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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Table of Contents CATHERINE ASHMORE/ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN

IN THIS ISSUE La bohème – pp. 18-31

4 From the General Director 19 Synopsis 35 Patron Salute 6 From the Chairman 21 Cast 36 Production Sponsors 8 Board of Directors 22 Artist Profiles 37 Aria Society 9 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ 26 Opera Notes 47 Supporting Our Future – Executive Board/Young Professionals/Ryan Endowments at Lyric 30 A Talk with the Conductor Opera Center Board 48 Major Contributors – Special Events and 31 After the Curtain Falls 10 Administration/Administrative Staff/ Project Support Production and Technical Staff 32 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus 49 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 12 Expanding the Bounds of Opera 33 Backstage Life 50 Commemorative Gifts 18 Title Page 34 Artistic Roster 51 Ryan Opera Center 52 Ryan Opera Center Alumni Around the World 53 Ryan Opera Center Contributors 54 Planned Giving: e Overture Society 56 Corporate Partnerships 57 Matching Gifts, Special anks, and Acknowledgements 58 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 64 Facilities and Services/eater Staff

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From the General Director STEVE LEONARD Welcome to Lyric! We’ve reached the midpoint in a wonderful 2018/19 season, fi lled with exciting music and drama, which I very much hope you’ve enjoyed. After the success of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème in October, I’m delighted that we’re able to bring it back for more performances in January. After 46 years, a new vision of this universally beloved work was long overdue on our stage. Lyric’s new coproduction packs a tremendous emotional punch. I’m thrilled to welcome back for two productions this season Richard Jones, an extraordinary director. I’ve always appreciated Richard’s ability to reach the emotional heart of whatever piece he directs. He does this in La bohème, exploring the music and text in remarkable detail. Lyric’s marvelously youthful cast is made up of international stars. I'm so pleased that Maria Agresta, the irresistible Italian soprano who made her Lyric debut last season as Liù in Turandot, is returning to sing Mimì, her favorite role. Opposite her as Rodolfo is Michael Fabiano, the American tenor who has very rapidly ascended to the front rank internationally. Our Musetta, Danielle de Niese, will no doubt captivate Lyric audiences, as she’s done previously in Giulio Cesare, e Marriage of Figaro, and the world premiere of Bel Canto. Zachary Nelson (Marcello), heard at Lyric in Turandot and Das Rheingold, is one of the most promising American baritones of his generation, and Adrian Sâmpetrean (Colline), the Romanian bass, has proven deeply impressive in Lyric’s recent productions of Lucia di Lammermoor and I puritani. Our conductor, Domingo Hindoyan from Venezuela, made his acclaimed Lyric debut in the fi rst series of Bohème performances. He’s rapidly developed a sensational career in both the opera house and the concert hall. Last season, which included his Metropolitan Opera debut (L’elisir d’amore), he was also on the podium at the opera companies of Stuttgart, Monte Carlo, Dresden, and Berlin. On the podium for the fi nal performance, making his Lyric debut, will be the fast-rising Stefano Sarzani, a former Solti Fellow and one of the most gifted young conductors of his generation. La bohème at Lyric will make you fall in love with opera all over again.

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

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David T. Ormesher Chairman

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Board of Directors

OFFICERS LIFE DIRECTORS Anthony Freud*+ William A. Osborn* e Honorable Bruce Rauner Edgar Foster Daniels Mary Patricia Gannon Matthew J. Parr e 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. omas 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 Marsha Serlin Vice Chair James N. Bay° Sanfred Koltun Brenda M. Shapiro* Renée Fleming Melvin R. Berlin Lori Ann Komisar Richard W. Shepro+ Vice Chair Gilda R. Buchbinder Fred A. Krehbiel° Eric S. Smith* James L. Alexander Allan E. Bulley, III Josef Lakonishok* Pam F. Szokol Vice Chair John E. Butler Robert W. Lane° Franco Tedeschi Shirley Welsh Ryan Marion A. Cameron* James W. Mabie* Mark A. ierer Vice Chair Paul J. Carbone* Daniel T. Manoogian Cherryl T. omas William C. Vance David W. Carpenter Craig C. Martin* Olivia Tyrrell Vice Chair Richard W. Colburn+ Robert J. McCullen Donna Van Eekeren* Donna Van Eekeren Michael P. Cole Blythe J. McGarvie William C. Vance* Secretary Vinay Couto Andrew J. McKenna Roberta L. Washlow Ruth Ann M. Gillis Lester Crown* Mimi Mitchell Miles D. White Treasurer Marsha Cruzan Frank B. Modruson+ Elizabeth Hurley Sir Andrew Davis* Robert S. Morrison Assistant Secretary William Mason Gerald Dorros, M.D.° Allan B. Muchin* Roberta Lane General Director Emeritus Ann M. Drake Linda K. Myers* Assistant Treasurer 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 * Executive Committee Lois Eisen Gregory J. O’Leary + Audit Committee James Fellowes Sharon F. Oberlander ° National Member Matthew A. Fisher John W. Oleniczak*+ Renée Fleming* Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D. Sonia Florian* David T. Ormesher*+

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

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Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Drew Landmesser Music Director Creative Consultant Deputy General Director and Chief Operating Officer e 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 e 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 e 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 e Allan and Elaine Muchin Endowed Chair

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

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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 PRODUCTION Dan Donahue e Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Sales Manager Cameron Arens Justin Hull Endowed Chair John Renfroe Senior Director, Production Ryan McGovern Lucy Lindquist Tessitura Manager 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 Jenah Hensel VIP Ticketing Associate Mo Zhou Brian Hobbs Assistant Stage Directors Robert Hull, Jr. Molly Herman Daniel Quinn James Herrity VIP Ticketing Coordinator Connor Ingersoll 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 Talia Newton Abigail Brown Kristen Barrett Carpenters Alex Carey Kathy Rubel 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 e Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Rebecca Shouse Ashlyn Elliot Amy C. ompson 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 Amy Gruttadauria Michael C. Reynolds Wardrobe Staff Virginia Head Ben Bell Bern Master Electrician Bailey Howard Rehearsal Department Manager Soren Ersbak Samantha Holmes Karen Hunt Kevin Krasinski Board Operator Wardrobe Crew Head Artist Services Manager Zach Hutchinson John Clarke, Jr. Kristine Anderson Kerri Killeen Marina Vecci Rehearsal Associate Anthony Coia Scott Barker Eve Krueger Gary Grenda Breena Cope Steve Landsman Michael Calderone Lauren Crotty Christine Wagner Robert Reynolds Madison Lawry Assistant Electricians Tracy Curran Ian Maryfield Rehearsal Assistants Dawn Marie Hamilton Lily Reed THE PATRICK G. AND SHIRLEY W. Jason Combs David Hough Jessica Reinhart RYAN OPERA CENTER omas Fernandez Charlie Junke Ben Ross Dan Novak omas 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 e Ryan Opera Center Board Jeremy omas 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 e Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Joe Schofield Roger Weir Head Audio Technician Samantha Yonan Kelly Bourget Julia Faulkner Director of Vocal Studies Dressers Emily Crisp Nick Charlan Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Michaela Gleason Matt Eble Emma Scherer Sarah Hatten Ben Ross Kelvin Ingram Associate Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Lyric Concierge Representatives Audio Technicians e Marlys Beider Endowed Chair TECHNICAL Allison Burkholder OPERATIONS Michael Smallwood Maria DeFabo Akin Department Coordinator Nicholas Ivor Martin Vice President and Technical Director Props and Scenic Art Director Vice President, Artistic Operations and e Allan and Elaine Muchin Chantelle Marie Johnson Labor Strategy Endowed Chair Charles Reilly Lynn Koroulis Stephanie Karr Property Master Robert Kuper April Busch Lana McKinnon Senior Director of Music Administration Technical Operations Director Michael McPartlin Wendy Skoczen Properties Crew Head Claire Moores 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 Gretchen Meyerhoefer and Ryan Opera Center Armorer Music Administration Associate John Bivins III Rachel Boultinghouse DeShawn Bowman Claire Potter Scott Wolfson Upholsterer Music Administration Coordinator Martha Contreras Associate Technical Director Brittany Crinson Stephen Snyder Robert Hartge PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Toywa Curington Rich Regan Technical Coordinator Eric Daniels Joe Dockweiler Richard Tyriver Vice President and General Manager, Assistant Properties June Gearon Presentations and Events Master Carpenter David Grant Sharon Lomasney Mike Reilly Michael Buerger Carla Hubbs Director of Presentations and Events Head Flyman/Automation Joseph Collins Alicja Klosek Nora O’Malley Jeffrey Streichhirsch Gordon Granger Briette Madrid Director of Facility Operations Automation Assistant Nick Malloy Patrick Munoz Chris Barker Leslie MacLean Joe Mathesius Nelson Posada Matt Reilly Sunni Powell Facilities Coordinator Kevin McPartlin 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 January 10 - 31, 2019 | 11 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO EXPANDING THE KYLE FLUBACKER TODD ROSENBERG TODD TODD ROSENBERG TODD ROSENBERG TODD JACLYN SIMPSON TODD ROSENBERG TODD Moments from memorable Lyric Unlimited events: (center) Charlie Parker’s Yardbird with Lawrence Brownlee; (clockwise from top left) a backstage tour; Family Day with clarinetist Susan Warner; audience members at an Opera Insider presentation; Fellow Travelers with Devon Guthrie and Joseph Lattanzi; and the student performers who created Empower.

12 | January 10 - 31, 2019 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO BOUNDS OF OPERA An inside look at the impact of Lyric's community engagement efforts

As part of Lyric Unlimited’s Chicago Voices initiative, Blu Rhythm Collective performed their music-theater piece honoring the memory of Kevin Ambrose (1994-2013), pictured below left. MICHAEL BROSILOW

By Kamaria Morris

Kevin Ambrose, (pictured, left), who was connection to Kevin and his mother, Ebony Ambrose.  e group fl ourishing as a theater student at collectively decided to use their performance to pay homage to Kevin’s Chicago’s Columbia College, was just 19 story, and shed light on how the city’s youth often use the arts to when he was tragically shot and killed on overcome obstacles and deal with grief. “I was honored, appreciative, the city’s south side. A naturally gifted and a little hesitant,” said Ebony Ambrose. “I’m very protective of performer, Kevin had a knack for dance Kevin’s story and image. I liked the idea of seeing his story from the and stage work from a young age. He was perspective of people in his age group, that are interested in the same waiting for a friend at a train platform on things that he was interested in, and that knew him.” May 7, 2013, when gunshots rang out, After 16 weeks of preparation, the three groups presented their striking Kevin multiple times in the back. He was an unintended target. fi nal performances to a packed house at the Harris  eater in  is unfathomable loss, felt by all who knew and loved Kevin, inspired downtown Chicago. Ambrose was immediately struck by what a music theater piece seen on the Harris  eater stage on September 10, Blu Rhythm showcased. “ e fi nal performance was amazing,” she 2017, as part of Lyric Unlimited’s Chicago Voices initiative. said. “We brought about 20 people and didn’t tell them much, other Launched in January 2016, Chicago Voices was a multiyear than that it was a professional production and that one of the perfor- program that celebrated the city’s vibrant and diverse vocal culture and mances is inspired by our story.” Ambrose recounts that when the explored the untold stories of its communities. Community Created curtain went up and the entirety of the set came into view, her family Performances was a signature element of the initiative, and sought out had an instant emotional response. “I had so many emotions,” she Chicago-area groups looking to share their unique stories through continued. “I was so proud of them because they did such a wonderful music. After a rigorous application process and an online public vote, job.  e dancing, the singing and rapping, the acting, and the set was three groups were selected to create an original piece based on their life amazing.  e whole production felt honest, respectful, and mindful.” experiences. Lyric provided them each with a $10,000 stipend, along About a year before this, Marge Nyzaka took part in the fi rst with training from some of the city’s leading professionals in the areas round of Community Created Performances. Her group, Harmony, of dance, acting, scriptwriting, movement, and performance arts. Hope & Healing, provides music-based programming to homeless Blu Rhythm Collective, a high-energy dance troupe based in and underserved communities, off ering emotional and spiritual Chicago’s southside Bronzeville neighborhood, was thrilled to learn support to help them prevail over daily struggles they encounter.  e they were one of the three groups selected for the program’s second group was excited when they learned of the opportunity. “As a small year. One of its members, choreographer Tanji Harper, had a personal non-profi t doing work in the community helping to empower

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 13 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO individuals who are dealing with some really diffi cult situations, many fi ghting against an overzealous reporter obsessed with corruption and times the voices of individuals suff ering are not heard,” said Nyzaka. presenting their community in a negative light. Presented on To connect with Lyric and be recognized as an organization doing May 31, 2018, the program marked the fi rst time a community group important work in the community “felt like the right partnership, and performed publicly on the Lyric stage. “With the resources of a great a wonderful opportunity for us to be recognized on a larger stage,” she opera company deployed to support the creation and performance of said.  eir fi nal performance focused on how music can bring healing original works, that impact extends not only to direct participants, but to those who need it most. to the facilitators and creatives supporting the process, audiences who Chicago Voices, which also included citywide participatory events attended the performances, and the extended communities whose and performances, an all-star, multi-genre gala concert, and expert stories were refl ected in what happened on stage,” said Harris. panels and master classes, was a rousing success. As Lyric Unlimited’s A key objective of Lyric Unlimited involves exposing young most ambitious project to date, more than 80,000 Chicagoans partici- people to the art form of opera and making it relevant in their lives. pated in the program. “ e Chicago Voices initiative allowed us to Lyric Unlimited’s Opera Residencies programs work within schools really spread our wings and engage with communities around the city across the city, sending teaching artists into classrooms.  ey assist utilizing the building blocks of opera: telling stories through words students with the writing, creation, and performance of an original and music,” said Cayenne Harris, vice president of Lyric Unlimited. opera. Using music, theater, and movement, they work collaboratively  e learning imparted from Chicago Voices and Community Created with participating schools to develop a custom residency plan that Performances was also used as a guiding force for Lyric Unlimited’s engages the students in creative storytelling. Elise LaBarge, in her next big undertaking: EmpowerYouth! Igniting Creativity through seventh year as a Lyric teaching artist, believes that since “opera the Arts. includes virtually every art form, each student can fi nd something they Collaboratively planned by Lyric Unlimited and the Chicago like about it.” On the high school level, the program is designed to Urban League, the fi rst-time partnership immersed 31 African- support and enrich the music learning objectives of choir teachers by American high-school students in the creation of an original opera. In providing regular, year-round assistance in the classroom. existence for more than 100 years, the Chicago Urban League is a Carla Jones, a third-grade teacher at Cook Elementary, hosts a civil-rights organization that supports and advocates for economic, Lyric teaching artist for 12 consecutive weeks throughout the year. “At educational and social progress for African-Americans in the city.  e idea for EmpowerYouth! was sparked, in part, by the growing requests from the young people the League served for more arts integration in Since opera includes their daily lives.  e partnership proved to be an ideal fi t. “A key objective of Lyric Unlimited from its earliest origins has been collabo- virtually every art form, ration,” said Harris. “Collaboration with other organizations can open each student can fi nd many doors; it can off er access to populations that wouldn't otherwise something they like about it. be in Lyric's orbit.” Announced in September 2017, the students participating in EmpowerYouth! met weekly at the League’s headquarters to receive KYLE FLUBACKER training in storytelling, music, drama, and dance. With the assistance of director Jess McLeod, composer Damien Sneed, music supervisor Kedrick Armstrong, and playwright Ike Holter, the students used "" elements from their own lives to help create their fi nal piece. Entitled Empower, the 40-minute production chronicled a group of students who band together to change their south-side neighborhood, all while KYLE FLUBACKER KYLE FLUBACKER KYLE FLUBACKER

Lyric backstage tours can transform young people’s idea of what it takes to Participants in the Chicago Academy Elementary School’s Opera Residency produce live opera. program preparing for the fi nal performance of the opera they created..

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(Left) Smyser Elementary School students in the Opera Residency program, working on their opera with Elise LaBarge, a Lyric teaching artist; (right) fi nal performance of the Opera Residency – the students’ own retelling of the Cinderella story. my school, my students do not have drama or music classes,” she said. confi dence and expression” brings him great joy. Sara Litchfi eld, a Lyric “It’s refreshing to see them engaged in play writing, singing, and acting teaching artist, said her favorite part is “seeing young people discover while they create their opera.” Jones remembers fondly a student in her things about themselves, like strengths and interests, they never knew they class who was shy at the start of the program, but after being assigned the had through participation in our program.” She’s found that “kids (and role of the narrator in the opera, felt empowered. “She showed me! I had adults!) are often the most receptive to learning when they’re having fun.” never heard her speak so clearly and loudly…it was like the opera moti- Her teaching sessions implement games about “rhythm, tempo, and vated her to work and perform.” After the residency program ended, Jones diaphragmatic breathing” that “encourage students to make authentic, continued to use that student as the voice for other classroom projects. creative choices.” Jonathan Zielinski, a teacher at Drummond Montessori Magnet Outside of the classroom, young people are also able to experience School, echoes Jones’s sentiments. “One of my students who suff ered from the thrill of opera up close and in person through student matinee perfor- extreme social anxiety and had so much trouble speaking up, making eye mances, which are scheduled throughout each season. Educators are en- contact, or giving presentations to the class, took one of the largest roles couraged to replace their regular classes with a day at the opera house, with and delivered her lines fl awlessly,” he said. Many of his students have tickets ranging from $10-20 per student. “Recent research has found that “blossomed” during the residency program, and “watching kids grow in fi eld trips to live theater enhance students' literary knowledge, tolerance, TODD ROSENBERG

In May 2018 Lyric Unlimited presented Caribe Clásico, an evening dedicated to the classical sounds of zarzuelas, beloved Puerto Rican melodies, and popular Mexican boleros.

JanuaryJanuary 1010 -- 31, 2019 | 15 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO TODD ROSENBERG and empathy toward others,” said Todd Snead, Lyric Unlimited's director of learning programs. “When students experience stories through the diff erent characters on stage, they are better able to recognize and appreci- ate what other people think and feel.” Beyond opportunities for youth to experience operas that are a part of Lyric’s mainstage season, Lyric Unlimited commissions, co-commis- sions, and presents operas that are geared specifi cally towards children and their families on a yearly basis.  ese recent works included Second Nature, Jason and the Argonauts, e Scorpion's Sting, and this season’s Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt. “A major goal of Lyric Unlimited is to present opera in fresh and exciting ways to communities throughout the Chicago area,” said Harris. When programming operas for children, Harris considers “what stories and messages are relevant for kids today.” In addition to the public performances, these children-friendly operas typically hit the road each fall to be presented for student groups in and around Chicago as part of the Opera in the Neighborhoods program. In existence since 1996, the program presents the operas to nearly 20,000 elementary-school students Lyric Unlimited’s broad programming and initiatives also include: each season. Lyric Unlimited also has programming for adult audiences. With a • Youth Opera Council, which allows high school students with a dedication to new artistic initiatives, recent seasons have seen the passion for the arts to become familiar with Lyric’s inner workings emergence of compelling smaller-scale works that deal with timely issues. and learn to advocate for opera with their peers. Caminos a la Ópera Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD, starring internationally celebrated tenor • , which develops and expands Lyric's Lawrence Brownlee, was presented at the Harris  eater in 2017 and commitment to Chicago’s Latinx communities through partnership, engagement, and collaboration.  e initiative presents followed the highs and lows of 20th century jazz great Charlie Parker. Fellow new and culturally relevant works, hosts events with partner Travelers, based on the 2007 landmark novel of the same name and presented organizations in community venues, and fosters enduring at the Athenaeum  eatre this past spring, told the story of two men who fall relationships with Latinx audiences. in love during the height of the McCarthy era in 1950s Washington D.C. • Opera Insider Series presents sessions in a classroom setting for Drawing from real events, the opera was inspired by the Lavender Scare, people looking to learn more about the operas presented during which saw hundreds of LGBTQ citizens harassed and fi red en masse due to Lyric’s season. Participants discuss a work’s creation, its composer, their real or perceived sexual orientation. An American Dream, which will its musical and dramatic highlights, and hear from a special guest have its Chicago premiere in two performances this March at the Harris from Lyric’s creative team who share insights into set and  eater, chronicles the horrors two women face during World War II. costume design, interpretation, stagecraft, and more. “When programming for adults, I'm considering how the message of the • Backstage Tours are an hour in length and priced at $15 per person. opera will speak to a specifi c cultural community or the broader Chicago Visitors get to see the inside of the art-deco Ardis Krainik  eatre community on issues that matter now,” said Harris. Her goal is for the audi- up close and personal. Stops include the orchestra pit, wardrobe ence to be “wowed by the artistry and to leave the theater thinking deeply areas, and wig/makeup rooms. about what they've just experienced.” • Family Day at Lyric is an annual event that will take place this TODD ROSENBERG season on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Lyric from 11am – 3pm. Geared toward young people and their families, the exploratory day includes a tour of the orchestra pit, opportunities to sing and dance and design, hands-on demonstrations of operatic stagecraft, and costume try-ons. In the coming years, Lyric Unlimited will continue to focus on youth development, expanding access to opera for anyone who experiences bar- riers to participation, utilizing collaborative relationships that develop and sustain community engagement.  e commitment to commissioning and presenting new works remains at the forefront, with the goal of bring- ing stories with strong social messages and relevant content to audiences across the Chicago area. Lyric Unlimited will also continue championing the importance of members of the community sharing their unique narra- tives and experiences through music, with Harris believing “there is great power in telling your own story.” For Ebony Ambrose, even though the curtain has gone down on Blu Rhythm’s compelling performance, she still carries the memory of her son Kevin with her at all times. “Five years later and I still feel like he should be here. I think about him multiple times a day,” Ambrose shares. “Kevin was a funny, fun-loving, artistic, and caring person. He was a wonderful

Chamber operas produced by Lyric Unlimited include Charlie Parker’s Yardbird young man whose story deserves to be told over and over again. Especially (above) at the Harris  eater, with Lawrence Brownlee and Angela Brown, and Fellow if telling his story makes room for the stories of others to be told.” Travelers (upper right) at the Athenaeum, with Jonas Hacker and Joseph Lattanzi. Lyric Unlimited plans to keep doing just that.

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO CATHERINE ASHMORE/ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN

Giacomo Puccini La bohème

Production sponsors JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION LIZ STIFFEL THE MICHAEL AND SUSAN AVRAMOVICH CHARITABLE TRUST HOWARD L. GOTTLIEB AND BARBARA G. GREIS ROBERTA L. AND ROBERT J. WASHLOW

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La bohème Synopsis

e opera is set in Paris. explains that Rodolfo’s jealousy is destroying their relationship and he wants to leave her. Marcello advises Mimì to go, but she hides nearby. ACT ONE Rodolfo comes out of the tavern and says he will break up with An attic in the Latin Quarter, Christmas Eve Mimì: her flirting has incensed him. Eventually, however, he reveals the real reason for their separation: she is so ill that his miserable poverty Rodolfo and Marcello complain about the bitter cold. ey need to offers her nothing but the prospect of death. ey hear Mimì crying light their stove: Marcello suggests using a chair, but Rodolfo offers the and coughing. As Rodolfo rushes to her, Musetta’s laughter is heard manuscript of the play he is writing. Colline enters and the remaining and Marcello rushes into the tavern to see what she is doing. Mimì acts of the play are burned. says farewell to Rodolfo, telling him that she will send a porter for her Schaunard enters with wood, food, and wine. He explains that possessions. She proposes that he keep her bonnet as a memento of their an Englishman engaged him to play his violin to hasten the death love. Marcello and Musetta quarrel and separate. Rodolfo and Mimì of a parrot. e friends decide to go to eat in the Latin Quarter but decide to postpone their separation until the spring. are interrupted by Benoît, their landlord, who has come for the rent. ey ply him with wine and Benoît boasts of his sexual prowess. e ACT FOUR Bohemians pretend outrage at Benoît’s immorality and push him out. e attic, several weeks later Marcello, Colline, and Schaunard head to Café Momus, leaving Rodolfo behind to finish an article. ere is a knock at the door. It is a Marcello and Rodolfo taunt each other about their ex-lovers: Rodolfo young woman who asks for a light for her candle. She feels faint from has seen Musetta in a fine carriage and Marcello has seen Mimì dressed climbing the stairs. As she is leaving, her candle flickers out again and like a queen. ey pretend not to miss their lovers, but then admit that she realizes that she has lost her key. Rodolfo’s candle also goes out they do. Schaunard and Colline arrive with bread and a herring and the and they search for her key in the moonlight. Rodolfo takes the young four eat and amuse each other. woman’s icy hand and tells her of his life as a poet. She tells him her Suddenly Musetta enters. She has brought Mimì, who is desperately name, Mimì, and describes her simple life as a flower embroiderer. ill. Musetta explains that she met her in the street and that Mimì Schaunard, Colline, and Marcello shout up to Rodolfo to hurry. Mimì begged to be taken to Rodolfo. Mimì rallies and greets the friends. asks if she may join them at the Café Momus. Rodolfo suggests they Musetta instructs Marcello to sell her earrings to pay for medicine and a might stay in, but eventually they leave together singing of their love. doctor. Colline leaves to pawn his overcoat. Alone with Rodolfo, Mimì expresses her boundless love for him. He shows her the bonnet and they ACT TWO reminisce about their first meeting. e others return with a muff and e Latin Quarter medicine, promising that a doctor will come. Mimì dies unnoticed while they are preparing her medicine. Colline arrives with money from the Rodolfo and Mimì wander through the Christmas Eve crowds. Rodolfo pawnbroker, but it is too late. introduces Mimì to his friends. When Mimì shows her new friends the bonnet Rodolfo has brought her, Marcello expresses cynicism about is synopsis was originally printed in the program of the Royal Opera House romance. Covent Garden. As they propose a toast, Marcello’s ex-girlfriend Musetta appears, accompanied by Alcindoro, her rich admirer. Agitated at being ignored by Marcello, Musetta launches into a song – to provoke and seduce him. She complains of a painful foot and dispatches Alcindoro to buy new shoes. e bill for supper arrives, but the Bohemians have already spent their money. Musetta places their bill on Alcindoro’s plate. A marching band arrives, and the Bohemians leave with Musetta. Alcindoro returns and is presented with the bill. Approximate Timings ACT ONE 35 minutes ACT THREE ACT TWO 20 minutes Outside the Barrière d’Enfer Intermission 25 minutes Workers arrive from out of town to enter the city. From inside a ACT THREE 25 minutes tavern comes the voice of Musetta. Mimì appears, ill and wracked with ACT FOUR 30 minutes coughing. She asks for Marcello. He tells her that he and Musetta are Total 2 hours, 15 minutes now living at the inn and that Rodolfo turned up in the night. Mimì

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New Coproduction • A coproduction between Lyric Opera of Chicago, Royal Opera House Giacomo Puccini Covent Garden, and Teatro Real Madrid. LA BOHÈME Opera in four acts in Italian

• Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, acknowledges the support of e NIB after Henry Murger’s novel, Scènes de la vie de Bohème Foundation Italian Opera Endowed Chair and the Mary Patricia Gannon First performed at the Teatro Regio, Turin on February 1, 1896 Puccini Endowed Chair. First performed by Lyric Opera on November 6, 1954 Characters in order of vocal appearance:

Marcello ZACHARY NELSON • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes Rodolfo MICHAEL FABIANO to thank its Official Airline, American Colline ADRIAN SÂMPETREAN Airlines. Schaunard RICARDO JOSÉ RIVERA° Benoît JAKE GARDNER Mimì MARIA AGRESTA Prune Man GEOFFREY AGPALO • English surtitles by Kenneth Parpignol MARIO ROJAS° Chalmers 2017© Royal Opera House, Alcindoro JAKE GARDNER Covent Garden. Musetta DANIELLE DE NIESE Sergeant NIKOLAS WENZEL Customs Guard RONALD WATKINS CHICAGO CHILDREN’S CHOIR • is season’s projected English titles Actors: Jacob Bates, Emma Jo Boyden, John Byrnes, Phillip Christian, Katherine Coyl, are funded in part by a generous grant Jack DeCesare, Bobby Duncalf, Jodi Gage, Matthew Kuhlman, Gary Mcmillan, Jr., from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Kirk Osgood, Philip Soulides, Jake Stempel, Kai Young Deutsch Foundation. Conductor DOMINGO HINDOYAN STEFANO SARZANI* (January 31) Director RICHARD JONES • Additional costumes provided by: Set and Costume Designer STEWART LAING Seams Unlimited, Steppenwolf Costume Lighting Designer MIMI JORDAN SHERIN Shop, Uber Costume, and Laura Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Whitlock. Children’s Chorus Master JOSEPHINE LEE Original Movement Director SARAH FAHIE Revival Movement Director DANIELLE URBAS Wigmaster and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN • Children's eye wear provided by Associate Director SIMON IORIO Dr. Adam Black of Couture Vision, Assistant Director JORDAN LEE BRAUN Naperville, IL. Stage Manager JOHN W. COLEMAN Stage Band Conductor STEFANO SARZANI JERAD MOSBEY (January 31) Musical Preparation SUSAN MILLER HULT JERAD MOSBEY MATTHEW PIATT ERIC WEIMER Projected English Titles KENNETH CHALMERS

* Lyric conducting debut ° Current member, e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

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MARIA AGRESTA recital activities include a seven-city American Figaro at Dresden’s Semperoper and Belcore/ (Mimì) tour and the tenor’s London recital debut at L’elisir d’amore at Pittsburgh Opera. Other Previously at Lyric: Wigmore Hall. On DVD, he can be seen in recent successes include Enrico/Lucia di Mimì (Oct. 2018 the title role/Donizetti’s Poliuto and Alfredo/ Lammermoor (Santa Fe) and Escamillo/Carmen performances); La traviata (both from Glyndebourne), Cassio/ (Oslo, San Francisco, Palm Beach). He has Liù/Turandot (2017/18). Otello (Met), and Gennaro/Lucrezia Borgia (San portrayed Escamillo and Masetto/Don Giovanni Francisco). Fabiano is the recipient of Australia’s at Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company. In Acclaimed as one of the prestigious Helpmann Award in the “Best Male 2013/14 Nelson joined the Semperoper’s most remarkable Italian Performance in an Opera” category, for Faust permanent ensemble, and has appeared with singers of her generation, in Sydney. the company as Paolo/Simon Boccanegra, the soprano is returning to Lyric for one of Guglielmo/Così fan tutte, Belcore, Marcello, her signature roles, one that brought her to DANIELLE DE NIESE and the Figaros of Rossini and Mozart. His London’s Royal Opera last summer. Her Mimì (Musetta) portrayal of Mozart’s Figaro has been heard has also earned acclaim at the Metropolitan Opera Previously at Lyric: with the Aix-en-Provence Festival; on tour in (company debut, 2016), La Scala, the Opéra Four roles since 2007/08, Bahrain; and in Santa Fe, where he has also National de Paris, and the major houses of Vienna, most recently Musetta sung Malatesta/Don Pasquale. Other successes Munich, Venice, the Verona Arena, and Torre del (Oct. 2018 performances); include appearances with Japan’s Seiji Ozawa Lago’s Puccini Festival. Also prominent among Roxane Coss/Bel Canto Music Academy Opera Project (Die Fledermaus) her Puccini roles is Liù (La Scala, Verona Arena, (world premiere, 2015/16); and Washington Concert Opera (Strauss’s most recently last season at the Metropolitan Susanna/ e Marriage of Guntram). e Maryland native is the recipient Opera). She is also a celebrated Verdian, with Figaro (2009/10). of many awards and honors, among them the successes including some of the most demanding George London Award from the George London roles in Italian opera, such as Lucrezia/I due Foscari e internationally celebrated Australian-born Foundation and first prize from the Opera Index (Vienna, London), Leonora/Il trovatore London, American soprano sang her first Musetta in Competition, the Liederkranz Foundation Milan, Amsterdam), the title role/Giovanna d’Arco June at London’s Royal Opera House, where Competition (General Opera Division), and the (Graz), Amelia/Simon Boccanegra (Frankfurt), she previously starred as Galatea/Acis and Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. He is an Violetta/La traviata (Munich, Berlin), Desdemona/ Galatea (DVD). She has earned acclaim at the alumnus of the Catholic University of America Otello (with Jonas Kaufmann, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera as Despina, Euridice, Ariel/ and Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. DVD), and her career-breakthrough role, Elena/I e Enchanted Island, Susanna, and de Niese’s vespri siciliani (Turin). Other important highlights signature role, Cleopatra/Giulio Cesare. Cleopatra, ADRIAN include Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni (La Scala), the vehicle of her European debut in Amsterdam, SÂMPETREAN the title role/Norma (Tel Aviv, Zurich, Paris), brought her stardom at Glyndebourne (DVD), (Colline) Marguerite/Faust (Salzburg), and the title role/ where she has returned as Monteverdi’s Previously at Lyric: Donizetti’s Gemma di Vergy (Bergamo, Scala, Poppea, Donizetti’s Adina and Norina (DVD), Colline (Oct. 2018 Amsterdam, Salerno). On CD Agresta sings sacred Concepción/L’heure espagnole, the Child/L’enfant performances); music of Verdi with Antonio Pappano conducting, et les sortilèges, and Rosina/ e Barber of Seville. Giorgio/I puritani and she can be seen on DVD in Pagliacci, Gemma Her stage successes encompass Donna Elvira/Don (2017/18); di Vergy, Faust, and I due Foscari. Giovanni (Dresden); Cavalli’s Calisto (Munich); Raimondo/Lucia di Norina/Don Pasquale (Vienna); Partenope (San Lammermoor (2016/17). MICHAEL FABIANO Francisco); Susanna and Despina (Dutch National (Rodolfo) Opera, DVD); Anne Trulove/ e Rake’s Progress e Romanian bass, who has rapidly risen Previously at Lyric: (Turin); and the title role/ e Merry Widow to international prominence, made his stage Rodolfo (Oct. 2018 (Sydney). She returned to Brussels in December debut as Colline/La bohème at the National performances). to star in Don Pasquale. Her numerous prestigious Opera in his hometown, Cluj-Napoca. Guest orchestral engagements include opening the new engagements followed at the Opéra de Monte A winner of both the Philharmonie de Paris; BBC’s “Last Night of the Carlo, the Opéra National de Paris, the Opéra Richard Tucker Award Proms”; performances with the major orchestras de Bordeaux, Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera, the and the Beverly Sills Artist of New York, Cleveland, San Francisco; and her Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro La Award, the American London Symphony debut with Sir Simon Rattle Fenice in Venice, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein/ tenor premiered Richard Jones’s Bohème in Bernstein’s Wonderful Town. De Niese’s many Düsseldorf-Duisburg, and the state operas in production to open the 2017/18 Royal Opera acclaimed recordings include four solo discs for Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich, in roles such House season at London’s Covent Garden. He Decca Records. Her many honors include an as Alidoro/Cinderella, Don Basilio/ e Barber reprises his Met portrayal of Rodolfo this season, Emmy Award, the ECHO Award and France’s of Seville, Philip II/Don Carlo, and Sparafucile/ while also making role debuts as Faust/Mefistofele Orphée D’Or. Rigoletto. In his still-young career Sâmpetrean (Met) and Carlo/Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco has already earned successes at La Scala in the (Madrid). Highlights in recent seasons have ZACHARY NELSON title role/Verdi’s Oberto and Banco/Macbeth; been Fabiano’s role debut as Don José/Carmen (Marcello) the Salzburg Festival as Ferrando/Il trovatore (Aix-en-Provence), as well as the title role/Faust Previously at Lyric: and Leporello/Don Giovanni; the Aix-en- (Houston), the Duke/Rigoletto (London, Paris, Marcello (Oct. 2018 Provence Festival as Selim/Il turco in Italia; the Los Angeles), Lensky/Eugene Onegin (London), performances); Verona Arena as Ramfis/Aida; the state operas Des Grieux/Manon (San Francisco, Bilbao), Ping/Turandot (2017/18); of Hamburg (Raimondo/Lucia di Lammermoor) and Edgardo/Lucia di Lammermoor (Met, Donner/Das Rheingold and Berlin (Ferrando); and the Teatro La Fenice Sydney). Fabiano triumphed in two rarities (2016/17). in the title role/Don Giovanni. As Leporello in – Verdi’s Il corsaro and Massenet’s Hérodiade the latter opera, he also appeared in Amsterdam, – at Washington Concert Opera. Other major is season the American Berlin, Prague, Moscow, Paris, Monte Carlo, venues include the leading companies of Milan, baritone appears as Peter/Hansel and Gretel and Hamburg. Sâmpetrean will be featured Madrid, Amsterdam, Dresden, and Berlin, as (Oregon Symphony) and Count Almaviva/ later this season as Count Walter/Luisa Miller well as the major orchestras of Cleveland, San e Marriage of Figaro (Arizona Opera). Last in Monte Carlo, Leporello at France’s Chorégies Francisco, Philadelphia, and Vienna. Recent season he reprised his portrayal of Mozart’s d’Orange Festival, and Alidoro in Rome.

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RICARDO JOSÉ (LA Opera), Frederic/A Little Night Music featured in the Chicago/Midwest Emmy-winning RIVERA (Schaunard) (Hawai’i Opera  eater), Judge Turpin/Sweeney documentary Songs on the Road to Freedom (2008). Previously at Lyric: Todd (Houston Grand Opera), and Buff alo Bill/ A regular collaborator with major Chicago musical Schaunard (Oct. 2018 Annie Get Your Gun and Mayor Shinn/ e Music organizations, CCC has performed throughout the performances). Man (both at Glimmerglass Opera).  is season’s world, for many dignitaries, and in performances highlights include Gardner’s fi rst Bailiff /Werther with such celebrities as Chance the Rapper,  e Puerto Rican baritone, (Florida Grand Opera), Sir Joseph Porter/HMS Luciano Pavarotti, Beyoncé, Yo-Yo Ma, and a fi rst-year member of Pinafore (Eugene Opera), and Wagner’s Ring Celine Dion, among many others. Lyric’s Ryan Opera Cycle in One Night (Binghamton Philharmonic). Center, returns to the DOMINGO HINDOYAN company’s mainstage later this season to portray MARIO ROJAS (Conductor) Baron Douphol/La traviata. Rivera has portrayed (Parpignol) Previously at Lyric: Guglielmo/Così fan tutte at the International Vocal Previously at Lyric: La bohème (Oct. 2018 Academy of Rome; sung several recitals with the Ruiz/Il trovatore (2018/19); performances). American Masters of Opera Academy in Moscow; Parpignol (Oct. 2018 and performed in scene and concert presentations Performances);  e Venezuelan conductor, as a participant in Tel-Aviv’s International Vocal Borsa/Rigoletto (2017/18). who made a pre-season Arts Institute. He has had repeat engagements at appearance leading the the Performing Arts Center of San Juan and at  e Mexican tenor, a 2018 Stars of Lyric Opera at the University of Puerto Rico  eater, including second-year Ryan Opera Millennium Park concert, enjoys a vibrant career Don Pasquale, Gianni Schicchi, and Don Quixote/ Center ensemble member who returns later this leading internationally acclaimed ensembles. Ravel’s Master Peter’s Puppet Show (part of the season as Gastone/La traviata, has portrayed Starting with the 2019/20 season, he will serve as 2016 Casals Festival). Rivera recently earned his Rodolfo/La bohème at Mexico City’s Palacio principal guest conductor of the Polish National master’s degree at Rice University’s Shepherd de Bellas Artes. Rojas is an alumnus of the San Radio Symphony Orchestra. Highlights among School of Music, where his appearances included Francisco Conservatory of Music (Don José/La many prestigious engagements this season Fiorello/ e Barber of Seville, Starveling/A tragédie de Carmen, Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore, include debuts with the Vienna State Opera Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Marco/Gianni SFCM Gala with renowned pianist/coach (Turandot) and Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Schicchi. He has also participated in numerous Warren Jones). One of the youngest singers ever Liceu (Luisa Miller) plus symphonic concerts summer programs, including VOICExperience in to receive the Plácido Domingo scholarship from with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Last Savannah and the Aspen Music Festival, where he SIVAM (Mexico’s most prominent young-artist season Hindoyan made acclaimed debuts at has appeared as Claudio/Béatrice et Bénédict and program), he has sung elsewhere in Mexico as the Metropolitan Opera (L’elisir d’amore), the Angel 7 in Luke Bedford’s opera Seven Angels. Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni and Julian/Tomas Mariinsky  eatre (La bohème), Oper Stuttgart Ricardo José Rivera is sponsored by Dr. David H. Breton’s La verbena de la Paloma. Among the (Tosca), Semperoper Dresden (La traviata), and Whitney and Dr. Juliana Chyu, and Drs. Joan honors Rojas has received are a 2018 William M. L’Opéra de Monte-Carlo (I puritani). Recent and Russ Zajtchuk. Sullivan Foundation Singer Award, third place symphonic engagements include performances in the 2018 Dallas Opera Vocal Competition, with the Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburger JAKE GARDNER winner of the 2018 MONC Central District Symphoniker, Orchestre National de Bordeaux (Benoit, Alcindoro) Auditions, second place in the East Bay Opera Aquitaine, Orchestre National de Belgique, and Previously at Lyric: League Competition, the Marta Eggerth Kiepura Malmö Symphony Orchestra. From 2013 to 2016 Five roles since 2001/02, Award in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Hindoyan was fi rst assistant to Daniel Barenboim most recently Benoît, International Vocal Completion, third place in at the Berlin State Opera and has since become Alcindoro (Oct. 2018 the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, and a prominent guest conductor there, having led performances); the Emerging Singers Award in the Opera Index a vast array of works including La traviata, Brétigny/Manon (2008/09); Vocal Competition. Mario Rojas is sponsored by Tosca, L’elisir d’amore, La bohème, e Barber Jules/A Wedding (world the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. of Seville, e Rake’s Progress, Orfeo ed Euridice, premiere, 2004/05). and e Rite of Spring (ballet). Born in Caracas, CHICAGO Venezuela, and originally a violinist, Domingo  e career of the distinguished American bass- CHILDREN’S CHOIR studied conducting at Geneva’s Haute cole de baritone has encompassed productions at the Previously at Lyric: Musique. (See Conductor's Note, page 30.) Vienna Volksoper, Dresden’s Semperoper, 11 productions since Glyndebourne, Dutch National Opera, the 2000/01, most recently STEFANO SARZANI Edinburgh Festival, and the major houses of San La bohème (Oct. 2018 (Conductor – Jan. 31) Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington, performances); Lyric conducting debut and Miami. For a decade he performed as Turandot (2017/18); Previously at Lyric: principal baritone with the Cologne Opera, Carmen (2016/17). Musical staff /Turandot under the baton of music director James (2017/18). Conlon. Recently Gardner sang his fi rst Prince Founded as a single choir in Hyde Park at the Gremin/Eugene Onegin at Eugene Opera and height of the civil rights movement in 1956, today  e Italian-born conductor portrayed Ashby/La fanciulla del West (Virginia the Chicago Children’s Choir serves 4,800 youth will appear later this spring Opera); Harold Ryan/Richard Auldon Clark’s representing all 57 Chicago zip codes.  e CCC for a set of concerts in New and Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday Wanda encompasses programs in 85 city schools and Hampshire with Symphony NH as music director June (Indianapolis Opera, world premiere); the 10 neighborhoods, an ensemble for young male candidate. Upcoming engagements include Hermit/Der Freischütz, his 100th role (Virginia voices, and the world-renowned Voice of Chicago. collaborations with Central City Opera (Madama Opera); Sulpice/La fi lle du régiment (Honolulu); Under president and artistic director Josephine Butterfl y, Billy Budd) and Michigan Opera  eater Bartolo/ e Barber of Seville (Eugene, San Lee, Chicago Children’s Choir has undertaken (Hänsel und Gretel). Most recently, Sarzani Antonio); and Scarpia/Tosca (Piedmont Opera, many highly successful national and international achieved great success at Des Moines Metro Opera Opera Coeur d’Alene). Gardner has sung a wide tours, has been featured in national broadcasts, leading Astor Piazzolla's masterpiece, Maria de variety of operetta and musical theater, including including NBC’s Today, Oprah, and the PBS series Buenos Aires. His recent conducting engagements recent portrayals of Baron Zeta/ e Merry Widow From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall, and was also include Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 23 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO at the University of Memphis and symphonic work has been seen at the Royal Opera (La MICHAEL BLACK concerts with the Orchestra Filarmonica bohème), La Scala, English National Opera, (Chorus Master) Marchigiana (Italy). In addition, he has conducted Scottish Opera, and Opera North, as well as Chorus master since and collaborated with symphonic and operatic London’s West End, National eatre, Royal 2013/14; interim chorus institutions such as Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, Shakespeare Company, and Royal Court eatre, master, 2011/12. National Repertory Orchestra (Colorado), among many other companies. In the U.S. he has Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo (Italy), Den Jyske designed for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Chorus master from Opera (Denmark), Opéra National de Lorraine e Builders Association and for theaters in to 2001 to 2013 at (France), Opera Maine, Atlanta Opera and New Haven, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Opera Australia in Sarasota Opera. Sarzani is recipient of Career His work has also been seen on Broadway (he Sydney, Black prepared Assistance Awards (2016, 2018) of the Solti earned a Tony Award for Titanic in 1997). He the OA chorus for more than 90 operas and Foundation U.S., which also selected him for the recently designed e Hairy Ape for the Old many concert works. He has served in this Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency Programs at Vic and the Park Avenue Armory in New York. capacity for such distinguished organizations the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Michigan Opera Laing is associate director with National eatre as the Edinburgh International Festival, Opera eater. He is a graduate of Indiana University of Scotland and is artistic director of his own Holland Park (London), and, in Australia, and Conservatorio G. Rossini (Pesaro), having company, Untitled Projects, which he formed in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (including also studied at the Monteux School, University 1998. He has directed for many theaters in the Rachmaninoff’s e Bells, led by Vladimir of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, U. K., including e Citizens eatre, Traverse Ashkenazy), the Philharmonia Choir, Motet Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena), and eatre, Lyceum eatre, Unicorn eatre, and Choir, and Cantillation chamber choir. Black Accademia Musicale Pescarese (Pescara). Royal Court. He also directs opera, including has also worked with the Melbourne Symphony work for Garsington Opera, Scottish Opera, Orchestra in Australia with Sir Andrew Davis. RICHARD JONES Grange Park Opera, Norrlands Operan, and His recent activities include preparing the (Director) Malmö Opera. Stewart Laing is supported by Damnation of Faust chorus, continuing his Previously at Lyric: the Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Costume association with Grant Park Music Festival, La bohème (Oct. 2018 Designer Endowed Chair. where he has worked for two seasons. As one of performances); Australia’s most prominent vocal accompanists, Hansel and Gretel MIMI JORDAN Black has regularly performed for broadcasts (2012/13, 2001/02); SHERIN and recordings (he has been heard numerous Jenůfa (2000/01). (Lighting Designer) times in Australian Broadcast Corporation Previously at Lyric: programs). He has served as chorus master on The British director La bohème (Oct. 2018 four continents, and his work has been recorded debuted at London’s Royal Opera House directing performances); and/or aired on ABC, BBC, PBS, and for many an award-winning 1994 production of the Ring Tristan und Isolde HD productions in movie theaters as well as cycle. He has returned for eight productions, (1999/00). on television. He has also been a lecturer at the among them Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Anna Nicole Sydney Conservatorium of Music, of which he (world premiere), and most recently La bohème e distinguished American is an alumnus. Black holds a master’s degree in (2017/18). Other productions have included Die lighting designer will return to Lyric later this musicology from the University of New South Meistersinger von Nürnberg, La fanciulla del West, season for the company premiere of Ariodante. Wales. Michael Black is the Howard A. Stotler Wozzeck, and Hansel and Gretel (Welsh National Her Bohème designs were first seen last season Chorus Master Endowed Chair. Opera and e Met); Don Giovanni, Rodelinda, at London’s Royal Opera House, where she Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, Lulu, e Trojans, has collaborated with director Richard Jones JOSEPHINE LEE and Julietta (English National Opera); Falstaff, in six other productions. Her designs for (Children’s Chorus Master) Macbeth, and Flight (Glyndebourne); Pelléas et Boris Godunov will be seen there later this Previously at Lyric: Mélisande and Lohengrin (Bavarian State Opera); season. Sherin’s other work with Jones includes Ten operas since Billy Budd (Frankfurt Opera and Netherlands Lohengrin and Les contes d’Hoffmann, e 2000/01, most recently Opera); Peter Grimes (La Scala); and La bohème Midsummer Marriage (Bavarian State Opera), La bohème (Oct. 2018 (Bregenz Festival). Jones’s work in theater e Makropulos Case (Frankfurt Opera), Billy performances); includes e Hairy Ape (Old Vic and New York – Budd, Ariodante (Netherlands Opera), Peter Turandot (2017/18); nominated for 6 Drama Desk Awards); e Trial, Grimes (La Scala, Milan), Flight, Falstaff, and Der Carmen (2016/17). Public Enemy, e Government Inspector, Annie Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), Rusalka (Royal Get Your Gun, and e Good Soul of Szechuan (all Danish Opera), Rodelinda, Die Meistersinger von e president and artistic director of Chicago for the Young Vic); A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nürnberg, La fanciulla del West, From Morning Children’s Choir has revolutionized youth choral (Royal Shakespeare Company); Tales from the to Midnight, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, music through cutting-edge performances of Vienna Woods (National eatre); and Into the Don Giovanni (English National Opera), Anna diverse repertoire and innovative collaborations Woods (West End). He has directed on Broadway Nicole Smith (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and with world-class artists. Her vision and leadership three times and is a Tony nominee. Jones is the many others. Sherin has worked extensively in have established CCC as one of the city’s premier winner of five Olivier Awards and was appointed theater, including Annie Get Your Gun, Public cultural institutions, solidifying partnerships with a CBE in 2015. Enemy, e Government Inspector, and e Lyric, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Trial (Young Vic), e Hairy Ape (Old Vic and Ravinia. Recent projects include a revival of STEWART LAING New York Armory), Jerusalem (Royal Court, the original musical Sita Ram at the Harris (Set and Costume Designer) West End and Broadway), e Glass Menagerie, eater with David Kersnar of Lookingglass Previously at Lyric: Julius Caesar, and Our Country’s Good (all on eatre and Natya Dance eatre, as well as La bohème (Oct. 2018 Broadway), and 35 years of productions for the development of a fully staged theatrical performances). America’s regional theaters. Awards include the work with the Q Brothers. e Chicago native American eatre Wing Award, two Obies, has led tours nationally and internationally to The British designer/ an Eddy Award, a Tony nomination, and six 20 countries since 1999. In 2015 she founded director has worked Drama Desk nominations. Mimi Jordan Sherin Vocality, a festival chorus comprising CCC extensively internationally is supported by the Mary-Louise and James S. alumni and young vocal artists from a wide for major theaters. His Aagard Lighting Director Endowed Chair. array of communities within and surrounding

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Chicago, exemplifying the highest level of choral DANIELLE URBAS Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She singing with an emphasis on excellence and (Revival Movement has also worked at the Glimmerglass Festival diversity. Vocality debuted in 2015 at the Ravinia Director) and the major opera companies of Los Angeles, Festival in Porgy and Bess with the CSO and Previously at Lyric: Omaha, Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central City, performed in the area premiere of Bernstein’s La bohème (Oct. 2018 as well as Wisconsin’s American Players eatre MASS in July, along with CCC members. Lee performances). and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages eatre and was recently featured in “e Transformative the Geffen Playhouse. Hatten earned a B. A. Power of Music,” a segment on the Oprah The British director/ in music at Simpson College. Sarah Hatten is Winfrey Network’s show, Super Soul Sunday. choreographer, who the Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup trained as an actress at Designer Endowed Chair. SARAH FAHIE the Drama Centre London, appeared onstage, (Original Movement on television, and in films before making her SIMON IORIO Director) directorial debut with Emily Howard’s opera (Associate Director) Previously at Lyric: Zatopek!, part of the New Music Festival 2012. Previously at Lyric: La bohème (Oct. 2018 Her most recent productions are Beverley La bohème (Oct. 2018 performances). Andrews’s Awa’s Journey, in collaboration with performances). Union Dance in London, and a newly developed e Australian choreographer piece at the recent Tête à Tête Opera Festival. She e London-born director and director is closely assisted director Antony McDonald on omas originally trained as a associated with the Royal Adès’s Powder Her Face for NI Opera and recently singer. He has worked on Opera, Covent Garden, where she debuted debuted at Irish National Opera directing that productions at the Royal reviving Linda Dobell’s movement for Eugene production’s revival. She previously assisted Opera House, Glyndebourne Festival Opera/ Onegin (2008). She has subsequently worked as McDonald at Wide Open Opera, NI Opera, Glyndebourne Tour, and Teatro Real, Madrid, movement director for e Gambler, Il tabarro, Opéra National du Rhin, and Grange Park with directors such as Richard Jones, Sir David Suor Angelica and Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis, Opera. She also regularly assists Oliver Mears, McVicar, Laurent Pelly, and Keith Warner. In and on the revivals of Rigoletto and Gianni director of opera at London’s Royal Opera, on a 2017 he was associate revival director on Così Schicchi, and as revival director for Il tabarro and highly diverse repertoire for companies including fan tutte for the Glyndebourne Tour. Directing Suor Angelica. Movement credits include Peter Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Northern Ireland credits include Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione Grimes (La Scala), Rodelinda and Don Giovanni Opera, and Scottish Opera, among others. She di Poppea, Howard Moody’s Push for e (English National Opera, Bolshoi eatre), Der revived Mears’s production of e Turn of the Battle Festival/Glyndebourne, Offenbach’s Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), Rumpelstiltskin Screw for Moscow’s Novaya Opera, and also Orpheus in the Underworld for Trinity Laban (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group), Don served as assistant movement director on La at Blackheath Halls, Bernstein’s Trouble in Giovanni (Bergen National Opera and Northern bohème at the Royal Opera and revival movement Tahiti and Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret for Ireland Opera), Capriccio (Grange Park Opera), director for the same production at Madrid’s e Little Opera Company. He has directed Hänsel und Gretel, Semele and e Skating Rink Teatro Real and the Royal Opera. opera scenes at the Guildhall School of Music (Garsington Opera), Aida (Royal Albert Hall), and Drama, where he is a visiting professor La traviata and La bohème (Opera Holland SARAH HATTEN of stagecraft and acting. He has also directed Park), e Bartered Bride (Mid Wales Opera) (Wigmaster and Makeup opera scenes for the Royal Academy of Music and, in theater, e Trial (Young Vic). Credits Designer) and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, and as revival director include Der Rosenkavalier Wigmaster and makeup has delivered workshops for the Jerwood Young and Falstaff (Glyndebourne) and Rumpelstiltskin designer since 2011/12. Artists program at Glyndebourne. Future plans (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group). An include directing the world premiere of Howard alumna of the University of Melbourne and Lyric’s wigmaster Moody’s Agreed for Glyndebourne, and assisting London Contemporary Dance School, Fahie and makeup designer Sir David McVicar on I masnadieri at La Scala received a Jerwood Foundation Choreography has worked in a wide in Milan. Award in 2003. repertoire at Des Moines Metro Opera and Michigan Opera eatre, as well as Columbus Opera, Toledo Opera, the Cabrillo Music Festival, and the University of

