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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Board of Directors

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

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Women’s Board Guild Board of Directors Members at Large † Nancy S. Searle † James A. Staples Members Vindya Dayananda Ms. Judith A. Akers Phil DeBoer President President Lena Dickinson † Mrs. James C. Pritchard † Minka Bosco Mrs. Geraldine Bellanca Mr. Michael J. Brahill Katherine "Fritzi" Getz Vice President – Board Activities Vice President – Benefit Marian Klaus † Caroline T. Huebner † Sarah Demet Dr. Gerald Budzik Joe Michalak Vice President – Education Vice President – Benefit Mrs. Robert C. Debolt Natalie Pace Mrs. Ingrid Dubburke Marne Smiley † Mrs. Julian W. Harvey † Michael Tirpak Mrs. Barbara M. Eckel Vice President – Fundraising Vice President – Family Day J.J. Williams * Mr. Jonathan Eklund Lauren Wood † Mrs. Anne M. Edwards † Fay M. Shong Mrs. Gwen Vice President – Special Events Vice President – Fundraising Mr. Peter B. Faust † Maggie Rock Mrs. Nancy R. Fifield The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Margot Stone Bowen Vice President – Membership Ms. Sharon L. Gibson Ryan Opera Center Suzette Bulley † Nathaniel W. Pusey Mr. Denny C. Hayes Board of Directors Marie Campbell Vice President – Ms. Virginia A. Jach Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mamie Biggs Case Membership Engagement Mrs. Jackie Knight Honorary Co-Chairs Mrs. Alger B. Chapman, Jr. † Dorothy Kuechl * Ms. Kate Letarte John Nitschke President † Elizabeth O’Connor Cole Secretary Mrs. Carole A. Luczak *^ Julie Baskes Vice President – At Large Mrs. Gary C. Comer † David Marshall Mrs. Judith M. Marshall Janet Burch Vice President – At Large Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown Treasurer Vee Minarich Mrs. Harolyn Pappadis ^ Philip G. Lumpkin Vice President – * Mrs. Lester Crown † Marc Lacher Fundraising * Mrs. W. James Farrell Vice President at Large Karen W. Porter Mrs. Maria Rigolin ^ Sally Feder Vice President – Mrs. Michael Ferro Fundraising Co-Chair Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Allison Alexander Ms. Sherie Shapiro § Renée Fleming Leslie Bertholdt Ms. Laura Shimkus ^ Jane DiRenzo Pigott Vice President – Regan Rohde Friedmann *† Patrick J. Bitterman Mrs. Carla Thorpe Nominating Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Henry Clark * Susan Kiphart Vice President – Ms. Lili Gaubin Mrs. Suzy Cobin Sustaining Members Nominating Co-Chair Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Eben Dorros * Ms. Julie Anne Benson ^ Joan Zajtchuk Vice President – Mrs. Ron Beata Strategic Planning Keith Kiley Goldstein Stephen Dunbar Ms. Marlene R. Boncosky Mrs. Annemarie H. Gramm † Timothy R. Farrell Juliana Chyu Vice President – Mrs. Jeanne Hamilton Strategic Planning Co-Chair Silvia Beltrametti Krehbiel Robert Gienko, Jr. Mrs. Beatriz E. Iorgulescu Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel Olivier C. Junod Debbie K. Wright Treasurer * Dorothy Kuechl Roberta Lane Assistant Treasurer Mrs. King Harris Mark Kozloff, M.D. Mr. Lester Marriner Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Daria M. Lewicky Chester T. Kamin Secretary * Ms. Jennie M. 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O’Connor Cathy Wloch Mira J. Frohnmayer Mrs. William A. Osborn Ms. Anne Zenzer Mary Patricia Gannon Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman Chapter Presidents Melvin Gray Mrs. Frederick H. Prince Sustaining Members Barrington Mrs. Thomas D. Heath M.K. Pritzker Mrs. John H. Andersen Mary Rafetto-Robins Mary Ellen Hennessy * Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes * Mrs. Gustavo A. Bermudez Evanston Martha A. Hesse Mrs. Barbara M. Eckel Loretta Julian Mrs. Ronald A. Rolighed Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Far West Jeanne Randall Malkin Trisha Rooney * Robert F. Finke Mrs. Judith M. Marshall Robert C. Marks Betsy Bergman Rosenfield Mrs. Amanda C. Fox Flossmoor Area Erma S. Medgyesy * Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Mrs. William R. Jentes Ms. Sharon L. Gibson Helen Melchior † Erica L. Sandner Chester T. Kamin Glencoe Frank B. Modruson Mrs. E. Scott Santi John M. Kohlmeier Anne Ruzicka Phyllis Neiman † Mrs. Alejandro Silva Mrs. Robert E. Largay Hinsdale Susan Noel Mrs. John R. Siragusa * Ms. Britt M. Miller Gregory J. O’Leary Karen W. 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Oliver, Jr. Vice President – Community Relations * Former President Anne Gross Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker † Mrs. Linda Budzik * Keith A. Reed Mrs. Gordon Segal Orli Staley Vice President – Membership Lyric Young Professionals * William C. Vance † Mrs. Margie Franklin Lisa DeAngelis, President * Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom * Former President Vice President – Programs Martha Grant, Co-Vice President Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. † Executive Committee † Claudia Winkler Shannon Shin, Co-Vice President § Honorary Member Treasurer Christopher Hanig, Secretary * Former President † Mrs. Mary Lunz Houston Tania Tawil, Events Chair ^ Team Chair Secretary Jonathon Thierer, Fundraising Chair

