for introducing young people Annual Campaign for many years. Helen and Sam have to opera, the Donna Van Eekeren Foundation has supported cosponsored several new productions, most recently Donna Van Eekeren Lyric’s Performances for Students, NEXT discount tickets for the first two installments of Lyric’s new Ring cycle, Das college students, and Opera in the Neighborhoods. The Donna Rheingold (2016/17) and this season’s Die Walküre. Van Eekeren Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions including Lyric’s premiere of Les Troyens (2016/17) and this season’s production of I Puritani. Donna also made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help secure Lyric’s future. Executive Chairman of Land O’Frost, Donna Van Eekeren is a valued member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, serving as Secretary of the Board, on the Executive and Finance Committees, and on the Ryan Opera Center Board.

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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 end, 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 July 1, 2017.

Anonymous Nuveen Investments Caerus Foundation, Inc. Sheila and David Ormesher The Monument Trust (UK) Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn The Negaunee Foundation PwC John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols David Ramon* J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Foundation Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley Welsh Ryan John and Ann Amboian Robert and Evelyn McCullen Julie and Roger Baskes Allan and Elaine Muchin Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Northern Trust David and Orit Carpenter Susan and Robert E. Wood II Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross* Nancy W. Knowles Anonymous (3) Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP The Barker Welfare Foundation* Anonymous Marion A. Cameron Abbott and Abbott Fund Ann and Reed Coleman* The Crown Family Nancy Dehmlow Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson* John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell The Ferguson-Yntema Family Charitable Trust Anonymous (2) Elaine Frank* Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation Sue and Melvin Gray* Julius Frankel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy The Harris Family Foundation Lavin Family Foundation The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Blythe Jaski McGarvie Josef and Margot Lakonishok Jeffrey C. Neal and Susan J. Cellmer Robert H. Malott Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Edward B. Rouse and Barbara R. Rouse Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfield Rose L. Shure Trust Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas* Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Roberta L. Washlow and Robert J. Washlow Anne Zenzer Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss

Anonymous Anonymous Alice and John Butler* Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Anderson Jack and Peggy Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden Maurice J. and Patricia Frank John W. and Rosemary K. Brown Family Foundation Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust* Joyce Chelberg* ITW Estate of Nelson D. Cornelius Edgar D. Jannotta Family Vinay Couto and Lynn Vincent Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Ann M. Drake The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust* Lois and Steve Eisen/Eisen Family Foundation NIB Foundation Lloyd Gerlach, in memory of Mary Ann Gerlach* Pritzker Foundation Virginia and Gary Gerst* Richard O. Ryan Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance* Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Phillip and Norma Gordon* Ada and Whitney Addington HMR Designs James N. and Laurie V. Bay Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr.* Bulley & Andrews Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Amy and Paul Carbone Patricia Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Considine Susan M. Miller* Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Near North Chapter* Brent and Katie Gledhill William C. and Nancy Richardson* Ethel and William Gofen Candy and Gary Ridgway* Jenner & Block Collin and Lili Roche Jim and Kay Mabie Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Marsha Serlin

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Larry G. Simpson and Edward T. Zasadil* Helen Brach Foundation Mary Stowell Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hirschfield* Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Anonymous Ms. Elizabeth Hoffman* Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Ken and Amy Aldridge* Howard E. Jessen Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden American Airlines Dr. Anne M. Juhasz* Jane B. and John C. Colman Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Elizabeth A. Khalil* Mitch Crask, Ph.D. Diane and Michael Beemer* Burt and Mary Ann Lewis* Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Ross and Patricia D. Bender* Maura Ann McBreen Drs. George and Sally Dunea Sir Andrew Davis and Lady Davis Sarah Miller* Daniel Groteke and Patricia Taplick Erika E. Erich* Matt and Carrie Parr Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Karen and Tom Phillips* Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hank Mary Patricia Gannon Allan and Meline Pickus Foundation Carrie and Harry Hightman James R. Grimes Ellie Radvanovsky* Capt. Bernardo Iorgulesco USMC Memorial Fund Carl J. Hildner* The Rhoades Foundation* Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan James and Mary Houston Norman Sackar* John and Mary Kohlmeier Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull Linda Samuelson and Joel Howell* Richard and Susan Levy The King Family Foundation Claudia Saran Lester and Mary Jane Marriner Reinhardt H. and Shirley R. Jahn Foundation* Alan Schriesheim* Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Smith Kate B. Morrison Kenneth R. Norgan Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander* Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher Ellie Radvanovsky Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taylor Ilene Simmons David J. Varnerin* Virginia Tobiason* Mrs. John Stanek W.K. Kellogg Foundation Richard and Marietta Toft* Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Owen and Linda Youngman* Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp* Gwenyth B. Warton U.S. Bank* Pam and David Waud Mrs. John H. Andersen* Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Mrs. John A. Wing Dr. Michael Angell* Michal C. Wadsworth Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr.* Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer E. M. Bakwin David and Linda Wesselink

*Insull Society Member: Gifts of $10,000 or more allocated to the stage renovation. Lyric 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 The Guild Board of Directors LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED FUNDS The Women’s Board General Director Verdi Endowed Chair Estate of Robert and Isabelle Bass Endowed Chair Wagner Endowed Chair – A Gift From An George F. and Linda L. Brusky Youth In Loving Memory Of Ardis Krainik Anonymous Donor Education Endowment Fund John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Music Director Endowed Chair Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Concertmaster John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair Hope Baldwin McCormick Trust Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Costume Director Howard A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair Endowed Chair RYAN OPERA CENTER ENDOWED Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Chapters’ Endowed Chair For Education FUNDS Lighting Designer Endowed Chair In Memory Of Alfred Glasser Anonymous In Honor Of Duane Schuler The Ryan Opera Center Board Opera Center Thomas Doran Jannotta Family Ryan Opera Center Director Endowed Chair J. Thomas Hurvis In Memory of Richard P. Kiphart Music Director Endowed Chair Edgar D. Jannotta Family Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Philip G. Lumpkin Robert and Ellen Marks American Opera Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Robert Marks In Honor Of Gianna Rolandi Estate of Marjorie Mayhall Baroque Opera Endowed Chair – A Gift From Allan and Elaine Muchin Production and An Anonymous Donor Richard Pearlman Charitable Trust Fund for Music Technical Director Endowed Chair Lois B. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfield Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Bel Canto Opera Endowed Chair Joanne Silver Endowed Chair The Lois L. Ward Trust W. James and Maxine P. Farrell In Memory Of Harold Beider French Opera Endowed Chair Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Endowment Fund Irma Parker German Opera Endowed Chair LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED PROGRAM Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk The NIB Foundation Italian Opera Distinguished Conductor Award Endowed Chair Sarah and A. Watson Armour III PRODUCTION ENDOWMENT FUND Regenstein Foundation Mozart Endowed Chair Nelson Cornelius Trust In Memory Of Ruth Regenstein James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Mary Patricia Gannon Joanne Silver Puccini Endowed Chair

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 53 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 October 1, 2017. Annual Meeting Dinner 2017 Thierer Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. and Daria M. Lewicky Strategy&, part of the PwC network U.S. Bank/Marsha Cruzan Florence D. McMillan/Cynthia Sargent Audience Development Initiative Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Quarles & Brady LLP/Patrick J. Bitterman The Wallace Foundation Operathon Reed Smith LLP Collin and Lili Roche Ardmore Associates Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse 98.7WFMT The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Family Operathon Merchandise Sponsor Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Foundation Fellowes, Inc. Nancy S. Searle Cast Parties Orphée et Eurydice PBS Great Performances Mary Lynne Shafer Donald and Anne Edwards Lead Sponsor Skadden/Rodd Schreiber and Susan Hassan Judy and Bill Goldberg Liz Stiffel Spencer Stuart Liz Stiffel Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Meredith and Patrick Wood Prince/ Sonia Florian Prince Charitable Trusts Innovation Initiative Margot and Josef Lakonishok Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Additional Support Wine Auction 2018 Lyric Signature Events Ethel and William Gofen Presenting Sponsor: PwC Jim and Kay Mabie Northern Trust United Scrap Metal, Inc. Overture Society Luncheons Catalogue Sponsor: Official Airline Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Liz Stiffel American Airlines Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Susan M. Miller Dinner Wine Sponsor Opening Night Gala Anonymous Aon Piotr Beczała in Recital Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Wine Auction Reception Sponsor: Opera Ball Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. ITW Planned Giving Seminars Northern Trust William Blair & Company Official Airline: American Airlines Opening Night Gala and Opera Ball Fund Morgan Stanley (2) Abbott Projected English Titles Premium Patrons: Ada and Whitney Addington Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Anonymous BMO Harris Bank Foundation Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP CIBC Bank USA Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder Renée Fleming Initiative Mrs. Audre D. Carlin Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Anonymous Amy and Paul Carbone Donald and Anne Edwards Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Greg and Mamie Case Brent and Katie Gledhill The Crown Family closerlook, inc. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein J. Thomas Hurvis The Comer Foundation Fund ITW The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family The Crown Family Make It Better Media John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Eisen Family Foundation Jenner & Block LLP Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro Jr. Annie and Gregory K. Jones Family Foundation Harris Family Foundation Spring Musical Celebration 2017 Rebecca and Lester Knight King and Caryn Harris Lead Sponsor: Silvia and Jay Krehbiel Pam and Joe Szokol Zurich Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison William and Cathleen Osborn Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Premium Patrons: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation Bain & Company John Raitt Jenner & Block Baird Rebecca and Lester Knight Erica L. Sandner Bulley & Andrews/Suzette and Allan Bulley Sipi Metals Corporation Nancy W. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. Michel W. Ferro, Jr. Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Carl and Marilynn Thoma Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz UL LLC Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn First Midwest Bank J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Additional Support: Betsy and Andy Rosenfield J. Thomas Hurvis Greg and Mamie Case Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan ITW Lois and Steve Eisen Nancy S. Searle Annie and Greg Jones Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Edgar D. Jannotta Liz Stiffel KPMG LLP Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Ellen and Jim Stirling Lazard Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Stu Hirsh Orchestra

54 | November 19 - December 10, 2017 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 October 1, 2017. With Major Support from the Caerus Foundation, Inc. Caminos a la ópera (Pathways to Opera) Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Rosy and Jose Luis Prado

Chicago Voices Leadership Funding: J. Thomas Hurvis The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ford Foundation Additional Support: The Chicago Community Trust City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Hundreds of students go behind the scenes at the Lyric Opera House though Lyric Unlimited Student Backstage Tours Eisen Family Foundation Baxter International, Inc. Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Empower Youth! Helen Brach Foundation Patricia Hyde Igniting Creativity through the Arts Nuveen Investments Leadership Funding: Renée Fleming Centene Charitable Foundation Eric and Deb Hirschfield Pre-Opera Talks Additional Support: The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation - Raynette and Ned Boshell Eisen Family Foundation Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund James and Michele Young Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Molex Senior Matinee Family Day at Lyric Northern Trust Buehler Family Foundation Bank of America Rose L. Shure Charitable Trust Lannan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Fellow Travelers Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Dr. Sondra C. Rabin The Wallace Foundation The Retirement Research Foundation Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund NEXT Student Ticket Program Siragusa Family Foundation Leadership Funding: General Support The Grainger Foundation Student Backstage Tours Leadership Funding: Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Additional Support: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Paul and Mary Anderson Youth Opera Council Additional Support: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Terry J. Medhurst Anonymous (3) The Brinson Foundation Penelope and Robert Steiner The Barker Welfare Foundation Elaine Frank

With Major Support provided from the Nancy W. Knowles Stars of Lyric Opera at Student and Family Performances Fund Millennium Park 2017 Chicago Public Schools Bus Scholarship John Hart and Carol Prins Lead Sponsor: U.S. Bank Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation closerlook, inc. Segal Family Foundation Cosponsors: Opera in the Neighborhoods Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Anonymous Anonymous Donor The Scorpions’ Sting Amy and Paul Carbone Opera Residencies for Schools Anonymous (2) Crain-Maling Foundation Anonymous Joyce Chelberg Fifth Third Bank BNY Mellon Dover Foundation Annie & Greg Jones Family Foundation Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Brent and Katie Gledhill Sipi Metals Corp. Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Robert and Evelyn McCullen Lake Geneva Chapter Polk Bros. Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Allan and Elaine Muchin Walter Family Foundation Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Performances for Students Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow Patricia Hyde Bulley & Andrews Wintrust Community Banks Music Performance Trust Fund and Film Funds Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 55 Experience Lyric’s Enhanced Dining Features! Nothing makes an evening more special than adding an enjoyable dinner to a beautiful performance — and we’re excited to share a host of enhancements this season designed to make the convenience of dining at Lyric both elegant and delicious, from start to fi nish.

