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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Table of Contents MICHAEL BROSILOW

IN THIS ISSUE Il trovatore – pp. 20-33

6 From the General Director 11 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ 43 Aria Society Executive Board/Young Professionals/ 8 From the Chairman 53 Supporting Our Future – Ryan Opera Center Board 10 Board of Directors Endowments at Lyric 12 Administration/Administrative Staff/ 54 Major Contributors – Special Events Production and Technical Staff and Project Support 14 Mythbusters - Opera Edition 55 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 20 Title Page 56 Commemorative Gifts 21 Synopsis 57 Ryan Opera Center 23 Cast 58 Ryan Opera Center Alumni 24 Artist Profiles Around the World 28 Opera Notes 59 Ryan Opera Center Contributors 33 After the Curtain Falls 60 Planned Giving: The Overture Society 34 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus 62 Corporate Partnerships 35 Backstage Life 63 Matching Gifts, Special Thanks, and Acknowledgements 36 Artistic Roster 64 Annual Individual and 38 Talking with Lyric's House Managers Foundation Support 40 Patron Salute 70 Facilities and Services/Theater Staff 42 Production Sponsors

DEMOLISHING MYTHS ABOUT On the cover: “Because she was susceptible” (1799), aquatint by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.67.06.32. Photography by OPERA, pp. 14-18 Michael Bodycomb.

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO From the General Director STEVE LEONARD Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore has a distinguished history at Lyric Opera of Chicago, beginning with the production in 1955 that paired Maria Callas and Jussi Björling. Those legendary artists, and any number of great Verdians since then, have demonstrated to our audiences that it takes exceptional vocal prowess to do justice to this glorious work. In any great performance of Il trovatore, we can savor a limitless sequence of extraordinary melodies that are incomparably beautiful, but also emotional, sometimes even demonic, and always uniquely invigorating. Verdi moves from the soaring, lovestruck arias of Leonora to the stupendously exciting call to arms of Manrico, while also bringing spellbinding intensity and psychological insight to Azucena, and overwhelming passion to Count di Luna. Each of these characters truly lives through Verdi’s music. Il trovatore is a wonderful choral opera as well. I’m referring not only to the gypsies’ “Anvil Chorus” that opens Act Two – justifiably celebrated as one of the greatest hits of Italian opera – but also the marvelous music for the groups of soldiers, nuns, and monks. Verdi’s choral writing equals what he gave his soloists, with all the originality, the vigor, and the dramatic color that make him unique. This work gives us opera at its most essential, its most fundamental. The plot of Il trovatore has been criticized by some as impossibly convoluted, but onstage it works when presented to audiences with the degree of conviction that it will have at Lyric. Sir David McVicar’s production gives us a truly memorable vision of the piece, imbued with all the darkness and the sinister dimension that so memorably distinguish the works of the painter Francisco Goya, the production’s inspiration. Lyric originated this production, co-produced with the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera. It’s been a great success in all three companies. We’re enormously fortunate to have a cast and conductor who can present Il trovatore with all the stylistic flair and dramatic excitement it demands. In the title role is Russell Thomas, who is now recognized internationally as one of the finest spinto tenors this country has produced in many decades. Opposite him as Leonora, in a very important Lyric debut, is the marvelous American soprano Tamara Wilson, who has made an impressive name for herself as one of today’s few genuine Verdian voices. Jamie Barton, the thrilling American mezzo-soprano who has been moving into Verdi repertoire to great acclaim, is returning to us in the spectacular role of Azucena. We have two other exciting Lyric debuts: the dashing Polish baritone Artur Ruciński (Count di Luna), who has made Verdi a specialty in major international houses, including those of London, Vienna, Milan, and Venice; and Italian bass Roberto Tagliavini (Ferrando), an emerging star now embarked on an important career, who deeply impressed me at the 2017 Salzburg Festival. Il trovatore can’t take wing without a conductor who possesses a thorough command of “middle-period” Verdi – those extraordinary operas that balance the greatest virtues of bel canto opera with the dramatic power and grandeur of scale that are Verdi’s own. Marco Armiliato comes to this repertoire not simply with a native Italian’s connection to it, but with the stylistic authority that has brought him one success after another at the Vienna State Opera, the Met, and many other prestigious houses. Welcome to what promises to be an unforgettable production of Il trovatore!

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

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO From the Chairman TODD ROSENBERG Welcome to Lyric’s thrilling 2018/19 season! I know you’ll have a terrific time at this performance, and it’s my great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the board of directors. One of my distinct pleasures as chairman is to work with an extraordinary board. It’s really a brain trust of experience and leadership that is fully engaged in helping us confront the challenges, as well as the opportunities, of operating a world-class opera company in the 21st century. Together we work with senior management to consider new ways of thinking about the business of opera. For the past year, our board meetings have been dominated by the very important work of examining our operations, streamlining our processes, and building a new business model. As technology, social, and entertainment options change all around us, Lyric must continue to evolve. We must work together to develop new strategies to stay relevant while maintaining our high standards of quality. This is all necessary, of course. It is part of our fiduciary duty as trustees. But it’s also important that we don’t miss the forest for the trees. Why are we here? Why do we do what we do? What is special about this art form and this company and why has it captured our minds, our hearts, our passion, our pocketbooks? We often talk about the “transformative power of opera.” How do you experience this? Personally? Is it when you witness exciting new rising stars from the Ryan Opera Center making their opera debuts? Or when school children and communities throughout Chicagoland encounter the powerful stories of opera through Lyric Unlimited? Is it in the Ardis Krainik Theatre, where families come together for the annual musical, and music lovers from all over the world come to experience the brilliance of our orchestra and chorus supporting the best opera singers in the world? When I was a teenager I used to think it was silly that grown women and men would cry at the opera...until it happened to me for the first time during Act Three of Madama Butterfly. When did you first feel a surge of emotion at the opera? And left with a poignant feeling of resonance or joy? A lasting memory of artistic excellence, of musical athleticism that took your breath away? Each one of us approaches art, and is impacted by art – whether the visual arts or the performing arts – in very personal ways. And yet there is something special, powerful, transformative even, about opera, with its unique combination of the visual, the musical, the storytelling, the ageless themes of myth and humanity. If you know what I’m talking about, I want you to join me as ambassadors for Lyric. To spread the word about this unique company, this crown jewel in Chicago’s cultural life, whose reputation extends beyond our city to every musical capital in the world. To invite your neighbors, your colleagues, your family members to come experience Lyric like you do. It’s only as we roll up our sleeves and work, in every way we can, not simply to produce performances at the top level, but to sell out every one of those performances, that we have a future of which we can be proud. A future that Lyric deserves. A future that Chicago needs. Upward and onward! I look forward to greeting many of you at performances throughout the season.