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

Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Drew Landmesser Music Director Creative Consultant Deputy General Director and Chief Operating Officer The John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair Elizabeth Hurley Roberta Lane Chief Development Officer Chief Financial and Administrative 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 Daniel Moss Dan Seekman DIRECTOR Senior Director of Institutional Senior Staff Accountant MARKETING AND Anthony Freud Partnerships Tom Pels COMMUNICATIONS General Director, President & CEO Adriane Fink Payroll Associate Lisa Middleton The Women’s Board Endowed Chair Director of Institutional Partnerships Rosemary Ryan Linda Nguyen Irvin Angela DeStefano Accounts Payable Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications Manager, Office of the General Director Associate Director of Guild Board Megan Walker Kathleen Butera Sarah Sapperstein Payroll Coordinator Shelby Homiston Assistant, Office of the General Director Associate Director of Institutional Marketing and Public Relations Partnerships HUMAN RESOURCES Coordinator OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY Elizabeth Landon Pavitra Ramachandran GENERAL DIRECTOR Institutional Partnerships Associate Vice President, Human Resources Holly H. Gilson Drew Landmesser Stephanie Strong Senior Director, Communications Deputy General Director and Director of Compensation, Benefits, Amber Cullen Magda Krance Chief Operating Officer and HR Operations Director of Major Gifts Director of Media Relations Charity Franco ARTISTIC Roger Pines Libby Rosenfeld Human Resources Associate Andreas Melinat Major Gifts Officer Dramaturg Sharai Bohannon Vice President, Artistic Planning Andrew Cioffi Office Coordinator Digital Content Producer Cory Lippiello Angela Larson Mosadi Goodman Artistic Administrator Amanda Reitenbach Director of Annual Giving Human Resources Coordinator Social Media Associate Evamaria Wieser Scott Podraza Casting Consultant Associate Director of Annual Giving INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Will Raj Tracy Galligher Young DEVELOPMENT Sarah Geocaris Vice President, Information Technology Senior Director, Marketing and Elizabeth Hurley Chapters Coordinator Karoline Reynolds Eric Hayes Audience Development Chief Development Officer Director of IT Operations Laura E. Burgos Zachary Vanderburg Digital Fundraising Coordinator Anna VanDeKerchove Rita Parida Director of Audience Analytics and Executive Assistant to the Chief Director of Data Services Digital Initiatives Development Officer Donor Engagement and Stewardship Coordinator Jessica Keener Jennifer Colgan Marisa Lerman Systems Analyst Director of Sales and Advertising Development Assistant Brittany Gonzalez Amy Tinucci Sean Lennon Systems Administrator Director of Group Sales Lawrence DelPilar Director of Development Operations Valerie Bromann Hanna Pristave Bob Helmuth Senior Director, Development Technology Support Associate Manager of Digital Content Mike Biver Manager of Operations and Data and Analysis Analytics Jazmin Segura Director of Gift Planning Technology Support Specialist Michael Musick Jonathan P. Siner Stephanie Lillie E-Commerce Manager Senior Director of Gift Planning Donor Records and Reporting Associate LYRIC UNLIMITED Daniel Crespo Meaghan Stainback Erin Johnson Cayenne Harris Graphic Designer Associate Director of Individual Giving Donor Records Coordinator Vice President, Lyric Unlimited Margaret Kellas Kristen Bigham Amanda Ramsey The Chapters' Endowed Chair for Lyric Unlimited Marketing Associate Gift Planning Associate Prospect and Research Coordinator Education Stefany Phillips Andrea Rubens Crystal Coats Creative Project Associate Individual Giving and Lyric Young FINANCE Director of Community Programs Lindsey Raker Professionals Coordinator Roberta Lane Todd Snead Marketing Associate, Advertising and Chief Financial and Administrative Director of Learning Programs Promotions Kate Later Officer Will Biby Sarah Sabet Senior Director of Special Events and Whitney Bercek Manager of Audience Programs Marketing Associate, Special Programs Women’s Board Controller Drew Smith LeiLynn Farmer Deborah Hare Vincente F. Milianti Learning Programs Manager Group Sales Coordinator Director of Special Events Senior Director, Financial Planning Cameron Murdock Leah Bobbey and Analysis Backstage Tours Coordinator Women’s Board Manager Nicky Chaybasarskaya LaRob Payton Rachel Peterson Senior Accountant Lyric Unlimited Coordinator Special Events Associate Ana Joyce Paul D. Sprecher Senior Accountant Special Events Associate Nancy Ko Teresa Fleming Accounting Manager Women’s Board Assistant Lee Stevens Payroll Director