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La bohème and the Wisdom of Singers By Mark omas Ketterson

he scintillating American soprano Geraldine Farrar left Cavalleria rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci had defi ned a delightful anecdote regarding her debut at the Opéra a new operatic genre, that of verismo, or realism. de Monte Carlo in 1904. Farrar was onstage listening to It was into this heady milieu that Puccini made his early forays Tthe tenor of the evening deliver his aria, after which she was to into composition. Puccini was born into a venerated musical family begin her own.  e elegant diva had initially been unimpressed by in Lucca; his father, grandfather, great-, and great-great-grandfather her colleague’s appearance, noting he was “was clad in shrieking had all held the position of maestro di cappella at the Cattedrale di checks, topped by a grey fedora, San Martino. After graduating yellow gloves, and grasping a from Milan Conservatory, he gold-headed cane.” But when he composed two operas, Le villi began to sing, the astonishing and Edgar, neither of which won beauty of his voice so enraptured success.  en in 1893, Puccini her she found herself transfi xed. enjoyed a triumph with Manon “I forgot all about the theater, Lescaut, which premiered at the actions, everything,” Farrar Turin’s Teatro Regio. No less an recalled. “I sat there sobbing like authority than George Bernard a child. When my cue came, I Shaw opined, “Puccini looks to did not hear it.  e orchestra me more like the heir of Verdi hesitated. My mother, who was than any of his rivals.” in the wings, waved dramatically But as any artist can attest, at me. I did not see her. I was coming up the second time after having a beautiful, old-fashioned an acknowledged victory is one cry.  en the prompter arose of the most dangerous moments from his seat and said 'Well, in a career.  e world is full Miss Farrar, are you going to of one-hit wonders. None of sing or not?'”  e tenor in Leoncavallo’s subsequent operas question was the blazing Italian achieved the success of Pagliacci supernova Enrico Caruso, and (including his rival version of the opera was Giacomo Puccini’s Bohème, which more or less died La bohème. on the vine). Puccini knew he Bohème is among the most needed to proceed judiciously. admired of operas. It has been For inspiration, he turned said that box-offi ce health is a to French poet Henri Murger’s simple matter of “A, B, C” – Aida, Scènes de la vie de Bohème. Set Bohème, and Carmen. Bohème’s in Paris, Murger’s episodic extraordinary popularity was novella presented a series of unimaginable when the opera colorful vignettes which related fi rst appeared, however. Farrar’s the escapades of a disparate reminiscence is a treasurable bit group of young people living of theatrical nostalgia – but it e Café de Paris, from an 1843 engraving by M. L. Bosredon. a romanticized Bohemian also provides a telling glimpse existence in the Latin Quarter. into an operatic success that may never have occurred had it not been A stage adaptation by playwright  éodore Barrière had proven to for the insight and determination of some very infl uential singers. be wildly successful. Giulio Ricordi, who commissioned the opera,  e second half of the 19th century was a time of formidable assigned the team of Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa as librettists. development in Italian opera. Giuseppe Verdi had boldly transcended As with the play, Illica and Giacosa took several liberties with the traditions of bel canto and the structures of opera from earlier in Murger’s novel, combining the characters of Mimì and Francine, the century to endow the Italian lyric theater with a level of musical/ and tweaking matters to minimize similarities to Verdi’s La traviata. dramatic cohesion heretofore unknown. A gritty naturalism had Puccini viscerally resonated with the material. “I lived that bohème,” also crept into the arts; initially through the paintings of Antonio he enthused, “when there wasn’t any thought stirring in my brain of Mancini and Francesco Paolo Michetti, as well as in literature as seeking the theme of an opera.” manifested by writer Giovanni Verga. In opera, Pietro Mascagni’s La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio on February 1, 1896,

26 | January 10 - 31, 2019 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO METROPOLITAN OPERA ARCHIVES conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.  e response was decidedly tepid. Such a fl accid reaction seems mind-boggling today. Perhaps Puccini’s music seemed a trifl e dull, lacking both the pyrotechnical dazzle of the old repertory or the primal intensity of the new – particularly in the absence of a real aria d’urlo, a feature of verismo in which a character veers from lyricism and essentially begins to scream (though we have a suggestion of that from Rodolfo at Mimì’s death). In any case, this was not a matter of audience favor overriding critical dissent (Puccini would experience that later with Tosca).  is time around, the audience wasn’t crazy about it either. Bohème’s ascension was to be fueled by its interpreters. Chief among these was the great Australian diva Nellie Melba. Dame Nellie was a huge star, both at the Met and particularly at Covent Garden, where she ruled with an iron fi st. She was also a soprano in search of new material. Melba had built her reputation on such fl orid Italian roles — most prominently Donizetti's Lucia — and was also celebrated as Gounod's Juliet and Marguerite. Audience tastes had changed, however. Melba’s outing as Nedda in Pagliacci was well received, but an ill-advised attempt at Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried was a disaster. “I have been a fool,” Melba told the press, in a rare moment of humility. In truth, Melba was anything but. She knew she Pictured as Rodolfo needed to evolve, and that the excesses of verismo were a poor fi t for and Mimì are the two her vocally and temperamentally. But Puccini’s Mimì was something legendary singers who else. Here was a modern role that would allow her to exploit her did the most to bring La preternaturally beautiful timbre and exquisitely fl oated upper tones. bohème to world attention Melba plunged into six weeks of study in the role with Puccini himself. – Enrico Caruso and  e composer declared her an ideal Mimì (an assessment informed, Dame Nellie Melba. no doubt, by his awareness of Melba’s considerable infl uence with management – Puccini was no fool, either). Melba aggressively campaigned for Covent Garden to mount Bohème for her, which they did in 1899, despite their distaste for the “new and plebeian opera.” Her performance created a sensation. Soprano Mary Garden left a revealing account of Melba’s achievement, specifi cally the fl oated high C concluding “O soave fanciulla.” “ e note came fl oating over the auditorium of Covent Garden; it left Melba's throat, it left Melba's body, it left everything, and came over like a star and passed us in our box, and went out into the infi nite. I have never heard anything like it in my life, not from any other singer, ever. My God, how beautiful it was!  at note of Melba's was just like a ball of light.”  e Met capitulated as well, and Melba became their fi rst Mimì in 1900, with the unusual caveat that she sing the mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor following the opera, as a panacea for those (Above) Nearly a century after who remained skeptical. the heyday of Melba and Caruso, La bohème was essential to one of  en there was Caruso. If there ever was a perfect match of the most successful fi lms of the 1980s, composer and voice, it was Giacomo Puccini and Enrico Caruso. Moonstruck. In a crucial scene, Caruso’s extraordinary tenor instrument, with its ringing, honeyed Loretta (Cher) attends a Metropolitan sweetness on top and surprising complement of beef in the middle Opera performance of Bohème with register, was ideally served by Puccini’s music. It could have been opera-loving Ronny (Nicolas Cage), written for him, and Caruso knew it. His appearances as Rodolfo her fi ancé’s brother, who’s fallen in opposite Melba at Covent Garden in 1902 caused pandemonium.  e love with her. press also had a fi eld day with an extra-musical event that occurred. As legend has it, Caruso, a notorious practical joker, pressed a hot sausage Country singer Gary Morris played Rodolfo and into Melba’s hand as he sang “Che gelida manina” (“Your little hand is Linda Ronstadt was Mimì in the New York frozen”). It was a juicy little story, and it kept the singers – and Bohème Shakespeare eater’s 1984 English-language – fi rmly in the public consciousness. production of La bohème.

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ree singers who scored with “Don’t You Know,” the pop song based on Musetta’s waltz from La bohème: (left to right) Della Reese, Vic Damone, and Bobby Vinton.

Generations of singers, especially youthful enthusiasm goes some distance in become their better selves. Italian singers, have followed the Melba/ this piece, and younger singers can make an If audiences dismissed Bohème in 1896, Caruso example since. Licia Albanese, enchanting eff ect in it. they have lined up in droves since. La Beniamino Gigli, the Renatas (Tebaldi and Pop culture has reveled in Bohème. bohème is arguably the most beloved opera Scotto), Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, Musetta’s waltz is among the world’s most ever composed. It is the most frequently Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti – all have recognizable melodies, and has been covered performed work at Lyric and the Met, had their careers in part measured by their by everyone from Della Reese to Vic where it has been performed more than assumptions of these roles, and to omit Damone. Moviegoers sobbed along with 1,300 times. Even after innumerable them from their repertoires would have Nicolas Cage and Cher when Moonstruck hearings, the emotional lyricism of the been unthinkable. took us to Bohème at the Met. Joseph Papp score takes one’s breath away. From the fi rst And no wonder. Few operas command produced a version starring pop sensation act’s exquisite pair of arias and emblematic such an expansive appeal as La bohème. Linda Ronstadt and country king Gary love duet, we are gloriously transported Its recognizable characters boast a human Morris, and Broadway scored another hit through Musetta’s waltz, Mimì’s shattering complexity that anyone who has ever been with Rent, a reimagined rock version. farewell with the quartet that follows, and in love, survived a breakup, or has just had Bohème has even survived one of its that ineff ably aff ecting orchestral moment to get the rent paid, can relate to.  eir own problematic dynamics reasonably well. when the love theme is echoed in the fi nal passions are expressed through workaday In Mimì, Puccini created the fi rst of what scene.  e world now knows what Melba, objects familiar to us all – a candle here, have regrettably been dubbed his “little Caruso, and a host of other singers have an old topcoat there, a bonnet, a muff . women” – roles typifi ed by the heroine of always known – and how grateful we should  is essential humanity has rendered the Madama Butterfl y or Turandot’s Liù, who be for their wisdom. piece virtually indestructible, even in an suff er and die for the love of a man. It’s era of high-concept Regietheater. It is also a character convention that becomes ever Mark omas Ketterson is the Chicago one of the most musically accessible of more awkward. Yet Bohème’s women are the correspondent for Opera News. He has also operas, for audiences and singers alike. opera’s driving force; the men only react. written for Playbill, the Chicago Tribune,  e score requires little virtuosic display Mimì is a surprisingly modern character for Chicago magazine, and the publications of – Musetta delivers a staccato run or two, her time. She seeks independence, respect, the Ravinia Festival, Houston Grand Opera, and Rodolfo has one high C (which even and a voice. It is through Mimì’s strength Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Caruso occasionally transposed down). of character that everyone else in the opera, Arts, and Washington National Opera at the While nothing beats an all-star Bohème, male or female, learns to love, forgive, and Kennedy Center.

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A TALK WITH THE CONDUCTOR Venezuelan-Swiss conductor Domingo Hindoyan, who debuted at Lyric leading La bohème, spoke in August with Roger Pines, Lyric’s dramaturg.

When did you hear the piece for the fi rst time? Do you have a favorite section of La bohème? monotonously, when she’s talking about herself I heard in my childhood the famous arias from Act  ree, which is absolutely the turning and her everyday life. But when she talks Mimì and Rodolfo, but I heard the complete point. It’s where the big drama starts, and it about her feelings, her inner world, her vocal opera when I was 16 years old, and I played makes sense of the fi rst two acts. lines expand to an incredibly impassioned, full a complete run of La bohème in Venezuela How do you view the structure of the opera? sound. When I’m working with the singers with the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra as a It’s like a symphony.  e fi rst act is the fi rst and the orchestra, I am always very keen on substitute violinist. movement, the allegro.  e second act is the keeping these contrasts present.  ey are What was your gut response to the piece at scherzo, and it’s tough to coordinate everything essential to give sense to the text and tell the the time? there, especially at the end with the banda story in the most transparent and touching way for the audience. I was in love with every bar! I also had [stage band].  e third act is the adagio, where tremendous curiosity about what was it’s often hard to keep the tension up, to keep What’s the secret of doing justice to the big happening onstage, and was lucky to have a seat the musical phrases fl owing, and to avoid soaring moments that everyone waits for in where I could see everything.  at curiosity had falling into the trap of sentimentalism.  e this opera? a lot to do with why I became a conductor. fourth act would be the last movement, with  e success of the big moments in this opera What do you think are the basic reasons that musical recollections of what happened in the requires a perfect relationship between the account for this piece’s popularity? fi rst, second, and third movements within, score and the freedom to interpret, with of course, a diff erent context and the tragic perfect construction of the crescendi, dynamics, Great music, great libretto, and perfect ending. It is a perfectly proportioned opera, emotionally, vocally and orchestrally. Puccini structure. It attaches itself immediately to like a few others in the repertoire that are also was a composer who liked to write in great the musical memory of everyone who hears masterpieces, like e Marriage of Figaro or detail.  e word “freedom” is relative, because it. Its melodies stay in your mind, thanks to La traviata, just to mention a few. it should be a sensation within a rigorous simplicity, emotion, and its contrasts. Puccini respect for the score. very often repeats the same themes, so they can  e piece’s challenges include dealing with the serve as reminders of certain ideas – friendship, conversational passages, which are so abundant. What makes Puccini such a terrifi c orchestrator? love, the Bohemian life, fatality.  ey come in It is all about bringing out the contrasts of the  e richness of the musical colors! He has diff erent tempos, in diff erent harmonies and music and the text. At the beginning of the the “italianitá” in the sound with moments colors and context.  ink of the fi rst meeting opera, for example, you sense immediately that of impressionism as well. Some of his pieces of Mimì and Rodolfo: it’s so special because Marcello is a completely diff erent character recall Debussy in certain moments.  e way it totally contrasts with what was happening from Rodolfo. In those fi rst lines for Marcello, he uses the percussion, the way he mixes before with the four Bohemians. Suddenly it’s he sings often on the same note, almost spoken woodwinds, his massive brass sections, and the pianissimo, with string texture, muted and rich singing, but then comes Rodolfo, with more delicate strings.  e second act of Bohème is a harmonies; this sudden change of ambiance melodic lines and excitement in the voice masterpiece of orchestration, with the sparkling touches the emotions of the listeners, singers, with lines moving up and down.  ink also character of the percussion, the children's orchestra, and stage director. La bohème is full of Mimì, who has two diff erent sides to her choir, the brilliant trumpets, and how he builds of moments like this one. vocal character. She sings simply, almost this big, massive scene.

TODD ROSENBERG TODD ROSENBERG Maria Agresta as Mimì and Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo at Lyric, October, 2018.

30 | January 10 - 31, 2019 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO La bohème: After the Curtain Falls

Your opera experience doesn't have to end here! When the performance is over, you can continue your exploration of La bohème in conversation with your companions. Here are some topics to consider:

DAN REST • What captivated you most about the opera, whether musically or theatrically?

• Parpignol, the toy vendor in Act Two, has no direct relationship with the protagonists or the plot. Why do you think he was included in the opera?

• Mimì and Rodolfo sing two wonderful duets: one when they first meet in Act One, and the other as Mimì lies on her deathbed in Act Four. Which do you think you’ll especially remember and why?

• Why do you think Marcello and Musetta get back together?

• What points does the opera make about trust in relationships?

• The last few lines of the final scene are meant to be spoken in rhythm, rather than being actually sung. What effect does this choice by Puccini have on the drama? Dimitri Pittas (Rodolfo) and Ana María Martínez (Mimì) in Act One of La bohème, Lyric, 2012/13 season.

To continue exploring La bohème, Lyric dramaturg and program editor Roger Pines suggests the following performances:

CD DVD Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano, Mariusz Kwiecień, Simona Mihai, Luca Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maff eo; Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Oper Tittoto, Florian Sempey; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera Berlin and Chorus, cond. Herbert von Karajan (Decca) House Covent Garden, cond. Antonio Pappano, dir. Richard Jones Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Gianna d’Angelo, (Opus Arte) Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari; Academy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Ileana Cotrubas, Neil Shicoff , Sir  omas Allen, Marilyn Zschau, Chorus, cond. Tullio Serafi n (Decca) Gwynne Howell, John Rawnsley; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara, Opera House Covent Garden, cond. Lamberto Gardelli, dir. John Giorgio Tozzi, John Reardon; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra and Copley (Kultur Video) Chorus, Robert Shaw Chorale, cond. Sir  omas Beecham (EMI) Teresa Stratas, José Carreras, Richard Stilwell, Renata Scotto, James Leontina Vaduva, Roberto Alagna,  omas Hampson, Ruth Ann Morris, Allan Monk; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Swenson, Samuel Ramey, Simon Keenlyside; Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine, dir. Franco Zeffi relli (DG) London Voices, cond. Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics) Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Boaz Daniel, Nicole Cabell, Vitalij Kowaljow, Stéphane Degout; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Bertrand de Billy, dir. Robert Dornhelm (Kultur Video)

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Music Staff Diane Duraffourg-Robinson Flute Horn Stageband Musicians William C. Billingham Teresa Kay Fream Marie Tachouet, Principal Jonathan Boen, Principal Gaby Vargas, piccolo Jennifer Condon Renée-Paule Gauthier* Dionne Jackson, Fritz Foss, Assistant Principal/ Christy Kim, piccolo Aram Demirjian Peter Labella Assistant Principal Utility Horn David Inmon, trumpet Susan Miller Hult Ann Palen Alyce Johnson Robert E. Johnson, ird Horn Kevin Hartman, trumpet Keun-A Lee Irene Radetzky Samuel Hamzem Matt Lee, trumpet Noah Lindquist John D. Robinson Piccolo Neil Kimel Ross Beacraft, trumpet Grant Loehnig David Volfe Alyce Johnson Joel Cohen, percussion Francesco Milioto Albert Wang Trumpet Rich Janicki, percussion Jerad Mosbey Oboe William Denton, Principal Matthew Piatt Viola Judith Kulb, Principal Matthew Comerford, Extra Musician Stefano Sarzani Carol Cook, Principal Judith Zunamon Lewis Co-Assistant Principal Michael Kozakis, percussion Madeline Slettedahl Terri Van Valkinburgh, Acting Assistant Principal Channing Philbrick, Eric Weimer Assistant Principal Anne Bach* Co-Assistant Principal Librarian Maureen Zoltek Frank W. Babbitt John Rosenkrans, Principal Patrick Brennan English Horn Trombone Orchestra Karl Davies Judith Zunamon Lewis Jeremy Moeller, Principal Personnel Manager Amy Hess Mark Fisher, Assistant Principal and Stageband Contractor Violin I Melissa Trier Kirk Clarinet Mark Fry* Christine Janicki Robert Hanford, Aurélien Fort Pederzoli* Charlene Zimmerman, Graeme Mutchler** Concertmaster Principal *Season substitute e Mrs. R. Robert Cello Linda A. Baker, Bass Trombone **Sabbatical Funderburg Calum Cook, Principal Co-Assistant Principal Mark Fry* Endowed Chair Paul Dwyer, Assistant Principal Susan Warner, Graeme Mutchler** Sharon Polifrone, Mark Brandfonbrener Co-Assistant Principal Assistant Concertmaster William H. Cernota Tuba Alexander Belavsky Laura Deming Bass Clarinet Andrew Smith, Principal Kathleen Brauer Sonia Mantell* Linda A. Baker Pauli Ewing Walter Preucil Harp David Hildner Bassoon Marguerite Lynn Williams, Laura Miller Bass Preman Tilson, Principal Liba Shacht Ian Hallas, Principal Heather Wittels Acting Principal Lewis Kirk, Timpani Bing Jing Yu Andrew L. W. Anderson Assistant Principal Edward Harrison, Principal Jeremy Attanaseo* Hanna Sterba* Violin II Andrew J. Keller* Percussion Yin Shen, Principal Gregory Sarchet Contrabassoon Michael Green, Principal John Macfarlane, Collins R. Trier Lewis Kirk Douglas Waddell, Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Injoo Choi* Eric Millstein Bonita Di Bello

Chorus Master Marie Sokolova omas Sillitti Supplementary Chorus Chicago Children’s Michael Black Maia Surace Craig Springer Tenor Choir Laurie Seely Vassalli Jeffrey W. Taylor Chorus Master Humberto Borboa Beltran Josephine Lee e Howard A. Stotler Corinne Wallace-Crane Ronald Watkins Matthew Daniel Pamela Williams Nikolas Wenzel President & Artistic Director Endowed Chair Klaus Georg Elisabeth Van Schoonhoven Michelle K. Wrighte Luther Lewis Core Supplementary Assistant Conductor Regular Chorus John Goodwin Tenor Chorus Bass Soprano Geoffrey Agpalo Rehearsal Accompanist Soprano Michael Cavalieri Elisa Billey Becker Timothy Bradley Kirk Greiner Jillian Bonczek Hoss Brock Carla Janzen Amber Cloud Suzanne M. Kszastowski Dorian McCall Lauren Cusick Sharon Garvey Cohen William M. Combs John E. Orduña Patricia A. Cook-Nicholson John J. Concepcion Kelsea Webb Annie DeMarea Douglas Peters Nicoletta Dowd Cathleen Dunn Kenneth Donovan William Roberts Janet Marie Farr Joseph A. Fosselman Mezzo Zachariah Elliott Katie Ruth Bieber Scott Tomlinson Tobin Ferrall Desirée Hassler Tyler Samuel Lee Todd von Felker Rachael Holzhausen Lawrence Montgomery Sarah Ponder Hana Freidheim-Javed Laureen Janeczek-Wysocki Mark Nienow Stephanie Schoenhofer Edward Gelman Kimberly McCord James Odom Emerson Good Heidi Spoor omas L. Potter Tenor Amina Gorman Stephani Springer Walton Westlake Jared V. Esguerra Nicholas Hong Elizabeth Anne Taylor Cameo T. Humes Lydia Kuhr Sherry Watkins Bass Joe Shadday Colin Nelsen Matthew Carroll Wyatt Parr Mezzo David DuBois Bass Emerson McConkey Claudia A. Kerski-Nienow Robert Morrissey Claude Cassion Kate Mueller Marianna Kulikova Kenneth Nichols Nicolai Janitzky Olivia Roman Colleen Lovinello Steven Pierce Vince Wallace Lucia Ross Yvette Smith Robert J. Prindle Myra Sahai Marco Speroni Aaliyah Torres 32 | January 10 - 31, 2019 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

BACKSTAGE LIFE: Maria DeFabo Akin

What is your role here at Lyric, and What keeps you committed to the work how long have you held the position? you do? I am the properties and scenic art ere are some really incredible people director and I’ve been here for five years. that I work with on a daily basis. What My role is to facilitate the execution of amazes me most is their willingness the props and paint for all of Lyric’s to learn new things, improve their productions. at can mean creating skills, and keep up with the changing props for new shows, maintaining or technology. Working backstage can be repairing used props, or finding/buying hectic and chaotic, but seeing them all specific props for a show. I work with so dedicated to their craft makes it an the designers and directors, or with the enjoyable place to come every day. artists and choreographers, to make sure the props and paint are aligned with the What’s something about your job that original artistic vision. I then work with people might not know? the stage crew to bring those ideas to life One thing people don’t know is that onstage. we often paint costumes. For example, in the Troy scenes of Les Troyens we What led you to work at Lyric? needed the costumes to look dirty I was working in Chicago for awhile and disheveled, so we used paint to doing props for other theaters when I accomplish that. ere are also several heard Lyric was looking for someone different techniques to make costumes to work in the props department. I look old and broken down, including knew opera had a reputation for doing the use of a cheese grater. e audience everything on a grand scale, so it seemed like a great opportunity to probably doesn’t know that whenever a flame will be used on stage, work at a place with such amazing technical elements. we spray a fireproof chemical on the costumes, props, scenery, and wigs as a safety measure! What’s a typical day like for you? I usually begin each morning by checking in with different Favorite Lyric moment? backstage departments to see what they might need. If there was Lyric offers backstage touch tours for patrons who are blind or have a rehearsal the day before, we usually have notes from the stage low vision. On one of these tours before a performance of Così manager letting us know what the director and singers might fan tutte, one of the stars of that production, soprano Ana María need, or what’s working and what’s not working. If specific props Martínez stopped by, as she caught wind of our touch tour. She are being built for a production, my team might have questions started talking with the tour group, and offered to let them touch they need answered from the designer, so I serve as the liaison her throat and diaphragm while she sang. ey were so amazed; between the designer and the stage crew. If the designers are here most people don’t get the chance to hear an opera star singing that in town, for example during the summer tech week, we make props close to them! Her incredible kindness and willingness to share her collaboratively so we can understand their vision firsthand. craft was really inspiring. Many of the patrons had been subscribers for years, so to learn something new and experience opera in a What’s the most challenging aspect of your job? different way was very cool for them. e props and paint departments are often juggling many things at once on a tight deadline. Creating props and painting them in a Beyond opera, what are your other passions? timely fashion and on budget, all while maintaining a high-quality My husband runs a company called Step Up Chicago Playwrights, product, can be really challenging. If there is something we need to whose mission is to go out into the community and get more plays create but there isn’t enough time, we have to find new strategies made about Chicago. I enjoy getting to see a lot of theater with to make it happen. For instance, the design team for Jesus Christ him and figuring out how to bring cool art to the city. I also like Superstar wanted more of the palms used in the “Hosanna” scene. We to cook, in particular the science of cooking. It’s exciting to figure originally thought we didn’t have enough time for so many additional out what different things you can add to a dish to make it better. I palms, but after some brainstorming I found a way to get the pieces watch cooking shows and get obsessed with them! here faster, and our spectacular props carpenter figured out a way to make them in less time. We were able to get all 28 palms made on schedule, but we’re always dealing with that type of challenge.