David T. Ormesher Chairman

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

Board of Directors

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

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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 The 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 Vice President – At Large Treasurer Mrs. Harolyn Pappadis Janet Burch Mrs. Gary C. Comer ^ Philip G. Lumpkin Vice President – Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown † Marc Lacher Karen W. Porter Vice President at Large Mrs. Maria Rigolin Fundraising * Mrs. Lester Crown ^ Sally Feder Vice President – * Mrs. W. James Farrell Ms. Sherie Shapiro Allison Alexander Ms. Laura Shimkus Fundraising Co-Chair Mrs. Michael Ferro Vice President – Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Leslie Bertholdt Mrs. Carla Thorpe ^ Jane DiRenzo Pigott § Renée Fleming *† Patrick J. Bitterman Nominating Regan Rohde Friedmann Henry Clark Sustaining Members * Susan Kiphart Vice President – Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Mrs. Suzy Cobin * Ms. Julie Anne Benson Nominating Co-Chair Ms. Lili Gaubin Eben Dorros Mrs. Ron Beata ^ Joan Zajtchuk Vice President – Ms. Marlene R. Boncosky Strategic Planning Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz † Timothy R. Farrell Mrs. Jeanne Hamilton Keith Kiley Goldstein Robert Gienko, Jr. Juliana Chyu Vice President – Mrs. Beatriz E. Iorgulescu Strategic Planning Co-Chair Mrs. Annemarie H. Gramm Olivier C. Junod * Dorothy Kuechl Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel Mark Kozloff, M.D. Debbie K. Wright Treasurer Mr. Lester Marriner Roberta Lane Assistant Treasurer Mrs. King Harris Daria M. Lewicky * Ms. Jennie M. Righeimer Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Louis Margaglione Chester T. Kamin Secretary Mrs. Karen H. Tiersky Dan Novak Assistant Secretary Rebecca Walker Knight Robert S. Marjan Mr. Myron Tiersky Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel * Ms. Martina M. Mead Nicole M. Arnold Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Craig R. Milkint Life Members Marcus Boggs * Mrs. Richard P. Mayer † Melissa Mounce Mithal * Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Heidi Heutel Bohn Florence D. McMillan Tim Pontarelli * Mrs. Donald Grauer Tanja Chevalier Alison Wehman McNally Ms. Christina M. Rashid * Mrs. Patrick R. Grogan Tamara Conway Mrs. Susan H. Mesrobian Mary Lynne Shafer * Mrs. Merwyn Kind Lawrence O. Corry *† Mimi Mitchell Ilene Simmons * Mrs. Jonathan R. Laing Nancy Dehmlow Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Ms. Joan M. Solbeck * Mrs. Frank M. Lieber * Allan Drebin Suzanne W. Mulshine Claudine Tambuatco * Mrs. Howard S. Smith Erika E. Erich † Mrs. Eileen Murphy * Oscar Tatosian * Mrs. William C. Tippens Jack Forsythe * Mrs. Eugene E. White David S. Fox Mrs. Susan B. Noyes Cathy Wloch Anthony Freud * Mrs. James J. O’Connor Ms. Anne Zenzer Chapter Presidents Mira J. Frohnmayer Mrs. William A. Osborn Mary Patricia Gannon Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman Sustaining Members Barrington Melvin Gray Mrs. Frederick H. Prince Mrs. John H. Andersen Mary Rafetto-Robins Mrs. Thomas D. Heath M.K. Pritzker * Mrs. Gustavo A. Bermudez Evanston Mary Ellen Hennessy * Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Mrs. Barbara M. Eckel Martha A. Hesse Far West Loretta Julian Mrs. Ronald A. Rolighed * Robert F. Finke Mrs. Judith M. Marshall Jeanne Randall Malkin Trisha Rooney Mrs. Amanda C. Fox Flossmoor Area Robert C. Marks Betsy Bergman Rosenfield Mrs. William R. Jentes Ms. Sharon L. Gibson Erma S. Medgyesy * Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Chester T. Kamin Glencoe Helen Melchior † Erica L. Sandner John M. Kohlmeier Anne Ruzicka Frank B. Modruson Mrs. E. Scott Santi Mrs. Robert E. Largay Hinsdale Phyllis Neiman † Mrs. Alejandro Silva * Ms. Britt M. Miller Karen W. Porter Susan Noel Mrs. John R. Siragusa * John H. Nelson Gregory J. O’Leary Lake Geneva Michael A. Oberman Mrs. Lisbeth Stiffel Mrs. Lisbeth Stiffel Mr. Peter D. Connolly ^ Ted Reichardt Mrs. James P. Stirling R. Todd Vieregg Near North Richard O. Ryan Marilynn Thoma David E. Miller Richard W. Shepro * Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken † Executive Committee Northfield Salme Harju Steinberg Mrs. Richard H. Wehman * Former President Mrs. Margareta Brown Nasrin Thierer Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Riverside Cynthia Vahlkamp Hon. Corinne Wood Chapters’ Executive Board Mrs. Mary Kitzberger Donna Van Eekeren Mrs. Patrick Wood-Prince Wilmette Mrs. Richard H. Wehman † Richard Greenman Mrs. Nancy R. Fifield Jack Weiss President Life Members Winnetka † Ms. Erika E. Erich Mrs. Julie McDowell Life Members Paula Hannaway Crown Vice President – Fundraising * Katherine A. Abelson * Mrs. Campbell de Frise † Mary Rafetto-Robins Mrs. James W. Cozad * Mrs. Richard W. Durkes † Executive Committee Vice President – Community Relations * Former President Bernard J. Dobroski * Jane Duboise Gargiulo † Mrs. Linda Budzik Anne Gross * Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Vice President – Membership Lyric Young Professionals * Keith A. Reed Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker † Mrs. Margie Franklin Orli Staley Mrs. Gordon Segal Lisa DeAngelis, President * William C. Vance Vice President – Programs Martha Grant, Co-Vice President * Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom † Claudia Winkler Shannon Shin, Co-Vice President Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. * Former President Treasurer Christopher Hanig, Secretary † Executive Committee † Mrs. Mary Lunz Houston Tania Tawil, Events Chair * Former President § Honorary Member Secretary Jonathon Thierer, Fundraising Chair ^ Team Chair

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Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Drew Landmesser Music Director Creative Consultant Deputy General Director and Chief Operating Officer The John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair Elizabeth Hurley Roberta Lane Chief Development Officer Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

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

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

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

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OPERA EDITION

Debunking some of opera’s most persistent (and frustrating!) myths

By Grace Coberly and Kamaria Morris

hat do you picture when you hear the word opera? Maybe you envision a horned, metal helmet atop Wa pair of flowing braids, or an elaborate red dress weighed down with sparkling jewels. You might imagine the audience dressed in tuxedos and evening gowns, sitting in box seats. Or maybe you hear the music: a single soprano with a vibrato so powerful your champagne glass splinters into pieces. All of these are myths, and while not entirely unfounded, they’re far from reflecting the whole truth! Thanks to some

CHERI EISENBERG iconic operatic moments in popular culture (the 1990 film Pretty Woman, the 1950s Warner Brothers-Merrie Melodies musical short What’s Opera, Doc?, starring Bugs Bunny), the general public holds many preconceptions about the etiquette, technical elements, and cultural value involved with live opera performance. So what’s true and what’s not? Let’s take a look at some of the most persistent opera myths, beginning with… formal... There is a strict black-tie dress code. Now that you’re actually at the opera, you’ve probably realized this ...or not isn’t true. Look around – everyone has chosen to dress differently. Some people are wearing their best jewelry, some are more casual, many are wearing whatever they wore to work. Years ago, when live theater was a luxury only the rich could afford, opera was a much more formal affair. Maureen Reilly, Lyric’s costume director, recalls, “When I first started working at Lyric in the 1980s, people really dressed up for the performances. Opening Night of the season was

like watching the Oscars. Long gowns with trains, tiaras, tail suits TODD ROSENBERG TODD and top hats. One year a couple arrived in a horse-drawn carriage!” Opening Night was and continues to be formal and fancy; for regular performances, business attire and even more relaxed is acceptable.

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Reilly notes that “just like most other places today, opera attire is I need to sit close up to have a good opera experience. diverse. I’ve seen formal, business casual, and even people in costume While some seats in the Lyric Opera House may seem more desirable to emulate whatever the production is.” Reilly’s experienced advice on than others, there are surprising benefits to every option. Lyric what every operagoer should consider when it comes to what to wear? has four available seating levels: main floor, mezzanine boxes, first “Be comfortable and bring a sweater or jacket, just in case you get cold.” balcony, and upper balcony. The main floor contains about 2,000 So while this myth does have a bit of truth to it, no one will eject of the theater’s 3,500 seats. The upper levels of the main floor are you from the opera house for wearing a more casual ensemble. sloped, which allow for optimal sightlines even over the heads of taller audience members. Because the opera house is shaped like a All operas are long. megaphone, the sound radiates up and out, meaning some of the It’s commonly believed that operas are not known for their brevity. most glorious sound can actually be found in the balconies. But no TheGuinness World Records lists Robert Wilson’s seven-act The Life and matter where your seat is, you’ll always be able to see and hear what’s Times of Joseph Stalin as the longest opera of all time, taking roughly happening onstage. 13.5 hours to perform. But most operas actually clock in somewhere According to Drew Smith, Lyric’s learning programs manager between 2.5 and 3.5 hours. And many of the most frequently performed who oversees Backstage Tours, “it’s always hard to answer the operas are no longer than the average film, although running times can question, ‘What is the best seat in the opera house?’ Fortunately, vary significantly based on the preferred tempos of the conductor. due to the importance placed on excellent sight lines and premium On the other end of the spectrum, many operas seemingly acoustics when it was designed – every seat is a fantastic way to conclude in the blink of an eye. Strauss’s Elektra (scheduled at Lyric experience the opera.” later this season) is just one act and wraps up in an hour and 40 Whether it’s being as close to the action as possible or enjoying minutes. Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (1:00), Strauss’s Salome (1:40), the glorious sound (and views) of the singers and orchestra from the Berg’s Wozzeck (1:40), and Wagner’s Das Rheingold (2:40), are also balcony, there’s no wrong choice when choosing a seat at Lyric. one-act pieces with shorter run times. And if you still have worries about sitting through a full-length opera, try Peter Reynolds’s The Sands CORY WEAVER of Time – clocking in at just over three and a half minutes, it begins and ends in the time it takes to boil an egg! To sum it up, operas aren’t necessarily brief endeavors, but they still clock in around the same time as most sporting events, movies, and live concerts. Most even have at least one intermission break, so you can grab a nice ice-cold beverage! Three short

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There are a great many popular short operas in the repertoire. Three that have triumphed at Lyric are (left to right) Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (with Ana María Martínez and Vladimir Galouzine); Richard Strauss’s Elektra (with Emily Magee and Christine Goerke); and Berg's Wozzeck (with Tomasz Konieczny).