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TICKET DEPARTMENT/ Briette Madrid Richard “Doc” Wren Scott Marr AUDIENCE SERVICES Stage Door Supervisor Warehouse Coordinator Wardrobe, Wigs, and Makeup Director Susan Harrison Niemi Nathan Tuttle Dan DiBennardi Facilities Porter Assistant Warehouse Coordinator Maureen Reilly Director of Audience Services Costume Director Alex Chatziapostolou-Demas The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Sales Manager PRODUCTION Dan Donahue Cameron Arens Justin Hull Endowed Chair John Renfroe Lucy Lindquist Tessitura Manager Senior Director, Production Ryan McGovern Assistant Carpenters Wardrobe Mistress Laura Waters Katrina Bachus Call Center Manager Jordan Lee Braun Anthony Bernardy Meriem Bahri Kelly E. Cronin David Carl Toulson Adam Gorsky Louie Barrios VIP Ticketing Associate Mo Zhou Brian Hobbs Jenah Hensel Daniel Quinn Assistant Stage Directors Robert Hull, Jr. Molly Herman VIP Ticketing Coordinator Connor Ingersoll James Herrity John W. Coleman John Ingersoll Robert Hilliard Sebastian Armendariz Rachel C. Henneberry Dan Lang Kate Keefe Marnie Baylouny Rachel A. Tobias Johnny Rivers Cecylia Kinder Kelly Bourget Stage Managers Chase Torringa Krystina Lowe Abigail Brown Carpenters Talia Newton Katie Burnham Kristen Barrett Kathy Rubel Alex Carey Rachel C. Henneberry Toni Rubino Emily Crisp Anderson Nunnelley Chris Maravich Joanna Rzepka Erik Dohner Daniel Sokalski Lighting Director Marguerite Scott Jerry Downey Peggy Stenger The Mary- and James S. Aagaard Rebecca Shouse Ashlyn Elliot Amy C. Thompson Endowed Chair Ewa Szylak Leigh Folta Rachel A. Tobias Sarah Riffle Barbara Szyllo Claire French Bill Walters Heather Sparling Carolina Tuazon Michaela Gleason Sandra Zamora Assistant Lighting Designers Isaac Turner Andrew Groble Assistant Stage Managers Maggie Zabierowski Michael C. 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Jason Combs David Hough Jessica Reinhart RYAN OPERA CENTER Thomas Fernandez Charlie Junke Ben Ross Dan Novak Thomas Hull Kim Kostera Erin Sheets Vice President and Director, Daniel Kuh Wendy McCay Kellie Springfield Ryan Opera Center Asiel Simpson Moira O'Neil Destiny Strothers The Ryan Opera Center Board Jeremy Thomas John Salyers Adam Stubitsch Endowed Chair Jose Villalpando Dulce Santillan Marisa von Drasek Craig Terry Electricians Lynn Sparber Ryan Wood Music Director Chris Valente Ticket Staff The Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Joe Schofield Roger Weir Julia Faulkner Head Audio Technician Samantha Yonan Kelly Bourget Dressers Director of Vocal Studies Nick Charlan Katie Burnham Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Emily Crisp Matt Eble Sarah Hatten Michaela Gleason Emma Scherer Kelvin Ingram Associate Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Ben Ross Audio Technicians The Marlys Beider Endowed Chair Lyric Concierge Representatives TECHNICAL Allison Burkholder OPERATIONS Michael Smallwood Maria DeFabo Akin Department Coordinator Vice President and Technical Director Props and Scenic Art Director Nicholas Ivor Martin Chantelle Marie Johnson Vice President, Artistic Operations and The Allan and Elaine Muchin Endowed Chair Charles Reilly Lynn Koroulis Labor Strategy Property Master Robert Kuper Stephanie Karr April Busch Lana McKinnon Technical Operations Director Michael McPartlin Senior Director of Music Administration Properties Crew Head Claire Moores Wendy Skoczen Michael Schoenig Staff Chief Librarian Technical Finance Director Phil Marcotte Tabitha Boorsma Madeleine Borg Prop Carpenter Bridget Rzymski Operations Associate Production Manager – Lyric Unlimited Bob Ladd Wig Crew Head and Ryan Opera Center Gretchen Meyerhoefer Armorer John Bivins III Music Administration Associate Rachel Boultinghouse DeShawn Bowman Claire Potter Scott Wolfson Upholsterer Martha Contreras Music Administration Coordinator Associate Technical Director Brittany Crinson Stephen Snyder Robert Hartge Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Toywa Curington PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Technical Coordinator Eric Daniels Rich Regan Joe Dockweiler Richard Tyriver Assistant Properties June Gearon Vice President and General Manager, Master Carpenter David Grant Presentations and Events Mike Reilly Michael Buerger Carla Hubbs Sharon Lomasney Head Flyman/Automation Joseph Collins Alicja Klosek Director of Presentations and Events Jeffrey Streichhirsch Gordon Granger Briette Madrid Nora O’Malley Automation Assistant Nick Malloy Patrick Munoz Director of Facility Operations Chris Barker Joe Mathesius Nelson Posada Leslie MacLean Matt Reilly Kevin McPartlin Sunni Powell Facilities Coordinator Rigging/Automation Assistants Properties Monique Rhue Megan St. John Mark Shanabrough Jada Richardson Presentations and Events Coordinator Head Shop Carpenter Lela Rosenberg Stephen Dunford Brian Traynor Brian Grenda Charge Artist Rick Salazar Chief Engineer Rebecca Scott Layout Carpenter Tim Morrison Gregg Brody Drew Trusk Kacy Tatus Box Office Manager Michael Murtaugh Pat Tomlinson Head Shop Welder Scenic Artists Bernard McNeela Bruce Woodruff Emily Young Engineer Layout Welder Wig and Makeup Crew