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Artistic Roster

Sopranos Jonathan Johnson Directors Choreographers and Maria Agresta Matthias Klink Arin Arbus Movement Directors Emily Birsan Josh Lovell Benjamin Davis Lucy Burge Janai Brugger Matthew Polenzani Richard Jones Sarah Fahie e American Guild of Tracy Cox David Portillo David Kneuss Karine Girard Musical Artists, AFL-CIO Sir David McVicar Adrienne Danrich Mario Rojas Austin McCormick (AGMA), is the union Russell  omas Laurent Pelly Danielle de Niese Denni Sayers that represents the singers, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Renée Fleming Laura Scozzi dancers, actors, and Susan Foster Baritones David Pountney Danielle Urbas staging personnel at Christine Goerke Weston Hurt Roy Rallo Lyric Opera of Chicago. Alexandra LoBianco Christopher Kenney Nick Sandys Ballet Mistress Anya Matanovic Zeljko Lučić August Tye Jana McIntyre Andrew Manea Associate Directors Whitney Morrison Zachary Nelson Benoît De Leersnyder Wigmaster and Makeup Marie-Eve Munger Ricardo José Rivera Simon Iorio Designer Anna Netrebko Artur Ruciński Rob Kearley Sarah Hatten Diana Newman Reginald Smith, Jr. Emily Pogorelc Daniel Sutin Set and Costume Designers Fight Choreographers Brenda Rae Barbara de Limburg Chuck Coyl Bass-Baritones Albina Shagimuratova Charles Edwards Nick Sandys Kyle Albertson Siobhan Stagg Johan Engels Jake Gardner Nina Stemme Riccardo Hernandez Translators for Alan Higgs Heidi Stober Robert Innes Hopkins Projected English Titles Philip Horst Ann Toomey Stewart Laing Kenneth Chalmers Kyle Ketelsen Marie-Jeanne Lecca Elza van den Heever Eric Owens Roger Pines John Macfarlane Erin Wall Iain Paterson Colin Ure Cait O’Connor Tamara Wilson David Weigel Derek Welton Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Mezzo-Sopranos Samuel Youn Brigitte Reiff enstuel Jamie Barton ULTZ Elizabeth Bishop Basses Angela Brower Patrick Guetti Lighting Designers Ariana Chris Adrian Sâmpetrean Marcus Doshi DAN REST Alice Coote Roberto Tagliavini Fabrice Kebour Kayleigh Decker Chris Maravich Michaela Martens Conductors Duane Schuler Julie Miller Marco Armiliato Mimi Jordan Sherin Ronnita Miller Harry Bicket Jennifer Tipton Deborah Nansteel Michael Christie Mary Phillips Sir Andrew Davis Projection Designer Zoie Reams Domingo Hindoyan Christopher Ash Annie Rosen Francesco Milioto Krysty Swann Donald Runnicles Puppetry Director Stefano Sarzani Finn Caldwell Contralto Dancers Lauren Decker Puppet Designers Django Allegretti Nick Barnes Countertenors Jordan Beyeler Jaime Borkan Finn Caldwell Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Cait O'Connor Iestyn Davies Kristian Brooks Andrew Harper Chorus Master Tenors Joseph A. Hernandez Michael Black Noah Baetge Demetrius McClendon Giorgio Berrugi Antonio Luis Montalvo Children’s Chorus Master Robert Brubaker Jimi Loc Nguyen Jonathan Burton Ela Olarte Josephine Lee Michael Fabiano Andrea Pugliese Eric Ferring Michelle Reid Jacqueline Stewart Burkhard Fritz Luis Vazquez Allan Glassman Nicole Cabell as Musetta in La bohème at Lyric Benjamin Holliday Wardell Clay Hilley (2007/08 season).

34 | January 10 - 31, 2019 PATRON SALUTE | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO  e Women’s Board of Lyric: Rooted in History, Poised for the Future

On August 21, 1955, JACLYN SIMPSON  e Women’s Board Anne Mitchell, Sarah is also responsible for Wood Armour, Louise overseeing  e William Smith, and Mary Ward B. and Catherine Graham Wolkonsky came together Room. Originally known for the fi rst Lyric Opera of as the Green Room, this Chicago Women’s Board premiere dining space was meeting, in an eff ort to renamed in 1993 in honor further the growth of the of Bill and Catherine company as a cultural and Graham. Catherine, a educational institution in Women’s Board member concert with the Board for 31 years, was known of Directors and other as Lyric’s “grande dame,” volunteer groups. Today, and her involvement as the Women’s Board Graham Room Committee consists of 56 regular chair was a role that she members, 5 non-resident deeply cherished. Today, members, 7 life members, the Women’s Board and during the 2016/17 honors the legacy of Mrs. season inducted Renée Graham by preserving Fleming as an honorary the highest quality of member. dining service, organizing 2017 Opera Ball hostesses (left to right) Susan Lenny, Nancy Searle,  e Women’s Board tastings and selecting the Mamie Case, Ellen Stirling, Lili Gaubin, and Nancy Santi. organizes myriad projects, fi nal menus seasonally for both large and small in scale, which secure  e past thirteen auctions have raised over $11 this ultimate donor benefi t. critical funding for Lyric. Now a 400-person, million in funds for Lyric, capped this past Collaboration is key to the Women’s black-tie fête at the Hilton raising on average a spring by the 30th anniversary celebration of Board.  e Board of Directors united with the million dollars, the Opening Night Opera Ball the fi rst auction with honored guest Château Women’s Board during the 2016/17 season for came from humble beginnings. Less than two Margaux and honoree Shirley Welsh Ryan. the Chicago Voices Gala Benefi t Concert and months after that very fi rst Board meeting in In addition to these events, the Women’s After Party to celebrate our city’s rich musical 1955, the inaugural Ball was held. In its fi rst Board maintains a strong commitment to Lyric’s culture. For several years, the Women’s Board year, the event raised a total of $17,000 and educational and sustaining eff orts.  ey created, has joined forces with the Guild Board of the cost to attend was a mere $25 per couple. developed, and continue to grow the Opera Directors on the Spring Musical Celebration, Dancing took place in the Rice Grand Foyer, Commentaries Project, now sponsored by the which has built a strong community surrounding with dinner tables on the American Airlines Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Foundation the wildly successful musical-theater initiative. Mezzanine. Since then, Opera Ball has become in memory of their parents.  is season’s  e Women’s Board is eagerly anticipating one of the Board’s signature events, commencing Commentaries can be found free of charge to the Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Concert each new season with the level of excitement and the public on Lyric’s website, providing opera and Gala on March 23, 2019, with Mrs. Lester elegance it so deserves.  is year’s co-chairs, lovers with a rich history and understanding of Crown as Gala chair. Never a dull moment! Erica L. Sandner and Mrs. Alejandro Silva, each opera of the season. In 2005, the Women’s  rough the Board’s tireless work ethic, continued this tradition with an evening that Board General Director’s Endowed Chair in generosity, and commitment, Lyric’s mission mirrored the French romanticism of La bohème. loving memory of Ardis Krainik was established to support the performance of world-class Equally as impressive as Opera Ball is the as part of Lyric’s 50th anniversary season. opera and the creation of innovative programs triennial Wine Auction, which features live and  e Women’s Board continues its for community engagement and education silent auction lots of the world’s rarest wines, commitment to outreach opportunities has been strengthened.  e Women’s Board luxury trips, and dining experiences. President through collaborations that connect the has celebrated the past while simultaneously Nancy Searle summarizes the auction’s staying Chicago community to the programming of planning ahead for nearly 65 years, and shows power: “It has grown into the vehicle through Lyric Unlimited. Annually, the Board brings no signs of slowing down. which we are able to give to Lyric and to the Lyric Unlimited’s Opera in the Neighborhoods — Leah Bobbey community on an unprecedented level. At the performances to various venues throughout same time, Wine Auction has encouraged us to the city, such as the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, hold onto our roots: we continue to host this Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of event in our cherished Lyric Opera House, and Chicago, and Misericordia. Spreading the joy of we continue to rely on one another for support opera throughout the city is a privilege that the and encouragement, just as we did in 1988.” Women’s Board holds dear.

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ABBOTT FUND JULIE and ROGER BASKES Abbott and the Abbott Fund are leading corporate contributors Lyric treasures the exemplary leadership and dedication to Lyric Opera of Chicago, with a longstanding tradition of of Julie and Roger Baskes. Subscribers for more than dedicated support. Over the last three decades, Abbott has four decades, they have generously supported Lyric’s generously cosponsored 24 Lyric productions, including this Ryan Opera Center activities as previous cosponsors of season’s new coproduction of La bohème. Abbott has championed Rising Stars in Concert, and currently underwrite the Ryan Opera Center Recital Series on 98.7WFMT. ey Miles D. White Lyric’s achievements by making a leadership commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. “Lyric is one of the treasures have cosponsored numerous productions including, most recently, last season’s that make Chicago the world-class city that it is. We’re proud to be associated Rigoletto and this season's Elektra. ey also made a leadership commitment to with it.” says Miles D. White, Abbott’s Chairman the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help safeguard the future of Lyric Opera. and Chief Executive Officer and a valued member of Lyric is honored to have Julie Baskes serve on its Board of Directors and Executive Lyric’s Board of Directors. Committee. Julie is also Chairman of the Production Sponsorship Committee, and is a past President of the Ryan Opera Center Board. ADA and WHITNEY ADDINGTON Ada and Whitney Addington are dedicated Lyric MARLYS A. BEIDER subscribers and donors. ey have contributed generously As an aficionada of Lyric for more than 30 years, Marlys has con- to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground tributed to the Annual Campaign and is a Bel Canto Benefactor Campaign, and have made a leadership gift in support of of the planned giving Overture Society. Her planned gift com- Lyric’s new Ring cycle, including this season’s Siegfried. mitment created the Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup e Addingtons have also invested in the company’s Designer Endowed Chair in memory of her late husband, Harold future through their planned gift to Lyric. Lyric is Beider. Marlys Beider cosponsored several productions including fortunate to have Dr. Whitney Addington as a member of its Board of Directors Elektra (2012/13), Parsifal (2013/14), and Tosca (2014/15), and and Executive Committee has committed generous leadership gifts to cosponsor two of Lyric’s new Ring cycle productions including Das Rheingold (2016/17) and next season's Götterdämmerung. AMERICAN AIRLINES is season we celebrate 37 years of vital corporate partnership RANDY L. and MELVIN R. BERLIN with American Airlines, the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Devoted fans of opera education and the arts, Melvin Chicago. In recognition of the company’s significant contribution and Randy Berlin are vital members of the Lyric Opera to the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the mezzanine family. “It’s part of Chicago for us. It enriches the city level of the Lyric Opera House is named the American Airlines and the community, and we like to be part of that,” Mezzanine. American Airlines provides important in-kind support says Melvin. e Berlins have contributed significantly Franco Tedeschi for Lyric’s programs and special to the Annual Campaign and made a leadership gift to events. Franco Tedeschi, Vice President of American the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Melvin and Randy have cosponsored several Airlines, proudly serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors productions including last season's Cosi fan tutte and this season's West Side Story. and Lyric Unlimited Committee. Lyric is honored to have Melvin Berlin serve on its Board of Directors.

PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION BMO HARRIS BANK e Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to advance society through the For over 200 years, BMO has been financing economic expansion performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. e and supporting the communities it serves. BMO Harris is proud Foundation’s namesake, Paul M. Angell, founder of Newly Weds Foods, dedicated to support the Lyric Opera through the Lyric’s Annual Campaign the early part of his life to serving his country and performing as a member of John and join the production sponsorship family for this season’s Philip Sousa’s U.S. Navy Band during World War I. He believed in hard work, La traviata. Lyric is honored to have Richard Pomeroy, Senior Managing Director, BMO Wealth Management U.S., serve on its self reliance, and optimism, and the Foundation is intended to honor him and his Richard Pomeroy ideals. At Lyric, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has been a loyal supporter Board of Directors and Investment Committee. “Opera is truly an of Lyric’s Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited programming and has generously inspiration. It affects how we committed to a high level of multi-year support. see and interpret the world around us, and it’s our hope that the support we provide Lyric will ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS help increase exposure to such a beautiful form Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Aria Society support received from ten of artistic expression.” anonymous contributors during the 2018/19 season. HENRY and GILDA BUCHBINDER FAMILY AVRAMOVICH CHARITABLE TRUST FOUNDATION Michael and Susan Avramovich were ardent supporters of theater, Dedicated lovers of the arts, Henry and Gilda Buchbinder opera, and classical music in Chicago. Longtime subscribers, are longstanding members of the Lyric Opera family. the Lyric was a special favorite. Michael had deep roots in Italy, Committed to sustaining the exceptional quality of Lyric’s and his mother, Margherita, was from Rome. In a salute to artistic product, the Buchbinders made a leadership gift that heritage and to many years of Lyric, the Trust is pleased to to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign to name cosponsor La bohème and La traviata this season. the Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation Rehearsal Room. ey have also been longtime generous donors to the Annual Campaign, and are cosponsors of this season’s production of Il trovatore. “I really do believe that Lyric is the best opera company in the world,” is Gilda’s heartfelt assessment, to which Hank adds, “the productions are done so well, and stage sets are marvelous.” Lyric is honored to have Gilda Buchbinder serve on its Board of Directors and the Production Sponsorship Committee.

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CAROLYN S. BUCKSBAUM MRS. JOHN V. CROWE Lyric Opera sincerely appreciates the extraordinary leadership and Peggy and the late Jack Crowe are generous and passionate generosity of Kay Bucksbaum. An avid subscriber and longtime members of the Lyric family, evidenced by their major patron of Lyric with her late husband Matthew, the Bucksbaum support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign and Family’s very generous challenge grant re-established Lyric’s the Renée Fleming Initiative. Jack and Peggy Crowe's regional and national/international radio broadcasts in 2006. signifi cant contribution to Lyric was recognized in naming Kay’s incredible continued matching support made possible the Isabelle Cavagnaro Crowe Foyer on the fi fth fl oor in  e Lyric Opera Broadcasts from 2006-18. “Lyric is a great national institution,” memory of Jack Crowe's mother. Lyric was very fortunate to have Jack Crowe serve Matthew once said, “and it gives our family great pleasure to know these broadcasts as an esteemed member of the Executive Committee of Lyric's Board of Directors. bring Lyric’s wonderful performances to so many in Chicago and around the globe.” THE CROWN FAMILY BULLEY & ANDREWS Two of Chicago’s leading philanthropists, Renée and Founded in 1891, Bulley & Andrews is one of the Midwest’s Lester Crown, are devoted patrons of Lyric Opera.  e most trusted and accomplished construction companies.  e Crown Family is a sponsor of the Renée Fleming Initiative fourth generation, family-owned fi rm off ers clients a full range of and made generous gifts to Lyric’s Annual Campaign and construction services including general contracting, construction Breaking New Ground Campaign. Mrs. Crown is a past management, design/build, and masonry and concrete restoration. President of the Women’s Board and is this season's Bulley & Andrews has, for many seasons, supported Lyric Lester and Renée Crown Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Gala Chair. Mr. Crown Allan E. Bulley, III Unlimited’s Performances for Students programs, and is a cosponsor joined Lyric’s Board of Directors in 1977 and has served as Chairman of the of Lyric’s Ring cycle, including this Executive Committee ever since. In 2004, Renée and Lester Crown were recipients season’s Siegfried. Lyric is pleased to have Allan E. Bulley, of the Carol Fox Award, presented in recognition of their outstanding leadership and III as a member of its Board of Directors. 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  e Crown Family THE BUTLER FAMILY for their many years of dedicated service to Lyric Opera of Chicago. FOUNDATION Longtime subscribers from Dubuque, Iowa, John and THE DAVEE FOUNDATION Alice Butler recently made a leadership gift to Lyric’s Lyric Opera is extremely grateful to  e Davee Foundation and the late Ruth Breaking New Ground Campaign’s stage improvement Dunbar and Ken M. Davee for their tremendous generosity over the years.  e project. John says, “When Alice and I heard that Lyric Foundation’s exemplary support of Chicago-area charities refl ects the Davees’ wide- was unable to share productions with other houses due ranging interests, including their great love of music and the arts. Lyric is fortunate John and Alice Butler to our outdated and unreliable stage technology, we to be among the organizations benefi ting from  e Davee Foundation’s enduring understood that to be a serious problem that needed to be addressed. We believe in philanthropy, which helps secure Lyric’s future for generations to come.  e Lyric’s mission to be the best opera company in North America, and in order to be Davee Foundation provided critical preliminary support to enhance amplifi cation the best, we must have access the best productions.” Lyric Opera is honored to have and sound systems used in the Musical  eater Initiative, and has generously John Butler serve on its Board of Directors and Investment Committee. cosponsored each production in the initiative, including this season’s West Side Story.

DAVID and ORIT CARPENTER STEFAN T. EDLIS and GAEL NEESON David and Orit Carpenter have been staunch supporters Passionate patrons of the arts, Stefan Edlis and Gael of Lyric for many years and made a generous planned gift Neeson are actively involved with organizations in to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help ensure Chicago, New York, and Aspen. Mr. Edlis and Ms. that Lyric will be available for many future generations to Neeson have supported and subscribed to Lyric Opera for enjoy. In addition to their longtime personal support of more than 30 years.  ey have cosponsored six mainstage Lyric’s Annual Campaign, David has helped secure eight operas, including last season’s Faust and this season’s production cosponsorships, including this season's company premiere of Ariodante, Siegfried. Stefan and Gael also made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground through Sidley Austin LLP, where he was a Partner for more than 30 years. Orit is a Campaign. Lyric is honored to have Stefan Edlis serve on its Board of Directors and valuable resource for the Ryan Opera Center, working with the artists on performance Production Sponsorship Committee. psychology. Lyric is honored to have David serve on its Board of Directors and Production Sponsorship Committee. EXELON  e philanthropic initiatives of Exelon Corporation help generate and sustain ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION Chicago’s cultural stature and economic vitality. For several decades, Exelon has Lyric remains deeply grateful for the long-term generosity of the generously supported the Annual Campaign, Fantasy of the Opera, Wine Auction, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, one of Chicago’s nonprofi t and the Great Opera Fund as well as Lyric’s education and community engagement leaders in arts support.  e Cheney Foundation has made a multi- programs. Exelon’s many cosponsorships have included Rusalka (2013/14), Lyric’s year commitment to the Ryan Opera Center/Lyric Opera. During second mariachi opera, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (2014/15), and e Marriage of the 2018/19 season, the Cheney Foundation is supporting the Figaro (2015/16).  is season, Exelon is generously cosponsoring Lyric’s production Director of Vocal Studies faculty position; the singer sponsorship of Elektra. Lyric is fortunate to have Exelon as an Elizabeth F. Cheney of tenor Mario Rojas, and Guest Master Teacher and Artist outstanding corporate partner. residencies. Lyric is honored to have foundation director Allan Drebin serve on its Board of Directors, and the Ryan Opera Center Board.

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JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION HOWARD L. GOTTLIEB and BARBARA G. GREIS A founding patron of Lyric eatre (now Lyric Opera of Chicago) Among Lyric’s most devoted subscribers and patrons, and a Lyric Board member at the time of his death in 1982, Julius Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis have generously Frankel devoted his philanthropic giving to making Chicago a supported Lyric Opera through major contributions to great place to live and enjoy life. e Julius Frankel Foundation the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground has sustained this noble legacy under the guidance and longtime Campaign. ey have cosponsored many productions, dedication of former trustees Nelson Cornelius and John Georgas including this season’s production of La bohème. Julius Frankel and current trustee BMO Harris Bank N.A. Lyric’s audiences have Mr. Gottlieb is the retired chairman of the Glenwood Investment Corporation and benefited greatly from the Foundation’s major grants for general an accomplished violinist. In 2018, Mr. Gottlieb was given Lyric's highest honor, the operating support and production sponsorships. “Mr. Frankel was particularly Carol Fox Award, for his many years of generous service. Lyric is honored to have him interested in making Chicago one of the greatest places in the world to live and serve as an active member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. enjoy life,” Nelson Cornelius once said. “e foundation’s giving supports things that enhance the reputation of Chicago; which, of course, Lyric does.” Lyric has GRAMMA FISHER FOUNDATION named Mezzanine Box 25 in honor of Julius Frankel in grateful recognition of the With an unparalleled record as sponsor of more than 28 new Lyric productions Foundation’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. is season, since the 1960s, the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa is a the Julius Frankel Foundation is a generous cosponsor of Lyric's new coproduction cornerstone of Lyric’s legacy of world-class achievement in the arts. e Gramma of La bohème. Fisher Foundation has made a leadership commitment to cosponsor each of the four operas that make up Wagner’s Ring cycle, continuing with Siegfried this season. Lyric ELIZABETH MORSE GENIUS CHARITABLE TRUST is sincerely grateful for the enduring friendship and leadership of Christine Hunter One of two trusts established in memory of Elizabeth Morse and other members of the Fisher family. Lyric is fortunate to have Matthew Fisher Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist Charles Hosmer serve on its Board of Directors and Stephanie Fisher as an esteemed member of the Morse, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is a major, Women’s Board. and deeply appreciated, leader among Lyric’s contributors. rough the Trust’s support of classical fine arts, Co-Trustees KAREN Z. GRAY-KREHBIEL and Bank of America, N.A. and James L. Alexander seek to enrich the JOHN H. KREHBIEL, JR. Elizabeth Morse Genius quality of life in Chicago. In recognition of the Trust’s Building on Lyric is deeply grateful for the friendship and support of Greatness Capital Campaign support, Lyric named the distinctive Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel. A devoted Opera House chimes and music library in honor of Elizabeth Morse Genius. Along member of the Women’s Board, Karen has served on with its sister trust, e Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, the Genius Trust has several committees, most recently as the 2016 Board sponsored many mainstage productions. In addition to production sponsorship, the of Directors’ Annual Meeting Chair. In addition, she Trust has helped underwrite Lyric’s ongoing efforts to diversify its various boards and contributed a very generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support preserve Lyric’s history through support of its Archives project. Most recently, Lyric of stage renovations. e Krehbiel family plays a prominent role in the continued named one of its key meeting rooms in its executive offices as the Elizabeth Morse success of the company. Karen and John joined the production sponsor family with Genius Conference Room in order to show its grateful appreciation for the Trust’s their generous support of Carmen and last season made a leadership gift to Wine significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Auction 2018. Campaign, as well as to recognize the Trust’s commitment over many years to helping build MR. & MRS. DIETRICH M. GROSS the company’s core capacities and institutional Lyric deeply appreciates the enduring friendship and infrastructure. tremendous generosity of Dietrich and Erika Gross. Together, they have sponsored/cosponsored a total of 24 BRENT and KATIE GLEDHILL Lyric productions since 1987/88, including last season’s Brent and Katie are proud supporters of numerous causes Die Walküre and this season's Siegfried. Lyric is honored in Chicago, and they have made a leadership gift to to name Mezzanine Box 20 in grateful recognition for Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign. Last season, their leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Dietrich Gross is an Brent and Katie were sponsors of Lyric Unlimited's esteemed member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. In 2009, youth opera, e Scorpion's Sting, and Lyric's 30th Lyric recognized the dedicated leadership and vital involvement of Dietrich Gross by Anniversary Wine Auction. Brent Gledhill is the Global granting him the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor. Head of Investment Banking at William Blair & Company, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Lyric is honored to have Brent serve on its Board of JOHN R. HALLIGAN CHARITABLE FUND Directors, Executive Committee, and Audit Committee. John R. Halligan was a devoted subscriber and patron of Lyric for many years until his death in 2001. With support from his WILLIAM and ETHEL GOFEN Charitable Fund under the direction of the Fund’s President, William and Ethel Gofen have been attending Lyric Norman J. Gantz, Mr. Halligan’s philanthropic legacy continues Opera productions for more than 50 years. ey are through very generous annual contributions to Lyric. e Halligan generous donors to Lyric’s Annual Campaign, and are Fund is proud to support numerous artistic, cultural, and civic members of Lyric's Production Sponsorship family, most John R. Halligan organizations which enhance our lifestyles, preserve our sense recently cosponsoring Lyric’s new production of Faust of history and heritage, instill knowledge, and advance our last season. ey have also made a leadership gift to the appreciation of nature. e fund focuses its attention on organizations based in the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is thrilled to have Ethel Gofen as a member Chicago and Honolulu metropolitan areas, being the communities in which Mr. of the Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. Halligan resided during his lifetime.

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THE HARRIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ITW  e Harris Family Foundation, represented by Pam Lyric Opera deeply appreciates the long tradition of sustaining Szokol and King and Caryn Harris, is a valued support from Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW).  e company has member of Lyric’s production sponsorship family, made vital contributions to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking most recently cosponsoring last season’s Faust and New Ground Campaign, and since 2002, has cosponsored the this season’s Siegfried.  e Harris Family Foundation Opera Ball, one of Lyric’s most important traditions. ITW has also supports the Annual Campaign, and made a cosponsored many productions, last season’s new production of Caryn and King Harris Scott Santi of the Harris Family Foundation generous commitment to the Breaking New Ground Faust and this season's production of La traviata. Lyric is proud Campaign to help secure Lyric’s future. Lyric is to have Chairman and CEO Scott Santi on its Board of Directors thrilled to have Vice President of the Foundation Pam Szokol as a member of its and Executive Committee, along with past ITW Chairmen Board of Directors and serving on its Production Sponsorship Committee. Lyric and CEOs W. James Farrell, John Nichols, and the late David is also grateful for the dedicated involvement of Caryn Harris. Caryn is an active Speer. member of the Women’s Board and has held many leadership positions, most recently as Co-Chair of Opening Night/Opera Ball in 2015. EDGAR D. JANNOTTA Lyric is extremely grateful for the longstanding support of Ned J. THOMAS HURVIS and ANN ANDERSEN Jannotta and his beloved late wife Debby. A lifelong opera lover, Tom Hurvis and Ann Andersen are avid opera fans Ned has been an integral part of the Lyric Opera family, joining and longtime Lyric subscribers. Tom and Ann sponsor the Board of Directors in 1987, serving as President and CEO the Renée Fleming Initiative and made a generous of Lyric Opera from 1996 to 2000, and is currently serving as leadership gift in support of Lyric’s Chicago Voices Co-Chairman Emeritus. Lyric is honored to have received a initiative during the 2016/17 season. Most recently, leadership gift from the Jannottas for the Breaking New Ground Campaign to they have given a generous gift to the Ryan Opera create the Ryan Opera Center Music Director Endowed Chair, in addition to their Center, endowing a singer in perpetuity in memory generous gifts to the Annual Campaign. of dear friend Dick Kiphart. As part of the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Tom and his beloved late wife Julie made a generous leadership commitment in support of JENNER & BLOCK Lyric Unlimited, comprising the company’s education and community engagement Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block is a leading law fi rm with global activities. Lyric gratefully acknowledges the Hurvis family’s more than 20 years of impact and substantial experience in a broad range of legal issues. contributions to the Annual Campaign, including several production sponsorships,  e fi rm has long played a prominent role in Chicago’s legal and as well as their support of  e Lyric Opera Broadcasts. “Opera enriches lives.  at business communities, and is consistently ranked as one of the top is why it is so important to introduce young people to opera, and for them to fi rms in the country. Jenner & Block has provided signifi cant pro experience productions done by the best in their fi elds. How fortunate we are to bono legal expertise to Lyric, along with generous contributions to have all this right here in Chicago.” Lyric is honored to have Tom Hurvis serve on Craig C. Martin the Breaking New Ground Campaign and the Annual Campaign, its Board of Directors, Executive, Lyric Labs, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. Lyric is fortunate to have Craig C. Martin, Partner and Chair of Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department, as a valued member of its Board INVESCO QQQ of Directors, Nominating/ Invesco QQQ, represented by Dan Draper, Managing Director Governance, and Executive and Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds, is proud to Committees. sponsor the arts as a corporate partner of Lyric Opera.  ey previously cosponsored the productions of Cinderella and Romeo PATRICIA A. KENNEY and GREGORY J. O'LEARY and Juliet (2015/16), e Magic Flute (2016/17), and Turandot Pat Kenney and Greg O'Leary are longtime (2017/18).  is season Invesco QQQ is a generous cosponsor subscribers and generous donors to Lyric, with a Dan Draper of Lyric’s premiere of Cendrillon. Invesco QQQ global network particular passion for supporting the emerging artists recognizes the value in helping of  e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. investors around the world, but with headquarters Greg serves on the Ryan Opera Center Board on in Downers Grove, "We are proud supporters both its Fundraising Committee, and Greg and Pat have of Lyric's innovative programming and community cosponsored the season-culminating Rising Stars in engagement, and we laud their eff orts to foster a rich Concert for six consecutive years. Greg was recently artist culture locally." elected to the Lyric Board of Directors. Pat and Greg joined the Aria Society last season with their generous Mainstage Singer Sponsorship of celebrated Ryan Opera Center alumnus Matthew Polenzani in his appearances in e Pearl Fishers. Lyric is grateful for their longstanding friendship. "We are thrilled to help Lyric Opera and the Ryan Opera Center with their mission of providing world class opera and training for singers, respectively. Every time we think they hit the high plateau, they ascend to another."