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Operatic music is boring. Remember that single soprano mentioned previously? She may be a powerful singer, but there’s far more to operatic music than that singer alone. There are eight main vocal categories – soprano, mezzo- soprano, contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, and bass – and approximately 20 more specific classifications called Fächer {singular: Fach) that are used exclusively in opera. These Fächer are ROSENBERG TODD based on both a singer’s vocal size, vocal color, and where the voice most comfortably “sits” in terms of range. Musical variety in opera doesn’t stop at the singers; every composer has an individual style, just as every novelist has a unique writing voice. The soaring aria of Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème sounds immensely different from the intense, sword-forging aria sung by the hero of Wagner’s Siegfried, yet both are equally effective. Contemporary operatic composers are taking even more risks sonically than their predecessors: Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, for example, features several instruments not usually heard in an orchestra, including 1/32-size violins, an ondes, a small door, a salad bowl, and a set of pitched saucepans. There is certainly no shortage of musical variety and innovation

where opera is concerned! TODD ROSENBERG ROBERT KUSEL ROBERT definitely not boring...

DAN REST ...and sometimes pretty funny!

Operas always end tragically. Operas with happy endings aren’t rare or unloved either. In fact, some of the most popular operas of all time fit into this category: The Marriage of Figaro is an opera buffa, The Magic Flute a Singspiel. A great many celebrated operas don’t deal with tragedy at all, such as Handel’s Ariodante (at Lyric this season) or Strauss’s Capriccio (a triumph at Lyric in 2014). “Capriccio is virtually all talk,” says Lyric dramaturg Roger Pines, “but that doesn't bother me at all, since the whole thing is so incredibly witty – and in the last 20 minutes, the Countess has a scene all to herself that gives us some of the most glorious music Strauss ever wrote.” There is certainly no shortage of operas that leave audience members reaching for tissues, but a fair amount are jovial and light- hearted in nature.

The opera repertoire is full of hilariously funny comic operas. Four favorites at Lyric are (from top to bottom) Rossini’sCinderella (with Annie Rosen and Diana Newman); Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (with Christiane Karg and Adam Plachetka); Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (with Isabel Leonard, Alessandro Corbelli, and Nathan Gunn); and Don Pasquale (with Corey Crider and Marlis Petersen).

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I won’t understand what they’re singing. Operas adapted or created specifically for young people have been Unless you’re fluent in Italian, French, or German, no one expects you presented through Opera in the Neighborhoods since 1996. These touring to understand all the words of even some of the world’s most popular productions bring youth-centric productions to nearly 20,000 students operas. Located above the stage and below the proscenium arch at Lyric each season. is a long rectangular screen. During opera performances, that screen Opera Residencies work with schools across the city to send Lyric is the audience’s language guide. Lyric uses projected titles for every teaching artists into classrooms to teach students about their work and mainstage opera production, including operas presented in English. eventually assist them with writing an original opera. Canadian Opera Company in Toronto began using projected Youth Opera Council allows high school students with a passion titles in 1983, and since then, the practice has been adopted in almost for the arts to become familiar with Lyric’s inner workings while also all major opera houses worldwide. The technology is constantly organizing events for other teens. being updated: in 1995, the Metropolitan Opera introduced its own Student matinee performances patented “Met Titles,” which are displayed on the backs of chairs. A are scheduled throughout each season, handful of other companies have recently introduced new systems where educators are encouraged to replace their regular classes with a day that send titles through a radio signal to a hand-held Braille keyboard, at the opera house. allowing blind or low-vision patrons to read titles. Lyric also strives to get young adults in the door: At Lyric, much care goes to ensuring the titles go off without Lyric Young Professionals (LYP) is a growing group of opera supporters a hitch. Amy Thompson, an assistant stage manager, is responsible determined to bring the art form into the next generation. Opera lovers for “calling” the titles cues during most productions: “Titles are not between the ages of 21-45 can join LYP at one of four subscription levels automated – you don’t just hit a button and the titles appear and keep to participate in a variety of exclusive events and ticket deals. their own time. I keep the titles in time with the music, and ensure College Nights have also become a popular Lyric offering: about four that the formatting is consistent from production to production.” times per season, Lyric hosts university students for a pre-show reception, In addition to translating foreign-language productions, these titles a $20 opera ticket, and a Q&A with a member of Lyric's creative team. help hearing-impaired audience members understand and enjoy Lisa Middleton, vice president of performances. marketing and communications, says Projected titles are another step opera companies have taken to the company “is committed to fostering make opera accessible in every possible way. programs for children, students, and young professionals to encourage a lifelong love of opera.” ROBERT KUSEL

titles! young people!

This photo shows Lyric’s production ofTosca (2009/10 season) with projected titles, which have been conquering opera’s language barrier in theaters large and small for the past 35 years.

Opera is only for older audiences. Art is just as impactful for young people as for adults. According to Todd Snead, director of learning programs at Lyric, “When you bring Opera has always appealed to young audiences, now more than ever. Pictured young audiences to the opera, you’re engaging them with music, (top) are a budding cellist, learning about the instrument from the Lyric drama, grand sets and costumes, dance, and the strong emotions Opera Orchestra’s Bill Cernota; (middle) Lyric Unlimited’s presentation of and excitement that accompany excellent storytelling.” Through Empower, an opera written and performed by students at the Lyric Opera Lyric Unlimited, the branch of Lyric Opera devoted to education, House; and (bottom) members of the Lyric Young Professionals, pictured at community engagement, and new artistic initiatives, several programs a “Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park” concert with Lyric creative have been developed to encourage young people to engage with opera: consultant Renée Fleming.

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It is prohibitively expensive to visit the opera. before, and composers are responding to that by writing music that Lyric has created countless ways for patrons to save money on tests singers to their absolute limits.” visits to the opera. Lyric is just one of many world-class opera houses constantly Subscriptions are the best-known option for discounted working to bring new work to public audiences. This includes the performances and provide flexible programming, pricing, and date 2015 world-premiere presentation of Jimmy López’s Bel Canto, options. One of the most popular subscription packages allows which focused on the 1996 hostage crisis in Lima, Peru; and Lyric patrons to see four opera productions for just $100. Unlimited’s production of Jack Perla’s An American Dream later this While regularly-priced tickets usually begin at $29, several season, a work that chronicles the challenges two women endure in programs exist to offer even steeper discounts, often in the main floor the midst of World War II. Huang Ruo’s An American Soldier, an seating level. opera based on the harassment and eventual suicide of U.S. Army TheNEXT Program gives full-time college and graduate students soldier Danny Chen, premiered at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace access to $20 tickets to select performances. Theater in 2014 just three years after the events that inspired it. TheDEAL Program offers Chicago-area educators and This trend also allows directors and designers to create modern, administrators reduced ticket prices. Rush Tickets are available online or in person at the box office innovative productions of classic operas while maintaining their starting about two hours before select performances, and cut the ticket artistic impact. Thanks to this quick response time from writers, opera price in half. is more timely now than ever. “Lyric offers a large range of ticket prices to ensure the widest The art form of opera, and the perception of who can enjoy it, possible audience can attend our performances,” says Middleton. “We is constantly evolving. Opera was originally a popular entertainment never want price to be a barrier to attendance.” for the masses, like going to the movies, before becoming a diversion for the elite. The community today strives to be far more welcoming, Operas are all old and dated. inclusive, and diverse. And while the biggest myth of them all might Opera may have its roots in the 17th century, but it continues to be that opera just “simply isn’t for me,” consider that opera is for flourish and change as an art form. “In recent decades,” observes anyone who wants to experience emotion on a grand scale, to hear Pines, “the whole idea of what opera is has broadened. There are some of the most talented artists the world has to offer, and to share rap operas, mariachi operas, rock operas, and so on. Onstage singers a musical tradition that has survived the test of time. are capable of more astounding feats of technical prowess than ever

New and

relevant! PHILIP NEWTON TODD ROSENBERG TODD ROSENBERG

Operas with particularly timely subjects include (left) Bel Canto (with Danielle de Niese and John Irvin), which premiered at Lyric during the 2015/16 season; (top right) An American Dream (with Jae Ji Chang), premiered in Seattle and will be presented by Lyric later this season; and (bottom right) Fellow Travelers (with Vanessa Becerra, Jonas Hacker, and Joseph Lattanzi), which premiered in Cincinnati and was seen at Lyric last season.