Our newly-renovated Sarah and Peer Pedersen Room o ers stylish dining and stays open one Friday night means sushi! Chef hour after the show for post-show Tom Osaki delivers delicious, fresh cocktails. sushi on Friday nights and for all Die Walküre performances.

The Pedersen Room and the Florian Opera Bistro feature new Don’t forget to pre-order your wine lists by Master Sommelier drinks before the show and pick Alpana Singh. up at intermission — and choose a Lyric cup to enjoy your beverage at your seat during the show! We’re thrilled to have Chicago’s top chefs and restaurateurs Featured Chef create featured entrées for the Lyric’s most generous donors can Pedersen Room. enjoy the sophistication of The William B. and Catherine Graham Room, featuring superb farm-to- Visit our new champagne bar table menus by Calihan Catering Cheers! located on the Main Floor and additional exclusive benefi ts. and enjoy featured champagnes and cocktails.

LYRICOPERA.ORGDINING LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Dan Novak Craig Terry Julia Faulkner Renée Fleming Faculty Director Music Director Director of Vocal Studies Advisor Julia Faulkner The Ryan Opera Center The Jannotta Family Elizabeth F. Cheney Gianna Rolandi Board Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Foundation W. Stephen Smith Voice Instruction Ensemble The Robert and Ellen Marks Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair in honor of Gianna Rolandi

Harry Bicket Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Matthew A. Epstein Renée Fleming Matthew Polenzani Guest Master Artists Soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Contralto WHITNEY DIANA ANN LINDSAY LAUREN Alan Darling MORRISON NEWMAN TOOMEY METZGER DECKER Laurann Gilley Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Bénédicte Jourdois J. Thomas Hurvis Anonymous Donor, The Susan and Richard P. Anonymous Donor Anonymous Donor, Celeste Rue Michael and Salme Kiphart Family, Richard O. Susan M. Miller, Eric Weimer Harju Steinberg, Ryan, Richard W. Shepro Thierer Family Pedro Yanez Mrs. J. W. and Lindsay E. Roberts Foundation Van Gorkom Coaching Staff

Julia Klein Derek Matson Marina Vecci Alessandra Visconti Melissa Wittmeier Foreign Language Instruction

Dawn Arnold Tenor Tenor Tenor Baritone Baritone Katie Klein ALEC JOSH MARIO EMMETT TAKAOKI Elise Sandell CARLSON LOVELL ROJAS O’HANLON ONISHI Acting and Movement Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Instruction Stepan Company Maurice J. and Elizabeth F. Cheney George L. Jewell, Renée Fleming Patricia Frank Foundation Lois B. Siegel, Foundation, Orit Carpenter Drs. Joan and Russ International Zajtchuk Foundation for Arts Performance Psychology and Culture Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant

Artistic/Production Personnel Kathleen Kelly Edwin Outwater Conductors

Elise Sandell Director

Bass-Baritone Bass Pianist Peggy Stenger ALAN PATRICK MADELINE HIGGS GUETTI SLETTEDAHL Bill Walters Stage Managers Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Heidi Heutel Bohn, The C. G. Pinnell Nancy Dehmlow, Lawrence O. Corry, Family Loretta N. Julian, Theresa Ham Robert C. Marks Philip G. Lumpkin Lucy Lindquist Maureen Reilly Wardrobe

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 57 Alumni Perform at Lyric — and Around the World — in 2017/18

MATTHEW POLENZANI (Duke/Rigoletto; Nadir/The Pearl Fishers) I am so grateful to Lyric Opera of Chicago for giving me the chance to learn and grow in an amazing environment where beautiful art, made at the highest level, is a daily experience. I was blessed to have made my debut under the baton of Maestro Bruno Bartoletti, with Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael Sylvester, Robert Lloyd, and Alexandru Agache in Simon Boccanegra. I will never forget walking down to the front center of the stage and delivering my line after a trumpet fanfare. It was heady and exciting stuff for a 27-year-old who’d not grown up listening to opera, but had come to love it with a deep and abiding passion. The voice lessons the Center provided, the classes in language and stage deportment, the opportunity to share the stage with great singers like Sam Ramey, Kurt Moll, Catherine Malfitano, and Ben Heppner among so many others — these experiences are priceless! Without the training, planning, and work done in my years in the Ryan Opera Center, and the help and leadership of the staff helping me grow, I would not be where I am today. I am now about to celebrate my 20th consecutive season with the Metropolitan Opera, where I have given more than 350 performances. I want to give a big thank you to the donors who continue to support the Ryan Opera Center, allowing it to remain one of the best training programs for singers in the world. Your love and care for this beautiful art form helps ensure its survival, and your support means the world to me and the emerging artists you are helping today.

JOHN IRVIN WILL Rossini Opera Festival LIVERMAN Pesaro, Italy Seattle Opera Le siège de Corinthe Il barbiere di Siviglia ELIZABETH DeSHONG The Metropolitan Opera Semiramide

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago is recognized as one of the premier professional artist-development programs in the world. To make a gift in support of the Ryan Opera Center’s efforts, or for more information, please visit lyricopera.org/ryanoperacenter, or call Meaghan Stainback at 312.827.5691. LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Alumni Perform at Lyric — and Around The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the world’s the World — in 2017/18 premier artist development programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by October 1, 2017. TODD ROSENBERG Artist Support, Special Events, and Project Sponsors

Duds for Divas MATTHEW POLENZANI Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross