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Anna Netrebko in Recital "Day and Night"

Malcolm Martineau, piano

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

ANNA NETREBKO in Recital “Day and Night”

MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano

Assisting Artists: Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo- Robert Hanford, violin

Sunday, December 2, 3:00 p.m. Lyric Opera House

Sergei Rachmaninoff “Siren'” (“Lilacs”), Op. 21, No. 5 (1873-1943) “U moego okna” (“Before my window”), Op. 26, No. 10 www.annanetrebko.com “Zdes' horosho” (“How lovely it is here”), Op. 21, No. 7 Anna Netrebko appears by arrangements Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “Zvonche zhavoronka pen'e” (“The lark sings louder”), with CSAM. (1844-1908) Op. 43, No. 1 Ms. Netrebko records exclusively for “Morgen” (“Tomorrow”), Op. 27, No. 4 . (1864-1949) Ms. Netrebko wears jewelry by Chopard. “Il pleure dans mon cœur” (“Tears fall in my heart”), Op. 60, No. 2 (1862-1918) The photographing or sound recording Gustave Charpentier Louise, Act Three, Aria of Louise: “Depuis le jour” “( Ever since the day”) of this concert or possession of any device (1860-1956) for such photography or sound recording is prohibited. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky “To bylo ranneju vesnoj” (“It happened in the early spring”), (1840-1893) Op. 38, No. 2 “Skazhi o chem v teni vetvej” (“Tell me, what in the shadows of branches”), Op. 57, No. 1 Frank Bridge “Go not, happy day” (1879-1941) The American Guild of Musical Artists, Ruggero Leoncavallo “Mattinata” (“Morning”), Op. 5 AFL-CIO (AGMA), is the union that (1857-1919) represents the singers, dancers, actors, and staging personnel at Intermission Lyric Opera of Chicago. Tchaikovsky Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades), Act One, Duet of Lisa and Polina: “Uzh vecher” (“It is evening”) Rimsky-Korsakov “Redeet oblakov letuchaja grjada” (“The clouds begin to scatter”), Op. 42, No. 3 Tchaikovsky “Nochi bezumnye” (“Sleepless nights”), Op. 60, No. 6 Strauss “Die Nacht” (“The night”), Op. 10, No. 3 “Wiegenlied” (“Lullaby”), Op. 41, No. 1 “Ständchen” (“Serenade”), Op. 17, No. 2 Gabriel Fauré “Après un rêve” (“After a dream”), Op. 7, No. 1 (1845-1924) Antonín Dvořák Gypsy Songs, “Když mne stará matka” (“Songs my mother taught me”), (1841-1904) Op. 55, No. 4 Rachmaninoff “Son” (“The Dream”), Op. 38, No. 5 Douglas Moore The Ballad of Baby Doe, Act One, (1893-1969) Elizabeth “Baby” Doe’s Aria: “Gold is a fine thing” Jacques Offenbach Les contes d’Hoffmann, Act Three, Duet of Giulietta (1819-1880) and Nicklausse: “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Barcarolle) Tchaikovsky “Den' li carit” (“Whether day dawns”), Op. 47, No. 6 b•a Stage Manager: Rachel A. Tobias Assistant Stage Manager: Amy C. Thompson Projected English Titles: Roger Pines