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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 a member of Lyric's Board of Directors members of the Lyric Opera family. Lyric gratefully and immediate past President of the Ryan Opera Center acknowledges their generous contributions to Wine Board, Chair of the Ryan Opera Center Nominating Auction, the Annual Campaign, and the Breaking New Committee, and serves on the Lyric Unlimited Ground Campaign. Kay Krehbiel is a leading and Committee. Along with her beloved late husband Dick cherished member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, and Fred Kiphart, Susie is a passionate philanthropist. ey have Krehbiel is a National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. made leadership contributions to the Campaign for Excellence, of which Dick served as chairman, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign.ey have given major JOSEF and MARGOT LAKONISHOK support for Lyric's radio programming as members of the broadcast consortium, Devoted members of the Lyric family, Josef and Margot sponsorship of Ryan Opera Center Ensemble members, and have been generous Lakonishok have subscribed to Lyric for many seasons. sponsors of the Renee Fleming Initiative. Lyric will forever be grateful for the ey have contributed to the Annual Campaign, and visionary leadership of the late Dick Kiphart. He was a past President and CEO made a significant gift to the Breaking New Ground as well as Chairman of Lyric’s Board of Directors, Chairman of the Nominating/ Campaign. ey have also cosponsored several mainstage Governance Committee, and a member of the Executive, Finance and Production productions, including last season’s Orphée et Eurydice and Sponsorship Committees. e Kipharts’ enthusiasm for opera and heartfelt this season's new coproduction of Ariodante. e CEO of commitment to Lyric are tremendous assets to the company, and in recognition of LSV Asset Management, Josef Lakonishok is a dedicated member of Lyric’s Board of their passion and immense dedication they received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s Directors, serving on the Executive, Finance, and Investment Committees. highest honor, in 2013. NIX LAURIDSEN and VIRGINIA CROSKERY KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP LAURIDSEN Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a more than 100-year history of providing Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen of Des exceptional service to clients in Chicago and around the world Moines, Iowa, join the Aria Society this year with special in complex litigation, corporate and tax, intellectual property, gifts to e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, restructuring, and counseling matters. e firm is committed including cosponsorship of Rising Stars in Concert and to enhancing quality of life through educational opportunities, Lead Sponsorship of the 2018 Ryan Opera Center Final cultural awareness, youth programs, and community outreach. Auditions. As an alumna of the Ryan Opera Center, Linda K. Myers Kirkland & Ellis LLP has cosponsored several operas, most Virginia is thrilled that she and her husband Nix are able to support these incredible recently e Merry Widow (2015/16), and was Lead Corporate emerging artists. Nix is the chairman of LGI (Lauridsen Group Inc.) and a recent Sponsor of the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit (2016/17). Lyric Opera is fortunate inductee into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. He is a relative newcomer to the opera to have Linda K. Myers, a Partner at world but loves the excitement of the genre. e Lauridsens are pleased to be part of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as a member of the Lyric family and look forward to the rest of the season. its Board of Directors, Executive, and Production Sponsorship Committees. JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION e John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, NANCY W. KNOWLES effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and Opera always played an important role in the life of the late Nancy peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress W. Knowles. Her love for the art form was nurtured by her family’s is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over- musical traditions. “My father had hundreds and hundreds of incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial records to play,” she fondly recalled, “so classical music was always capital for the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the in my home.” Nancy Knowles generously invested her time, talents, Foundation supports creativity in Chicago through its arts and culture grantmaking. and leadership abilities to advance Lyric as a member of the Board e Foundation’s support helps create powerful performances and exhibitions, of Directors and Executive Committee, and formerly as a Guild Board member. In educate young people, and engage communities, while recognition of her extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric named the providing arts and culture organizations the flexibility to Nancy W. Knowles Lobby in 2007. Ms. Knowles once again made a significant gift in innovate and experiment. Lyric is very grateful for the support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign to support the Nancy W. Knowles ongoing support of the MacArthur Foundation. Student and Family Performances fund. Ms. Knowles generously underwrote several mainstage operas. In recognition of her outstanding generosity and enthusiasm, she MALOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2014. Lyric will forever be Robert H. Malott, Retired Chairman and CEO of FMC grateful for Nancy's extraordinary generosity. Corporation, was a fervent fan of opera and music, and Lyric was delighted to call him a longtime friend, staunch leader, and NANCY and SANFRED KOLTUN generous supporter. e Malott Room was named in his family’s Close members of the Lyric family as longtime subscribers and honor in recognition of their gift to the Building on Greatness generous supporters, Nancy and Sanfred were Ryan Opera Capital Campaign, and in recognition of the Malott Family’s Center Singer Cosponsors for many years and cosponsored Robert H. Malott commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Box 18 is the Lyric Unlimited family opera e Magic Victrola. Last named in perpetuity in honor of Robert H. Malott for his extraordinary generosity and season they joined the production sponsorship family with steadfast dedication to Lyric Opera. He also played a leadership role as a Life Director their generous support of Così fan tutte, and enjoyed the of Lyric’s Board of Directors. experience so much they are cosponsors of this season’s La traviata. "In the fall of 1954, I attended Carmen, staged by the precursor of the Lyric. at night I fell in love with Carmen, opera, and my date. We were married shortly thereafter. Nancy and I have loved Lyric Opera and have always supported one of the most cherished cultural institutions of Chicago. It is our hope that our children, grandchildren and those beyond will be able to attend the Lyric and appreciate what a gem is in their midst." Lyric is honored to have Sanfred serve on the Board of Directors.

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MAZZA FOUNDATION THE ELIZABETH MORSE CHARITABLE TRUST Lyric deeply appreciates the abiding Lyric sincerely appreciates the tremendous ongoing support of friendship and generosity of the Mazza e Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, as well as the invaluable Foundation. Under the guidance of its leadership of the Trust’s Co-Trustees JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. directors, Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas and James L. Alexander. One of two trusts established in memory J. Lavezzorio, Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., of Elizabeth Morse Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind, the Charles Hosmer Morse, e Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Mazza Foundation provided major Elizabeth Morse Genius supports non-profit organizations that reflect the values of thrift, Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas support for the Student Matinees for humility, industry, self-sufficiency, and self-sacrifice, such as Lyric. e Elizabeth J. Lavezzorio, and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind many years, helping Lyric introduce Morse Charitable Trust, along with its sister trust, the Elizabeth Morse Genius the majesty and grandeur of opera to Charitable Trust, has cosponsored many mainstage productions. To show its grateful thousands of young people each season. Since 2005, the Mazza Foundation has been appreciation for e Trust’s generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, part of the production sponsorship family, most recently cosponsoring last season’s as well as to recognize e Trust’s commitment for more than fifteen years to new production of Die Walküre and this season’s production of Elektra. helping build the company’s core capacities and institutional infrastructure, Lyric named one of its key LAUTER McDOUGAL CHARITABLE FUND meeting rooms in Nancy and her late husband Alfred have provided its executive offices longstanding, vital support to the Annual Campaign the Elizabeth Morse as well as e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Conference Room. Center, including Rising Stars in Concert. is season, Nancy generously gave additional support as a cosponsor ALLAN and ELAINE MUCHIN of La traviata, and Lyric Unlimited's second year of the Allan and Elaine Muchin are longtime, valued members of the Lyric Opera family. Allan served as President Fred and Nancy McDougal Chicago Urban League arts immersion partnership Empower Youth! and An American Dream. and CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006, and is currently Co-Chairman Emeritus of the Board of THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION Directors and serves on the Executive Committee. Lyric is deeply grateful for e Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long and tremendous e Muchins have staunchly supported the Annual history of support. rough a multi-year commitment to Lyric’s American Horizons Campaign, Operathon, and the Stars of Lyric Opera initiative in 2000, the Mellon Foundation encouraged presentation of American at Millennium Park concert, and have committed leadership gifts to the Building operas and expansion of the operatic repertory by providing major support for on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking Lyric premieres. During the 2012/13 season, the Mellon Foundation provided New Ground Campaign. Lyric is extremely grateful for Allan and Elaine Muchin’s leadership funding to launch Lyric’s visionary new Lyric Unlimited programming, munificent friendship. which included the Chicago premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s first Mariachi opera. e Andrew W. Mellon Foundation continued its generous NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the ARTS partnership with Lyric Unlimited by providing outstanding support for Lyric’s world Our support from the National Endowment for the Arts: Grants awarded by premiere mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and continued its unparalleled the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have played a leading role in the legacy by cosponsoring Lyric’s world premiere of mainstage production Bel Canto. advancement of Lyric’s programming and expansion of the operatic repertoire, Most recently, the Mellon Foundation has provided generous leadership funding serving the public good by fostering creativity and artistic excellence in America. for Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative, specifically focused on rough production and program funding as well as a major challenge grant, the Community Created Performances component, which awards from the NEA have nurtured Lyric’s world-class artistic achievements. e plays a vital role in bringing together Chicago’s diverse Endowment has funded important artistic initiatives at Lyric such as American communities and vocal traditions in celebration of the Horizons, Great American Voices, and Toward the 21st Century. e NEA human voice. has provided vital support for numerous Lyric Opera premieres, new productions, THE MONUMENT TRUST (UK) and revivals, most recently last season’s Lyric is grateful for the generosity of e Monument Trust and its Chairman of I Puritani, and this season’s Siegfried. trustees Stewart Grimshaw, who initiated their support for the cosponsorship of Rusalka (2013/14) and cosponsored Anna Bolena (2014/15), Wozzeck (2015/16), THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION e Magic Flute (2016/17), and Orphée et Eurydice (2017/18). e Monument Trust e founder of e Negaunee Foundation has great affection for music, the is a passionate supporter of the arts in the performing arts, and Mozart. ese interests, combined with a strong admiration U.K. and U.S. and cosponsors Lyric’s new of Lyric Opera, have been instrumental in bringing operas to Lyric’s mainstage. coproduction of Ariodante this season. e Negaunee Foundation has cosponsored many productions, most recently last season’s productions of Così fan tutte and Jesus Christ Superstar. is season the MR. and MRS. ROBERT S. MORRISON foundation is the lead sponsor of both Idomeneo and West Side Story. e Negaunee Susan and Bob Morrison are devoted members of Foundation has also made a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. the Lyric Opera family. Both are loyal subscribers Lyric is very fortunate to be among the Chicago cultural institutions benefiting from and patrons who take an active role in nurturing e Negaunee Foundation’s leadership and financial commitment. Lyric is honored Lyric’s success. Susan Morrison is a leading member to have e Negaunee Foundation’s president serve as a member of its Board of of the Women’s Board. Lyric is fortunate to have Bob Directors and Audit Committee. Morrison serve as a member of its Board of Directors. e Morrisons have generously supported the Opera Ball and Wine Auction as well as the Annual Campaign for many years. ey provided a substantial gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign and were cosponsors of Lyric's production of Turandot last season. Proud supporters of Lyric’s Musical eatre Initiative, Susan and Bob have cosponsored many of Lyric's musicals including this season's West Side Story. “Lyric reaches patrons at every level. People are here because they love it. ey’re welcomed, embraced, and made to feel part of a family.”

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SYLVIA NEIL and DANIEL FISCHEL NORTHERN TRUST Sylvia and Dan have been loyal Lyric Opera subscribers A leading global fi nancial services provider, Northern Trust has enjoyed a and donors for many years, and have cosponsored several longstanding and signifi cant relationship with Lyric. Based in Chicago, the fi rm mainstage opera productions, including last season’s has played a major role supporting the Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited. e Pearl Fishers and this season’s Elektra.  ey made a Northern Trust also provides vital leadership contributions to Lyric as presenting generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign sponsor of the triennial Wine Auction since 2000, and as cosponsor of the Opera to help secure Lyric’s future. “It has been very enjoyable Ball (annually since 1998). In addition, Northern Trust has cosponsored several to become part of the Lyric family and to give back to a mainstage productions including this season’s West Side Story. Lyric is honored place that has given us so much pleasure.  ere have been many moments for both to have William A. Osborn, Northern Trust’s retired chairman and CEO, serve as Dan and me when we have said, tonight is incredible, it is one of the memorable a member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. "Being a good performances of our lifetime. Lyric Opera of Chicago is an international star and it corporate citizen is very important," William Jana R. Schreuder is evidenced by the people who choose to be involved here.” Lyric is honored to have Osborn once said. "It allows us to do our Sylvia Neil serve on its Board of Directors, Executive, Production Sponsorship, and part to help keep the City of Chicago strong Lyric Unlimited Committees. and viable and, in the end, this is benefi cial to everyone." THE NERENBERG FOUNDATION During their lifetimes, Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg OGILVY were passionate supporters of Lyric Opera and Ogilvy is one doorway to a creative network, re-founded to make brands matter subscribed for more than 30 years.  ey were in a complex, noisy, hyper-connected world. Lyric is grateful for the signifi cant especially supportive of  e Patrick G. and Shirley in-kind contribution in 2018 to launch a new marketing campaign “Are You Opera W. Ryan Opera Center and loved to watch these Enough?”.  e Ogilvy Chicago team was tasked with changing the perception of Lyric young artists perform and grow at Lyric Opera. to make it more appealing and accessible to millennials.  ey needed to highlight the Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Jerry Nerenberg and his wife Elaine passed away “all too human” core of opera in a diff erent, more compelling, and contemporary way. in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In their wills, they established  e Jerome and  e resulting series of print, poster, and billboard adverts Elaine Nerenberg Foundation, which was funded to make generous annual grants illustrated the interesting cultural and historical aspects to Lyric Opera for many years to come. Lyric is very appreciative of the Nerenbergs’ of opera. Ogilvy Chicago’s informative and humorous thoughtfulness and generosity in creating this planned gift. execution of the campaign provided prospective opera goers with a large set of tools to not be intimidated by NIB FOUNDATION their fi rst experience, and to better understand any aspect Founding owners/managers of former radio station WNIB, Sonia of the opera art form. and the late William Florian established the NIB Foundation to extend their support to many worthwhile arts and environmental MR. and MRS. DAVID T. ORMESHER causes. Sonia is a devoted member of the Lyric family, having Lyric is sincerely grateful for the devotion of David subscribed to Lyric for more than four decades.  e NIB and Sheila Ormesher. David is founder and CEO Foundation continues to cosponsor many mainstage productions of closerlook, inc., a Chicago-based digital marketing Sonia Florian including this season’s production of Cendrillon and Anna agency serving the pharmaceutical industry since 1987. Netrebko in recital, and made a major commitment to the closerlook has given generously to Lyric Opera for many Breaking New Ground Campaign. In addition to their magnanimous fi nancial years, sponsoring Fantasy of the Opera from 2009 to support, Mr. and Mrs. Florian and the NIB Foundation gave their valuable 2014 and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert for seven consecutive collection of operatic and other vocal recordings to Lyric, making Lyric’s Educational years. Most recently, David and Sheila generously provided an Operathon Challenge Library Collection one of the most extensive collections of its kind in the country. Grant, supported the Opera Ball, and made a leadership gift towards the Breaking Sonia Florian very generously provided a naming gift for the Florian Opera Bistro New Ground Campaign. Lyric is proud to have David T. Ormesher serving as its located on the third fl oor of the Lyric Opera Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the Executive Committee, and on all sub- House. Sonia is a vital member of Lyric’s committees of the Board. Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Production Sponsorship Committee, and was MR. and MRS. WILLIAM A. OSBORN awarded the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most Bill and Cathy Osborn are devoted members of the Lyric prestigious honor, in 2015 for her outstanding Opera family.  ey have subscribed to Lyric for over commitment to the company. two decades and enjoy participating in special events such as Opening Night/Opera Ball and Wine Auction. JOHN D. and ALEXANDRA C. NICHOLS  e Osborns have generously contributed to the Annual Longtime enthusiasts of arts and culture in Chicago, John Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. D. and Alexandra C. Nichols have steadfastly supported Cathy Osborn, a valued member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, was Co-Chairman of the Annual Campaign, and are generous sponsors of Lyric’s highly successful Wine Auction 2009, and Chairman of Opera Ball 2013. the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric Opera is extremely William A. Osborn, Northern Trust’s Retired Chairman and CEO, is a leading grateful for John and Alexandra Nichols’ signifi cant member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. leadership contributions to both the Campaign for Excellence and the Breaking New Ground Campaign, establishing the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Grand Staircase.  ey have also provided a generous gift endowing Lyric's Music Director position, the John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair, currently held by Sir Andrew Davis. Retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works and Retired Vice Chairman and CEO of  e Marmon Group, Inc., John Nichols is also a dedicated National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. “Our involvement with the opera company is a deeply rewarding experience for both of us”, John said. Lyric is immensely grateful for the unwavering generosity of John and Alexandra Nichols.

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PRITZKER FOUNDATION DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION  e Pritzker Foundation is a leading supporter of Since 1983, the Dr. Scholl Foundation’s commitment to arts and education philanthropies in Chicago. Lyric children, families and educational enrichment through Opera of Chicago is truly grateful for the Pritzker the arts has led it to provide essential support for one of Foundation’s generous support of the Breaking New Lyric’s most popular cultural engagement opportunities Ground Campaign to underwrite the Pritzker Family available to young Chicagoans, the Student Matinees. Concert Shell, designed by renowned Chicago architect Each year, these widely accessible performances at Lyric Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang architects. Lyric is Jack and Catherine Scholl Opera of Chicago reach audiences of junior high and honored to have Life Member Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker and high school students, many of whom are experiencing opera for the fi rst time. Lyric Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker M. K. Pritzker serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. Opera is deeply grateful to the Dr. Scholl Foundation for its generous ongoing support of Student Matinees/Performances for Students, commemorating Catherine J. CHRISTOPHER and ANNE N. REYES A. and Jack E. Scholl, who championed cultural and institutional education. Anne and Chris Reyes are prominent members of the Lyric family. A past President of Lyric’s Women’s Board, EARL and BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION Anne was recently elected to serve on Lyric’s Board of Prominent members of the Lyric family for many seasons, Brenda Directors, Executive and Lyric Unlimited Committees, Shapiro and her late husband Earl provided vital support to the and she is the Co-Chair of the Development Committee. Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Chris is an esteemed past member of the Board of  e Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions, Directors. Together they have made important contributions to Lyric as cosponsors including this season's Il trovatore. Lyric is honored to have Brenda of several mainstage productions, including last season’s Jesus Christ Superstar.  ey Shapiro serve on the Board of Directors as well as the Executive, have staunchly supported the Wine Auction and are major supporters of the Annual Brenda Shapiro Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. Campaign, Breaking New Ground Campaign, and Lyric Unlimited. SHURE INCORPORATED CANDY AND GARY RIDGWAY Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated is widely acknowledged as the world's leading Candy and Gary Ridgway are devoted members of the manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. Over the years, the Company Lyric family.  ey have provided continued support has designed and produced many high-quality professional and consumer audio of the Annual Campaign for many years and made a products that have become legendary for performance, reliability, and value. Shure’s signifi cant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. diverse product line includes world-class wired microphones, wireless microphone Candy and Gary recently joined Lyric's Production systems, in-ear personal monitoring systems, conferencing and discussion systems, Sponsorship family with their sponsorship of Verdi's networked audio systems, award-winning earphones and headphones, and top- Rigoletto last season. Candy's love for opera came from rated phonograph cartridges. Today, Shure products are the fi rst choice whenever her mother, Mary Sue.  ey shared a mutual love for audio performance is a top priority. Lyric is honored to have partnered with Shure their favorite art form here at Lyric. In talking about Candy and Gary's sponsorship Incorporated for many years. Shure Incorporated generously provided major in-kind of Rigoletto, Candy stated, "this one's for mom." audio support for last season’s Broadway at Lyric premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar and will again for PATRICK G. RYAN and SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN this season’s premiere of West Side Story. Lyric cherishes the enduring friendship and dedication of Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan. Since 1966 when SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP they fi rst subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have A leader in the international legal arena, the law fi rm of Sidley shared their leadership, talents, vision, and resources Austin is a generous corporate contributor to arts and culture in to advance Lyric’s mission. Over the past four decades, Chicago. Lyric deeply appreciates Sidley Austin’s cosponsorship the Ryans have contributed generously to the Annual of Lyric’s new productions of Orfeo ed Euridice (2005/06), Campaign, Wine Auctions (which Mrs. Ryan initiated in Lulu (2008/09), Hercules (2010/11), Werther (2012/13), 1988 and was the Honoree in 2018), and the Breaking Rusalka (2013/14), e Passenger (2014/15), and Les Troyens New Ground Campaign in support of the Innovation Initiative. In recognition of Larry Barden (2016/17).  is season, Sidley Austin LLP generously cosponsors his leadership role in the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Pat Ryan was a Lyric’s company premiere of Ariodante. Lyric is recipient of the 1994 Carol Fox Award. For many seasons, they have sponsored Lyric proud to have Larry Barden, Chairman of the fi rm’s Opera Commentaries, underwriting this special project to honor the memory of their Management Committee, on its Board of Directors parents.  e Ryans are sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative and Lyric’s premier and Compensation Committee. artist development program was renamed  e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center in recognition of their extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence. Pat LIZ STIFFEL and Shirley serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Ryan Opera Center Board. A Vice A passionate devotee of opera and loyal subscriber at Lyric, Liz is a President and a member of the Executive, Nominating/Governance, and Lyric Labs prominent member of Lyric’s Women’s Board and a longstanding of Lyric’s Board of Directors and a distinguished former President of the Women’s member of the Guild Board of Directors. She has cosponsored Board, Shirley Welsh Ryan was awarded the 2007 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most many mainstage productions, most recently last season’s new prestigious honor, in recognition of her many years of devoted service to the company. production of Orphée et Eurydice, Faust and the Celebrating 100 Years of Bernstein concert.  is season Liz has generously RICHARD O. RYAN sponsored the new coproduction of La bohème and is a sponsor of A passionate supporter of  e Patrick G. and Shirley W. the Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Concert & Gala. Lyric has named Mezzanine Ryan Opera Center, Lyric's premier artist-development program, Box 1 in recognition of her signifi cant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Richard cosponsors Ryan Opera Center soprano Ann Toomey Liz Stiff el was awarded the 2017 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, and tenor Eric Ferring, as well as the Ryan Opera Center Gala in recognition of her continuing dedication to Lyric. “I believe that Lyric and all art Unprohibited. An ardent opera lover, Richard has been a Lyric forms are beacons of light that shine as examples of the best that mankind has to off er subscriber for more than 45 years. He recently made a generous to our children, our nation, and ourselves.” leadership commitment to Lyric's Breaking New Ground Campaign for the stage improvement project. Richard proudly serves as a member of the Ryan Opera Center Board, and was formerly a Guild Board member. Lyric is grateful for the munifi cent support of Richard Ryan.

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

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To donate: VISIT lyricopera.org/donate TEXT LYRIC to 41444 EMAIL [email protected] CALL 312.827.3500 PHOTO: TODD ROSENBERG TODD PHOTO: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Supporting Our Future – Endowments at Lyric As a perpetual fund, annually distributing a designated portion of earnings and investment income, endowments provide a steady source of funding so Lyric can be a leader in the opera world – now and into the future.  is list includes endowments that have received partial funding and endowments that will be funded with a future commitment - to learn more about contributing to an existing endowment or establishing your own endowment please contact Lyric’s Gift Planning Offi ce at 312. 827.5654 or email [email protected]. Lyric Endowed Chairs Supports Established by Chorus Master Howard A. Stotler Concertmaster Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg, in honor of Sally Funderburg Costume Designer Richard P. and Susan Kiphart General Director  e Women’s Board, in loving memory of Ardis Krainik Lighting Director Mary-Louise and James S. Aagard, in honor of Duane Schuler Music Director John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Production and Technical Director* Allan and Elaine Muchin Wigmaster and Makeup Designer* Marlys Beider, in loving memory of Harold Beider Ryan Opera Center Director  e Ryan Opera Center Board Ryan Opera Center Music Director Edgar D. Jannotta Family

Lyric Production Endowment Funds Supports Established by American Operas* Robert and Ellen Marks Baroque Operas Anonymous Bel Canto Operas* Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfi eld French Operas W. James and Maxine P. Farrell German Operas* Irma Parker Italian Operas  e NIB Foundation Mozart Operas Regenstein Foundation, in honor of Ruth Regenstein Puccini Operas* Mary Patricia Gannon Verdi Operas  e Guild Board Wagner Operas Anonymous

Lyric Endowment Funds John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowment Sarah and A. Watson Armour III Endowment Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Ryan Opera Center Endowment Funds Dr. C. Bekerman Endowment*  omas Doran Endowment* Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Endowment* James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Endowment* J.  omas Hurvis Endowment Fund, in memory of Richard P. Kiphart Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Vocal Studies Program*, in honor of Gianna Rolandi Lois B. Siegel Endowment* Joanne Silver Endowment* Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Endowment* Lyric Unlimited Endowment Funds Katherine A. Abelson Education Endowment Dr. C. Bekerman Endowment* Raynette and Ned Boshell Endowment George F. and Linda L. Brusky Youth Education Endowment  e Chapters’ Education Endowment, in memory of Alfred Glasser James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Endowment* Generous endowment gifts help to make possible productions such as Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. *Future Planned Gift

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 47 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Major Contributors — Special Events and Project Support Lyric 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 December 3, 2018.