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Show curtain created by Charles Edwards

Giuseppe Verdi Il trovatore

Production Sponsors HENRY M. AND GILDA R. BUCHBINDER EARL AND BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION

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Il trovatore Synopsis

TIME: 19th century PLACE: Spain ACT ONE – The Duel ACT THREE – The Gypsy’s Son Scene 1 A hall in Aljafería Palace Scene 1 The Count’s camp Scene 2 The ramparts of the palace Scene 2 Manrico’s fortress ACT TWO – The Gypsy ACT FOUR – The Punishment Scene 1 A gypsy camp Scene 1 The Count’s castle Scene 2 A convent Scene 2 A prison cell Intermission

ACT ONE ACT THREE Scene 1. Ferrando, captain of the guard, rouses the soldiers resting in the Scene 1. The Count’s soldiers are relaxing before the assault on Castellor. guardroom. They are under orders of Count di Luna to keep watch for A patron brings in a gypsy suspected of spying. Azucena protests that she a troubadour who serenades Leonora, the queen’s lady-in-waiting, with is only searching for her son, who has abandoned her. When she says whom the Count is also in love. Ferrando keeps the men awake by telling that she comes from Biscay, the Count questions her about his brother’s them the story of a baby, the Count’s brother: many years before, a gypsy disappearance. Ferrando recognizes her, and when she calls out to the had been burned at the stake for supposedly casting a spell on the baby. absent Manrico for help, the Count exults at his chance for revenge. In revenge, the gypsy’s daughter stole the child. Later an infant’s bones Azucena curses the Count before she is dragged away. – presumably those of the Count’s brother – were found in the ashes. Scene 2. Manrico, about to be married to Leonora, assures her that love Legend has it that the gypsy’s ghost still haunts the castle. will unite them even in death should he be killed in the upcoming battle. Scene 2. As she awaits the troubadour, Leonora tells her companion When Ruiz brings news of Azucena’s capture and ensuing execution, Inez how she fell in love with an unknown knight. When civil war Manrico vows to save her. broke out, she heard nothing from him until one evening when she heard his voice serenading her. Faced with Inez’s disapproval, Leonora ACT FOUR nevertheless swears that she would die for the troubadour. The Count is Scene 1. Ruiz accompanies Leonora to the Count’s castle, where Manrico about to force his attention on Leonora, but the troubadour’s voice stops has been imprisoned following his failed rescue attempt. Determined him. Leonora mistakes the Count for her lover and is, in turn, accused to save his life, Leonora hopes that thoughts of her love will comfort by the troubadour of infidelity. Challenged, Manrico identifies himself. Manrico in his despair. Hearing the monks’ prayer for the condemned and The Count’s jealousy boils over at a rebel leader daring to enter the royal Manrico’s voice raised in farewell, Leonora again swears to save Manrico, palace. The two men rush off to fight a duel. even if she must die. When the Count appears, lamenting Leonora’s disappearance, she pleads for Manrico’s life, offering herself to the Count ACT TWO instead. While he gives orders to free the prisoner, she takes poison. Scene 1. As dawn breaks over the gypsy camp, the usual work goes on. Scene 2. Awaiting execution, Azucena is troubled by visions of her Azucena broods on her mother’s death. Manrico, who is recovering mother’s death. She and Manrico long to return to their life in the from wounds received in battle, fails to understand his mother’s words. mountains. Azucena has just fallen asleep when Leonora appears, telling Once alone with Azucena, he asks her to tell him the old story. She Manrico he is free. When she refuses to leave with him, he accuses her of ironically comments that his ambition had led him far away so that he giving herself to his rival. As he curses her, Leonora begins to feel faint. never learned the story of his grandmother’s death. Telling the story, her Manrico is horrified when she reveals her sacrifice for him. Witnessing emotions overpower her. Azucena lets slip that, after stealing the Count’s her death, the Count orders Manrico’s immediate execution. Manrico’s child, in her delirium she threw her own child into the flames. When farewell awakens Azucena. She turns on the Count, revealing that he has Manrico asks who he really is, Azucena insists that she was hallucinating killed his own brother before crying out, “You are avenged, oh, mother!” and that he is indeed her son. She wonders why he spared the Count when given the chance to kill him in their duel. Manrico answers that a voice from heaven restrained him. Azucena orders him to swear to avenge her. A messenger informs Manrico that he must take command of Approximate Timings Castellor, adding that Leonora, assuming he is dead, will enter a convent ACTS ONE and TWO 70 minutes that evening. Azucena pleads with him not to leave, but he ignores her and rushes away. Intermission 25 minutes Scene 2. The Count arrives at the convent with his men. Tormented by ACTS THREE and FOUR 65 minutes his love for Leonora, he determines to abduct her before she can take her Total 2 hours, 40 minutes vows. Manrico arrives in time to stop him.

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Giuseppe Verdi • Additional costumes provided by Seams Unlimited. IL TROVATORE Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano (with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare), after Antonio García Gutiérrez’s play El trovador

• Scenery constructed and painted First performed at the Teatro Apollo, Rome, on January 19, 1853 in Wales by Cardiff Theatrical Services, First performed by Lyric Opera on November 5, 1955 Ellen Street, Cardiff, Wales, U. K. Characters in order of vocal appearance:

Ferrando ROBERTO TAGLIAVINI* • Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully Inez LAUREN DECKER° acknowledges the support of the NIB Leonora TAMARA WILSON* Foundation Italian Opera Endowed Count di Luna ARTUR RUCIŃSKI* Chair and the Guild Board of Directors Manrico RUSSELL THOMAS Verdi Endowed Chair. Azucena JAMIE BARTON An Old Gypsy KENNETH NICHOLS A Messenger TYLER SAMUEL LEE* Ruiz MARIO ROJAS° • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes to thank its Official Airline, American Actors: BRIAN BARBER, JACOB BARNES, JACOB BATES, JON BEAL, Airlines. THOMAS BOETTCHER, CHUCK COYL, WESLEY DANIEL, KEITH DUTTON, DAVID GONZALEZ, MARCKARTHUR JOHNSON, MATTHEW KUHLMAN, MARK LANCASTER, KURT MERRILL, JOSHUA MOANEY, MICHAEL SAUBERT, JR., STEPHAN SCALABRINO, • Projected English titles © 1993 by PHILIP SOULIDES, KAI YOUNG Francis Rizzo. Conductor MARCO ARMILIATO Original Director SIR DAVID MCVICAR Revival Director ROY RALLO* Set Designer CHARLES EDWARDS • This season’s projected English titles Costume Designer BRIGITTE REIFFENSTUEL are funded in part by a generous grant Original Lighting Designer JENNIFER TIPTON from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Revival Lighting Designer CHRIS MARAVICH Deutsch Foundation. Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Wigmaster and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN Assistant Director JORDAN LEE BRAUN Stage Manager RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY Stage Band Conductor STEFANO SARZANI Musical Preparation GRANT LOEHNIG MATTHEW PIATT Fight Director NICK SANDYS Projected English Titles FRANCIS RIZZO