December 2, 2018 | 13 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO ANNA NETREBKO, who Among Netrebko’s many honors are a 2017 from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and made a triumphant Lyric International Opera Award for “Best Female Singer”; Drama in 2004 and was appointed International debut as Mimì/La bohème the 2016 Award; Musical America’s Fellow of Accompaniment there in 2009. in 2013, has redefined what 2008 “Musician of the Year”; three Grammy Award it means to be an opera star. nominations; Germany’s prestigious Bambi Award; This season American From singing at the opening the UK’s Classical BRIT Awards for “Singer of the mezzo-soprano JENNIFER ceremony of the 2014 Winter Year” and “Female Artist of the Year”; the Russian JOHNSON CANO returns Olympics to becoming the State Prize and designation “People’s Artist of to both the Metropolitan first classical artist named ”; and the rank of Austrian “Kammersängerin.” Opera (Emilia/, Meg to the “TIME 100” (the She is a global ambassador for Chopard jewelry. Page/) and Boston magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential A mother and a passionate advocate for Lyric Opera (Offred/Poul people), the Russian soprano is one of opera’s foremost children’s causes, Netrebko shares her infectious joie Ruders’s The Handmaid’s global ambassadors. In live performance and on de vivre – along with her love of family, fashion, and Tale, role debut). In award-winning recordings, her portrayals of iconic food – on social media, inspiring people to live their addition to numerous operatic heroines have made an indelible mark on most colorful lives and to celebrate what makes them prestigious orchestral engagements, she will appear the canon, establishing her as one of today’s most unique. with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center compelling, committed performers in any genre. Her and, with tenor and pianist Scottish pianist MALCOLM Julius Drake, at . Cano’s major roles recent ventures into bolder, more dramatic repertoire MARTINEAU is recognized nationwide have included Orpheus/Orpheus and have confirmed yet further her place in the annals of as one of the leading Eurydice (St. Louis, Des Moines); Donna Elvira/ operatic history. accompanists of his (Boston, Phoenix, Tucson); the Fox/ Netrebko launched the current season in New generation. Among the The Cunning Little Vixen (Cleveland Orchestra); York, with a resounding success in the title role/ at singers he has partnered in (Boston); Diana/ (Cincinnati); the , followed by an appearance in live and recorded recitals and Marguerite/La Damnation de Faust (Tucson). the Richard Tucker Gala at Carnegie Hall. Alongside have been Sir Thomas She made her European debut touring in John her husband, Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov, she Allen, Dame , Adams’s El Niño with the London Symphony appeared in concert in Miami and in a Verdi gala Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Orchestra and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at Moscow’s . She and Malcolm , , Susan Graham, (Hilversum, Netherlands). She has appeared with Martineau performed together in Graz and Prague, , , Angelika other prominent orchestras, including the those of and look forward to reuniting for a recital at Carnegie Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kožená, Dame Felicity Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Hall after their Chicago appearance. Other highlights Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Ann Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Munich. Cano has of the soprano’s 2018/19 schedule include Adriana Murray, Anna Netrebko, Joan Rodgers, Michael recorded Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1: Jeremiah, Lecouvreur at the Met, at the Royal Schade, , , Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, and a live solo Opera House , Andrea Chénier at the Frederica von Stade, and Sarah Walker. Martineau recital from the Savannah Voice Festival. Cano , a concert with has presented his own series at London’s Wigmore is an alumna of Webster University (St. Louis), in Berlin, and a recital in St. Petersburg. Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and “Decade by Rice University, Met’s Lindemann Young Artist A native of Krasnodar, Netrebko began her Decade – 100 Years of German Song,” broadcast Development Program, and Young Concert Artists. career at the age of 22 at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the Theatre. She went on to triumph as Donna Anna/Don complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). ROBERT HANFORD has Giovanni at the , before attaining Martineau has appeared in virtually every major been concertmaster of the superstar status in the leading lyric-soprano roles of European concert venue, from London’s Wigmore Lyric Opera Orchestra since Bellini, Donizetti, Gounod, Verdi, Massenet, Puccini, Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Royal the 2004/05 season. The and Prokofiev. In the title role/ in 2011 Opera House to , Paris’s Châtelet, Barcelona’s American violinist serves in (Vienna, Met) and the title role/Giovanna d’Arco two Gran Teatre del , Berlin’s Philharmonie and the same capacity during years later (Salzburg), she began to transition into Konzerthaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the summer at the Aspen heavier, more complex roles. She has since reprised Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein. He has also Music Festival. Previously Giovanna d’Arco at La Scala and made debuts as appeared throughout North America (including, in Hanford was associate Leonora/ (Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Salzburg, New York, both Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall), principal second violinist of Met), Lady /Macbeth (Munich, London, Australia (including the Sydney Opera House), the Minnesota Orchestra and a member of both Met), and Maddalena/Andrea Chénier (La Scala), as and at the Aix-en-Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago’s Grant well as in the title roles of Lescaut (Rome), Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg festivals. Park Symphony. He has appeared as soloist on Aida (Salzburg), (St. Petersburg, Among Martineau’s recording projects have many occasions with the Minnesota Orchestra, Vienna), and (Met). Her Met Macbeth opened been Schubert, Schumann, and English song recitals the Milwaukee Symphony, and other Midwestern the tenth anniversary of the company’s “Live in HD” with Bryn Terfel; Schubert and Strauss recitals orchestras, including the Chicago Philharmonic. cinecast series, and a 2016 Dresden marked with Simon Keenlyside, Angela Gheorghiu, Barbara Hanford attended Northwestern University her victorious Wagnerian debut in a work she will Bonney, Magdalena Kožená, Della Jones, Susan and is currently on the faculty there as a violin Bullock, Solveig Kringelborn, and Amanda Roocroft; instructor. He graduated with first prize from the reprise in her 2019 Bayreuth Festival debut. Britten song cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise Orpheus Conservatory in Athens, Greece. For many In addition to regularly headlining productions with Florian Boesch; the complete Fauré songs summers he was concertmaster and violin instructor with the world’s leading opera companies, Netrebko with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete at the Birch Creek Music Festival in Wisconsin. has appeared extensively in concerts and recitals across Poulenc songs; and the complete folk songs of He has also performed and taught at the Apollo, five continents. Her performances in celebration Beethoven and Britten. the MidAmerica, the Milwaukee, and the Roycroft of the World Cup openings in 2006 at Berlin’s This season’s engagements include appearances Chamber Music Festivals. Waldbühne amphitheater and in 2018 at Moscow’s with Simon Keenlyside, Magdalena Kožená, In addition to his professional career as a Red Square were both televised internationally. Dorothea Röschmann, Susan Graham, Christopher violinist, Hanford has studied and performed on Since 2002 she has been an exclusive Deutsche Maltman, Thomas Oliemanns, Kate Royal, the theremin, one of the first electronic instruments. Grammophon recording artist, amassing a substantial Christiane Karg, Iestyn Davies, Florian Boesch, and He is also an amateur artist blacksmith, having discography comprising complete , concert Anne Schwanewilms. attended courses of study in Wyoming and Illinois. repertoire, numerous bestselling solo albums, and a Martineau, an alumnus of St Catharine’s Robert Hanford is the Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg recording of love duets with Eyvazov. College, Cambridge, received an honorary doctorate Concertmaster Endowed Chair.