Anna Netrebko in Recital NIB Foundation

Annual Meeting Dinner 2018 Strategy&, part of the PwC network

Audience Development Initiative  e Wallace Foundation

Cast Parties An Anonymous Donor Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss

Innovation Initiative Guests enjoy the pre-performance dinner in the boxes at the annual Spring Musical Celebration. Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Orphée et Eurydice PBS Great Performances Allan and Elaine Muchin Lyric Signature Events Lead Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn PwC Liz Stiff el J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes UL LLC United Scrap Metal, Inc. Sponsors Sonia Florian Offi cial Airline Silver Sponsor Margot and Josef Lakonishok Mrs. Robert W. Galvin American Airlines  e Galvin Family Andi and Jim Gordon,  e Edgewater Funds Additional Support Make It Better Media Opening Night Opera Ball 2018 Ethel and William Gofen Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Opening Night Gala Sponsor Jim and Kay Mabie Donna Van Eekeren and Dale Connelly Aon Rosemary and Dean L. Buntrock Pam and Russ Strobel Additional Support Opera Ball Sponsors Virginia Tobiason Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross ITW Julian Family Foundation Northern Trust Overture Society Luncheons Susan M. Miller West Side Story Celebration Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Maria & Tony Premium Sponsor e Poet Premium Sponsors Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation An Anonymous Donor (2)  e Crown Family Donald and Anne Edwards Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Planned Giving Seminars Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Liz Stiff el Morgan Stanley (2) Annie and Gregory K. Jones KPMG e Painter Premium Sponsors Projected English Titles Lazard An Anonymous Donor Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Make It Better Media J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder Renée Fleming Initiative Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan closerlook, inc. An Anonymous Donor Skadden/Rodd Schreiber and Susan Hassan Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Spencer Stuart  e Harris Family Foundation  e Crown Family Liz Stiff el Blythe Jaski McGarvie J.  omas Hurvis Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn  e Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Sharks & Jets Premium Sponsor Betsy and Andy Rosenfi eld John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Baird Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Patrick J. Bitterman/ Quarles & Brady Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Marion A. Cameron Crowe LLP e Philosopher Premium Sponsors Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Sarah Demet and Minka Bosco Nancy S. Searle Concert & Gala M. Stephen Dunbar  ierer Family Foundation Supporting Sponsor ITW Liz Stiff el Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff e Performer Premium Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. and Sandra E. Marjan Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Platinum Sponsors Florence D. McMillan/Mrs. Robert E. Sargent  e Crown Family Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Additional Support Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Matt and Carrie Parr/ PJT Partners Reed Smith LLP Chavez-Tatro Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Ann Ziff Brenda Robinson Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Ropes & Gray LLP Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Golden Sponsors Ilene Simmons Anne Perillo Michuda An Anonymous Donor Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Amy and Paul Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Molo Jenner & Block Additional Support Ellen and Jim Stirling Rebecca and Lester Knight An Anonymous Donor Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell

48 | January 10 - 31, 2019 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Lyric Unlimited Lyric is grateful to the following generous donors for their support Lyric Unlimited programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by December 3, 2018 With Major Support from the Caerus Foundation, Inc. An American Dream

Leadership Funding TODD ROSENBERG  e Wallace Foundation Additional Support Lester S. Abelson Foundation/ Katherine A. Abelson Baker & McKenzie Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Mary Stowell Eric and Deb Hirschfi eld Caminos a la ópera (Pathways to Opera) Dan J. Epstein, Judy Guitelman, and the Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Empower Youth! Igniting Creativity through the Arts  e Beaubien Family Eisen Family Foundation Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Students from the Chicago Urban League participate in Lyric Unlimited's EmpowerYouth! initative. Eric and Deb Hirschfi eld OPERA America Kenneth R. Norgan Pre-Opera Talks Estate of Pierrete E. Sauvat Northern Trust Raynette and Ned Boshell Tony Valukas and Cathy Beres Laurie and Michael Petersen Senior Matinee Family Day at Lyric Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Buehler Family Foundation Rose L. Shure Charitable Trust Bank of America Lannan Foundation Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer General Support Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Anonymous (4) NEXT Student Ticket Program  e Retirement Research Foundation Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Leadership Funding  e Siragusa Family Foundation  e Grainger Foundation  e Barker Welfare Foundation Student Backstage Tours BNSF Railway Foundation Additional Support Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Helen Brach Foundation Paul and Mary Anderson Dan J. Epstein, Judy Guitelman, and the Dan J. Envestnet Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Epstein Family Foundation Michael and Leigh Huston Berggruen Institute Youth Opera Council Elizabeth Khalil and Peter Belytschko  e Brinson Foundation Terry J. Medhurst Molex Deloitte Penelope and Robert Steiner MUFG Elaine Frank Jackie and James Holland Nuveen Investments With Major Support provided from the Nancy W. Knowles Stars of Lyric Opera at Student and Family Performances Fund Millennium Park 2018 Lead Sponsor Chicago Public Schools Bus Performances for Students Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt closerlook, inc. Scholarship Paul M. Angell Family Leadership Funding U.S. Bank Foundation Foundation J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Cosponsors An Anonymous Donor An Anonymous Donor Opera in the Neighborhoods John and Rosemary Brown Family Additional Support Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation An Anonymous Donor Foundation An Anonymous Donor (3) Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP Dan J. Epstein, Judy Guitelman, Dan J. Epstein, Judy Guitelman, Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation and the Dan J. Epstein Family and the Dan J. Epstein Family Brent and Katie Gledhill Fifth  ird Bank Foundation Foundation Robert and Evelyn McCullen Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/Patricia Hyde Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Shirley and Benjamin Gould Sage Foundation Allan and Elaine Muchin Foundation/Patricia Hyde Endowment Fund Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow Sipi Metals Corp. Opera Residencies for Schools James and Brenda Grusecki Jane Wilson and David Mayhew Music Performance Trust Fund An Anonymous Donor John Hart and Carol Prins Stone Charitable Trust Film Funds Trust Funds Robert & Isabelle Bass JPMorgan Chase & Co. Wintrust Community Banks Foundation, Inc. Dr. Scholl Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Segal Family Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation

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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: Kip Kelley, Sr. and Ed Zasadil Nancy Wald Agnes Hamos' Birthday Ken Babe from James Alexander and Curtis Drayer from e Humanist Fund from Barbara Currie from the Riverside Chapter William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt Irving and Ruth Waldshine Gillian Larkin John R. Blair from Sheila Hegy from Deane Ellis, William and Ethel Gofen from Barbara Blair Nancy Knowles Marcia Purze Richard and Martha Schoenfeld Sandra Box from Roberta and Robert Washlow Dr. William Warren John Casey from Barbara Box Gordon G. Lakin from Marshall and Joann Goldin Caroline Huebner John "Jack" V. Crowe from Lawrence and JoAnne Winer Sarita Warshawsky from Jason and Rachel Mersey from John and Judy Keller, John A. Leer, Jr., M.D from Carol Warshawsky Lori Julian Lisbeth Stiffel from Ms. Mary Anne Leer Margery S. Wolf from Charles Brooks and Suzan Bramson Larry Fox Robert H. Malott from Benjamin Wolf Mary Klyasheff from Julie Benson, from John Furrer, Nikolay Zhizhin from Peoples Gas Mary and Larry Selander Lincoln Academy of Illinios, from Larisa Zhizhin Margot and Josef Lakonishok Myron and Karen Tiersky Household from Wainwright Investment Council, LLC, from Arsen and Elizabeth Manugian Alison Campbell de Frise Vivi Martens In Honor Of: Frank and Lynne Modruson from Liz Stiffel from James Karr Julie Baskes from Donna Gustafsson Dixie Lim Go Armida Melino Melone from Peter Wender Frank Modruson from Gregory Chen, from Bernadette McCarthy Marion Cameron from Protiviti Robert Dow, Hugo Melvoin from Susan Payne Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis Gregg and Wendy Elstien, from Lois Melvoin Marie Campbell's Birthday from Tom Shapiro Lionel Go, Virginia Byrne Mooney from Patti Fazio Sylvia Neil & Dan Fischel Jonathan Lichter, from Kathleen Vondran Renee Crown from Andrea Markowicz Jimmy Lim, Dr. Antonio E. Navarrete from Minow Family Foundation Sue Niemi Daniel and Tracey Murray, from Virginia Navarrete Angela DeStefano from BCLLP Foundation Kenneth Pollard, Peer and Sarah Pedersen from Jerry and Kathy Biederman Greg O'Leary Mary Ruscher, and from Anonymous Erika Erich from Suzanne Wagner Filemon and Elizabeth Yao Ken Piggott from Richard Moore David Pountney Jane Rolandi Gray from Tully Family Foundation Sally Feder from Lou Aledort and Natasha Kavanagh from William Porter Dr. Robert A. Pringle from Dan Feder, Richard O. Ryan Elaine De G. Harvey from Marla Pringle Carroll Joynes and Abby O'Neil, from Ardell Arthur, from Daggett Harvey and Yvonne Yamashita Diane Ragains Paula Kahn, Michael and Sally Feder omas W. Hill from James Tucker Philip Lumpkin, Shirley Ryan from Richard Nora Marilyn and Roland Resnick Julia Nowicki from Rodney and Keith Goldstein Angela Holtzman from J. Kline Dr. Bradley Fine and family Erica Sandner from Marjory M. Oliker Joan Richards from Bradley Fine from Mirja and Ted Haffner Katie Jacobson from Harris Family Foundation, Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Nancy Searle from Lisbeth Stiffel Alan and Drue Huish, from James and Laurie Bay from Carol and James Pollock, Lee and Billye Jennings Harry Roper and Helen Marlborough' Regan Friedmann Michael and Lynne Terry from Alfred Goldstein Craig Sirles , from Eisen Family Foundation, Nancy Searle and Keith Goldstein Kip Kelley, Sr. Gisela Elizabeth Rill Leslie and Donna Pinsof from Prince Charitable Trusts from Anonymous, from Mary Ring Kay and Craig Tuber Mary Selander Aon Corporation, Shirley Ryan's parents Ruth Ann Gillis from William and Carol Vance Kip and Sarah Kelley, from Patrick and Shirley Ryan from Lisbeth Stiffel Chelsea Southwood Charles and Mary Shea, Dr. Sheldon K. Schiff Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGinnis from James and Laurie Bay Lisbeth Stiffel, from Sheldon Schiff from James and Laurie Bay Liz Stiffel John Sullivan, Stephen Schulson Keith Kiley Goldstein from Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnis William and Kathie Vit from Susan Schulson from Patricia Cox Dr. Bryan Traubert Edwin J. Seeboeck from Pritzker Foundation from James Heim

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50 | January 10 - 31, 2019 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO  e 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 e Ryan Opera Center e Jannotta Family Elizabeth F. Cheney W. Stephen Smith Board Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Foundation Voice Instruction e Robert and Ellen Marks Vocal Studies Program Ensemble Endowed Chair in honor of Gianna Rolandi

Marco Armiliato Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Matthew A. Epstein Michael Fabiano Renée Fleming Gerald Martin Moore Matthew Polenzani Guest Master Artists

William C. Billingham Soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Contralto Dana Brown WHITNEY EMILY ANN KAYLEIGH LAUREN MORRISON POGORELC TOOMEY DECKER DECKER Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Christina Giuca J. omas Hurvis Sally and Michael Feder, e Susan and Richard P. e C. G. Pinnell Anonymous Donor, Family Shannon McGinnis Ms. Gay K. Stanek, Kiphart Family, Richard O. Susan M. Miller, Celeste Rue Ms. Jennifer L. Stone Ryan, Richard W. Shepro ierer Family Eric Weimer and Lindsay E. Roberts Foundation Pedro Yanez Coaching Staff

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

Dawn Arnold Sarah Ashley Tenor Tenor Tenor Baritone Baritone Katie Klein ERIC JOSH MARIO CHRISTOPHER RICARDO JOSÉ E. Loren Meeker FERRING LOVELL ROJAS KENNEY RIVERA Matthew Ozawa Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Acting and Movement Richard O. Ryan, Maurice J. and Elizabeth F. Cheney Anonymous Donor Dr. David H. Whitney Instruction Stepan Company, Patricia Frank Foundation and Dr. Juliana Chyu, Cynthia Vahlkamp Drs. Joan and Russ Orit Carpenter and Robert Kenyon Zajtchuk Performance Psychology

Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant Artistic/Production Personnel Christopher Allen Andrew Grams Conductors

David Paul Director

Peggy Stenger Bass-Baritone Bass-Baritone Pianist Bill Walters ALAN DAVID MADELINE Stage Managers HIGGS WEIGEL SLETTEDAHL Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Robert S. Kuhn Heidi Heutel Bohn, Lois B. Siegel, Nancy Dehmlow, Lucy Lindquist Lawrence O. Corry, Michael and Salme Loretta N. Julian, Maureen Reilly Robert C. Marks Harju Steinberg, Philip G. Lumpkin Wardrobe Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom DeShawn Bowman Hair and Makeup

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 51 Alumni Perform at Lyric — and Around the World — in 2018/19

ERIN WALL (Elettra/Idomeneo) My time in the Ryan Opera Center was completely transformative. I arrived for my first year straight out of graduate school, never having set foot on a professional opera stage. I needed intensive stage training, and the program provided me with exactly that — working with world-class directors, conductors, and teachers. It also gave me baptism by fire, singing roles on the Lyric mainstage, beginning with Second Nursemaid in Street Scene and ending with Marguerite in Faust! Being fully immersed in the art form for three years was a life-changing experience, for which I’ll always be grateful.

ELIZABETH STACEY DESHONG TAPPAN LA Opera Metropolitan Opera La clemenza di Tito Marnie; Suor Angelica

WILL LIVERMAN Metropolitan Opera Marnie

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 e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Lyric is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the world’s premier artist development programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by October 1, 2018. CORY WEAVER Special Events and Project Support Final Auditions Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen e Cozad Family Foreign Language Instruction Erma S. Medgyesy Guest Master Artist Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ladies’ Choice Celebration Lead Individual Sponsor James N. and Laurie V. Bay Lead Foundation Sponsor Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Benefit Table Purchasers Anonymous (3) Julie and Roger Baskes Heidi Heutel Bohn Sally and Michael Feder Last season, during the second of his two years with the Ryan Opera Center, baritone Emmett O’Hanlon (left) played Wagner in Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Faust with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn (right), an alumnus of the program, as Méphistophélès. Julian Family Foundation Philip G. Lumpkin Golden Grand Benefactors Stephen and Mary Etherington Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley ($25,000 to $49,999) Sally and Michael Feder William J. Neiman Family Anonymous Donna Gustafsson Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mary Ellen Hennessy e Blanny A. Haganah Family Fund Dr. Scholl Foundation Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen James and Mary Houston ierer Family Foundation Lyric Young Professionals Jeffrey and Cynthia McCreary Debbie K. Wright Ingrid Peters Phyllis Neiman Launchpad Ensemble Friends D. Elizabeth Price Marcus Boggs ($10,000 to $24,999) Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sawyier Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Leslie Fund, Inc. Anonymous (2) Judith W. McCue and Howard M. McCue III Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Dan and Patty Walsh Master Classes Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Marilee and Richard Wehman Mrs. omas D. Heath Adrienne and Arnold Brookstone Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Martha A. Hesse Tamara Conway Anne Megan Davis National Auditions Fred L. Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney American Airlines Drucker Rising Stars in Concert Renée Fleming Master Class Erika E. Erich April 7, 2018 Julian Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe David S. Fox Lead Sponsor Training Program Mary Patricia Gannon Donna Van Eekeren Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sue and Melvin Gray H. Earl Hoover Foundation Sponsors Voice Instruction BMO Harris Bank Anonymous Illinois Arts Council Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Dentons US LLP Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ann M. Drake Mira Frohnmayer and Sandra Sweet Fund Stephen A. Kaplan Sue and Melvin Gray WFMT Recital Series Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Patricia A. Kenney and Julie and Roger Baskes Helen Melchior Gregory J. O’Leary Workshop Performances Charles Morcom Nix Lauridsen and Martha A. Hesse Margo and Michael Oberman and Family Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Family Foundation General Support e George L. Shields Foundation Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Ms. Billie Jean Smith Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Aria Society Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood ($100,000 and above) Walter Family Foundation Additional Support Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Debbie K. Wright Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Platinum Grand Benefactor Artist Circle Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast ($50,000 to $99,999) ($5,000 to $9,999) Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Estate of Kip Kelley Anonymous (2) Rising Stars in Concert Reception Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund omas Doran e Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Mrs. Sheila Dulin Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 53 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Gift Planning at Lyric Advisory Council Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chairman Patrick Bitterman, Quarles & Brady LLP Michael A. LoVallo, Reed Smith Christopher Brathwaite, William Blair Louis Marchi, Fidelity Investments Mary C. Downie, BMO Financial Group David McNeel, CIBC Barbara Grayson, Jenner & Block Gina Oderda, Mayer Brown Marguerite H. Griffin, Northern Trust Lynne L. Pantalena, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Benetta Jenson, J. P. Morgan Private Bank Management Neil Kawashima, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Kathleen O’Hagan Scallan, Loeb & Loeb Dorothy Korbel, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Anita Medina Tyson, J. P. Morgan Private Bank Management e Overture Society e Overture Society consists of dedicated supporters of Lyric who have designated a special gift, through bequests, trusts, or other planned giving arrangements, to benefit Lyric. ese generous gifts will ensure Lyric’s artistic success well into the twenty-first century for succeeding generations of Lyric audiences. Lyric is honored to acknowledge these members of the Overture Society. Aria Benefactors Lyric acknowledges with deep appreciation the extraordinary support of the following individuals who comprise the Aria Benefactors of the Overture Society. ese individuals have made leadership gift plans which will benefit Lyric far into the future and in gratitude we are pleased to offer annual benefits at the Aria Society level. For information about becoming an Aria Benefactor, please call Lyric’s Gift Planning Office at at 312 827-5654 or email [email protected]. Paul and Mary Anderson Family Mary Patricia Gannon Dr. Petra B. Krauledat and Lyn and Bill Redfield Marlys A. Beider James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Dr. W. Peter Hansen Richard O. Ryan Dr. C. Bekerman Bruce A. Gober, M.D. and Philip G. Lumpkin Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Donald H. Ratner Robert C. Marks Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk David and Orit Carpenter Howard Gottlieb John Nigh Anne Zenzer James W. Chamberlain Sue and Melvin Gray Irma Parker Robert F. Finke and Carol Keenan James C. Kemmerer Julia Pernet Bel Canto Benefactors ese Overture Society members are making a major planned gift to Lyric as well as generous annual gifts each year. Anonymous (9) Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Linda Concordia Hoffmann Allan and Elaine Muchin Joan M. Solbeck Mrs. James S. Aagaard Budzik Edgar D. Jannotta David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Ms. Gay K. Stanek Louise Abrahams omas Doran Ronald B. Johnson John H. Nelson Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Dr. Whitney Addington Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ericson John and Kerma Karoly Kenneth Porrello and Sherry Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. LeRoy and Laura Klemt McFall Mary Stowell Karen G. Andreae Jack M. and Marsha S. Jennifer Malpass, O.D. Sheila and David Ormesher Carla M. orpe Catherine Aranyi Firestone Daniel T. Manoogian Nathaniel W. Pusey L. Kristofer omsen L. Robert Artoe Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Virginia Tobiason Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Rhoda and Henry Frank Nancy Lauter McDougal Chatka Ruggiero Paula Turner Alvin R. Beatty Family Foundation Bill Melamed Lois B. Siegel Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn-Mason Merrill and Judy Blau Richard J. Franke Margaret and Craig Milkint Ilene Simmons Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Dr. Gregory L. Boshart Julian W. Harvey Susan M. Miller Larry G. Simpson Claudia Winkler Danolda (Dea) Brennan Mr. and Mrs. omas C. Heagy Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Craig Sirles Florence Winters Society Members Anonymous (46) Constance and Liduina M. J. Black Richard M. and Andrea Patrick V. Casali Joseph E. Corrigan Valerie and Joseph Abel Barbantini Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz J. Brown Esther Charbit Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Carol A. Abrioux Margaret Basch Ann Blickensderfer Jacqueline Brumlik Jeffrey K. Chase, J.D. Cottey Mrs. Judy Allen Mrs. Bill Beaton D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Ramona Choos Morton and Una Mrs. Robert L. Anderson Lynn Bennett Blumenthal Bruske III J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo Creditor Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Julie Anne Benson Ned and Raynette George F. and Linda L. Heinke K. Clark Barbara L. Dean Catherine Aranyi Charles E and Nancy Boshell Brusky Robert and Margery Coen Donald A. Deutsch L. Robert Artoe T. Berg David E. Boyce Steven and Helen Dr. and Mrs. Peter V. Phyllis Diamond Richard N. Bailey Joan I. Berger Robert and Phyllis Brauer Buchanan Conroy Roger Dickinson David G. Baker Barbara Bermudez Leona and Daniel Muriel A. Burnet Sharon Conway Ms. Janet E. Diehl Susann Ball Kyle and Marge Bevers Bronstein Lisa Bury Sarah J. Cooney Mr. and Mrs. William S. Patrick J. Bitterman Kathryn Y. Brown Robert J. Callahan Dr. W. Gene Corley Family Dillon

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Dr. and Mrs. Bernard J. James and Mary Lunz Candace Balfour Broecker Mr. Oliver Nickels Suzanne and William Karen Hletko Tiersky Dobroski Houston and the Estate of Edward A. Nieminen Samuels Jacqueline Tilles omas M. Dolan H. Eileen Howard Howard W. Broecker Florence C. Norstrom Mary T. Schafer Lawrence E. Timmins Mary Louise Duhamel Kenneth N. Hughes Mary Mako Helbert Renate P. Norum Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Mrs. Alfred V. Dunkin, Jr. Michael Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Linda MosesNovak Franklin R. Schmidt Turner Kathy Dunn Cpt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, Malatesta Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Lois K. Schmidt Jean M. Turnmire Richard L. Eastline USMC Memorial Fund Jeanne Randall Malkin Oliver, Jr. Martha P. Schneider Paul and Judith Carol A. Eastman J. Jeffrey Jaglois Ann Chassin Mallow Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Donald Seibert Tuszynski Lowell and Judy Eckberg Barbara A. Joabson Dr. and Mrs. Karl Lee Olson Sherie Coren Shapiro Ultmann Family Lucy A. Elam, in memory John Arthur Johnson Manders Stephen S. Orphanos Charles Chris Shaw Charitable Remainder of Elizabeth Elam Laurence P. Johnson Mrs. John Jay Markham Jonathan Orser Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Don Roy A. Johnson Daniel F Marselle Joan Pantsios M. Shaw Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn- Elleman Barbara Mair Jones Christine S. Winter Robert W. Parsons, M.D. Mett and David Shayne Mason Cherelynn A. Elliott Janet Jones Massie MD & James George R. Paterson David Sherman Marlene A. Van Skike Terrence M. W. Ellsworth Moreen C. Jordan C. Massie Dr. Joan E. Patterson Jared Shlaes Nancy Johnson Vazzano Dr. James A. Eng Dr. Anne Juhasz Michael M. and Diane George Pepper, M.D. Joanne Silver Raita Vilnins Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Mr. eodore Kalogeresis Mazurczak Elizabeth Anne Peters Andrew Barry Simmons Malcolm V. Vye, MD Engel Wayne S. and Lenore M. James G. and Laura G. Susanne P. Petersson and Mitchell Darcy Lynn Walker Martha L. Faulhaber Kaplan McCormick Genevieve M. Phelps Loewenthal-Grassini Gary T. Walther Dr. and Mrs. Paul Y. Feng Kenneth Kelling Gia and Paul McDermott Frances Pietch Larry G. Simpson Albert Wang Nadine Ferguson Paul R. Keske William F. McHugh Karen and Dick Pigott Dr. Ira Singer Barbara M. Wanke Felicia Finkelman Chuck and Kathy Killman Florence D. McMillan Alan and Carol Pohl omas Sinkovic Louella Krueger Ward Mr. and Mrs. John C. Boyd Edmonston & Forbes Edward Warro James Victor Franch “My passion for Lyric motivated me to structure my estate plan Karl N. Wechter Ms. Susan Frankel to help ensure the Chicagoans will always be able to hear and see Patricia M. Wees omas H. Franks, Ph.D. Mrs. Richard H. Penny and John E. Freund the world’s best operas on the Ardis Krainik eatre stage.” Wehman Dr. Paul Froeschl -Mary Patricia Gannon Claude M. Weil Marie and Gregory Fugiel Eric Weimer and Edwin Sheilah Purcell Garcia, Hanlon Lady Witton Neil King Leoni Zverow McVey Ms. Lois Polakoff Norman and Mirella Mr. and Mrs. Arnold George and Mary Ann Diana Hunt King and J. William McVey Martilias A. Porreca, CFP Smith Weinberg Gardner Esther G. Klatz Martina M. Mead D. Elizabeth Price Mary Soleiman Joanna L. Weiss Susan Boatman Garland R. William Klein, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Mrs. Edward S. Price Elaine Soter Joan and Marco Weiss Scott P. George J. Peter Kline Meader Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Mrs. Jay Spaulding Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mr. Lyle Gillman Helen Kohr Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Roberta Lyn Anderson Philip and Sylvia Spertus Mrs. Melville W. Wendell John F. Gilmore Susan Kryl Melamed Rains James A. Staples Sandra Wenner Michael Goldberger Mary S. Kurz Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Robert L. Rappel, Jr. Sherie B. Stein Caroline C. Wheeler John A. Goldstein Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, Mesrobian Sherrie Kahn Reddick K. M. Stelletello Dr. and Mrs. Peter Dr. J. Brian Greis M.D., in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Keith Reed J. Allyson Stern Willson James R. Grimes Robert Kyts Meyers Michael and Susan Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Nora Winsberg Patricia Grogan Larry Lapidus Ms. Barbara Terman "Holly" Reiter Mr. and Mrs. James P. David G. Winter Carolyn Hallman Barbara K Larsen Michaels Evelyn R. Richer Stirling Brien and Cathy Wloch Carl J. Halperin Angela Larson and Edward S. and Barbara Jennie M. Righeimer Carol A. Stitzer Mrs. William Wunder Ms. Geraldine Haracz Bamshad Mobasher L. Mills Gerald L. Ritholz Norene W. Stucka Daniel R. Zillmann Andrew Hatchell omas and Lise Lawson Vlasta A. "Vee" Minarich Mary Raffetto-Robins Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. William P. Hauworth Henrietta Leary David and Justine K. James and Janet Stuffers Mrs. omas D. Heath Marilyn E. Miller Mintzer Rosenbaum Emily J. Su Ronald G. Hedberg Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levy BettyAnn Mocek and Dr. John Gregory Russo Peggy Sullivan Mrs. John C. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Adam R. Walker Joseph C. Russo Sherwin A. Swartz Josephine E. Heindel Lewicky Robert and Lois Moeller Dennis Ryan Mr. and Mrs. John C. Martha A. Hesse Carole F. Liebson Dr. Virginia Saft Mond Louise M. Ryssmann Telander Stephanie and Allen Carol L. Linne Mrs. Mario A. Munoz Eugene Rzym, in memory Cheryl L. axton Hochfelder Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. of Adaline Rzym Dr. David urn Mrs. Marion Hoffman Murphy David Sachs Myron Tiersky