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

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RUSSELL THOMAS Wilson has made greatly acclaimed appearances with Parma, Rome), La traviata (Berlin, London, (Manrico) the major orchestras of New York, Washington, Verona, San Francisco), and Falstaff (Frankfurt). Previously at Lyric: Cleveland, Chicago, London, and Amsterdam, The baritone is also a noted interpreter of Mozart’s Pollione/Norma among many others. She appears on CD in the Don Giovanni (Paris); Donizetti (Don Pasquale, (2016/17). Frankfurt production of Die Frau ohne Schatten. Valencia; Lucia di Lammermoor, Hamburg, Zurich, Paris, London, Tokyo, Madrid); and Puccini (La The internationally acclaimed JAMIE BARTON bohème, Paris, Los Angeles - American debut, Paris; American tenor began the (Azucena) Madama Butterfly, Metropolitan Opera debut; 2018/19 season at San Previously at Lyric: Gianni Schicchi, Paris). Highlights later this season Francisco Opera singing the Five roles since include his Opéra de Monte Carlo debut (Luisa title role/Roberto Devereux (role debut). This season 2011/12, most recently Miller) and his return to both the Met (La traviata) also includes Mozart’s Tito (Los Angeles) and Verdi’s Giovanna/Anna Bolena and the Opéra National de Paris (Iolanta). Ruciński Otello (Thomas’s first staged performances of the role (2014/15); Magdalene/ has appeared in concert at the Warsaw Festival and in Toronto, with further performances in Berlin). Die Meistersinger von in Paris, Oslo, Dresden, Vienna, and Berlin. He triumphed as Otello in concert performances Nürnberg (2012/13); with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Atlanta Dryade/Ariadne auf Naxos ROBERTO Symphony Orchestra. Previous successes encompass (2011/12). TAGLIAVINI leading roles in operas of Mozart (La clemenza di (Ferrando) Tito, Salzburg); Beethoven (Fidelio, Cincinnati); Earlier this season the American mezzo-soprano, Lyric debut Bellini (Norma, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, greatly acclaimed at Cincinnati Opera for her first Toronto, Valencia); Verdi (Nabucco, Met, Seattle; Azucena, reprised the role in Munich and sang The Italian bass, a Don Carlo, Washington, Berlin; Simon Boccanegra, Sara/Roberto Devereux in San Francisco. Following Parma native, made his London; Stiffelio, Frankfurt); Mascagni (Cavalleria Lyric’s Trovatore, she portrays Sister Helen Prejean/ professional debut in 2005 rusticana, Berlin); and Puccini (Tosca, Los Angeles). Dead Man Walking (Atlanta Opera) and Fricka/ in his hometown’s Teatro Thomas created Lazarus/John Adams’s The Gospel Ring cycle (Metropolitan Opera) before returning Regio in Gluck’s Alceste. According to the Other Mary and has performed the to San Francisco as Ježibaba/Rusalka, a role she During the past decade he has been heard in all work at English National Opera, Ravinia, and the debuted in the Met’s new production. Recent the major Italian houses, including La Scala (Il Los Angeles Philharmonic, which commissioned operatic highlights include La favorite (Madrid’s viaggio a Reims, Le comte Ory, Aida, Il trovatore), it. Among many other notable engagements have Teatro Real), Norma (Metropolitan Opera, the Verona Arena (Attila, Aida, Il trovatore), the been Loge/Das Rheingold, Das Lied von der Erde, the Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, San Francisco Teatro dell’Opera in Rome (Turandot, Maometto II), Verdi Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Opera), Don Carlo (Washington National Opera, Turin’s Teatro Regio (Don Carlo, La Cenerentola), and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Boston Deutsche Oper Berlin), and the Ring cycle (San and Florence’s Maggio Musicale (Aida), among Symphony at Tanglewood. An alumnus of the Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, others. Tagliavini has also been applauded in France Metropolitan Opera’s young-artist program, Thomas Houston Grand Opera). Among Barton’s (Les contes d’Hoffmann, Carmen, La bohème, La received the Grand Prize, Audience Prize, and Tenor prestigious orchestral and recital engagements have Cenerentola, Il trovatore, Paris), Germany (Attila, Prize in Barcelona’s highly prestigious Francisco been Jake Heggie’s The Work at Hand (world Nabucco, Berlin), Spain (I puritani, Lucia di Viñas Competition in 2010. premiere) at Carnegie Hall, a Wigmore Hall Lammermoor, Romeo and Juliet, Rossini’s Stabat debut, and appearances with London Symphony Mater, Madrid; Il viaggio a Reims, Barcelona), China TAMARA WILSON Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra. Her debut and Russia (Attila, Shanghai and St. Petersburg), (Leonora) solo album, All Who Wander, featuring songs by and Austria (Nabucco, I due Foscari, Vienna). He has Lyric debut Mahler, Dvořák, and Sibelius, was named winner appeared in the U.S. in Los Angeles (The Marriage of of the 2018 BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award. Figaro, Macbeth) and at the Metropolitan Opera (La Winner of the highly Barton is also winner of the Beverly Sills Artist bohème). Since his 2007 debut in Benvenuto Cellini, prestigious Richard Tucker Award, Richard Tucker Award, International Opera he has been heard at the Salzburg Festival with Award, the Arizona-born Award, Marian Anderson Award, Metropolitan roles including Talbot/Giovanna d’Arco, Loredano/ dramatic soprano has Opera National Council Auditions, and both Main I due Foscari, and the King/Aida. Highlights of rapidly gained international and Song Prizes at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the his busy 2018/19 season include Faust (Deutsche recognition, particularly as World Competition. Oper Berlin), Nabucco (Bavarian State Opera), and the heroines of Verdi and Strauss. She has previously Carmen (Opéra National de Paris). triumphed in Il trovatore in Barcelona, Houston, ARTUR RUCIŃSKI Toulouse, and Mallorca. Among the ten other (Count di Luna) LAUREN DECKER Verdi operas in her stage repertoire are I due Foscari Lyric debut (Inez) (Toulouse, Santiago, Amsterdam), La forza del Previously at Lyric: destino (London – Olivier Award nomination), The Warsaw-born baritone Four roles since Don Carlos (Houston, Munich, Zurich, Frankfurt), belongs to a select group of 2016/17, most recently and Un ballo in maschera (Berlin, Washington). Polish opera singers who Enrichetta/I puritani, Highlights of Wilson’s 2018/19 season include have risen to international Schwertleite/Die Walküre, her return to the Metropolitan Opera (Aida) and fame in recent years. He Giovanna/Rigoletto the Zurich Opera House (Chrysothemis/Elektra), built his repertoire at the (all 2017/18). as well as her mainstage debut at La Scala (the Polish National Opera, beginning with his 2002 Prima Donna and Ariadne/Ariadne auf Naxos, after debut in the title role/Eugene Onegin. His career The contralto, a third-year member of the Ryan Opera appearing with the company in the Verdi Requiem breakthrough came with that role under Daniel Center, was featured last season at the Grant Park in Pavia, Paris, and Hamburg). Her versatility Barenboim at the Berlin State Opera, and he has Music Festival in Menotti's The Old Maid and the extends to Don Giovanni (Chicago Symphony since triumphed as Onegin in Valencia (DVD), Thief; and with Christine Goerke and Eric Owens in Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra), London, Munich, Bologna, and Warsaw. Ruciński the Harris Theater’s Beyond the Aria series. She was a Norma (Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu), Die has made Verdi a specialty, with successes including national semifinalist in the 2018 Metropolitan Opera Walküre (BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Il trovatore (Vienna Festival, Salzburg Festival, National Council Auditions, having previously been Concertgebouw Orchestra), and Die Fledermaus (in Venice, Verona, Barcelona), Simon Boccanegra a two-time recipient of an Encouragement Award Japan under Ozawa). In demand for concert works, (La Scala), Attila (Warsaw), I masnadieri (Venice, in the MONCA’s Upper Midwest Region. The