14 | December 2, 2018 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Program Notes By Roger Pines DAN REST Although he composed three operas, it is in The songs of Claude Debussy are the his songs that ’s gifts epitome of French mélodies in their absolute as a composer for the voice found their connection between music and text. Certainly true fulfillment. He was a supreme master they demand consummate vocal technique, but of the romance, following such distinguished even the biggest vocal gestures never draw undue predecessors in that form as Glinka and attention. The colors in Debussy songs emerge Tchaikovsky. For his texts he preferred Russian in the composer’s exquisitely sensitive response Romantic poets, although in his later songs he to the mood-setting of some of the greatest of all found some attraction to contemporary texts. French poets, from to Paul Affairs of the heart spoke vividly to him, and Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé. he was also unforgettably eloquent depicting The six songs of Ariettes oubliées (1885-87) the beauties of nature. A stupendous pianist, are central to Debussy’s eminence as a composer he created piano accompaniments demanding of French art song. Each makes an intoxicating exceptional virtuosity. impression, particularly “Il pleure dans mon Among the most popular Rachmaninoff coeur,” with its elegant Verlaine lyrics. As the songs are two from Opus 21 (1902). Above singer describes tears falling on his heart, the the quietly rippling piano of “Siren’” (“Lilacs”), constant procession of 16th notes in the pianist’s the singer’s legato reveals that only in the lilacs right hand project an image not of a thundering themselves can her true happiness be found. barrage of rain, but of a steady patter. Also from Opus 21 is “Zdes’ horosho” (“How In his long life (he died in his mid- Gustave Charpentier lovely it is here”). Here the composer has united nineties) composed only Louise voice and piano in a richly expressive flow of one work that has endured. The opera (1900) premiered at Paris’s Opéra Comique and lyricism, as the singer rejoices in nature and was memorable to Parisian audiences for vividly in her solitude, feeling at one with both God’s depicting the lives of the working class for presence and her dream of her beloved. Four perhaps the first time in French opera. The title years after Opus 21 came “U moego okna” character is a seamstress who falls in love with (“Before my window”), part of Opus 26. Here a bohemian poet, and leaves the suffocating sweetness – mixed with passion – in the vocal atmosphere of her parents’ home to live with line perfectly embodies the enchantment the him on the outskirts of Paris. Act Three opens singer feels when breathing in the scent of cherry with “Depuis le jour,” an incomparably soaring blossoms. By 1916 Rachmaninoff had become Anna Netrebko in her Lyric debut expression of Louise’s happiness. bolder in his harmonic colors, on display in the Next to , the most celebrated as Mimì/La bohème, 2012/13 season. mesmerizingly atmospheric “Son” (“The Dream”). of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 11 operas is The Still known best today for his orchestral Queen of Spades (1890), the riveting story of Gherman, whose obsession showpieces, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov devoted a good deal of his with gambling leads to catastrophe for him and Lisa, the young woman energies to vocal music. Among Russian composers of his generation, none he loves. She opens the opera’s second scene singing with Polina for surpasses Rimsky-Korsakov in communicating the essence of Russia in all their friends. This number – actually meant to be accompanied by the its expansiveness, as well as its darkness and mystery. Although his songs piano (with intermittent flute intervention) when performed in context often ask a good deal of the singer in their sheer soulfulness, he was also – exudes youthful sweetness as soprano and mezzo-soprano describe a capable of irrepressible exuberance. That quality combines with virtuosity peaceful evening in the country. (from the pianist as much as the singer) in the brief but exhilarating In Russian art-song literature, Tchaikovsky’s songs can be compared “Zvonche zharovonka pen’e” (“The lark sings louder”). In contrast is the only to Rachmaninoff’s for their blend of sensitivity, intimacy, and passionate melancholy pervading both Pushkin’s poem “Redeet oblakov lyrical fervor. One of the six romances of Opus 38, “Skazhi o chem v letuchaja grjada” (“The clouds begin to scatter”) and Rimsky-Korsakov’s teni vetvej” (“Tell me, what in the shadows of branches”), is a passionate surgingly dramatic setting of it. paean to the different ways the joys of love can be discovered – one Richard Strauss came to song literature much earlier than opera (the can easily imagine Onegin’s lovestruck heroine Tatiana singing it. “To second composition he produced was a Christmas song, written at age six). bylo ranneju vesnoj” (“It was in early spring,” from Opus 38), “Nochi The bulk of his best-known songs were written pre-1900, and the greatest bezumnye” (“Sleepless nights,” from Opus 60), and above all, “Den li of these eminently suit a shining, “full lyric” soprano. For this recital, Anna carit” (“Whether day dawns,” from Opus 47), simply overwhelm the Netrebko has chosen four Strauss songs requiring the ultimate in lyrical listener as the singer is seemingly consumed by the power of love. beauty and sincerity of expression. The composer’s youthful promise was The varied output of Frank Bridge, one of the boldest and most already being fulfilled in the exquisite “Die Nacht” (“The night”) and innovative British musicians of the early twentieth century, included the entrancing delicacy of “Ständchen” (“Serenade”). A little more than more than 50 songs, many of which have long been cherished by grateful a decade later came the even more popular “Morgen” (“Tomorrow”), a English-speaking recitalists. One of the most beloved of these songs is serenely beautiful vision of a world in which two lovers will always be “Go not, happy day,” an enchanting Tennyson poem, enhanced by a together. “Wiegenlied” (“Lullaby”) offers heartstopping beauty, while also deliciously rippling accompaniment and describing how delightful it will presenting one of the ultimate tests of legato control in all of Strauss. be when a maiden finally says “yes” to her beloved.