(Duke/Rigoletto; Nadir/The Pearl Fishers) Final Auditions Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation I am so grateful to Lyric Opera of Chicago for giving me the chance The Cozad Family to learn and grow in an amazing environment where beautiful art, Foreign Language Instruction made at the highest level, is a daily experience. I was blessed to have Erma S. Medgyesy Guest Master Artist made my debut under the baton of Maestro Bruno Bartoletti, with Kiri (Left to right) Ann Toomey, Lauren Decker and alumna Annie Rosen as the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Te Kanawa, Michael Sylvester, Robert Lloyd, and Alexandru Agache in Three Ladies inThe Magic Flute, pictured with as Papageno. Launchpad Simon Boccanegra. I will never forget walking down to the front center Marcus Boggs Leslie Fund, Inc. General Support Artist Circle of the stage and delivering my line after a trumpet fanfare. It was Judith W. McCue and Howard M. McCue III ($5,000 to $9,999) heady and exciting stuff for a 27-year-old who’d not grown up listening Aria Society Anonymous (3) Master Classes ($100,000 and above) Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman to opera, but had come to love it with a deep and abiding passion. Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Anonymous Thomas Doran Martha A. Hesse Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mrs. Sheila Dulin Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The voice lessons the Center provided, the classes in language and stage deportment, the National Auditions Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis opportunity to share the stage with great singers like Sam Ramey, Kurt Moll, Catherine Malfitano, American Airlines Distinguished Benefactors James and Mary Houston ($25,000 to $49,999) The Kip Kelley Family and Ben Heppner among so many others — these experiences are priceless! Without the training, No Tenors Allowed Celebration Ingrid Peters Lyric Young Professionals Lead Individual Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sawyier planning, and work done in my years in the Ryan Opera Center, and the help and leadership of Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Ensemble Friends Marilee and Richard Wehman the staff helping me grow, I would not be where I am today. I am now about to celebrate my 20th Lead Corporate Sponsor: ($10,000 to $24,999) Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg consecutive season with the Metropolitan Opera, where I have given more than 350 performances. Mayer Brown LLP Anonymous Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Benefit Table Purchasers: C. Bekerman, M.D. I want to give a big thank you to the donors who continue to support the Ryan Opera Center, Anonymous (3) Tamara Conway Julie and Roger Baskes Anne Megan Davis allowing it to remain one of the best training programs for singers in the world. Your love and care Michael and Sally Feder Rising Stars in Concert Fred L. Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney April 1, 2017 for this beautiful art form helps ensure its survival, and your support means the world to me and the Julian Family Foundation Drucker Philip G. Lumpkin Erika E. Erich Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Lead Sponsor: emerging artists you are helping today. Michael and Sally Feder Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mary Patricia Gannon Dr. Scholl Foundation Sue and Melvin Gray Sponsors: Thierer Family Foundation Miriam U. Hoover JOHN IRVIN Debbie K. Wright Dentons US LLP WILL Illinois Arts Council Ann M. Drake Rossini Opera Festival Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Don and Abby Funk Renée Fleming Master Class Fund LIVERMAN Pesaro, Italy Julian Family Foundation Sue and Melvin Gray Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Howard Family Foundation Seattle Opera Le siège de Corinthe Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Patricia A. Kenney and Training Program The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Il barbiere di Siviglia ELIZABETH National Endowment for the Arts Gregory J. O’Leary Phyllis Neiman Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick e Margo and Michael Oberman and Family D SHONG Voice Instruction Family Foundation Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund The Metropolitan Opera Anonymous The George L. Shields Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Semiramide Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood OptumRx Mary Ellen Hennessy Dan and Patty Walsh Jennifer L. Stone Walter Family Foundation Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast Harriet Weinstein Donna Van Eekeren Foundation WFMT Recital Series Dr. David H. Whitney and Dr. Juliana Chyu Julie and Roger Baskes The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago is recognized as one of the premier Debbie K. Wright Rising Stars in Concert Reception Estate of Audrey A. Zywicki professional artist-development programs in the world. To make a gift in support of the Ryan Opera Center’s efforts, Workshop Performances Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin or for more information, please visit lyricopera.org/ryanoperacenter, or call Meaghan Stainback at 312.827.5691. Martha A. Hesse November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 59 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 in the future. These generous gifts ensure Lyric’s artistic progress well into the twenty-first century for the benefit of future Lyric audiences. Lyric 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 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 (18) James W. Chamberlain Mrs. John C. Hedley Susan M. Miller Lois B. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Paula Hannaway Crown Josephine E. Heindel David and Justine K. Mintzer Ilene Simmons Louise Abrahams Renée Crown Concordia Hoffmann James and Mary Beth Morehouse Larry G. Simpson Dr. Whitney Addington Thomas Doran Edgar D. Jannotta Allan and Elaine Muchin Craig Sirles Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ericson Ronald B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mrs. Jay Spaulding Ross C. Anderson Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. John and Kerma Karoly David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Karen G. Andreae Dr. and Mrs. Paul Y. Feng Kip Kelley John H. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Catherine Aranyi Robert F. Finke James C. Kemmerer John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Mary Stowell L. Robert Artoe Jack M. and Marsha S. Firestone LeRoy and Laura Klemt Joan L. Pantsios Carla M. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Elaine Frank Dr. Petra B. Krauledat and Irma Parker Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Alvin R. Beatty Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Dr. W. Peter Hansen Julia Pernet Virginia Tobiason Marlys A. Beider Rhoda and Henry S. Frank Dr. William R. Lawrence Frances Pietch Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn-Mason Julie Anne Benson Richard J. Franke Thomas and Lise Lawson Kenneth Porrello and Sherry McFall Joan and Marco Weiss Merrill and Judy Blau Mary Patricia Gannon Carol L. Linne Nathaniel W. Pusey Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Ann Blickensderfer George and Mary Ann Gardner Philip G. Lumpkin Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Claudia L. Winkler Dr. Gregory L. Boshart James K. Genden and Daniel T. Manoogian Lyn and Bill Redfield Florence Winters Danolda (Dea) Brennan Alma Koppedraijer Robert C. Marks Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Dr. Robert G. Zadylak George F. and Linda L. Brusky Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Chatka Ruggiero Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Linda Budzik Harry J. Griffiths, M.D. Nancy Lauter McDougal Mary T. Schafer Edward T. Zasadil Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Julian W. Harvey Bill Melamed Martha P. Schneider Anne Zenzer David and Orit Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Margaret and Craig Milkint Charles Chris Shaw Society Members Anonymous (43) Donald A. Deutsch Martha A. Hesse Leoni Zverow McVey and Eugene Rzym, in memory of Valerie and Joseph Abel Phyllis Diamond Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder J. William McVey Adaline Rzym Carol A. Abrioux Roger Dickinson Mrs. Marion Hoffman Martina M. Mead David Sachs Judy Allen Ms. Janet E. Diehl James and Mary Lunz Houston Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Meader Mrs. Philip H. Schaff, Jr. Mrs. Robert L. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon H. Eileen Howard Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Melamed Douglas M. Schmidt Elizabeth M. Ashton Dr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Dobroski Joseph H. Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Mesrobian Franklin R. Schmidt Richard N. Bailey Ms. Barbara J. Doerner Kenneth N. Hughes Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Meyers Lois K. Schmidt David G. Baker Thomas M. Dolan Michael Huskey Ms. Barbara Terman Michaels Donald Seibert Susann Ball Mary Louise Duhamel Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Marilyn E. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Shaw Constance and Liduina Barbantini Mrs. Alfred V. Dunkin, Jr. Memorial Fund Edward S. and Barbara L. Mills Mette and David Shayne Margaret Basch Kathy Dunn Barbara A. Joabson Vlasta A. “Vee” Minarich David A. Sherman Mrs. Bill Beaton Richard L. Eastline John Arthur Johnson BettyAnn Mocek and Jared Shlaes Lynn Bennett Carol A. Eastman Laurence P. Johnson Adam R. Walker Dr. Alfred L. and Mildred Siegel Joan I. Berger Lowell and Judy Eckberg Nancy E. Johnson Robert and Lois Moeller Joanne Silver Barbara Bermudez Lucy A. Elam, in memory of Roy A. Johnson Dr. Virginia Saft Mond Andrew Barry Simmons and Patrick J. Bitterman Elizabeth Elam Ms. Barbara Mair Jones Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Mitchell Loewenthal-Grassini M. J. Black Mr. and Mrs. Don Elleman Janet Jones Mr. and Mrs. Mario A. Munoz Dr. Ira Singer Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Cherelynn A. Elliott Moreen C. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Nickels Norman and Mirella Smith D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Terrence M. W. Ellsworth Dr. Anne Juhasz Edward A. Nieminen Joan M. Solbeck Ned and Raynette Boshell Joseph R. Ender Mr. Theodore Kalogeresis Florence C. Norstrom Mary Soleiman David Boyce Dr. James A. Eng Stuart Kane Linda Moses Novak Elaine Soter Dr. and Mrs. Boone Brackett Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Engel Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Philip and Sylvia Spertus Robert and Phyllis Brauer Martha L. Faulhaber Kenneth Kelling Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson James A. Staples Mrs. William A. Briggs Nadine Ferguson Paul R. Keske Stephen S. Orphanos Sherie B. Stein Candace Balfour Broecker and the Felicia Finkelman Chuck and Kathy Killman Jonathan Orser K. M. Stelletello Estate of Howard W. Broecker Kenneth Fiske Diana Hunt King Robert W. Parsons, M.D. J. Allyson Stern Leona and Daniel Bronstein Mr. and Mrs. John C. Forbes Neil King George R. Paterson Carol A. Stitzer Kathryn Y. Brown Barbara Gail Franch Esther G. Klatz Dr. Joan E. Patterson Norene W. Stucka Richard M. and Andrea J. Brown James Victor Franch R. William Klein, Jr. George Pepper, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Stuffers Jacqueline Brumlik Ms. Susan Frankel J. Peter Kline Elizabeth Anne Peters Emily J. Su Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III Thomas H. Franks, Ph.D. Helen Kohr Susanne P. Petersson Peggy Sullivan Steven and Helen Buchanan Allen J. Frantzen Shirley Krsinich Genevieve M. Phelps Sherwin A. Swartz Dr. Mary Louise Hirsh Burger and Dr. Paul Froeschl Mary S. Kurz Karen and Dick Pigott Mr. and Mrs. John C. Telander Mr. William Burger Marie and Gregory Fugiel Larry Lapidus Ms. Lois Polakoff Cheryl L. Thaxton Muriel A. Burnet Sheilah Purcell Garcia, Lady Witton Barbara K. Larsen Martilias A. Porreca, CFP Lauritz K. Thomsen Lisa Bury Susan Boatman Garland Henrietta Leary Mrs. Edward S. Price Karen Hletko Tiersky Robert J. Callahan Scott P. George Ernest L. Lester Roberta Lyn Anderson Rains Myron Tiersky Patrick V. Casali Mr. Lyle Gillman Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Levy Robert L. Rappel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Esther Charbit John F. Gilmore Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Sherrie Kahn Reddick Jean M. Turnmire Jeffrey K. Chase, J.D. Bruce A. Gober, M.D. and Carole F. Liebson Keith A. Reed and Paul and Judith Tuszynski Ramona Choos Donald H. Ratner Doris C. Lorz Beth Kesterson Reed Ultmann Family Charitable J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo John A. Goldstein Eva Lutovsky Michael and Susan “Holly” Reiter Remainder Unitrust Heinke K. Clark Dr. J. Brian Greis Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Malatesta Evelyn R. Richer Marlene A. Van Skike Robert and Margery Coen James R. Grimes Jeanne Randall Malkin Jennie M. Righeimer Raita Vilnins Dr. and Mrs. Peter V. Conroy Patricia Grogan Ann Chassin Mallow Gerald L. Ritholz Dr. Malcolm Vye Sharon Conway Carolyn Hallman Dr. and Mrs. Karl Lee Manders Mary Raffetto-Robins Darcy Lynn Walker Sarah J. Cooney Carl J. Halperin Mrs. John Jay Markham Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, M.D., Gary T. Walther Dr. W. Gene Corley Family Ms. Geraldine Haracz James Massie and in memory of Robert Kyts Albert Wang Joseph E. Corrigan Andrew Hatchell Dr. Christine Winter Massie Mrs. Beth Wheeler Rome Louella Krueger Ward Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Cottey William P. Hauworth Michael M. and Diane Mazurczak James and Janet Rosenbaum Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro B. A. Coussement Dr. and Mrs. David J. Hayden James G. and Laura G. McCormick Dr. John Gregory Russo Endowment Fund Morton and Una Creditor Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Gia and Paul McDermott Joseph C. Russo Karl N. Wechter Kathryn M. Cunningham Ronald G. Hedberg William F. McHugh Dennis Ryan Patricia M. Wees Barbara L. Dean Mary Mako Helbert Florence D. McMillan Louise M. Ryssmann Mrs. Richard H. Wehman