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Wisconsin native holds a B.F.A. in vocal performance season in Vienna (La traviata, L’elisir d’amore) and piece. He has directed a new Ariadne auf Naxos in from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and has at the Metropolitan Opera (La fanciulla del West). Bordeaux, and his production of Der Rosenkavalier performed in opera scenes with Milwaukee’s Kalliope The conductor has led nine works at San Francisco for De Jyske Opera in Aarhus was nominated Vocal Arts. She also participated in Dolora Zajick’s Opera and more than 25 at the Met, the latter for Denmark’s prestigious Reumert Prize. Rallo’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices, the American highlighted by company premieres of Wolf-Ferrari’s collaboration with Christopher Alden includes Wagner Project (Washington, D.C.) and the Georg Sly and Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. During the past co-directing Gluck’s L’isle de Merlin (Spoleto Solti Accademia di Bel Canto (Grosseto, Italy). Decker two seasons he has earned acclaim for seven works in USA), Aida (Berlin), and Carmen (Mannheim). portrayed Sally/Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge at Vienna and four at the Met, as well as La fanciulla del As staff director for San Francisco Opera, Rallo the Up North Vocal Institute (Boyne Falls, Michigan) West (Zurich Opera House) and Andrea Chénier and remounted Richard Jones’s The Queen of Spades and and has performed in concert with the Apollo Chorus/ Tosca (Bavarian State Opera). His artistry has also been Johannes Schaaf’s The Barber of Seville. As revival Elmhurst Symphony (Verdi Requiem), Civic Orchestra applauded at Madrid’s Teatro Real, Barcelona’s Gran director he has taken charge of productions by of Chicago, and the Harare International Festival Teatre del Liceu, and the Salzburg Festival. Armiliato’s Nicolas Brieger (Idomeneo, Barcelona, Hamburg), of the Arts (Zimbabwe). Winner of the 2018 Lola discography includes projects with Renée Fleming, Jossi Wieler (Alcina, Lyon), and Christopher Alden Fletcher Scholarship in voice with the American Opera Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, (Turandot, New Zealand). Among his own recent Society of Chicago, she returns to the Lyric stage later Jonas Kaufmann, and Rolando Villazón, among many productions have been Così fan tutte (Portland), this season in Elektra and La traviata. Lauren Decker is other distinguished artists. In 2010 his CD Verismo The Rake’s Progress (Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City), and sponsored by an Anonymous Donor, Susan M. Miller, with Renée Fleming won a Grammy Award. Among Carmina Burana/Pagliacci (Honolulu). He directed and the Thierer Family Foundation. his extensive performances on DVD are the Met’s a new Barber of Seville for the San Francisco Opera productions of Il trovatore, La fille du régiment, Lucia di Center, and in Oakland, California, he has been MARIO ROJAS (Ruiz) Lammermoor, and La rondine. responsible for creating a series of operas produced Previously at Lyric: by The Crucible, the largest nonprofit industrial arts Parpignol/La bohème SIR DAVID MCVICAR education facility in the United States. (2018/19); Borsa/ (Original Director) Rigoletto (2017/18). Previously at Lyric: CHARLES EDWARDS Nine productions (Set Designer) The Mexican tenor, a second- since 2001/02, most Previously at Lyric: year Ryan Opera Center recently Wozzeck (2015/16); Il Five operas since 1993/94, ensemble member, who trovatore (2014/15, 2006/07); most recently Il trovatore returns to Lyric’s mainstage La clemenza di Tito (2013/14). (2014/15, 2006/07); later this season as Gastone/La traviata, has portrayed Billy Budd (2001/02); Rodolfo/La bohème at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas The renowned Scottish Macbeth (1999/00). Artes. Rojas is an alumnus of the San Francisco director’s productions will be seen this season in eight Conservatory of Music (Don José/La tragédie de Carmen, major companies, highlighted by new productions Both a designer and a Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore). He has also appeared at the of Adriana Lecouvreur (Metropolitan Opera), Médée director, Charles Edwards has earned acclaim in a SFCM Gala with renowned pianist/coach Warren (Geneva’s Grand Théâtre), and I masnadieri (La Scala). wide variety of repertoire internationally. Among his Jones. One of the youngest singers ever to receive the McVicar has created nine new productions for London’s designs in the U.K. are, for the Royal Opera House, Plácido Domingo Scholarship from SIVAM (Mexico's Royal Opera House, ranging stylistically from The Adriana Lecouvreur (also Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, most prominent young-artist program), he has sung Marriage of Figaro to Les Troyens and Salome. His seven San Francisco, and Paris), Faust (also Monte Carlo, elsewhere in Mexico as Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni new Met productions include most recently Tosca, Lille, Trieste, and Australia), Elektra, and Werther and Julian/Tomás Bretón’s La verbena de la Paloma. Norma, and Roberto Devereux. He has also directed at La (also Paris); and for English National Opera, Norma Among the honors Rojas has received are third place Scala (Les Troyens), Opera Australia (Don Giovanni,The (also Bordeaux), A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the 2018 Dallas Opera Vocal Competition, winner Marriage of Figaro), the Vienna Staatsoper (Tristan und (also Moscow), Lucia di Lammermoor (Göteborg, of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Isolde, Falstaff), English National Opera (The Turn of Washington, Toronto), Jenůfa, and Makropulos Central District Auditions, second place in the East Bay the Screw, Medea, Alcina, Tosca), Glyndebourne (The Affair (also Prague). His designs have also been seen Opera League Competition, and, in 2015, the Marta Abduction from the Seraglio, Die Meistersinger von at the Metropolitan Opera and the major companies Eggerth Kiepura Award in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Nürnberg, Giulio Cesare), Scottish Opera (The Rake’s of Lisbon, Bonn, Vienna, Hamburg, Houston, Foundation International Vocal Competition, third Progress, Madama Butterfly, La traviata, Idomeneo), the San Francisco, and Dallas, among many others. place in the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, Salzburg Festival (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Mariinsky This season Edwards’s designs will be seen at 11 and the Emerging Singers Award in the Opera Index Theatre (The Turn of the Screw, Macbeth), and other international companies, including new productions Vocal Competition. He has been heard with soprano major companies. McVicar was knighted in the 2012 of Kiss Me, Kate (Graz), Adriana Lecouvreur (Met), Nicole Cabell and pianist Craig Terry at the Harris Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours List for Services to and I masnadieri (La Scala). He most recently Theater’s Beyond the Aria recital series and Kentucky Opera and was made Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et directed Pagliacci for Opera North for the company’s Opera’s Sidecar cabaret series. Mario Rojas is sponsored des Lettres by the French government. He has also been “Little Greats” season, designing and lighting all six by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. nominated for an Olivier Award in the category of the productions. In 2016 he directed the prologue of Outstanding Achievement in Opera. Les contes d’Hoffmann, in a composite production MARCO ARMILIATO by four directors for Wuppertaler Bühnen und (Conductor) ROY RALLO Sinfonieorchester. Other directing includes Elektra Previously at Lyric: (Revival Director) (Covent Garden), Don Quichotte and Idomeneo Rigoletto (2017/18); Lyric debut (Grange Park), Joshua, Rigoletto, and Oedipus Rex Madama Butterfly (2013/14). (Opera North), Così fan tutte (Mid-Wales Opera), The American director and Maria di Rohan (Wexford). The Italian conductor is began his career as artistic greatly sought after by administrator of Long many of the world’s most Beach Opera, where he prestigious opera houses. has directed Lucio Silla, Following Lyric’s Il trovatore, he will travel to the Bluebeard’s Castle, and Vienna State Opera (Andrea Chénier), La Scala in Elektra. He made his German solo directing debut Milan (La traviata), and the Zurich Opera House (new with Don Pasquale at Weimar’s Nationaltheater, production of Manon). Armiliato began the current where he later created an original music-theater