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Of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 21 stage works we remember only one, by Rusalka’s “Song to the Moon” and the second-movement theme of the classic tragedy . Nothing could be further removed the New World Symphony as the most universally beloved of all Dvořák from that work’s hair-raising drama than the high spirits of the song melodies. “Mattinata” (“Morning”), a song in which one seems to feel the sun of American composer Douglas Moore’s ten stage works included Italy. The accompaniment’s buoyancy matches the irrepressible energy of most notably The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956). It was introduced in Central the singer, whose beloved is urged to open the door to hear the serenade. City, Colorado, and in fact, all but one scene of the opera takes place Gabriel Fauré’s fame rests in large part on his Requiem and more in Colorado itself. The exception is the last scene of the opera’s first than 120 songs. The latter are the essential cornerstone of modern act – the wedding reception of the wealthy Denver businessman Horace French mélodies, along with those of Debussy. They demand enormous Tabor and his beautiful bride, Elizabeth “Baby” Doe, in Washington, musicality and interpretive intelligence, as well as exceptional beauty of D.C. Tabor’s wealth rests on his ownership of a silver mine in Colorado. voice. The songs vary widely in terms of text and basic mood, with the Guests at the wedding are discussing whether the silver standard should poetry coming from virtually all the major 19th- and early 20th-century be repealed when Baby intervenes, defending silver in romantic and French poets. Fauré’s most famous song by some distance, “Après un exceedingly touching terms. rêve” (“After a dream”), one of the most achingly beautiful songs of Jacques Offenbach was famously referred to by Rossini as “the longing written in any language, truly pulls at the heartstrings in the Mozart of the Champs-Élysées.” The sobriquet was appropriate, for singer’s quietly anguished wish for the beloved in his dream to return. Offenbach in his stage works shared with Mozart a special zest and pure For a master of symphonic music, Antonín Dvořák was surprisingly joy in his musical spirit, as well as graceful style and a dazzling sense of prolific in his writing for the voice. Of his ten operas, however, only one humor. The topical references pervading his operettas entranced Parisian – the glorious Rusalka (1901) – is frequently heard internationally, and audiences, as did the glorious melodies abounding in Offenbach at his his more than 100 songs are not performed as often as they deserve. best. Vying with the cancan from Orphée aux enfers as the most familiar Perhaps most familiar in Dvořák’s song output are the seven Gypsy Songs melody in any Offenbach work is the sensuously beautiful Barcarolle (1880). He composed them especially for tenor Gustav Walter, a huge from Les contes d’Hoffmann (1881). When that opera’s “Venice act” opens favorite at the Court Opera (now State Opera) in Vienna. The brief with the poet Hoffmann’s friend Nicklausse joining with the Venetian poems by Adolf Heyduk, covering the passion, sorrow, and sweetness courtesan Giulietta to hail the beautiful night, one can easily envision the of gypsy life, were set by Dvořák in German, but Heyduk eventually water undulating against the gondolas. created a Czech translation invariably used today. The dignified, ineffably touching fourth song, “Když mne stará matka” (best known in English as “Songs my mother taught me”), is matched perhaps only

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