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Claude M. Weil James M. Wells Caroline C. Wheeler David G. Winter Dr. Debra L. Zahay Eric Weimer and Edwin Hanlon Mrs. Melville W. Wendell Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson Brien and Cathy Wloch Daniel R. Zillmann Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Weinberg Sandra Wenner Nora Winsberg Mrs. William Wunder Audrey A. Zywicki Joanna L. Weiss Estate Gifts The following estates have generously provided gifts of bequests and other planned gifts to Lyric. Due to space limitations, listings include all bequests received from July 1, 2012 to the present. With deepest regards, Lyric commemorates those departed friends who have honored us with this most profound commitment. Anonymous (2) William J. Evans Joseph M. Kacena Dr. Robert and Brigitte Nehaus Dr. Joseph Semrow Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Regina C. Fain Stuart Kane John and Maynette Neundorf Michael N. Shallow Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour III Roy Fisher Sherry Kelley Mrs. Oliver Nickels Rose L. Shure and Sidney N. Shure James Ascareggi Darlene Fiske Mrs. Israel Kirsh Joan Ruck Nopola Joan M. Skepnek Elsa E. and Walter (Fred) Bandi Lynette Flowers Russell V. Kohr Rex N. Olsen Philip and David Slesur Family Trust Vincent Barresi Robert B. Fordham Nancy W. Knowles Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Olson Marilyn J. Snoble Velma Berry Thomas Frisch Dr. Bruce Korth Mary G. Oppenheim Ms. Geraldine A. Spatz Rev. Dr. Warren Best Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Anne C. Lacovic Venrice R. Palmer Jay Spaulding Edward F. Blettner Marital Trust In memory of Carl and Fern Marjorie Lanterman Richard Pearlman Charitable Trust Clarke and Adine Stayman Trusts Joanell C. Breen Gaensslen Sarrah Lapinsky Fund for Music James L. Stein Donna Brunsma Dr. Martin L. Gecht and Francey Walter and Millicent Leibfritz Andre Pernet Howard A. Stotler Elizabeth Capilupo Gecht Ernest Lester Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Gerald Sunko, M.D. Ellen Cole Charitable Remainder Carlyn E. Goettsch Dr. Arthur G. Lipman Ira J. Peskind Joseph Tiritilli Trust Shirley and Benjamin Gould Rosalie Loeding Helen Petersen Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Robert P. Cooke Endowment Fund Arthur B. Logan Sidney L. Port Annuity Trust Nelson D. Cornelius Allen Greenberger Mary Longbrake Jack and Eleanor Portis Phil and Paula Turner Marianne Deson-Herstein Trust, Lester and Betty Guttman Eva Lutovsky Lyn Redfield Dr. John E. Ultmann in memory of her parents Elaine H. Hansen Marjorie A. Mayhall Joan L. Richards Dr. Paul D. Urnes Samuel and Sarah Deson Capt. Martin Hanson USN (Ret) Paul Mavros George T. Rhodes John H. Utley and Mary L. Utley Jane Warner Dick, in honor of Kenneth L. Harder Trust Hope Baldwin McCormick Trust Howard M. Robins Trust Edison Dick John C. Hedley Alfred L. McDougal Harry A. Root Sheila von Wiese-Mack Christopher D. Doemel Margot S. Hertz Bette S. McGee H. Cary Ross Lydia Walkowiak Josephine S. Dryer James and Gail Hickey Renate Moser Margaret R. Sagers James M. Wells Dr. Thomas R. Du Buque Dagmar Hurbanek Doris A. Murdoch Thomas W. Scheuer Jane B. White Mrs. Ray Duncan Deborah Jannotta Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg S. Leder (Lee) Schiff Paul and Virginia Wilcox Bettie B. Dwinell Amyl W. Johnson, Jr. Foundation Roy Schmaltz Kelli Gardner Emery Diana T. Jones Dawn Clark Netsch Edwin J. and Margaret W. Seeboeck Commemorative Gifts 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: John A. Leer Jr., MD Nikolay Zhizhin Keith Kiley Goldstein Dorothy A. Angelos from Mary Anne Leer from Larisa Zhizhin from Patricia O. Cox from Mychal P. Angelos Millicent Leibfritz Edgar D. Jannotta Irene Antoniou from Ms. Linda Kutt In Honor Of: from Sandra L. Grung from her many friends and family Hugo Melvoin Julie and Roger Baskes Baby Krehbiel Jeane Ayers from Melvoin Foundation from Michael and Sally Feder, The from Marie Campbell from her many friends and family Virginia Byrne Mooney Irving Harris Foundation, Ruth Ann Margot and Josef Lakonishok John R. Blair from John and Kathleen Vondran M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis, from Liz and Arsen Manugian from Mrs. John R. Blair Dr. Antonio Navarrete and Sheli and Burt Rosenberg Mary Anne Leer Sandra Box from Virginia Navarrete Julie Baskes from The Warranty Group from Barbara Box Kenneth G. Pigott from John Holzhueter and Peter J. Jeanne Malkin Martha A. Boyce from Renée Fleming Wender from Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. from David E. Boyce Dr. Robert A. Pringle Jim Baughman Weinberg and an Anonymous donor Jack Crowe from Marla McCormick Pringle from Marilyn and Lillian Spracker and Mrs. Chris Murphy from Lisbeth Stiffel Bertha Goodman Rabin Michael and Sally Feder from Prince Charitable Trusts Lois Dunn from Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Janet Burch Sue Niemi from Kathy Dunn Joan Richards from Mr. Gordon Brodfuehrer and from Elaine and Harold Blatt Floyd Fulkerson from Craig A. Sirles Roberta Evans Rachel Peterson from Mr. and Mrs. David Bomier Howard Morton Robins Renee Crown from Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mills Catherine Graham from his many friends and family from Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Sondra Radvanovsky from Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Edwin J. Seeboeck Lois and Steve Eisen from Ellie Radvanovsky Ryan, James N. and Laurie V. Bay, from James Heim from Mrs. Myrna Kaplan and Mr. and Richard Ryan Mr. and Mrs. John R. Siragusa, Stephen Schulson Mrs. Frank S. Karger Jr. from Sally and Michael Feder Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss, from Susan B. Schulson Maxine Farrell Shirley Ryan Lisbeth Stiffel, and Elizabeth Taylor Dr. Alan J. Shapiro from Abbott Fund from J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Marion Greenman from Sherie Coren Shapiro Sally and Michael Feder Foundation and Marlene Phillips from her many friends and family Donald Sinclair from Nora Jaskowiak and Matthew Mary Selander Katie Jacobson from Mr. Edward Sanderson Hinerfeld from Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hennessy from Lisbeth Stiffel Janet Thau Sally Feder and Melissa Hennessy Lee and Billey Jennings from Evanston Chapter and her many from Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Liz Stiffel from Alfred G. Goldstein friends and family Renée Fleming from Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael Richard P. Kiphart Dr. William Warren from Ms. Paula Milone, Robert L. J. McGuinnis and Janis Wellin Notz from Renée Fleming, J. Thomas Hurvis, from Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Goldin Turner, and The Eloise Susanna Gale and John K. Notz Jr. and his many friends and family Isabel H Thompson Foundation Roberta and Robert Washlow William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt from an Anonymous Donor Regan and Philip Friedman from Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Blitstein from Sheila Ann Hegy Nancy Wald from Mrs. Myrna Kaplan and Mr. and Nancy W. Knowles from Humanist Fund Mrs. Frank S. Karger Jr. from Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow Ruth and Irving Waldshine Christina and Ron Gidwitz Ardis Krainik from Deane Ellis from Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kearney from Mr. and Mrs. Mead Montgomery Sheila von Wiese Ruth Ann Gillis and Elizabeth Welsh from her many friends and family from Lisbeth Stiffel

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 61 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 October 1, 2017. For more information about corporate partnership opportunities, please contact Daniel Moss, Lyric’s Senior 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 FRIEND $10,000 to $24,999 $5,000 to $7,499 $1,000 to $1,999 Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law Italian Village Restaurants Cartier Baird Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Concierge Unlimited International BNY Mellon Shure Incorporated Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation CNA BRAVO CIRCLE Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust Evans Food Group $3,500 to $4,999 Michuda Construction, Inc. First Midwest Bank Corporate Suites Network Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. Molex Old Republic International Corporation MUFG Morgan Stanley S&C Foundation OPERA America IMPRESARIO Turks’ Greenhouses Quarles & Brady LLP $2,000 to $3,499 Reed Smith LLP American Agricultural Insurance Company SUSTAINER Wintrust Community Banks BNSF Foundation $500 to $999 Enterprise Holdings Foundation Law Office of Phillip Brigham LLC PREMIER BENEFACTOR Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Children’s Law Group LLC $7,500 to $9,999 MWM Consulting Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Amsted Industries Foundation Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. Network for Good Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP Envestnet William Blair & Company Matching Gifts A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago. Anonymous CNA Foundation ITW Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Allstate Giving Program ConAgra Johnson & Johnson The Retirement Research Foundation Aon Foundation Doing Good LLC Johnson Controls Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Bank of America Foundation Emerson Electric JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Warranty Group Baxter International Foundation General Mills Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur United Technologies Corporation Benevity Community Impact Fund Graham Holdings Foundation W. W. Grainger Inc. BMO Harris Bank Foundation Grenzebach, Glier, and Associates Kimberly Clark Foundation William Harris Investors Helen Brach Foundation HSBC-North America Morgan Stanley Caterpillar Foundation Inc. IBM Corporation Nuveen Investments Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ingredion Incorporated Pfizer 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 36 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago. • Boston Consulting Group and Dan Grossman, Partner and Managing Director, for the firm’s pro bono services to help Lyric to better understand our financial model, and to identify creative and promising paths to growth. • 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 Notable Gifts Vision Wine and Spirits Calihan Catering Artists Frame Service Glo Rolighed Coco Pazzo Cochon Volant Insomnia Cookies HMS Media, Inc. Pearl Brasserie Beavers Donuts CH Distillery Lloyd’s Chicago Nespresso Modern Luxury CS Martha Nussbaum Pastoral

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.

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 63 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 July 1, 2017.

ARIA SOCIETY · $100,000 and above Anonymous (6) Julius Frankel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Estate of Venrice R. Palmer Ada and Whitney Addington Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Trust Josef and Margot Lakonishok Pritzker Foundation Julie and Roger Baskes Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Estate of Ernest Lester J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes James N. and Laurie V. Bay Brent and Katie Gledhill John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Marlys Beider Ethel and William Gofen Foundation Candy and Gary Ridgway Randy and Melvin Berlin Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis Malott Family Foundation Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Henry M. and Gilda R. Buchbinder The Grainger Foundation Mazza Foundation Foundation Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Gramma Fisher Foundation of Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Marshalltown, Iowa The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Foundation Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. The Monument Trust (UK) Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Marion A. Cameron Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Rose L. Shure Charitable Trust Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Bill and Orli Staley Foundation The Jacob and Rosaline Cohn John R. Halligan Charitable Fund National Endowment for the Arts Lisbeth Stiffel Foundation The Harris Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Estate of Phil Turner Estate of Nelson D. Cornelius Walter E. Heller Foundation Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Mrs. Herbert A. Vance Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe J. Thomas Hurvis Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance The Crown Family The Edgar D. Jannotta Family Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation The Davee Foundation The Anne and Burt Kaplan Fund NIB Foundation The Wallace Foundation Marianne Deson-Herstein in memory The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Roberta L. Washlow and Robert J. of Samuel and Sarah Deson Family Sheila and David Ormesher Washlow Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson Nancy W. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Helen and Sam Zell Ford Foundation PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR · $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous (2) Renée Fleming Foundation / Greg and Annie Jones/The Edgewater James Rigler The Brinson Foundation International Foundation for Arts Funds Nancy S. Searle Greg and Mamie Case and Culture Mrs. Loretta N. Julian Lois B. Siegel The Chicago Community Trust Robert B. Fordham Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knight III Joan M. Skepnek Drs. Young, Byong Uk, and Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Howard Solomon and Sarah Mrs. Myung Soon Chung Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Charitable Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Billinghurst Solomon The Cozad Family Trust Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Sue and Melvin Gray Susan M. Miller Carl and Marilynn Thoma Eisen Family Foundation Eric and Deb Hirschfield Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Estate of Regina C. Fain Howard Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander Illinois Arts Council Polk Bros. Foundation GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR · $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (5) Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Fama Mr. and Mrs. Jay Krehbiel Collin and Lili Roche Paul and Mary Anderson The Ferguson-Yntema Family Frederic S. Lane Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Robin Angly Charitable Trust Estate of Arthur Lipman James and Erica Sandner Mr. and Mrs. Andreas A. Antoniou Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Lucas Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. Vance T. Antoniou Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Philip G. Lumpkin Mrs. Robert E. Sargent The Barker Welfare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Jim and Kay Mabie The Schroeder Foundation Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation Estate of Dr. Edwin J. Seeboeck C. Bekerman, M.D. Don and Abby Funk Shari Mayes Segal Family Foundation Heidi Heutel Bohn The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation Judith W. McCue and Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Amy and Paul Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Howard M. McCue III Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. David and Orit Carpenter Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Robert and Evelyn McCullen Richard W. Shepro and Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Michael J. McGuinnis Blythe Jaski McGarvie Lindsay E. Roberts Joyce E. Chelberg Joseph and Madeleine Glossberg Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Hal Coon Maria C. Green and Oswald G. Lewis Frank B. Modruson and Morris Silverman and Lori Ann Komisar Crain-Maling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross Lynne C. Shigley Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Sir Andrew Davis and Lady Gianna The Harris Family Foundation Allan and Elaine Muchin Penelope and Robert Steiner Rolandi Davis Mary Ellen Hennessy Estate of Herbert and Brigitte Neuhaus Joseph and Pam Szokol Nancy Dehmlow Martha A. Hesse Kenneth R. Norgan Thierer Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Patricia A. Kenney and Robert L. Turner Ann M. Drake Patricia Hyde Gregory J. O’Leary Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Regina Janes Matt and Carrie Parr Walter Family Foundation Drs. George and Sally Dunea Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Ingrid Peters Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Donald and Anne Edwards Joseph M. Kacena Endowed Fund J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Julian Family Foundation Foundation Jane B. White Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Estate of Stuart Kane John Raitt Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wood Prince Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy The C. G. Pinnell Family Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR · $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (7) M. Dillon Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Edward and Joyce McFarland Ms. Linda Kutt Mary F. Robins Ken and Amy Aldridge Dlugopolski Albert and Rita Lacher The Rooney Family John and Ann Amboian Shawn M. Donnelley and Lavin Family Foundation Sheli and Burt Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Christopher M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lenny Betsy and Andy Rosenfield Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Fred L. Drucker and Andrew O. and Daria M. Lewicky Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz Juliette F. Bacon Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe E. M. Bakwin Erika E. Erich Malott Family Foundation Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Daniel T. Manoogian Susan and David Ruder Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Michael and Sally Feder Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marjan Richard O. Ryan Judith Barnard and Michael Fain Joan and Robert Feitler Robert C. Marks Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Robert S. Bartolone Estate of Dr. W. Fessenden Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Sonja and Conrad Fischer Erma S. Medgyesy Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Ross and Patricia D. Bender Elaine Frank Terry J. Medhurst Mary Beth Shea Estate of Dr. Warren Best Mary Patricia Gannon Dawn G. Meiners The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Patrick J. Bitterman Susan J. Garner Jon and Lois Mills The Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau David and Elizabeth Graham Martha A. Mills James A. Staples Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark “That unique moment in an opera when I am brought to tears by the beauty of the music and singing.” Starshak Winzenburg & Co. -Ron B. Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Ellen and Jim Stirling Marcus Boggs Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Jennifer L. Stone Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Borland Mrs. Mary Winton Green Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stonebraker Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. Judy and Bill Goldberg Chris and Eileen Murphy Mary Stowell Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hank Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas Betty Bradshaw Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Hannigan Music Performance Trust Fund and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken Christine and Paul Branstad Family The Irving Harris Foundation Film Funds Virginia Tobiason Foundation James Huntington Foundation Phyllis Neiman Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie John Hart and Carol Prins David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Buehler Family Foundation Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mrs. John C. Hedley Martha C. Nussbaum Dan and Patty Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Burnham Helen Brach Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Connor Harriet Weinstein The Butler Family Foundation Dr. Judith and Mr. Mark C. Hibbard Margo and Michael Oberman and Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Marie Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Family Kim and Miles D. White Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole Miriam U. Hoover The Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Dr. David H. Whitney and Ann and Reed Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Foundation Dr. Juliana Chyu Francie Comer Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Mrs. John A. Wing Tamara Conway Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Harvey R. and Madeleine P. Plonsker William Wolf and Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Lawrence O. Corry Memorial Fund Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Paul Wood and The Honorable Winnie and Bob Crawford Laurie and Michael Jaffe Andra and Irwin Press Corinne Wood Susan E. Cremin Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jentes Elizabeth Ann Price Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wood II Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Mr. George L. Jewell Prince Charitable Trusts Debbie K. Wright Lauridsen Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jorndt Dr. and Mrs. James C. Pritchard James and Michele Young Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Mike and Lindy Keiser Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Reilly Jr Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca Anne Megan Davis Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton The Rhoades Foundation Estate of Audrey A. Zywicki