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BRIGITTE CHRIS MARAVICH SARAH HATTEN REIFFENSTUEL (Revival Lighting Designer) (Wigmaster and Makeup (Costume Designer) Previously at Lyric: Designer) Previously at Lyric: Nine productions since Wigmaster and makeup Il trovatore (2014/15, 2014/15, most recently designer since 2011/12. 2006/07); Giulio Cesare Idomeneo (2018/19); Così (2007/08); Billy Budd fan tutte, I puritani Lyric’s wigmaster and (2001/02). (both 2017/18). makeup designer has worked in a wide repertoire at Des The German costume Currently Lyric’s lighting Moines Metro Opera and designer was born in Munich and studied in London. director, Maravich served in the same position Michigan Opera Theatre, aswell as Columbus Opera, She made her debut at London’s Royal Opera in from 2006 to 2012 at San Francisco Opera, where Toledo Opera, the Cabrillo Music Festival, and the 2003 with Charles Edwards’s production of Elektra he created lighting for many of the company University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of and has since returned for Sir David McVicar’s productions including The Gospel of Mary Music. She has also worked at the Glimmerglass productions of Faust and Adriana Lecouvreur, and Magdalene, Così fan tutte, Turandot, Cyrano de Festival and the major opera companies of Los Robert Carsen’s productions of Falstaff and Der Bergerac, Il trittico, Tosca, Simon Boccanegra, Don Angeles, Omaha, Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central Rosenkavalier. Her work has been seen at opera Giovanni, Nixon in China, and Attila. Maravich has City, as well as Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre and theater companies worldwide, with productions collaborated on the lighting designs for Doktor and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages Theatre and the including Falstaff (Canadian Opera Company, La Faust at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Tannhäuser for the Geffen Playhouse. Hatten earned a B. A. in music at Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera), Greek National Opera, and La fanciulla del West, Simpson College. Sarah Hatten is the Marlys Beider Faust (Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Teatro The Makropulos Case, The Daughter of the Regiment, Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Endowed Chair. Verdi Trieste, Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Il trovatore, Samson et Dalila, and Macbeth for San Opera Australia), Peter Grimes (London’s English Francisco Opera. He has also designed lighting for NICK SANDYS National Opera, Ópera de Oviedo, De Vlaamse Opera Colorado, San Diego Opera, Opera Santa (Fight Director) Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin) and Giulio Cesare Barbara, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Florida Grand Previously at Lyric: (Lyric, Glyndebourne, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra Opera, Madison Opera, Cal Performances and 47 productions since de Lille). In Europe she has designed costumes for Opera San José. 1995/96, most recently companies including Theater Bonn, the Zurich Opera Jesus Christ Superstar, House, Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet, Madrid’s Teatro MICHAEL BLACK Faust, Rigoletto (all 2017/18). Real, La Scala, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, (Chorus Master) Stuttgart State Theatre, Komische Oper Berlin, Chorus master since A certified teacher and fight Frankfurt Opera, and Deutsche Oper am Rhein. 2013/14; interim chorus director with The Society of Among the companies where Reiffenstuel’s work will master, 2011/12. American Fight Directors, Sandys has created fight be seen this season are the Met (Adriana Lecouvreur), choreography throughout the Chicago area, including the Deutsche Oper Berlin (La rondine), and the Santa Chorus master from to for the Goodman (more than 25 productions), Fe Opera (The Pearl Fishers). 2001 to 2013 at Opera Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Northlight, First Folio, Australia in Sydney, Black Shattered Globe, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, JENNIFER TIPTON prepared the OA chorus for Timeline, Light Opera Works, Silk Road Rising, and (Original Lighting Designer) more than 90 operas and many concert works. He The Theatre School at DePaul University (adjunct Previously at Lyric: has served in that capacity for such distinguished since 1995). His work outside Chicago includes Eight productions since organizations as the Edinburgh International the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, 1988/89, most recently Festival, Opera Holland Park (London), and, Portland Opera, Florentine Opera and Dallas Opera, Romeo and Juliet (2015/16); in Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as well as many major theater companies nationwide. Il trovatore (2014/15, 2006/07); (including Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, led by Sandys’s fight choreography has received four Joseph La clemenza di Tito (2013/14). Vladimir Ashkenazy), the Philharmonia Choir, Jefferson Award nominations, winning in 2008 Motet Choir, and Cantillation chamber choir. Black (Requiem for a Heavyweight). He is also producing The American lighting has also worked with the Melbourne Symphony artistic director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. designer is well known for her work in theater, dance Orchestra in Australia with Sir Andrew Davis. His As an actor he has appeared with numerous Chicago and opera. Her designs for La traviata were seen recent activities include preparing the chorus of theaters, receiving another nine Jeff nominations for in seven cities throughout Britain earlier this season The Damnation of Faust, continuing his association acting and two for directing. He holds a 2011 Meier in the Welsh National Opera’s production. Other with Grant Park Music Festival, where he has Foundation Award for Artistic Achievement and is a projects this season include Lyric’s revival of Sir worked for two seasons. As one of Australia’s most 2018 APA Audie Award Finalist. David McVicar’s production of Elektra and David prominent vocal accompanists, Black has regularly Lang’s The Loser at LA Opera. Tipton’s most recent performed for broadcasts and recordings (he has opera productions include L’elisir d’amore and Maria been heard numerous times in Australian Broadcast Stuarda (the latter in its company premiere) at the Corporation programs). He has served as chorus Metropolitan Opera, David Lang’s Love Fail at the master on four continents, and his work has been Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Bartlett Sher’s recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, PBS, and production of Romeo and Juliet at both the Met and for many HD productions in movie theaters as La Scala. Tipton’s recent work in dance includes The well as on television. He has also been a lecturer Age of Anxiety for the Royal Ballet. Recent work in at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, of which theater includes Harold Pinter’s The Room for the he is an alumnus. Black holds a master’s degree Wooster Group. Tipton teaches lighting at the Yale in musicology from the University of New South School of Drama. She received the Dorothy and Wales. Michael Black is the Howard A. Stotler Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the Jerome Robbins Prize Chorus Master Endowed Chair. in 2003 and in April 2004 the Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture in New York City. In 2008 she was made a United States Artists “Gracie” Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow.

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The Peak of Excitement: Verdi's Stupendous Il trovatore By Gordon Williams

n occasion, Giuseppe his soul. The 19th-century piano- Verdi would stress to his virtuoso Franz Liszt honored this librettists that the opera coup de théâtre in one of his famous Othey were working on could be concert “paraphrases,” a staple of

summed up with one word. For MICHAEL BROSILOW the recital hall. Il trovatore, it was “vengeance,” Verdi consciously aimed highlighting the task entrusted to for excitement in this opera. the gypsy woman Azucena by her He suggested Antonio García dying mother (burned at the stake Gutiérrez’s play El trovador (1836) before the opera begins). as a subject because, as he wrote From the audience’s point his librettist Salvadore Cammarano of view, however, another word in April 1851, “it seemed to me sums up Il trovatore – “exciting.” to offer fine theatrical effects and Verdi’s eighteenth opera has been above all something original and acclaimed for this quality since its out of the ordinary.”1 He could premiere in 1853, even by those have mentioned all the different who criticize the plot. settings – palace, convent, gypsy- It may seem tasteless to describe and military-camps, and a dungeon. an opera that involves vengeance, And there are battlefields (offstage). executions, and child-abduction as Gutiérrez’s play is set against “exciting.” But the opera calls for dramatic true events – the struggle thrilling singing from its principals, between Ferdinand, Prince of not just vocal pyrotechnics but Castile, and James, Count of Urgel, immense emotional contrasts. for the throne of Aragon in the Leonora, the heroine, must convey early 1400s. But over and above everything from emotional warmth this political drama, Gutiérrez’s play and dulcet grace to penetrating was in part romance (political rivals determination. Azucena ranges from Manrico and the Count vying for maternal love for Manrico, whom Leonora’s love) as well as vengeance she has raised, to chilling resolve to tale. It entranced contemporary avenge her executed mother. And Spanish audiences. DAN REST the male leads must combine their Life events probably made testosterone-fueled competitiveness Verdi susceptible to the play’s with gentler qualities, such as the emotional darkness. His mother tenderness in the Count’s aria “Il died in the summer of 1851. balen del suo sorriso” (comparing Cammarano’s death in July 1852 Leonora’s smile to the gleaming of (although when the libretto was stars), or Manrico’s “Ah sì, ben mio, substantially completed) may have coll’essere” (reassuring Leonora of exacerbated his morbidity. But Verdi their loving future even if death was no doubt also drawn to Azucena claims him). with her conflicting instincts for Il trovatore is an action-packed vengeance and for protection of melodrama covering huge emotional Manrico, and to the play’s political territory against a colorful historical Il trovatore at Lyric: (top) Manrico (Yonghoon Lee) is ready to rush to dimension. And he certainly set out, background. And there is spectacle. Leonora’s rescue; (bottom left) Leonora (Sondra Radvanovsky) offers herself intentionally, to create something The “Miserere” scene in Act Four to Count di Luna (Mark Delavan) in exchange for Manrico’s life; (bottom innovative. was much acclaimed in the 19th right) Manrico (Franco Corelli) hears Azucena (Grace Bumbry) retell the As Verdi made clear to century. All at once on separate narrative of her mother’s death. Cammarano in 1851, he wouldn’t parts of the stage, Leonora bemoans mind dispensing with the usual the fate of her beloved Manrico as he bids farewell to life in a nostalgic- subdivisions of Italian opera “and the whole work consisted, let’s say, of sounding song, against the murmuring of a chorus of monks praying for a single number.”2 What Cammarano came up with, though, was fairly