Estate Gifts e following estates have generously provided gifts of bequests and other planned gifts to Lyric. Due to space limitations, listings include only all planned bequests received in the past three years. With deepest regards, Lyric commemorates and remembers those departed Lyric patrons who have honored us with these most profound commitments. James Aagaard Elaine S. Frank Richard Pearlman Charitable Amanda Veazley Edwin and Margaret W. James Ascareggi Henry Frank Trust Fund for Music Arthur B. Logan Seeboeck Walter Bandi Edward Elisberg Sara P. Anastaplo Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Rose L. Shure and Sidney N. Velma Berry Ellen Cole Charitable omas Frisch Mario A. Munoz Shure Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Warren F. Best Remainder Trust Regina C. Fain Herbert and Brigitte Neuhaus Joan M. Skepnek Eleanor Briggs Doris C. Lorz Lynette Flowers John and Maynette Neundorf Gerald Sunko, M.D. Dr. Mary Louise Hirsh Burger Dr. Doris Graber Robert B. Fordhamqes Mrs. Oliver Nickels James M. Wells and Mr. William Burger Evelyn Greene Dr. Martin L. Gecht and Venrice R. Palmer Paul and Virginia Wilcox Robert P. Cooke Ann B. Grimes Francey Gecht Ira J. Peskind Ed Zasadil Marianne Deson-Herstein Lester and Betty Guttman Carlyn E. Goettsch Helen Petersen Audrey A. Zywicki Trust in memory of Samuel Dr. Alexis W Maier Trust Elaine H. Hansen George T. Rhodes and Sarah Deson Joseph Yashon Joseph M. Kacena Merlin and Gladys Rostad Christopher D. Doemel Kathryn Cunningham Stuart Kane Margart R. Sagers Edmund J. Valonis Kip Kelley Nancy W. Knowles omas W. Scheuer Anonymous Phil Turner Ernest Lester

January 10 - 31, 2019 | 55 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Corporate Partnerships

Lyric gratefully recognizes and sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following distinguished corporate contributors.  e following list includes donors whose gifts or pledges were received by December 3, 2018. 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 PREMIER BENEFACTOR FRIEND $10,000 to $24,999 $7,500 to $9,999 $1,000 to $1,999 Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law Amsted Industries Foundation Bumper Lanes Marketing Baird Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation Concierge Unlimited International CNA BENEFACTOR Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Crowe LLP $5,000 to $7,499 Kinder Morgan Foundation Deloitte BNSF Railway Foundation Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. Envestnet Italian Village Restaurants L Miller & Son Lumber Co. Michuda Construction, Inc. Sahara Enterprises, Inc. One Smooth Stone Molex Protiviti Morgan Stanley BRAVO CIRCLE Turks’ Greenhouses Nuveen $3,500 to $4,999 Quarles & Brady LLP Corporate Suites Network SUSTAINER Reed Smith LLP Old Republic International Corporation $500 to $999 Ropes & Gray LLP DonationXchange Starshak Winzenburg & Co. IMPRESARIO Network for Good Strategic Reimbursement Group, LLC $2,000 to $3,499 Peoples Gas Winestyr American Agricultural Insurance Company Wintrust Community Banks Enterprise Holdings Foundation Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. OPERA America Shoe Center Fund 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 e Retirement Research Foundation Aon Foundation Doing Good LLC Johnson Controls Foundation e Rhoades Foundation Bank of America Foundation Emerson Electric JPMorgan Chase Foundation e 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 anks • American Airlines for its 37 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago. • Corporate Suites Network for its partnership as the Broadway at Lyric preferred housing provider. • CORT Furniture Rentals for its generous conference room furniture partnership. • Jenner & Block and Craig C. Martin, Partner, for the firm’s pro bono legal services throughout the year. • Warner Classics as the Official Education and Promotion Music Provider. Acknowledgements

e following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric’s efforts: Generous Gifts Katie O's Food Carnival Notable Gifts Martha Nussbaum CH Distillery Northern Trust, Palm Beach, FL Artists Frame Service Modern Luxury Calihan Catering Segall Bryant & Hamill BiXi Beer Nico Osteria Coco Pazzo by Alfred Bryant Booth One e Second City HMS Media, Inc. Naples, FL and Chicago, IL Glo Rolighed Temperance Beer Company Harrison and Held, LLP Vibes Lloyd’s Chicago by Attorney Robert T. Napier Naples, FL and Chicago IL is 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.

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Lyric deeply appreciates annual campaign gifts from the following individuals, foundations, and government organizations. eir continued support is vital to our success. e following listings include donors whose gifts or pledges were received by October 1, 2018.

ARIA SOCIETY  $100,000 and above Anonymous (10) Mr. and Mrs. William C. Florian Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Sheila and David Ormesher Ada and Whitney Addington Franke Family Charitable Foundation Estate of Nancy W. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Brent and Katie Gledhill Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Pritzker Foundation e Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ethel and William Gofen Josef and Margot Lakonishok J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes e Michael and Susan Avramovich Howard L. Gottlieb and Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Foundation Charitable Trust Barbara G. Greis Lauridsen Candy and Gary Ridgway Julie and Roger Baskes e Grainger Foundation Malott Family Foundation Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Marlys Beider Gramma Fisher Foundation of Mazza Foundation Richard O. Ryan Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Marshalltown, Iowa Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Henry M. and Gilda R. Buchbinder Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. e Monument Trust (UK) Lisbeth Stiffel Family FoundationN Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross National Endowment for the Arts Mrs. Herbert A. Vance e Butler Family Foundation e Harris Family Foundation e Negaunee Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance David and Orit Carpenter J. omas Hurvis and Ann Andersen Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel e Wallace Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe e Edgar D. Jannotta Family Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Roberta L. Washlow and e Crown Family John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Robert J. Washlow e Davee Foundation Foundation NIB Foundation Helen and Sam Zell Dr. Scholl Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson Julius Frankel Foundation Patricia A. Kenney and Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation e Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Gregory J. O'Leary PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR  $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous (3) Illinois Arts Council Sue and Melvin Gray Greg and Mamie Case Ada and Whitney Addington Julian Family Foundation e Ferguson-Yntema Family Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor e Beaubien Family Lannan Foundation Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson e Chicago Community Trust Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch e Brinson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sawyier e Crown Family Foundation J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Mr. and Mrs. John R. Siragusa Nancy Dehmlow Polk Bros. Foundation Foundation Drs. Young, Byong Uk, and Eisen Family Foundation Betsy and Andy Rosenfield Annie and Greg K. Jones Mrs. Myung Soon Chung Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Segal Family Foundation Rebecca and Lester Knight Mrs. Linda Wolfson Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Lois B. Siegel Lionel and Jackie Knight Foundation Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Family Foundation Patricia Hyde Eric and Deb Hirschfield Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. Eric and Deb Hirschfield GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR  $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (5) Mary Patricia Gannon Mr. omas V. Linguanti and Ingrid Peters Ken and Amy Aldridge Virginia and Gary Gerst Ms. Olivia Tyrrell John Raitt Paul and Mary Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Philip G. Lumpkin e C. G. Pinnell Family Robin Angly Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Jim and Kay Mabie Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. e Barker Welfare Foundation Michael J. McGuinnis Robert and Evelyn McCullen Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Blythe Jaski McGarvie Sage Foundation Amy and Paul Carbone Erica L. Sandner Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Santi Joyce E. Chelberg “We are so fortunate to have Lyric in Chicago. Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole I want to support this wonderful opera house Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva e Cozad Family and help it to thrive during the 21st Century.” Morris Silverman and Crain-Maling Foundation Lori Ann Komisar Sir Andrew Davis and -Nancy D. Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis Penelope and Robert Steiner Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Mary Stowell Ann M. Drake David Drew and Marcie Hemmelstein Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna Joseph and Pam Szokol Drs. George and Sally Dunea Mary Ellen Hennessy Susan M. Miller ierer Family Foundation Donald and Anne Edwards Martha A. Hesse Frank B. Modruson and Carl and Marilynn oma Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Lynne C. Shigley Cherryl T. omas Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Allan and Elaine Muchin Robert L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Fama Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Sally and Michael Feder Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Walter Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Victoria M. Kohn Kenneth R. Norgan Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Renée Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Make It Better Media Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wood Prince Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Silvia Beltrametti and Jay Krehbiel Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Frederic S. Lane OPERA America Elaine S. Frank Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lenny Matt and Carrie Parr

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR  $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (4) Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Lannan Foundation e Rhoades Foundation John and Ann Amboian Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Lewis Roger and Susan Stone Family Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum James and Deborah Fellowes Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund Foundation / Jennifer Stone Dr. and Mrs. Robert Arensman Mira Frohnmayer and Sandra Sweet Daniel and Deborah Manoogian Rocco and Cheryl Romano Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Film Funds Trust Funds Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marjan John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Juliette F. Bacon Sonja and Conrad Fischer Robert C. Marks Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. E. M. Bakwin Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Shari Mayes Susan and David Ruder Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Judith Barnard and Michael Fain Susan J. Garner Judith W. McCue and Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Robert S. Bartolone Ms. Elisabeth O. Geraghty Howard M. McCue III Eric and Jana Schreuder Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Mr. Robert Gienko Jr Erma S. Medgyesy Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Ms. Catharine Bell and Judy and Bill Goldberg Terry J. Medhurst Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Mr. Robert Weiglein Mrs. Richard Gray Dawn G. Meiners Mary Beth Shea Ross and Patricia D. Bender Maria C. Green and Oswald G. Lewis Helen Melchior Richard W. Shepro and Leslie Bertholdt Mrs. Mary Winton Green Martha A. Mills Lindsay E. Roberts C. Bekerman, M.D. e George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Patrick J. Bitterman e Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau “Our favorite Lyric moment happens at every Ilene Simmons Jim Blinder performance: it’s when the lights go down EXACTLY Siragusa Family Foundation Marcus Boggs e Smart Family Foundation, Inc. Heidi Heutel Bohn on time and the conductor starts the overture.” Ms. Billie Jean Smith Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Borland Ms. Gay K. Stanek Betty Bradshaw -Scott V. and Julie E. James A. Staples Dr. and Mrs. omas A. Broadie Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Adrienne and Arnold Brookstone Dan and Caroline Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher John and Rosemary Brown Family James and Brenda Grusecki Mr. and Mrs. Steven Molo Ellen and Jim Stirling Foundation Joan M. Hall Music Performance Trust Fund Ms. Jennifer L. Stone Buehler Family Foundation Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Hannigan Phyllis Neiman Norene W. and Daniel A. Stucka Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Irving Harris Foundation David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Burnham John Hart and Carol Prins Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. omas Marie Campbell Mrs. omas D. Heath Fredric G. and Mary Louise Novy Virginia Tobiason Mr. and Mrs. John Canning Jr Mrs. John C. Hedley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Trapp Ann and Reed Coleman Helen Brach Foundation Martha C. Nussbaum Tully Family Foundation Francie Comer Dr. Judith and Mr. Mark C. Hibbard Margo and Michael Oberman and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Tamara Conway Stu Hirsh Orchestra Family Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Lynd W. Corley Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Mr. and Mrs. James J. O'Connor Cynthia Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon Lawrence O. Corry Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hull e Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Winnie and Bob Crawford Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Foundation Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Memorial Fund Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Kim and Miles D. White Anne Megan Davis Laurie and Michael Jaffe Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Dr. David H. Whitney and M. Dillon e Edgar D. Jannotta Family Elizabeth Anne Peters Dr. Juliana Chyu Shawn M. Donnelley and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jentes Laurie and Michael Petersen Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson Christopher M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jorndt Marian Phelps Pawlick Mrs. John A. Wing Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Stephen A. Kaplan Maya Polsky Mr. and Ms. Benjamin Wolf Fred L. Drucker and Elizabeth Khalil and Peter Belytschko Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Paul Wood and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker Klaff Family Foundation Andra and Irwin Press e Honorable Corinne Wood Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Dr. and Mrs. James C. Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wood II James Huntington Foundation Albert and Rita Lacher Bryan Traubert and Penny Pritzker Debbie K. Wright Erika E. Erich Marc Lacher Ms. Brenda Robinson Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca PREMIER BENEFACTOR  $7,500 to $9,999 Anonymous (3) Miss Gay Elfline Dr. Katherine Knight J. Kenneth and Susan T. Rosko Kelley and Susan Anderson Sondra Berman Epstein Martin and Patricia Koldyke Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse Ms. Ronelle D. Ashby Stephen and Mary Etherington Eldon and Patricia Kreider Norman Sackar Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baumgartner, Jr. Robert F. Finke MaryBeth Kretz and Robert Baum George and Terry Rose Saunders Mark and Judy Bednar Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Geldermann Bernard and Averill Leviton George and Joan Segal Mr. and Mrs. D. eodore Berghorst Bruce A. Gober, M.D. Julius Lewis Mary and Stanley Seidler Lieselotte N. Betterman Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Goldblatt Raymond and Inez Saunders Patricia Arrington Smythe Norman and Virginia Bobins/e Helyn D. Goldenberg Ms. Michelle McCarthy Del Snow Robert omas Bobins Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung e Solti Foundation U.S. Phyllis H. Brissenden Phillip and Norma Gordon Michuda Construction, Inc. Doris F. Sternberg Winston and Lally Brown Chester A. Gougis and Shelley Ochab Julian Oettinger Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Struthers Joy Buddig Dr. Doris Graber Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Malley Mr. O. omas omas and Audre Carlin Mrs. John M. Hartigan Karen and Tom Phillips Mrs. Sandra Inara omas Mrs. Warren M. Choos Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Harvey R. and Madeleine P. Plonsker Dr. David urn Lawrence Christensen Mr. and Mrs. omas C. Heagy Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Potempa Howard and Paula Trienens omas A. Clancy and Dana I. Green Midge and Frank Heurich Irene D. Pritzker Foundation Susan E. Cremin Mrs. Richard S. Holson, Jr. John and Betsey Puth Christian Vinyard Rosemary and John Croghan Ronald B. Johnson James T. and Karen C. Reid Dan and Patty Walsh Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Jared Kaplan e Retirement Research Foundation Marilee and Richard Wehman Mr. and Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Nancy Rita Kaz Angela Tenta, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Decyk Charitable Foundation Kate T. Kestnbaum Daryl and James Riley Stephen R. Winters Mrs. Sheila Dulin Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King Edgar Rose Donna and Phillip Zarcone Richard B. Egen Jean Klingenstein Sheli and Burt Rosenberg

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BENEFACTOR  $5,000 to $7,499 Anonymous (5) Donna Gustafsson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. McCreary Edward and Leah Reicin Dr. Michael Angell Glen and Claire Hackmann Florence D. McMillan Merle Reskin Arch W. Shaw Foundation e Blanny A. Hagenah Family Fund Lois Melvoin Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund Jackie and James Holland Mary Lou and Jack Miller Mr. and Mrs. Michael T Sawyier Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Basler James and Mary Houston Jon and Lois Mills e Schroeder Foundation David Q. Bell and Mary A. Bell Michael and Leigh Huston Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Mr. and Mrs. Chip Seelig Bolton Sullivan Fund Shirley R. Jahn Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Phyllis W. Shafron and Ethan Lathan Wiley and Jo Caldwell Dr. S. P. Shah Cathleen Cameron Sherie Coren Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Christianson “I contribute to help sustain the world-class artistic Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Jane B. and John C. Colman Elizabeth S. Sheppard Patricia O. Cox excellence of Lyric for current and future generations.” Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Smith e Dancing Skies Foundation Mary Soleiman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dennis -James M. Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Ms. Sarah Demet Craig Sirles omas Doran Dr. Carolyn and Dr. Paul Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stonebraker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elden Howard E. Jessen Craig S. Morris Andrea and Mark Taylor Jim and Pati Ericson Joy Jester Zehava L. Noah Mrs. M. James Termondt David S. Fox Tyrus L. Kaufman Mickey Norton L. Kristofer omsen Fred Freitag and Lynn Stegner Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kearney Renate P. Norum Mrs. eodore D. Tieken Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Mrs. Richard C. Oughton Lawrence E. Timmins Trust John F. Gilmore Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, MD Mr. Michael Tobin M.D. Alfred G. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lennard Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Toft Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Leslie Fund, Inc. Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula David and Elizabeth Graham Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Norman and Lorraine Perman Tony Valukas and Cathy Beres James R. Grimes Mrs. Paul Lieberman Sherry McFall and Kenneth Porrello Scott D. Vandermyde and Julie T. Emerick Daniel Groteke and Patricia Taplick Jennifer Malpass D. Elizabeth Price David J. Varnerin Sandra L. Grung Mrs. Beatrice C. Mayer Jennifer N. Pritzker David and Linda Wesselink James and Brenda Grusecki omas J. McCormick Nathaniel W. Pusey Claudia Winkler BRAVO CIRCLE  $3,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (3) Dr. Lucy Freund Marilyn and Myron Maurer Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarian Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Grob Dr. John J. McGrath and Ms. Tola Porter Joan M. Solbeck Eric A. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman David E. McNeel Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Mychal P. Angelos Solomon Gutstein Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor James H. Stone Susann Ball Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heestand, Jr. Ms. Britt M. Miller MinSook Suh Ron and Queta Bauer Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst John H. Nelson Ms. Carla M. orpe Mr. and Mrs. George Bayly Mr. and Mrs. Milan Hornik Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Phil and Paula Turner Astrid K. Birke Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizenga Jonathan F. Orser Elizabeth K. Twede Dr. Gregory L. Boshart and Dr. and Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Ottley Lori L. and John R. Twombly Dr. William R. Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Jarabak Pat and Lara Pappas Jean Morman Unsworth Mr. and Mrs. James Bramsen Drs. Perry and Elena Kamel Barbara and Jerry Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Danolda (Dea) Brennan Mr. and Mrs. John A. Karoly Drs. Sarunas and Jolanta Peckus Dr. Catherine L. Webb Ms. Elaine Cue Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy C. Klemt Jim and Polly Pierce Louis Weber Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davison J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. Karen and Richard Pigott Hilary and Barry Weinstein Family Jon W. DeMoss omas A. Kmetko Dr. Joe Piszczor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Denison John and Mary Kohlmeier Dr. Lincoln and Dr. Carolyn Ramirez Howard S. White John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Geoffrey Bauer and Anna Lam Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Deane Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin Dr. Cynthia J. Sanders and Mr. Otis Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woolever Amanda Fox e Barbara and Frank Lieber Family omas and Judy Scorza Owen and Linda Youngman Mr. and Mrs. James V. Franch Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and James C. Kemmerer Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin Pamela Forbes Lieberman Bill and Harlan Shropshire Julie Schwertferger and Alexander Zajczenko

IMPRESARIO  $2,000 to $3,499 Anonymous (11) Don Carruthers Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Elaine H. Klemen Mrs. James S. Aagaard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cecchini Mrs. Norman Gates Dr. and Mrs. Sung-Tao Ko Ginny Alberts-Johnson and Lance Johnson Barry and Marcia Cesafsky James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Mr. John Kouns Allison Alexander James W. Chamberlain Mr. Scott P. George Dr. and Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Mrs. Judy Allen Katherine Cheng Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm Peter N. Lagges, Jr. Mary C. Allen Charles B. Preacher Foundation Gordon and Nancy Goodman Mr. Fred Latsko Ms. Joanne B. Alter Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clark Greene Family Foundation Dr. M. S.W. Lee Mrs. John H. Andersen Dr. Edward A. Cole and Mirja and Ted Haffner Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. omas M. Leopold Ronald and Donna Barlow Dr. Frank F. Conlon Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Bastian Voice Institute Mr. Colin Cosgrove Daggett Harvey Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Priscilla and Anthony Beadell Katherine Hutter Coyner James Heim Dr. Judith Lichtenstein Alvin R. Beatty Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Dr. Allen W. Heinemann and Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Diane and Michael Beemer Mr. and Mrs. Gerry V. Curciarello Dr. William Borden Knox and Gabrielle Long Jennifer Bellini Robert O. Delaney Hoellen Family Foundation Luminarts Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Benesh Dorothy Deppen Sandra Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mages Meta S. and Ronald Berger Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Roger Deromedi Concordia Louise Hoffmann Dr. and Mrs. John F. Mamon Mrs. Michele Bergman Mr. and Mrs. John DeWolf Joel and Carol Honigberg Fund Liz and Arsen Manugian Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berlin Bernard J. and Sally Dobroski Bill and Vicki Hood Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Marks Mrs. Arthur Billings Mr. and Mrs. Eben Dorros Edmund A. and Virginia C. Horsch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin Richard and Heather Black Richard and Ingrid Dubberke Robert and Sandra Ireland Bob and Doretta Marwin Mrs. John R. Blair Drs. Walter Dziki and Emily Miao Generations Fund William Mason and Diana Davis Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Cherelynn A. Elliott Mel and Mary Ann Jiganti Mrs. David McCandless Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block La Ferrenn and Philip Engel Dr. Peter H. Jones and Marian M. Pearcy Marilyn McCoy and Charles R. omas John Blosser Susanna and Helmut Epp Mary Ann Karris Mrs. John H. McDermott Ms. Virginia Boehme Dr. elma M. Evans Dr. and Dr. Yan Katsnelson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally V Minka and Matt Bosco Jim and Elizabeth Fanuzzi Judith L. Kaufman Martina M. Mead and Michael T. Gorey Mrs. Fred Bosselman Nancy Fifield Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Sheila and Harvey Medvin Richard Boyum and Louie Chua Firestone Family Foundation Mr. Robert Kemp Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Jennifer A. Kiefer Susan Hill Mesrobian Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Anita D. Flournoy Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Pamela G. Meyer Ms. Sheila Burke Adrian Foster Neil and Diana King Mrs. Pamela E. Miles Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Arthur L. Frank Marian Kinney Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Milkint

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Mr. and Mrs. William A. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Don Randel Mr. Jim Seng Dulcie L. Truitt Steven Montner and Scott Brown Christina Rashid Ms. Fay Shong and Mr. Tracy Mehr Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Dr. John S. and Nan D. Munn Phillip C. and Jeanne R. Ravid Adele and John Simmons Raita Vilnins Rosemary Murgas Mrs. Elke Rehbock Mr. and Mrs. John B. Simon Robert Mann and Kathryn Voland-Mann Chris and Eileen Murphy Sandra and Ken Reid Larry G. Simpson Cate and Rick Waddell Dr. and Mr. Andy Nawrocki Mr. and Mrs. William Revelle Dr. Ross Slotten and Mr. Ted Grady Mrs. William N. Weaver, Jr. Gayla and Ed Nieminen Ms. Danijela Dedic Ricco Mr. Edward Smeds Donald R Wertz Kenneth Douglas Foundation Carol Roberts Mr. and Mrs. David Snyder David Wetherbee Janis Wellin Notz and John K. Notz, Jr. Maggie Rock and Rod Adams Phil and Sylvia Spertus Heide Wetzel Marjory M. Oliker Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Carol D. Stein and James Sterling Caroline C. Wheeler Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson Megan Roudebush Mrs. Karl H. Stein Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Wick Mr. Joe Pacetti Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Rubash Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Stoll Dr. Wendall W. Wilson Gerald L. Padbury Susan B. Rubnitz Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stopeck F. C. Winters Kevin Patti Chatka and Anthony Ruggiero Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Brien Wloch Laurie and Michael Petersen Robert Russell Devora Grynspan and Sam Stupp Chip and Jean Wood Karen Petitte John Sagos Oscar Tatosian, Jr. Marsha and David Woodhouse Mrs. Zen Petkus Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sarnoff Dr. Andrew J. omas Priscilla T. Yu Mrs. Geoffrey C. M. Plampin Robert and Mary Ann Savard Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Mary and Joseph Plauche Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Schaeffer Joanne Tremulis Dr. and Mrs. Alan Pohl David Schiffman e Trillium Foundation FRIEND  $1,000 to $1,999 Anonymous (10) Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Ernst And Young Foundation Patricia Grogan William Konczyk and A & T Vavasis Philanthropic Fund Stephen H. Carr and -Matching Gifts Donald Haavind Stanley Conlon Mr. Steve Abbey and Virginia McMillan Carr Dr. and Mrs. James O. Ertle Mr. Allen Hager Michael Krco Ms. Pamela Brick Mrs. Clarissa Chandler Ms. Elizabeth M. Fadell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hallisy, Sr. Jeanne LaDuke Louise Abrahams Mrs. Beatrice Chapman e Feder Family Mary E. Hallman Carol and Jerome Lamet Richard Abram and Paul Chandler Jeffrey K. Chase Esq Joan and Robert Feitler Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Hammock Dr. and Mrs. Alan Leff Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin D. Abrams Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Carl Fetkenhour Agnes Hamos Mrs. Harold E. Leichenko Ann Acker Robert Cieslak Geraldine K. Fiedler Barbara MacDowall and Dominique Leonardi Duffie A. Adelson Heinke K. Clark Penny Friedman Robert Hanlon Dr. and Mrs. Peter Letarte Susan S. Adler Mitchell Cobey Suja Finnerty Michael G. Hansen and Mrs. Nancy Levi Judith A. Akers Susan Somers and Ray Cocco Elizabeth W. Fischer Nancy E. Randa David Levinson and Kathy Kirn Dr. and Mrs. Todd D. Alexander Jean M. Cocozza Susan Fisher-Yellen Betty Ann Hauser Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levy John Almasi Margery and Robert Coen James Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hawver Myron and Eleanor Lieberman Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Altman Elaine Collina James and Jane Fitzgerald James Heger Anne and Craig Linn Sheila and James Amend Dr. Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy William A. Fleig Sheila Ann Hegy Caroline P. Lippert Doris W. Angell Sharon Conway Marvin Fletcher Mr. and Ms. Ross Heim William and Diane Lloyd Daniel J. Anzia James M. Cormier Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Flint Carrie and Harry Hightman Lloyd R. Loback Dr. Edward Applebaum and Daniel Corrigan Nona C. Flores Dr. and Mrs. Roger D. Hilbert Melvin R. Loeb Dr. Eva Redel Evelyn Crews Paul Fong Mr. and Mrs. omas H. Hodges Lutz Family Foundation Margaret Atherton Gary Crosby Eloise C. Foster Jim and Wanda Hollensteiner Candace B. Broecker Leslie and Patrick Ballard Karen and John Crotty Michael and Nancie Freeborn Cynthia and Ron Holmberg Abby and George Lombardi Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Baldwin Pamela Crutchfield Mr. and Mrs. John Freund Stephen D. Holmes Sherry and Mel Lopata Peter and Elise Barack Robert Curley Ms. Pauline Friedman George R. Honig, M.D. and Craig and Jane Love William and Marjorie Bardeen Barbara Flynn Currie Samuel and Adriana Front Olga Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Barkei Carlotta and Ronald Lucchesi Mr. and Mrs. William Barker Wayne R. Lueders Michael A. Barna Kurtice Luther Richard and Shirley Baron “I believe in the value of opera and know how much this art form Ms. Bonghee Ma Mr. Jim Barrett Charlene and Gary MacDougal Barbara Barzansky has meant in my life. It's important that Lyric remain one of the Daniel Carroll Madden and Sandra Bass Tuny Mokrauer Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Baum premier arts organizations in the city and one of the outstanding Jeffrey and Paula Malak Patricia Bayerlein and Mark and Wendy Manto Michael Hoffman opera companies in the world.” Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Mark W.C. Beatty Ms. Andrea R. Markowicz Roger B. Beck and Ann F. Beck -Gerald P. Robert Markowski and Seth Beckman Randi Ragins Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Beggerow Mr. Matthew Curtin Mr. John Furrer Larry and Ann Hossack William Maroney Hans F. Bell Timothy and Cheryl Dahlstrand John A. Gable Linda Samuelson and Joel Howell Dr. Maija Freimanis and John C. Benitez James and Marie Damion Dr. Anthony W. Gargiulo and Michael and Beverly Huckman David Marshall Roy C. Bergstrom Mr. Timothy Daniels Mrs. Jane Duboise Gargiulo Mr. and Ms. Gary Huff Ms. Karin Martin Jacquie Berlin Jason Dantico Ms. Lili Gaubin Humanist Fund Mr. Michael Mattingly Lois M. Berman Rathin Datta Carolyn and Stephen Geldermann Dr. Kamal Ibrahim Ann and Philip May Jane Berry Greg Davis Dedre Gentner Bea Irminger John E Mazuski Mr. and Mrs. Turney P. Berry Rosanne Diamond Ms. Esther Geppert Marina B. Jacks Maureen and Michael McCabe Jerry and Kathy Biederman Lyn Dickey Mr. and Mrs. John E. Gepson Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson Mr. John G. McCord Dr. Vanice (Van) Billups Robert and Anne Diffendal Nancy Gerrie John G. and Betty C. Jacobs Drs. William and Margaret Margaret C. Bisberg and Dr. and Mrs. Anthony DiGianfilippo Sasha Gerritson and Eugene Jarvis Charlene Jacobsen McCulloch Richard VanMetre Dr. Elton Dixon Gregory Geuther Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. James Julie and Herb McDowell Cynthia L. Bixel Jill S. Dodds Sharon L. Gibson Mrs. Judith H. Janowiak Bonnie McGrath M. J. Black and Mr. Clancy Michael L. Dollard Dr. Howard P. Girard Jerry and Judy Johansen erissa McKelvey Elaine and Harold Blatt Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey B Donnell Gay L. Girolami Carl Johnson's Gallery in Galena Maryjanet McNamara Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Fred M. Donner John Glier Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Zarin Mehta E. M. Bluhm Dr. and Mrs. Peter E. Doris Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Go JS Charitable Trust Claretta Meier Frima H. Blumenthal Tom Draski Barbara and Norman Gold Judith Jump Mr. Herbert Meltzer Terence and Mary Jeanne Bolger Douglas F. Duchek Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Golden Olivier C. Junod & Dan Dwir Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Robert and Anne Bolz Charitable Ms. Susan A. Duda Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Goldin Dr. and Mrs. James J. Kane Dr. R. Menegaz and R. D. Bock Trust Ronald B. Duke Robert and Marcia Goltermann Mrs. Myrna Kaplan Rachel and Jason Mersey Mr. Donald W. Bonneau M. Stephen Dunbar Jerry Goodman Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Jim and Ginger Meyer Donald F. Bouseman Bernard T. Dunkel Jaimy Gordon and Peter Blickle omas R. Kasdorf Mr. Joseph Michalak Giovanna and Joseph Breu Kathy Dunn Mr. Andrew Gore Dr. and Mrs. Robert Katz Rev. Dr. Mary L. Milano Nicholas Bridges and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Alan Salpeter and Shelley Gorson Mrs. Helen Kedo Sally S. Miley Margaret McGirr Kimberly A. Eberlein Motoko Goto Larry M Keer, M.D. Barry and Sharon Millman Joan and Tom Broderick Barbara and John Eckel David Gould Alfred Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mills Jerry and Gisela Brosnan Hugh and Jackie Edfors Dr. Steven A. Gould Dr. E. Kefallonitis Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Milnarik Ms. Kathryn Y. Brown James W. Edmondson Annemarie H. Gramm Anne and John Kern Vee Minarich Warren and Patricia Buckler Mrs. Marlene Eisen John S. Mrowiec and Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. David Mintzer Stephen and Elizabeth Geer Lou Eledort and Natasha Kavanagh Dr. Karen L. Granda Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kirsch William Mondi Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Ms. Jan Elfline Dr. Ruth Grant and Frank and Alice Kleinman Charles Moore Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Linda Budzik Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ellis Dr. Howard Schwartz Diane F. Klotnia Lloyd Morgan Howard and Moira Buhse Ms. Alexis Ellington Miss Martha Grant Mary Klyasheff Mr. Greg Morris Dr. Mary Louise H. Burger Peter Emery Anthony Green Emily and Christopher Knight Ms. Helen H. Morrison Susan Burkhardt Emil J. and Marie D. Kochton Greene Family Lionel and Jackie Knight Corinne Morrissey George J. Burrows Foundation Rochelle and Michael Greenfield Edward and Adrienne Kolb David and Linda Moscow Dr. and Mrs. William C. Carithers Mr. and Mrs. Paul Epner John R. Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Konczal Mary Anne Lynskey