PREMIER BENEFACTOR · $7,500 to $9,999 Anonymous (3) Robert F. Finke Martin and Patricia Koldyke Edgar Rose Kelley and Susan Anderson Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Geldermann The Dolores Kohl Education J. Kenneth and Susan T. Rosko Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Lloyd Gerlach Foundation - Morris & Dolores Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse Ms. Ronelle D. Ashby Virginia and Gary Gerst Kohl Kaplan Fund Norman Sackar Mark and Judy Bednar George and Maureen Gilmore Mr. Mark L. Koten Raymond and Inez Saunders Meta S. & Ronald Berger Family Bruce A. Gober, M.D. MaryBeth Kretz and Robert Baum George and Terry Rose Saunders Foundation Bill and Judy Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lans George and Joan Segal and Rebecca & Jonathan Berger Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Goldblatt Bernard and Averill Leviton Mary and Stanley Seidler Mr. and Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Helyn D. Goldenberg Julius Lewis Mary Lynne Shafer Lieselotte N. Betterman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Ms. Michelle McCarthy Siragusa Family Foundation Phyllis H. Brissenden Phillip and Norma Gordon Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung Mr. and Mrs. John R. Siragusa Joy Buddig Chester A. Gougis and Shelley Ochab Florence D. McMillan Patricia Arrington Smythe Audre Carlin Dr. Doris Graber Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Milliken Del Snow Mrs. Warren M. Choos Joan M. Hall Julian and Sheila Oettinger Doris F. Sternberg Thomas A. Clancy and Dana I. Green Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Marian Phelps Pawlick Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Struthers Lynd W. Corley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Karen and Tom Phillips Angela Tenta, M.D. Rosemary and John Croghan David Drew and Marcie Hemmelstein Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Potempa Dr. David Thurn Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Midge and Frank Heurich Irene D. Pritzker Howard and Paula Trienens Mr. and Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Mrs. Richard S. Holson, Jr. John and Betsey Puth Foundation Decyk Charitable Foundation James and Mary Houston Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Christian Vinyard Mrs. Sheila Dulin Mr. Richard M. Jaffee James T. and Karen C. Reid Marilee and Richard Wehman John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Katie Hazelwood and Todd Kaplan The Retirement Research Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson Richard B. Egen Nancy Rita Kaz Daryl and James Riley Kathleen Arthur and Stephen Wood Sondra Berman Epstein Kate T. Kestnbaum J. Timothy Ritchie Donna and Phillip Zarcone Ms. Lorna Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King Rocco and Cheryl Romano

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BENEFACTOR · $5,000 to $7,499 Anonymous (6) David S. Fox Lannan Foundation Chatka and Anthony Ruggiero Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lennard Ellen M. Salter Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Basler Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Leslie Fund, Inc. Dr. Janet Gilboy and Mr. John Schmidt David Q. Bell and Mary A. Bell John F. Gilmore Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Lewis Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bent Judy and Bill Goldberg Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Pam and Russ Strobel Leslie Bertholdt Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Mrs. Paul Lieberman Bolton Sullivan Fund Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Mr. and Mrs. Dan Grossman Thomas J. McCormick Andrea and Mark Taylor Wiley and Jo Caldwell Sandra L. Grung Lois Melvoin Genevieve Thiers and Daniel Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Calvin James and Brenda Grusecki Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Milkint O. Thomas Thomas Lawrence Christensen Glen and Claire Hackmann Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow L. Kristofer Thomsen Jane B. and John C. Colman Mrs. John M. Hartigan Mr. and Mrs. Mead Montgomery Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Christianson Mr. Erik Jaeger and Mr. Andreas Woytowitz Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore Michael Tobin, M.D. Marsha Cruzan Dr. Carolyn and Dr. Paul Jarvis Charles and Ellen Mulaney Marianne Tralewski Mr. and Mrs. Gerry V. Curciarello Howard E. Jessen Ms. Amélie Négrier-Oyarzabal Ksenia A. and Peter Turula The Dancing Skies Foundation Drs. Perry and Elena Kamel Renate P. Norum Scott D. Vandermyde and Julie T. Emerick Thomas Doran Tyrus L. Kaufman Mrs. Richard C. Oughton David and Linda Wesselink Estelle Edlis Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson Estate of Paul and Virginia Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elden The Kip Kelley Family Norman and Lorraine Perman Claudia Winkler Cherelynn A. Elliott Jean Klingenstein Elizabeth Anne Peters Jim and Pati Ericson Dr. Katherine Knight Merle Reskin James and Deborah Fellowes Victoria Mitchell Kohn Joseph Rochetto BRAVO CIRCLE · $3,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizenga Mary Lou and Jack Miller Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarian Dr. and Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus John H. Nelson Bill and Harlan Shropshire Allison Alexander Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Zehava L. Noah Ilene Simmons Eric A. Anderson Joy Jester Mickey Norton Craig Sirles Mychal P. Angelos Ronald B. Johnson Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Joan M. Solbeck Susann Ball Douglas M. Karlen Jonathan F. Orser Mary Soleiman Astrid K. Birke Mr. and Mrs. John A. Karoly Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Ottley Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Dr. Gregory L. Boshart and Gerald and Judith Kaufman Dr. Pat and Lara Pappas Mrs. John Stanek Dr. William R. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy C. Klemt Barbara and Jerry Pearlman Mrs. Karl H. Stein Danolda (Dea) Brennan Thomas A. Kmetko Drs. Sarunas and Jolanta Peckus MinSook Suh Winston and Lally Brown John and Mary Kohlmeier Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Toft B. A. Coussement Eldon and Patricia Kreider Karen and Richard Pigott Phil and Paula Turner Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davison Geoffrey Bauer and Anna Lam Dr. Joe Piszczor Elizabeth K. Twede Jon W. DeMoss Mr. Craig Lancaster and Joel and Vivianne Pokorny Lori L. and John R. Twombly Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Denison Ms. Charlene T. Handler Nathaniel W. Pusey David J. Varnerin Deane Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln Ramirez Dr. Catherine L. Webb Amanda Fox The Barbara and Frank Lieber Family Edward and Leah Reicin Louis Weber Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin Charitable Trust Estate of George T. Rhodes Hilary and Barry Weinstein Foundation Peter G. O. Freund Pamela Forbes Lieberman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Howard S. White James R. Grimes Marilyn and Myron Maurer Dr. Cynthia J. Sanders and Mr. Otis Sanders Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Grob David E. McNeel Curt G. Schmitt Owen and Linda Youngman Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heestand, Jr. Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad Julie Schwertfeger and Alexander Zajczenko Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor Thomas and Judy Scorza James C. Kemmerer Mr. and Mrs. Milan Hornik Ms. Britt M. Miller Dr. S. P. Shah IMPRESARIO · $2,000 to $3,499 Anonymous (7) Mr. and Mrs. Roger Deromedi Mari L. Harrer Dr. and Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Mrs. Robert W. Allen Mr. and Mrs. John DeWolf Mr. Daggett Harvey Jr and Mrs. Yvonne Marc Lacher Steven Ashby Lyn Dickey Yamashita Peter N. Lagges, Jr. Mr. Wayne Baden Ms. Kathleen DiIorio James Heim Dr. M. S.W. Lee Ronald and Donna Barlow Bernard J. and Sally Dobroski Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Leopold Bastian Voice Institute Mr. and Mrs. Eben Dorros Hoellen Family Foundation Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Ron and Queta Bauer Richard and Ingrid Dubberke Sandra Hoffman Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Alvin R. Beatty Drs. Walter Dziki and Emily Miao Concordia Louise Hoffmann Liz and Arsen Manugian Dee Beaubien La Ferrenn and Philip Engel Joel and Carol Honigberg Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Marks Diane and Michael Beemer Susanna and Helmut Epp Bill and Vicki Hood Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin Jennifer Bellini Mr. John Ettelson Edmund A. and Virginia C. Horsch William Mason and Diana Davis Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berlin Firestone Family Foundation Humanist Fund Mrs. David McCandless Mrs. Arthur Billings Anita D. Flournoy Michael Huston Marilyn McCoy and Charles R. Thomas Richard and Heather Black Mr. and Mrs. James V. Franch Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ibers Martina M. Mead and Michael T. Gorey Mrs. John R. Blair Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Robert and Sandra Ireland Sheila and Harvey Medvin Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Dr. Segun Ishmael Dr. R. Menegaz and R. D. Bock Minka and Matt Bosco Fred Freitag and Lynn Stegner John G. and Betty C. Jacobs Pamela G. Meyer Mrs. Fred Bosselman Mrs. Norman Gates Mel and Mary Ann Jiganti Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund Richard Boyum and Louie Chua James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Mr. Jason Kalajainen Mrs. Pamela E. Miles Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mrs. Myrna Kaplan Robert and Lois Moeller Mr. and Mrs. Roger O. Brown Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Karger Jr. Rosemary Murgas Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Judith L. Kaufman Dr. and Mr. Andy Nawrocki Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Gordon and Nancy Goodman Mrs. Helen Kedo Mrs. Linda A. Neilson Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Cavallino Annemarie H. Gramm Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Mrs. A. M. Neumann James W. Chamberlain Greene Family Foundation Neil and Diana King Elaine T. Newquist Charles B. Preacher Foundation Richard Greenman Klaff Family Foundation Gayla and Ed Nieminen Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. Kenneth Douglas Foundation Jason Dantico Solomon Gutstein Dr. and Mrs. Sung-Tao Ko Janis Wellin Notz and John K. Notz, Jr. Mr. John D’Asto The Blanny A. Hagenah Family Fund Emil J. and Marie D. Kochton Foundation Margory M. Oliker Robert O. Delaney Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Mr. John Kouns Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson

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Mark Ouweleen and Sarah Harding Megan Roudebush Carole and Bob Sorensen Bill and Vicki Hood Gerald L. Padbury Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz Ron Bauer and Michael Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Waddell Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, M.D. Robert Russell Mr. Tom Startek Mrs. William N. Weaver, Jr. Kevin Patti Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sarnoff Carol D. Stein and James Sterling Caroline C. Wheeler Laurie and Michael Petersen Robert and Mary Ann Savard Oscar Tatosian, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Wick Mrs. Zen Petkus Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Schaeffer Gilbert Terlicher F. C. Winters Mrs. Geoffrey C. M. Plampin The Schaerli Family Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Witkowski Mary and Joseph Plauche David J. Seleb and John P. Cialone Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Brien Wloch Drs. Joseph and Kimberly Pyle Sherie Coren Shapiro Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Chip and Jean Wood Dr. and Mrs. Don Randel Adele and John Simmons The Trillium Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woolever Christina Rashid Mr. and Mrs. John B. Simon Dulcie L. Truitt Priscilla T. Yu Phillip C. and Jeanne R. Ravid Larry G. Simpson and Edward T. Zasadil Kay and Craig Tuber Susan Zick Mr. and Mrs. William Revelle Mr. Edward Smeds Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Maggie Rock and Rod Adams The Sondheimer Family Charitable Foundation Robert Mann and Kathryn Voland-Mann FRIEND · $1,000 to $1,999 Anonymous (12) Susan Burkhardt James and Jane Fitzgerald Nora Jaskowiak and Matthew Hinerfeld Jeffrey and Paula Malak A & T Vavasis Philanthropic Fund George J. Burrows William A. Fleig Mrs. J. Dillon Hoey Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Mark Ms. Katherine A. Abelson Joseph A. Caprini, M.D. Nona C. Flores Bill and Louanne Holland Robert Markowski and Louise Abrahams Irma Caprioli Margaret Byrne, Attorney Cynthia and Ron Holmberg Randi Ragins Richard Abram and Paul Chandler Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Paul Fong Stephen D. Holmes William Maroney Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin D. Abrams Stephen H. and Virginia McM. Carr Stephen and Rosamund Forrest George R. Honig, M.D. and Olga Weiss Ms. Karin Martin Ann Acker Mr. Donald Carruthers Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Horwich Mr. and Mrs. Sean Martin Duffie A. Adelson Patrick V. Casali Adrian Foster Michael and Beverly Huckman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Susan S. Adler Drs. James and Stephanie Cavanaugh Anne and Willard Fraumann Mr. and Ms. Gary Huff Bob and Doretta Marwin Judith A. Akers Barry and Marcia Cesafsky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freeborn Ms. Janice Humphrey Ann and Philip May Ginny Alberts-Johnson and Robert Cieslak Mr. and Mrs. John Freund Cleveland and Phyllis Hunt John E Mazuski Lance Johnson Heinke K. Clark Mrs. Michelle B. Fries Dr. Kamal Ibrahim Maureen and Michael McCabe Dr. and Mrs. Todd D. Alexander Keith and Barbara Clayton Priscilla and Henry Frisch Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson John F. McCartney Ms. Joanne B. Alter Jean M. Cocozza Samuel and Adriana Front Generations Fund Mrs. John H. McDermott Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Altman Margery and Robert Coen John A. Gable Bett C. and Ronald E. Jacquart Bonnie McGrath Sheila and James Amend David and Carolyn Colburn Thomas F. Gajewski Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. James Therissa McKelvey Doris W. Angell Elaine Collina Ms. Kristine Garrett Judith H. Janowiak Michael McKinney Daniel J. Anzia Dr. Frank F. Conlon Mrs. Lisa Gaspero Jerry and Judy Johansen Maryjanet McNamara Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Mr. Scott P. George JS Charitable Trust Kathie Y. McReynolds Family Dr. Eva Redel James M. Cormier Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gepson Judith Jump Mr. and Mrs. Zarin Mehta Robert Austin Daniel Corrigan Gregory Geuther Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Claretta Meier Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Baldwin Ms. Jennifer Cox Sharon L. Gibson Mary Ann Karris Helen Melchior Peter and Elise Barack Patricia O. Cox Cai Glushak and Martin DiCrisci Christine Kassa-Skaredoff Rachel and Jason Mersey William and Marjorie Bardeen Katherine Hutter Coyner Barbara and Norman Gold Dr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Barkei Evelyn Crews Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Goldin Larry M. Keer, M.D. Dominion and Company, Inc. Michael A. Barna Mr. Martyn Crook Alfred G. Goldstein Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Michuda Construction, Inc. Mr. Merrill Z. Barnes Gary Crosby Robert and Marcia Goltermann Marian Kinney Ms. Barbara Mikolajczyk Richard and Shirley Baron Karen and John Crotty Jerry Goodman Linda Kinzelberg Rev. Dr. Mary L. Milano Peter Barrett Robert Curley Jaimy Gordon and Peter Blickle Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. William A. Miller Barbara Barzansky Barbara Flynn Currie Ms. Jill Gordon Mr. Stephen Kitchen Barry and Sharon Millman Sandra Bass Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mills W.C. Beatty Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Milnarik Mr. Matthew Beaty “At [my first] opera of the season [...] when the fire curtain goes up, Bette Mitchell Roger B. Beck Dr. Virginia Mond Seth Beckman I know I am in a very special place…" -Jo Ann P. William Mondi Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III Steven Montner and Scott Brown John C. Benitez Timothy and Cheryl Dahlstrand Alan Salpeter and Shelley Gorson Esther G. Klatz Charles Moore Roy C. Bergstrom James and Marie Damion Motoko Goto Frank and Alice Kleinman Lloyd and Donna Morgan Jacquie Berlin Rathin Datta Dr. Steven A. Gould Janice Klich Ms. Helen H. Morrison Lois M. Berman Patty Litton Delony Dr. Ruth Grant and Mary Klyasheff Dr. Nicole Mott and Mr. and Mrs. Turney Berry Ms. Sarah Demet Dr. Howard Schwartz Emily and Christopher Knight Mr. Charles Elliott Jerry and Kathy Biederman Rosanne Diamond Anthony Green Lionel and Jackie Knight John S. Mrowiec and Margaret C. Bisberg and Dr. Elton Dixon Nancy and Jonathan Green Richard and Carol Knop Dr. Karen L. Granda Richard VanMetre Jill S. Dodds Rochelle and Michael Greenfield Edward and Adrienne Kolb Dr. John S. and Nan D. Munn Cynthia L. Bixel Michael L. Dollard Tim and Joyce Greening Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Konczal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mustell M. J. Black and Mr. Clancy Dr. and Mrs. Peter E. Doris Ginger Griffin William Konczyk and Matthew A. Nash Judy Stanley Bland Catherine and Patrick Dowd John R. Grimes Stanley Conlon Dr. and Mrs. Belverd E. Needles Elaine and Harold Blatt David and Deborah Dranove Patricia Grogan Mr. and Mrs. Christos N. Kritikos David and Lynne Nellemann Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Tom Draski Donald J. Grossman and Richard Kron and Deborah Bekken Jeffrey Nichols Ann Blickensderfer Ms. Susan A. Duda Elaine T. Hirsch Carol and Jerome Lamet Nancy A. Nichols Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Ronald B. Duke Ms. Lili Gaubin Elisabeth M. Landes John Nigh Berle Blitstein Bernard T. Dunkel Donald Haavind Mrs. Harold E. Leichenko Carol M. Nigro John Blosser Kathy Dunn Mirja and Ted Haffner Family Fund Mrs. Nancy Levi Daniel S. Novak and Dean Ricker Frima H. Blumenthal Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dusek Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hallisy, Sr. Laurence and Mary Levine Dr. W. E. Null Terence and Mary Jeanne Bolger Michael and Paula Dwyer Mary E. Hallman Anne and Craig Linn Penny J. Obenshain Robert and Anne Bolz Charitable Trust Barbara and John Eckel Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Hammock Caroline P. Lippert Gail O’Gorman Mr. and Mrs. David Bomier Hugh and Jackie Edfors Michael G. Hansen and William and Diane Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Keith Olson Donald F. Bouseman Ms. Jan Elfline Nancy E. Randa Lloyd R. Loback Virginia A. O’Neill Dr. Charles Bower Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ellis Charles Hanusin Melvin R. Loeb Allen J. Frantzen and David E. Boyce Peter Emery Joan W. Harris Candace B. Broecker George R. Paterson Nicholas Bridges and Margaret McGirr Dr. and Mrs. James O. Ertle Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hartigan Knox and Gabrielle Long Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. McGrane IV Carline Bronk Dr. Thelma M. Evans Betty Ann Hauser Sherry and Mel Lopata Michael Payette Jerry and Gisela Brosnan Jim and Elizabeth Fanuzzi Dr. Gillian M. Headley Craig and Jane Love Marilyn Pearson Ms. Kathryn Y. Brown Farley Family James Heger Carlotta and Ronald Lucchesi Mrs. Mona L. Penner Giovanna and Joseph Breu Mr. Michael Farmer Sheila Ann Hegy Wayne R. Lueders Viktoras Petroliunas Alice C. Brunner Penny Friedman Dr. Allen W. Heinemann and Kurtice Luther Mrs. Marlene Phillips Angelo Buscaglia, Jr. Howard and Charlotte Fink Dr. William Borden Ms. Bonghee Ma Ruth A. Phillips Stephen and Elizabeth Geer Suja Finnerty Joseph Heiney Charlene and Gary MacDougal Jim and Polly Pierce Howard and Moira Buhse Elizabeth W. Fischer Robert and Janet Helman Daniel Carroll Madden and Mr. and Mrs. Les Pinsof Dr. Mary Louise H. Burger Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Dr. and Mrs. Leo M. Henikoff Tuny Mokrauer John Podjasek Ms. Sheila Burke Roy Fisher and Charles Chris Shaw Carrie and Harry Hightman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mages Dr. and Mrs. Alan Pohl