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Mr. and Mrs. Brendan M. Mulshine Charlene Posner Jim and Joan Sears Ms. Catherine E. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Richard Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mustell Dorothy M. Press Paul R. Seidlitz Mr. and Mrs. James Swartchild Adele and Joseph R. Wells Dr. Belverd Needles and Drs. Joseph and Kimberly Pyle Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Semerad Geraldine L. Szymanski Mr. and Mrs. Melville W. Wendell Dr. Marian Powers Mr. David Quell Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Seng Anne Taft Peter J. Wender Ms. Amélie Négrier-Oyarzabal Hon. S. Louis Rathje and John and Floria Serpico Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Taylor Manfred Wendt David and Lynne Nellemann Maria Rosa Costanzo Tom Shapiro Gilbert Terlicher Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wertz Elaine T. Newquist William H. Redfield Roy Fisher and Charles Chris Shaw Ilene Patty and omas Terpstra Mr. Stefan Westerhoff Jeffrey Nichols Roseanne Rega McGrath Mr. and Mrs. James F. Shea Genevieve iers and Daniel Ratner Patricia and William Wheeler Nancy A. Nichols Dennis C. Regan David Sherman Mr. Jonathon ierer James L. Wilson John Nigh Alicia and Myron Resnick Ms. Shannon Shin Linda and Ronald isted Mrs. John White Carol M. Nigro Evelyn Richer Ms. Carolyn M. Short Myron and Karen Hletko Tiersky Charles A. Whitver Daniel S. Novak and Dean Ricker Mrs. Mary K. Ring Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth I. Siegel Eleanor W. Tippens Arlene and Michael Winfield Dr. W. E. Null Jerry and Carole Ringer Nancy Silberman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tirpak Kathryn B. Winter Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Nusinow Jared C. Robins Linda Simon Diane Tkach and James Freundt Michael A. Wislek Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nutt Ms. Brenda Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Sims Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Tobin Charles B. Wolf Penny J. Obenshain Gabriel and Beth Rodriguez Paul and Ann Singer Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend Mr. and Ms. Francis Wolfe Gail O'Gorman Dr. Ashley S. Rose and Margles Singleton and Clay Young Kay and Craig Tuber Ted and Peggy Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Keith Olson Charlotte Puppel-Rose Barbara Smith and Mr. James W. Tucker Christopher and Julie Wood Virginia A. O'Neill Roberta Rosell Timothy Burroughs Judith Tuszynski D.P. Wood and R.L. Sufit Mr. and Mrs. John Ostrem Saul and Sarah Rosen Suzanne L. Hoffman and Dale Smith Professor Harald and Kathleen Arthur and Stephen Wood Mark Ouweleen and Sarah Harding Dr. Karen and Mr. Samuel Rosenberg Louise K. Smith Mrs. Christine Uhlig Mark Woodworth and Evelyn E. Padorr Babette Rosenthal Mary Ann Smith United Way Metro Chicago Randi Ravitts Woodworth John and Dawn Palmer Lorelei Rosenthal Robert A. Sniegowski Manuel S. Valderrama Michael and Judy Zeddies Allen J. Frantzen and Marsha and Robert Rosner Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Snopko Marlene A. Van Skike Barbara Zeleny George R. Paterson Dolores Ruetz e Sondheimer Family Charitable Frances and Peter Vandervoort Marianne and Ted Zelewsky Mrs. Mona L. Penner Louise M. Ryssmann Foundation Rosalba Villanueva Richard E. Ziegler Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer Eugene W. Rzym Dr. and Mrs. R. John Solaro Robert and Camille Von Dreele Shirley Pfenning and David Sachs Larry and Marge Sondler John and Kathleen Vondran Robert J. Wilczek Dr. and Mrs. Hans Sachse Carol Sonnenschein Sadow Mr. Malcolm V. Vye Mrs. Marlene Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Safford Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sopranos Walter and Caroline Sueske Ms. Lyneta Grap Piela Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sagui Carole and Bob Sorensen Charitable Trust Dr. Martha Heineman Pieper Sharon Salveter and Stephan Meyer Elaine Soter April Ware and Jess Forrest Mr. and Mrs. Les Pinsof Patricia Schaefer Ron Bauer and Michael Spencer Dr. Richard Warnecke Mr. and Mrs. Robert Polenzani Mary T. Schafer Ms. Julie Staley Benjamin Wasmuth Mrs. Carol Pollock Robert P. Schaible Mr. and Mrs. Eric H. Steele Mr. and Mrs. Virgil L. Watts Jr Mr. and Mrs. Michael Polsky Nancy Schmitt Joyce L. Steffel Pam and David Waud William V. Porter Dr. Michelle Schultz Carol Stein and Doris Ashkin Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Weiland SUSTAINER  $500 to $999 Anonymous (24) Erminio Bonacci Ms. June F. Choate Ms. Martha Edwards Michael and Jane Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Aaron Dr. H. Constance Bonbrest Ms. Angela Cici Ryan Jay Eikmeier and Lori Fulton Julia and Charlotte Abarbanell Mr. and Mrs. addeus M. Bond, Sr. Connie Clark Timothy Silver Mr. and Mrs. omas L. Gahlon Andrew Abbott and Susan Schlough Laurence and Patricia Booth Mrs. Doris M. Clark Ms. Marjorie Elliott Leota P. Gajda Phillip Adams and Carmen Wilcox Anastasia Boucouras Mr. Henry Clark and Mrs. Richard J. Elrod omas F. Gajewski Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Jordan Bouchard Mrs. Elizabeth Simon David Elzinga Dr. Sandra Garber Mrs. Carol E. Adelman Aldridge and Marie Bousfield Ms. Kathleen Clark Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ertman omas and Patricia Germino Dr. and Mrs. Carl H. Albright Dr. Gilbert W. Bowen Ms. Marsha Clinard and Mr. and Mrs. Rick Erwin Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Gilbert Judith L. Allen Ms. Barbara Box Mr. Charles Boast Mr. and Mrs. James Estes Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Gilford Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Allie David E. Boyce Ms. Kimberly K. Coday Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Evanich Ms. Robyn R. Gilliom and Peri M. Altan Mary and Carl Boyer Susan and John Combes Michael and Colleen Evans Mr. Richard Friedman Ken and Mary Andersen Dr. and Mrs. Boone Brackett Stevie Conlon and Sue Skau Mr. and Mrs. omas W. Evans Mr. Lyle Gillman Carol L. Anderson Wendy and Norman Bradburn Dr. Joseph P. Cousins and Ms. Patti Eylar Kik and S. I. Gilman Judith C. Anderson Dale and David Ginsburg Ms. Louise E. Anderson David L. Gitomer William Ankenbrandt “ere are times when a performance so draws me in that I am Dr. Paul B. Glickman Drs. Vijayalakshmi and Cai Glushak and Martin DiCrisci Bapu Arekapudi unaware of anything except what is happening on stage. ” Mr. Richard Gnaedinger Drs. Andrew and Iris Aronson -Kathleen V. Dr. Susan R. Goldman Ms. Ardell Arthur Dr. Deirdre Dupre and Dr. David Ashbach Dr. Robert Golub Mr. and Mrs. eodore M. Asner Amy and Michael Gordon Mr. Vadim Backman Michael Bradie Dr. Kate L. Forhan Janet Eyler and Edwin Walker Drs. Margaret and Richard Gore Mr. Richard Baer Robert Bradner Nancy Crawford Marion and Burt Fainman Anne H. Gorham Ms. Shirley M. Ballak Mrs. Cheryl Braude and Robert C. Cronin Mrs. Fran Faller Phillip and Suzanne Gossett Leslie Ballard Kevin Braude Czarkowski Family Mr. Michael Farmer Sarah J. Gottermeyer Mr. Stan Balog Mr. Richard H. Brewer and Ms. Vindya Dayananda Mr. David Fannin Mr. and Mrs. Delmon Grapes Mr. and Mrs. eodore Banks Dr. Mary Ann Schwartz Ms. Lisa DeAngelis Mr. and Mrs. John H. Faulhaber Rick Greenman H. Barefield Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brey Paul B. Dekker Ms. Patti C. Fazio Ginger Griffin Marilyn R. Barmash Dr. John H. Brill Patricia K. Denman Joseph Feldman, MD Robert Grist Barbara J. Barnes Ms. Myrna Bromley Anonymous Steven E. Feldman Charles R. Grode Mr. Merrill Z. Barnes Leona and Daniel Bronstein Michael DePriest Dr. Eva D. Ferguson Mrs. Kathleen Grzybek Mrs. and Mr. Martin S. A. Beck Mr. Charles Brooks and William Diaz and Mr. Jim Ferneborg John Gustaitis Elizabeth S. Beck Mrs. Suzan S. Bramson Brooks eresa Gross-Diaz Dr. Bradley Fine Dr. and Mrs. Norm A. Hagman Benevity Community Impact Fund John A. Bross, Jr. Ms. Wendy DiBendedetto Howard and Charlotte Fink Mr. and Mrs. Cameel Halim Julie Anne Benson Todd Brueshoff Dr. Gary Dillehay Mr. Emmett Finneran Lucy Hammerberg Diane and Karl Berolzheimer Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon Mr. Anthony K. Fisher David Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Loren M. Berry III Mr. Dan Bujas an Maureen Dooley Dr. and Mrs. William E. Fishman Charles Hanusin Mr. omas Berry Mrs. Mary Reyes Ms. Jill Dougherty Marilyn E. Fites John and Sharon Hanusin Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Bevers Dr. Jack Bulmash Roy and Rachel Downing Ms. Karen E. Flanagan Mr. Gregory J. Harms Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bible Charlotte Byers Ms. Nancy Dreher Abbie Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Harris Richard Blackwell and Ms. Pamela A. Cabeen Paul E. Drennan R. Michael Flores, MD and Richard L. Hay Linda Christianson Mary Ellen Cagney Ms. Jody Lewis Mr. John Flynn Dr. and Mrs. David Jerome Hayden Diane and Tom Blake Lidia Calcaterra and Paul Barger Ann Patricia Duffy Mr. Richard Gatto Mrs. John S. Hayford Louis and Catherine Bland Hon. and Mrs. Michael T. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Prof. Alan Grigg Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heidenry Ms. Elizabeth Blinderman Agnes B. Canning Ms. Roma Dybalski Lafayette J. Ford Robert and Raynelle Heidrick Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Bloom Elena Carbajal-Gaule Joan M. Eagle Stephen and Rosamund Forrest Josephine E. Heindel James Blum Walter and Nancy Carlson Hon. Frank Easterbrook and Richard W. Foster Stephen Heller Mr. Robert A. Blumberg Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation Mrs. B. Englert Easterbrook Anne and Willard Fraumann Valerie A. Hendricks D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Patrick V. Casali Ralph D. Ebbott Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fried Mr. John E. Hennessey Fran Bly and Charles Hample Donald and Bonnie Chauncey Adrienne Eckerling Priscilla and Henry Frisch Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hennessy

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Kimberlee S. Herold Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Laser Ms. Jan Munagian Maureen L. Shea Mr. Harold Temple Mr. eodore W. Herr and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laughlin Mr. George Murphy Drs. Ronald and Linda Rosenthal Dr. and Mrs. Michael Terry Ms. Carla Carstens Herr Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Lawrence omas F. Murphy omas and Barbara Rosenwein Mr. and Mrs. Otto Teske Norman K. Hester David Lawver Barbara B. Murray Ms. Barbara Ruben Mr. Ernest ompson Harriet E. Heyda Marsha Lazar Mrs. Natalie Mycyk Ms. Mary Rundell Ms. Michele M. ompson Caren B. Hiatt Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee Holly I. Myers Drs. Cynthia and Gary Ruoff omas B. uerer Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. High Mary Anne Leer Mr. William F. Myers Lena M. Ruppman Ms. Paula Tironi and omas W. and Helen C. Hill Eileen Leiderman and Ben L. Brener Ms. Mary Nair Joe and Natalie Sacchetti Mr. Richard G. Ziegler Dr. Nora Jaskowski and Dr. Michael C. Leland Harvey A. Nathan Mary Ann Sadilek Ms. Elizabeth Tisdahl Mr. Matthew Hinerfield Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lenahan Virginia Navarrete Mr. Eugene Saenger Jr Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tittle Mrs. J. Dillon Hoey Bonnie and Ed Leracz J. Robin Naylor Natalie Saltiel Jay and Kelly Tunney Ms. Sarai Hoffman Ms. Kiyoko Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Nichols Richard H. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Turcotte John E. Holland Ralph and Carol Lerner Eleanor A. Nicholson Ms. Joyce Saxon Brig. Gen. Sue E. Turner Mr. Rodney Holmes Laurence and Mary Levine Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nolen Marie-Claude Schauer Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tyner Joel Horowitz Michael and Diane Levy Richard Nora MD Anne McMillen Scheyer Mr. and Mrs. Tal Tzur William Hosken Mr. Randy Lewis Anna Marie Norehad Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Schiele Aris Urbanes & Bill Hulsker Mr. and Mrs. R. omas Howell, Jr. Mr. Jonathan Lichter Ms. Sandra Norlin Mrs. Sheldon K. Schiff Mr. Richard Uszynski Mr. Robert Hudson Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg and Patricia A. Noska Mrs. Rosita M. Schloss Mrs. Denise M. Utter William and Sarah Hufford Dr. Arnold Tobin Mrs. Ellen Noth Marcia G. Schneider Mrs. Murray J. Vale Mr. and Mrs. Alan Huish Paul M. Liebenson William Novshek and Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Scholly Sharon Van Dyck and Julia Hulcher Robert E. Lindgren Lynda oman Susan B. Schulson Richard Kelber Cleveland and Phyllis Hunt Carol Linkowski Julia Nowicki Mark Schultz Andre Van Ee Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ibers DeAnn Liska Dr. Dragic M. Obradovic Stacy and Robert Schultze Marie Vanagas Dr. Stephen and Kathy Irwin Mr. Alan Littmann Mr. Michael J. O'Connell Deborah and George Schulz Dr. Eladio A. Vargas Howard Isenberg Dr. Vassyl A. Lonchyna and Mr. Michael K. Oman Linda S. Schurman Mr. and Ms. Francois Velde Virginia A. Jach Dr. Roksolana Tymiak-Lonchyna Sandra L. Osborn Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schwartz Jr Ms. Antoinette Vigilante Ms. Marina B. Jacks John N. Vinci Douglas and Lynn Jackson Mr. and Mrs. William P. Vit Merle L. Jacob “I enjoy seeing the younger generation coming to Lyric. All those Mrs. Barbara Vlack Bett C. and Ronald E. Jacquart Dmitro Voinorovich Dr. Robert P.F. Buerglener and fresh faces enjoying opera is very refreshing and endearing.” Dr. Annabelle Volgman Dr. Paul B. Jaskot -Sheila S. Mr. Richard Wagner Mr. and Mrs. A. Paul Jensen Suzanne L. Wagner Ms. Barbara Jillson Ms. Lucinda Wakeman Mr. Tim Johnson Albert R. Walavich Mr. and Mrs. omas Johnston Richard Lord Mary Otto Judy and John Scully Prof. John S. Walker Barbara Mair Jones Sharon and Henry Lorsch Paloucek Family Fund Barbara and John T. Seaman, Jr. Robert D. Wallin Janet Jones Ms. Janet Lubin Mr. Tomas Palubinskas Dr. Itai Seggev and Gary T. Walther Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jordan John and Roseanne Lynch Joan L. Pantisios Dr. Dara Goldman e Warranty Group Mr. Edward T. Joyce Mrs. Diane L. Macewicz David Paris Richard and Betty Seid Ms. Lisa Warshauer Abby O'Neil and Carroll Joynes Suzanne C. Mack Robert W. Parsons, M.D. Dr. Robert F. Shankland Nancy E. Webster Mr. and Mrs. omas P. Kaeser Miss Joan C. Madden Alap Patel Mr. and Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro Joanne Michalski and Michael Weeda Paula Kahn Ms. Svetlana Magdel Mr. Bohdan O. Pauk Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shapiro Claude M. Weil Mr. Roman Kahn George and Roberta Mann Bruce and Nancy Payne Ellen and Richard Shubart Mr. James Weinberger Beth Kalov Philanthropic Fund Ms. Susan Payne Barbara Fulton Sideman Mrs. and Mr. Susan Weindruch Ethel R. Kaplan Martha Marberry Susan Carter Pearsall Linda Soreff Siegel Marco and Joan Weiss Mr. James Karr Frank and Jeanette Marchese Mark Pelletier and Dr. David Berrier Roberta E. Singer Ellen Werner Ms. Andrea Katzenstein Dr. Lawrence and Sylvia Margolies Jean T. Pennino omas Sinkovic Ms. Suzanne K. Westerhold Matthew J. Keller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Marsh Mr. and Mrs. John Pepe Mr. Christopher Skrable Zita Wheeler Sarah and Kip Kelley II Jeordano Martinez Victorina Peterson Edward W. and Alice L. Smeds Floyd and Judith W. Whellan Douglas and Christine Kelner Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Marzec Viktoras Petroliunas Arthur B. Smith, Jr. and Dr. and Mrs. Walter Whisler omas E. Kerber Mr. and Mrs. Donald Burnett Mr. Robert Phelan Tracey L. Truesdale Mr. Chad Williams and Jeffrey R. Kerr Leslie Bradberry John J.W. Plampin Beth and Gerard Smetana Ms. Amy Williams Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Kessler Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Matz Mr. and Mrs. William Pinsof Melissa and Chuck Smith Margaret E. Williams Ms. Emily Kessler and Mrs. John May Roland and Karen Porter Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Smith, Jr. Rabbi Larry and JoAnne Winer Ms. Kay E. Hughes Edward and Myrna Mazur Dr. David Alexander Powell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smolen Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Witkowski Chuck and Kathy Killman Bernadette McCarthy Dr. Kathryn Press Ms. Elizabeth Smyth Ann S. Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Merwyn Kind Ms. Hope McFadden Mr. and Mrs. Barry F. Preston Michael and Donna Socol Mr. Hak Wong Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King Andrew S. McFarland Mr. Dan E. Prindle Edward and Eileen Soderstrom Robert E. Woodworth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. omas L. Kittle-Kamp Condon McGlothlen Marla McCormick Pringle Dr. and Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein Teana and Abbott Wright Esther G. Klatz John and Etta McKenna Mr. Sunil Puri Mr. Ryan Spohn Mark Zajackowski Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Knuth Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Meader Judith Purta Michael Sprinker Tom and Elena Zanussi Gerald A. and Karen A. Joann H. Meigs Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Phillip V. St. Cloud and Mr. and Mrs. John G. Zasi Kolschowsky Foundation, Inc. Ernst Melchior Ms. R. L. Anderson Rains Charles P. Case Dr. Antoinette Zell and Dr. and Mrs. Howard Konowitz Dr. Patricia A. Merwick J. Usha Raj, MD Michael and Cheryl Stack Kenneth R. Walter Amy Kontrick and Mark Mycyk Barb and Bob Meyer Dorothy V. Ramm Helena Stancikas Ms. Wei Zhang Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kracum Mr. a Gene Mikota Jeffrey Rappin and Penny Brown Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Sterkin Larisa Zhizhin Stephen Kraft nd Mrs. Gearold D. Miles Dr. and Mrs. Pradeep Rattan Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Stern Dr. and Mrs. Eric Zickgraf Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Kretchmer Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Miller, Jr. Ms. Anne Ray Mrs. James H. Stoner Camille J. Zientek Konrad K. Kuchenbach David E. Miller Biswamay Ray, M.D. Joanne Storm omas P. Kuczwara Gerry M. Miller John Reppy Timothy J.S. Dr. Klaus and Erzsebet Kuettner Edward J. Mitchen Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Richert Mr. John Strasswimmer Walfrid and Sherry Kujala Sanford Moltz Dr. Patricia C. Rieger Gary L. Strawn Axel Kunzmann and Mr. Richard Moore Ed and Susan Ritts Mrs. Kelly J. Sullivan Soley Bruce J. Nelson Martin W. Morris Helen H. Roberts Charles Sullivan John and Lynn LaBarbera John A. Morrison Dr. Diana M. Robin John B. Sullivan Laimonis and Kristina Laimins Larry Morrison Mary Raffetto-Robins Mary W. Sullivan and Susan Laing James E Morstadt James Engel Rocks Coleman S. Kendall Elisabeth M. Landes Beverly Mortensen e Philip and Myn Rootberg Katherine Abbott and Jerry Szatan John T. Lansing Mr. and Mrs. Karlos Moser Foundation Mr. Robert Tanaka Mrs. Frederick Larsen Helga Muench Susan Rosborough Bradley L. and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Larsen Zane F. Muhl Elaine G. Rosen Simone Himbeault Taylor

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.

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Patrons with Disabilities: from the lobby and other parts of the e Lyric Opera House is 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. e Ardis Lyric, for safety reasons, has the right Krainik eatre 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. e 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 Outside food and beverages may not be readmitted while the performance is desiring amplification are available at no brought into the Lyric Opera House. in progress. cost at the Main Floor coat check. A valid Refreshments may be purchased onsite and • Program and artists are subject to driver’s license or state identification is limited items may be brought in with you change without notice. required as a security deposit. to the performance. • Please turn off or silence all electronic and personal devices and refrain Large print and Braille programs may be ank you again for joining us at Lyric from using any device with a glowing available at the Main Floor coat check. Opera of Chicago! screen at any time during the performance. Audio description, touch tours, and American Sign Language interpretation is Your understanding and cooperation are available for select performances; please see appreciated. Please let a member of Lyric’s www.lyricopera.org/accessibilty for dates house staff know if you have any questions. and details.

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 media Photos by Jaclyn Simpson and Todd Rosenberg.

Front of House Managers: Sheila Matthews, Chuck Tucker Box Office Assistant Treasurers: John or Sandquist and Joseph Dunn Food & Beverage Manager: Geri LaGiglio Restaurant Manager: David Adelsperger Box Office Manager: Gregg Brody Usher Supervisors: Lena Reynolds-Sneed, Nate Tuttle

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