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Polenzani David Sachs Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Sims Mr. Theodore Tetzlaff Joanne Michalski and Michael Weeda William V. Porter Dr. and Mrs. Hans Sachse Paul and Ann Singer Linda and Ronald Thisted Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Weiland Charlene Posner Carol S. Sadow Margles Singleton and Clay Young Dr. Andrew J. Thomas Adele and Joseph R. Wells Dorothy M. Press Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Safford Dr. Ross Slotten Karen J. Tjarksen Mr. and Mrs. Melville W. Wendell Jennifer N. Pritzker John Sagos Barbara Smith and Diane Tkach and James Freundt Manfred Wendt Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker Sharon Salveter and Stephan Meyer Timothy Burroughs Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend Heide Wetzel Mr. David Quell Mr. Edward Sanderson Suzanne L. Hoffman and Dale Smith Joanne Tremulis Patricia and William H. Wheeler William H. Redfield Patricia Schaefer Louise K. Smith Mr. James W. Tucker James L. Wilson Roseanne Rega Mary T. Schafer Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith Vicky Tusken Dr. Wendall W. Wilson Sandra and Ken Reid Robert P. Schaible Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Judith Tuszynski Kathryn B. Winter Alicia and Myron Resnick Marie-Claude Schauer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smolen Professor Harald and Charles B. Wolf Joan L. Richards David Schiffman Robert A. Sniegowski Mrs. Christine Uhlig Ann S. Wolff Evelyn Richer Edgar Schiller Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Snopko Jean Morman Unsworth Ted and Peggy Wolff Jerry and Carole Ringer Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Schuler Dr. and Mrs. R. John Solaro Cynthia Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon Christopher and Julie Wood Carol Roberts Jim and Joan Sears The Sondheimer Family Charitable Manuel S. Valderrama D.P. Wood and R.L. Sufit William and Cheryl Roberts Segal Family Foundation Foundation Dr. Thuong Van Ha Marsha and David Woodhouse Jared C. Robins Paul R. Seidlitz Phil and Sylvia Spertus Frances and Peter Vandervoort Mark Woodworth and Randi Dr. Ashley S. Rose and Charlotte Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Semerad Ms. Julie Staley Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Ravitts Woodworth Puppel-Rose John and Floria Serpico Joyce L. Steffel Rosalba Villanueva Michael and Judy Zeddies Roberta Rosell Phyllis W. Shafron and Ethan Lathan Carol Stein and Doris Ashkin Dr. Annabelle Volgman Barbara Zeleny Saul and Sarah Rosen Mr. and Mrs. James F. Shea Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Stein John and Kathleen Vondran Marianne and Ted Zelewsky Mr. Samuel Rosenberg Ms. Darlene Shearer Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Stoll Mr. Malcolm V. Vye Richard E. Ziegler Babette Rosenthal David Sherman Ms. Verna Stovall Walter and Caroline Sueske Lorelei Rosenthal Carol and Roger Shiffman Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Stuart Charitable Trust Marsha and Robert Rosner Ms. Shannon Shin Mr. and Mrs. James Swartchild April Ware and Jess Forrest Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Ellen and Richard Shubart Sandra Sweet Dr. Richard Warnecke Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Rubash Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth I. Siegel Geraldine L. Szymanski Metro Pedix SC Mrs. Dolores E. Ruetz Nancy Silberman Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Virgil L. Watts, Jr Louise M. Ryssmann Linda Simon Ilene Patty and Thomas Terpstra Nancy E. Webster SUSTAINER · $500 to $999 Anonymous (27) Richard Blackwell and Sharon Conway Janet Eyler and Edwin Walker Amy and Michael Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aaron Linda Christianson Mrs. D. S. Corbett Ms. Patti Eylar Mr. Andrew Gore Julia and Charlotte Abarbanell Diane and Tom Blake Ms. Mercedes Corujo Ms. Elizabeth M. Fadell Drs. Margaret and Richard Gore Andrew Abbott and Susan Schlough Louis and Catherine Bland Dr. Kate L. Forhan and Marion and Burt Fainman Anne H. Gorham Jay Aber Ms. Elizabeth Blinderman Dr. Joseph P. Cousins Dr. Robert A. Fajardo Phillip and Suzanne Gossett Phillip Adams and Carmen Wilcox Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Blitstein James Cox Marilyn Faklis Ruiz Birgit Gottelt Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Mrs. Judy Block Anatole Crane Mrs. Fran Faller Sarah J. Gottermeyer Mrs. Carol E. Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Bloom Nancy Crawford Mr. David Fannin Mr. and Mrs. Delmon Grapes Standby and Go, Productions Inc. E. M. Bluhm Robert C. Cronin John and Joann Faulhaber Mr. W. L. Griffith Mr. Dirk Alander D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Pamela Crutchfield Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Feldman, M.D. Robert Grist Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Albright Ms. Virginia Boehme Anna Beth Culver Steven E. Feldman Charles R. Grode Judith L. Allen Erminio Bonacci Czarkowski Family Mr. Austin Feller Dan Groteke and Pat Taplick Mrs. Ronald L. Allen Dr. H. Constance Bonbrest Greg Davis Dr. Eva D. Ferguson D. Grynspan and S. Stupp Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Allie Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus M. Bond, Sr. Paul B. Dekker Susan Fisher-Yellen Mrs. Kathleen Grzybek Peri M. Altan Mr. Donald W. Bonneau Tania Del Rio Marilyn E. Fites John Gustaitis Evelyn Alter Laurence and Patricia Booth Pablo Denes Ms. Joanne H. Fitzgerald Beth Hadley Mr. Zakwan Alzein Jordan Bouchard Patricia K. Denman Ms. Karen E. Flanagan Mr. Allen Hager Ms. Emilyjane Andaya Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Mr. and Mrs. John Deppong, Jr. Mrs. Harold M. Flanzer Dr. and Mrs. Norm A. Hagman Ken and Mary Andersen Sandra Box Mrs. Marcia Devlin Archibald E. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Cameel Halim Carol L. Anderson Mary and Carl Boyer Dr. Lawrence Devoe Marvin Fletcher Janice H. Halpern Judith C. Anderson Barbara MacDowall and Ms. Louise E. Anderson “We love being backstage and on stage among all the singers -- Robert Hanlon Nancy E. Anderson Mr. Randall Hanssen Elizabeth Newkirk and music is our passion; opera and singing in particular.” John and Sharon Hanusin Christa Andrepont -Miriam S. Mr. Gregory J. Harms Dr. Michael Angell Dr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Harris William Ankenbrandt HolliBoyleStainglass.com Ms. Wendy DiBendedetto Lafayette J. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Harris Stephen M. and Barbara J. Arnold Michael Bradie Mr. John D. DiBuono Richard W. Foster Malcolm Harsch and Matthew Killen Drs. Andrew and Iris Aronson Robert Bradner Robert and Anne Diffendal Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fried Mr. Steve Hastalis Ms. Ardell Arthur Ms. Vivian Brandt Dr. Gary Dillehay Ms. Pauline Friedman Dr. and Mrs. David Jerome Hayden Susan and Bob Arthur Mr. Gordon Brodfuehrer Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon Michael and Jane Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hayden Mr. Derek Ashbaugh Leona and Daniel Bronstein Ms. Violeta Dirvonis Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gabanski Mrs. John S. Hayford Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Dr. Annie Brown Ms. Louise Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Gahlon Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heidenry Margaret Atherton Steven Borkan and Lauren Brown Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey B Donnell Leota P. Gajda Robert and Raynelle Heidrick Ms. Shirley M. Ballak Todd Brueshoff Maureen Dooley Ms. Jennifer Garner and Ms. Nancy Heil Mr. Stan Balog Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III Marilyn F. Dore Mr. Landon Raford Josephine E. Heindel H. Barefield Warren and Patricia Buckler Ms. Jill Dougherty Dr. George Gay & Brian Soper Stephen Heller Marilyn R. Barmash Dr. Jack Bulmash Roy and Rachel Downing Dedre Gentner Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hennessy Barbara J. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Bunge Paul E. Drennan Ms. Esther Geppert Kimberlee S. Herold David Baron and Susan Kay Lidia Calcaterra and Paul Barger Ms. Jody Lewis Thomas and Patricia Germino Mr. Theodore W. Herr and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Barrett Hon. and Mrs. Michael T. Caldwell Douglas F. Duchek Florence Gibaldi Ms. Carla Carstens Herr Joseph P. Basile Neal J. Campbell Ms. Roma Dybalski Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Gilbert Norman K. Hester Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Baum Christina Canham Joan M. Eagle Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Gilford Caren B. Hiatt Mr. and Ms. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Canmann Hon. Frank Easterbrook and Mr. Lyle Gillman Cyndi l. Hicks Mrs. and Mr. Martin S. A. Beck Agnes B. Canning Mrs. B. Englert Easterbrook Dale and David Ginsburg Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. High Elizabeth S. Beck Walter and Nancy Carlson Kimberly A. Eberlein Dr. Howard P. Girard Dr. and Mrs. Roger D. Hilbert Mr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Becker Kimberly Renee Carmen Adrienne Eckerling Gay L. Girolami Thomas W. and Helen C. Hill Mr. Robert Becker and Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation James W. Edmondson David L. Gitomer Dr. Leroy J. Hirsch and Bebe Awerbuch Ms. Karen Heller Donald and Bonnie Chauncey Ms. Martha Edwards James W. and Patricia T. Gladden Ms. Sarai Hoffman Hans F. Bell Ms. Anne M. Chien Mrs. Marlene Eisen Robert Dunn Glick Dr. and Mrs. James M. Holland Mr. Edward A. Berman Ms. Angela Cici Mrs. Richard J. Elrod Dr. Paul B. Glickman John E. Holland Diane and Karl Berolzheimer Connie Clark R. Vincent Embser Ms. Christine Goerke Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hollensteiner Mr. and Mrs. Loren M. Berry III Mrs. Paula Clayton Lenczycki Joseph R. Ender Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Golden Bernard H. and Edith A. Holst Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Bevers Michael Cleveland and Grazia Nunzi Northwest Indiana Pathology Dr. Susan R. Goldman Joel Horowitz Mrs. Keki Bhote Susan Somers and Ray Cocco Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ertman Dr. Deirdre Dupre and William Hosken Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bible Parker Colvin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Evanich Dr. Robert Golub Larry and Ann Hossack Donald H. Bittner Susan and John Combes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Evans Mary C. Goodman Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Howell, Jr.

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William and Sarah Hufford Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laughlin Dr. Arthur Moswin Heidi Stevenson Rothenberg, M.D. Anne Taft Ms. Michelle Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Lawrence Helga E. Muench Zhaosong Ruan Bradley L. and Simone Himbeault G. Todd Hunt Marsha Lazar Zane F. Muhl Andrew Ruggles Taylor Anita A. Hutchinson Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee Mary Anne Lynskey Alex Ruiz Susan C Taylor Dr. Stephen and Kathy Irwin Mary Anne Leer Maxwell Mulmat Drs. Cynthia and Gary Ruoff Ms. Michele M. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Isaacson Eileen Leiderman and Ben L. Brener Thomas F. Murphy Melanie and Joseph Ryan Sheila J. Thuesdee Howard Isenberg Dr. Michael C. Leland Barbara B. Murray Eugene W. Rzym Myron and Karen Hletko Tiersky Virginia A. Jach Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lenahan Mrs. Natalie Mycyk Mary Ann Sadilek Eleanor W. Tippens Ms. Marina B. Jacks Dominique Leonardi Holly I. Myers Mr. Eugene Saenger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tittle Douglas and Lynn Jackson Ralph and Carol Lerner Harvey A. Nathan Natalie Saltiel F. Joseph Tomecek Better Godparents Dr. and Mrs. Peter Letarte Virginia Navarrete Richard H. Sanders Larry and Carol Townsend Merle L. Jacob David Levinson and Kathy Kirn J. Robin Naylor Mr. Jeffrey Sanfilippo Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp Charlene Jacobsen Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levy Arne Rode and Nancy Needles Nancy A. Sans Miss Wan-Lin Tsai David Jaffe Mary Beth Liccioni Wayne W. Nestander Mr. Larry Scattaglia Jay and Kelly Tunney Reinhardt H. and Shirley R. Jahn Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Nichols Anne McMillen Scheyer Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tyner Foundation Dr. Arnold Tobin Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Schiele Dr. Aris Urbanes Marqui Jamison Lorin Liberman Eleanor A. Nicholson Mrs. Sheldon K. Schiff Mrs. Denise M. Utter Dr. Paul B. Jaskot Myron and Eleanor Lieberman Andrew Noha Mrs. Rosita M. Schloss Mrs. Murray J. Vale Nicholas Jeffery Stewart Liechti Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nolen Nancy Schmitt Sharon Van Dyck and Richard Kelber Mr. and Mrs. A. Paul Jensen Robert E. Lindgren Ms. Sandra Norlin Arthur Schneider and Helen Sellin Robert and Etti Van Etten Kim Jensen and Tom Elsen Carol Linkowski William Novshek and Lynda Thoman Marcia G. Schneider Marlene A. Van Skike Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Al and Cathy Lipponeur Mr. and Mrs. Hiram M. Nowlan Rosemary J. Schnell Marie Vanagas Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. DeAnn Liska Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nutt Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Scholly Andre Vanee Mr. and Mrs. Walker C. Johnson Mr. John Liston Dr. Dragic M. Obradovic Susan B. Schulson Dr. Eladio A. Vargas Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnston Mr. Alan Littmann Mr. Michael J. O’Connell Gerald and Barbara Schultz Ms. Antoinette Vigilante Barbara Mair Jones Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Loftus Paul and Cathy O’Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schultz Drenda Vijuk Mr. Dennis Jones Abby and George Lombardi Mr. Michael K. Oman Stacy and Robert Schultze Raita Vilnins Janet Jones Ms. Kathie Long Sandra L. Osborn Deborah and George Schulz John N. Vinci Courtney and Ora Jones Richard Lord John and Dawn Palmer Linda S. Schurman Robert and Camille Von Dreele Dr. Peter H. Jones Lutz Family Foundation Paloucek Family Fund Lisa Schwarz Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jordan John and Roseanne Lynch Joan L. Pantisios Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Scoggins Mrs. Mary Lou Waitzman Mr. Edward T. Joyce Ms. Alex Lyubimov David Paris Judy and John Scully Alan J. Wakefield Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Kaeser Mrs. Diane L. Macewicz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parks Barbara and John T. Seaman, Jr. Ms. Lucinda Wakeman Marianne E. Kalinke Miss Joan C. Madden Charles M. Parrish Dr. Itai Seggev and Prof. John S. Walker Beth Kalov Ms. Teresa A. Maganzini Robert W. Parsons, M.D. Dr. Dara Goldman Robert D. Wallin Dr. and Mrs. James J. Kane Mrs. Timothy J. Malloy Alap Patel Richard and Betty Seid James M. Walsh Ethel R. Kaplan Jennifer Malpass Bruce and Nancy Payne Mr. and Mrs. Neal Seltzer Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walter Mrs. Jack Karp Ms. Gwen Maneke Jean T. Pennino Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Seng Mr. and Mrs. John H. Walter Mr. Louis Kartsimas George and Roberta Mann Mr. John Pepe Dr. Robert F. Shankland Gary T. Walther Thomas R. Kasdorf Philanthropic Fund Children’s Law Group LLC Mr. and Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wardell Harriet Z. Katz Mark and Wendy Manto Victorina Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shapiro Elizabeth K. Ware Ms. Andrea Katzenstein Mr. Damiano Marchiafava Karen Petitte Terry and Maureen Shea Sara and Kevin Warner Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kavanagh Dr. Lawrence and Sylvia Margolies Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Barbara Fulton Sideman Ms. Lisa Warshauer Matthew J. Keller, Jr. Dr. Maija Freimanis and David Marshall Shirley Pfenning and Robert J. Wilczek Joanne Silver Benjamin Wasmuth Alfred Kelley David J. Martin Mr. Robert Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Simon Claude M. Weil Douglas and Christine Kelner Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Marzec Ms. Lyneta Grap Piela Roberta E. Singer Mr. James Weinberger Jeffrey R. Kerr Harold L. Mason Mr. and Mrs. William Pinsof Christopher Skrable Dr. and Mrs. Howard Weiss Patricia Kersey and Charles Erlichman James Massie and Christine Winter John J. W. Plampin Arthur B. Smith, Jr. and Marco and Joan Weiss Ms. Emily Kessler and Fernando and Leslie Mastroianni Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Podolak Tracey L. Truesdale Dr B. Craig Weldon and Terri Monk Ms. Kay E. Hughes Mr. Michael Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Polsky Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Smith, Jr. Peter J. Wender Mr. and Mrs. Algimantas Kezelis Mrs. John May Felix Ponce Therese G. Smith Ellen Werner Chuck and Kathy Killman Mr. and Mrs. George P. McAndrews Ms. Karen W. Porter Michael and Donna Socol Donald R Wertz Ms. Mary Kinney Drs. William and Margaret McCulloch Mr. William Preller Edward and Eileen Soderstrom Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wertz Ms. Tracy L. 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Miller Dr. Patricia C. Rieger Scott Stoeffler and Jill Krieg Mr. and Mrs. John G. Zasi Konrad Kuchenbach Vee Minarich Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Rinkenberger Mrs. James H. Stoner Regina W. Zehr Thomas P. Kuczwara Helen Hill Minsker Ed and Susan Ritts Joanne Storm Dr. Antoinette Zell and Dr. Klaus and Erzsebet Kuettner Edward J. Mitchen Helen H. Roberts Timothy J.S. Kenneth R. Walter Mr. Eric J. Kurdziel Lori Mivshek Gabriel and Beth Rodriguez Mr. John Strasswimmer Robert Zentner John and Lynn LaBarbera Sanford Moltz James and Abagail Rollins Gary L. Strawn Dorene Zerfas Jeanne LaDuke Deborah A. Morrin The Philip and Myn Rootberg Laura Sturdevant Larisa Zhizhin Laimonis and Kristina Laimins Mr. Greg Morris Foundation Mr. Charles Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Eric Zickgraf Susan Laing Martin W. Morris Elaine G. Rosen Mary W. Sullivan and Camille J. Zientek John T. Lansing Steven W. Morris Drs. Ronald and Linda Rosenthal Coleman S. Kendall Mr. Max Lanz John A. Morrison Thomas and Barbara Rosenwein Ms. Svetlana Sutic Mrs. Frederick Larsen Larry Morrison Jason Rosnick Sherwin A. Swartz Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Larsen Beverly Mortensen Merlin and Gladys Rostad Arts Fund Sally Sylvan Bonnie B. and Robert M. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Karlos Moser Mrs. Donald I. Roth Katherine Abbott and Jerry Szatan

Lyric 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.

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 69 LYRIC’S NEW CHAMPAGNE BAR

Champagne and an evening at Lyric make the perfect pairing! Now you can choose from a variety of delicious champagnes before any Lyric show or at intermission. Enjoy a glass or split of your favorite bubbly, or treat yourself to a delicious mimosa or Bellini. Located across from the grand staircase in the Rice Grand Foyer on the Main Floor. LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Facilities and Services

Patrons with Disabilities: media from the lobby and other parts of The Lyric Opera House is the public, non-performance spaces in the accessible to persons with house, as well as the house itself, but not physical disabilities, with during the performance. elevator service to all floors except the Opera Club. The Ardis Lyric, for safety reasons, has the right Krainik Theatre contains seating to inspect any large bags or packages that is accessible to persons in and insist that all large backpacks, bags, wheelchairs, as well as seats with luggage, etc. be stored at coat check. removable armrests. The Lyric Welcome to the Lyric Opera House! Here Opera House has automatic door-openers are a few guidelines designed to ensure all on exterior doors, and accessible drinking of our audience members have the best fountains and public telephones. A TTY experience possible. phone is available in the Box Office for outgoing calls only. • Please remain silent during the performance. Restroom facilities for female patrons with • As a gesture of respect for other disabilities are located on all levels except audience members and the the Opera Club. For male patrons, these performing artists, please remain facilities are located on all levels except the seated until intermission or the end Opera Club and the sixth floor. of the show. If you need to leave the auditorium, you may not be Assistive listening devices for persons readmitted while the performance is desiring amplification are available at no in progress. cost at the Main Floor coat check. A valid • Program and artists are subject to driver’s license or state identification is Outside food and beverages may not be change without notice. required as a security deposit. brought into the Lyric Opera House. • Please turn off or silence all electronic Refreshments may be purchased onsite and and personal devices and refrain Large print and Braille programs may be limited items may be brought in with you from using any device with a glowing available at the Main Floor coat check. to the performance. screen at any time during the performance. Audio description, touch tours, and Thank you again for joining us at Lyric American Sign Language interpretation is Opera of Chicago! Your understanding and cooperation available for select performances; please see are appreciated. Please let a member of www.lyricopera.org/accessibilty for dates Lyric’s house staff know if you have any and details. questions. Lost and Found: Please call 312.827.5768 for lost items. Unclaimed articles are held for 30 days.

Other important policies: Photography and/or audio and video recording of any kind are prohibited during the performance. You are encouraged to take photographs and share your experience on social

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

November 19 - December 10, 2017 | 71 EXPERIENCE

FAMILY DAY AT LYRIC

BALDWIN GRAHAM GUNN BECZAŁA

ELECTRIFYING MUSICAL PIOTR BECZAŁA IN RECITAL THEATER, EXCITING Feb 25 ONE NIGHT ONLY CONCERTS, CELEBRATING  YEARS OF BERNSTEIN Featuring Kate Baldwin, Susan Graham, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING Nathan Gunn, and the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by David Chase Create Your Own Series*: Mar 10 you choose the titles, Family FAMILY DAY AT LYRIC Friendly you choose the dates. Tickets Apr 7 $5/$10

*Does not include Family Day at Lyric JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Webber/Rice Apr 27 - May 20

.. | LYRICOPERA.ORG Don’t miss the grand-scale passion and excitement of one of opera’s biggest blockbusters DEC  JAN 

PUCCINI Performed in Italian with projected English translations NEWTOCHICAGO PRODUCTION OPERA HUMMELLNASHVILLE REED C.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS Production owned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, originally .. ROBERT S. AND SUSAN E. created by Bliss Hebert and Allen Charles Klein for Florida MORRISON Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, and San Francisco Opera. LYRICOPERA.ORG

Be swept away by romance and vocal fi reworks | FEB ‡ ˆ 

Lawrence Brownlee and Albina Shagimuratova star in Bellini’s 17th-century tale of love and political intrigue

Performed in Italian with projected English translations NEWTOCHICAGO PRODUCTION

This production was originally directed by Sandro Sequi and premiered at The Metropolitan Opera. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by The Metropolitan Opera. OPERA HOWARD‚METROPOLITAN KEN C.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS DONNA VAN EEKEREN ANONYMOUS .. FOUNDATION DONOR LYRICOPERA.ORG