1 Quoted in Budden, Julian, The Operas of Verdi, London 1978, p.61 2 Budden, again p. 61.

28 | November 17 - December 9, 2018 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO DAN REST MICHAEL BROSILOW

The mountains of Biscay, homeland of Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza, Spain, Azucena (left, Dolora Zajick) in where we first meetIl trovatore’s Verdi’s opera. Count di Luna (left, Quinn Kelsey). conservative – the traditional string of four-part arias, duets and finales cabaletta, expressing a love that will defy the Count. that the composer had tried to avoid. Verdi would manipulate these four- But Verdi wanted to drive the drama. True, many of the opera’s part structures searching for greater immediacy in their impact. And what most exciting moments are traditional cabalettas – for example. Manrico’s does the audience notice – the structure or the exhilarating experience? thrilling ululations in “Di quella pira” as he resolves to mount a rescue Cammarano’s libretto begins in a way that must have pleased a operation3 upon learning (in a tempo di mezzo) that Azucena has been composer trying to flee convention. No overture (just the briefest of captured. But there are moments when Verdi cuts to the chase in a orchestral introductions) before the old soldier Ferrando launches into a way that would have surprised a 19th-century audience, accustomed to narrative about the gypsy woman’s execution and the present-day Count’s traditional opera’s tendency to stop for reflection. obsession with finding his brother who was abducted by Azucena (setting Verdi and Cammarano struggled with the second-act finale, where up a twist). The four-part structure is marked by Ferrando’s summons to Leonora, thinking Manrico is dead, is about to enter a convent and his soldiers to stay awake (“All’erta”); his narrative; his soldiers’ eagerness both Manrico and the Count arrive to stop her. At first Verdi wanted for an update on the story’s history; and Ferrando’s account of the something trimmer than Cammarano had originally written. The revision executed woman’s continued hovering presence as a witch. Creepily, the was too short, but Cammarano, in the last stages of his final illness, was scene ends at the stroke of midnight. Verdi asked for a really large bell, the unable to try another option, so Verdi made his own revisions, musically. first of many prominent, real-life sound effects that enhance the emotional He sped up the “customary slow initial melodic section” so that when immediacy of this piece of theater. Later, in Act Two, we’ll hear the anvil- new information is presented – when Manrico’s men surround the hammering chorus, an effect not easily forgotten. Count’s men so as to whisk Leonora away – all that is needed for a final, It’s Act One, Scene 2, that gives us the most obvious example of fast section is a reprise of Leonora’s line, “Sei tu dal ciel disceso/ o in a traditional 19th-century structure. In an opening dialogue, delivered ciel son io con te?” No Grand Opera formalities. The act hurtles to its in the speech-like vocal lines known as recitative, Inez, Leonora’s conclusion, a two-line expression of her emotion, but what a melodic arc confidante, asks her about the passion that disturbs her. Leonora tells for the soprano – her “most transcendent flight,” to borrow a phrase from of the knight (Manrico) who caught her eye but disappeared on the eve the late Verdi scholar Julian Budden. of civil war. She then, in “Tacea la notte” – which represents the form’s But much of the excitement of the opera resides in the singing. customary slow initial melodic section or cantabile – relates how he has Tenor Enrico Caruso, himself a celebrated Manrico, once said that all it returned disguised as a troubadour. Inez expresses misgivings about this takes for Il trovatore to succeed is the four greatest singers in the world. mysterious man in another dialogue-like section. Known as a tempo di Verdi, no doubt, knew it. Who might get the principal roles was a factor mezzo, this sort of passage typically introduced new information (or in determining which opera house would get the premiere. Perhaps even new characters and incidents) and engendered new resolve in the Naples? If Rita Gabussi was there and available for Azucena. Rome’s principal singer that would be expressed in a final, fast section known Teatro Apollo actually ended up hosting the opening night, but not with as the “cabaletta” (here Leonora’s “Di tale amor”). The Count then Gabussi, with Emilia Goggi, of whom Verdi had received good reports. enters followed by Manrico, and with the Manrico-Leonora-Count love- He asked Count Poniatowski, who had vouched for her, to provide him triangle we are into the next four-part structure, though it may be harder with “a musical scale, an abstract of her voice, writing under each note to detect. good, bad, weak, strong, etc...”4 Perhaps this would have been enough In fact, throughout Il trovatore 10 of the 14 numbers are in this for Verdi to ascertain her suitability, but he needed to: he was creating four-part form – even the “Miserere” is an expanded tempo di mezzo arguably the first great mezzo-soprano role. Azucena must make our hair between Leonora’s cantabile expressing undying love for Manrico, and her stand on our heads as she sings her bitter monologues, “Stride la vampa!”

3 The expression is Roger Parker’s in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera entry on Il trovatore. 4 Quoted in Chusid, Martin, Verdi’s ‘l trovatore: the quintessential Italian melodrama, pp. 28-9.

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 29 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO and “Condotta ell’era in ceppi,” and our hearts melt later in the opera when she longs to return home to the Modern Match - Il trovatore mountains. The hero of Il trovatore, Manrico, is own child and consequently becomes his At first, Verdi intended Il trovatore to be a introduced in the opera as an adult, but adopted mother. As a result, Manrico is three-person drama – mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone. the mystery of his character can only fiercely loyal to her, just as Harry is loyal But many of the changes made to the work during be unlocked when we understand what to his own surrogate mother-figures, composition related to adjusting the various roles. After occurred during his infancy. In this and Mrs. Weasley and Professor McGonagall. Cammarano died, the young Leone Emanuele Bardare other ways, he’s similar to another boy Though both stories make use of came on board. With him Verdi expanded Leonora’s we know well: Harry Potter. these tentative family relationships, they role, but Bardare also supplied Verdi with the words Manrico was raised end very differently. The “Il balen del suo sorriso,” which gave the baritone his never knowing his true Potter novels end with show-stopping solo – one that fleshed out his humanity. family, including Count the hero’s triumph, albeit Other changes came di Luna, who turns out to a bittersweet one (RIP about via singers. Manrico’s be his brother. As a result, Dobby, Fred Weasley, high Cs, so thrilling at the two men are unable Professor Lupin, etc). Il the end of “Di quella to recognize each other in trovatore ends with the pira,” were apparently adulthood, yet Manrico unexpected triumph interpolated by Italian seems to understand of Azucena, whose true tenor Enrico Tamberlik in implicitly that their motives only become a later production. Verdi’s destinies are linked. In clear at the very end. attitude was typically his duel with di Luna, he Therefore, Verdi’s practical: if the public likes couldn’t bring himself to conception of the mother them, fine, but make sure harm him when given the figure is far less altruistic they’re good. chance. than Rowling’s. But Il trovatore is one of the Harry, too, was again, the stark contrast Italian tenor Franco Corelli most exciting operas in the raised as an orphan, but of this difference shines in the role that made his repertoire, but it may also discovers throughout a light on the nature of name internationally, be the opera most satirized the book series that his these works: one is meant Manrico in Il trovatore by opera’s detractors. And destiny is inextricably for children and teenagers, there are substantial criticisms to make of the plot. linked with Voldemort’s. the other for the world’s An opera company has to hope that audiences are Though the two are not true brothers, grand opera stages. One seeks to affirm prepared to plug some holes, assuming, for example, J.K. Rowling kins the two thematically. the power of love to triumph over hate; that Manrico lost the effort to free Azucena and that’s For example, Harry and Voldemort use the other seeks to demonstrate the way why he’s in a dungeon at the beginning of Act Four. magic wands made out of the same revenge can tear families apart. Both have But that said, all the non-sequiturs and jumps are made material, called “brother wands,” which the power to move audiences, generate good by the sweep of Verdi’s music. recognize and refuse to do the other massive fan bases, and invite us to make In the last scene, Verdi seems to escape the harm during an important duel. Harry hidden connections to our own lives. constraints of Italian “number opera” and move and Voldemort share other curious forward freely. Both Manrico and Azucena are in similarities – such as a hereditary ability - Meg Huskin prison. Leonora finds them in their cell. She has offered to speak to snakes – that elevate their The writer, an intern in Lyric’s marketing herself to the Count in exchange for Manrico’s life and relationship to being almost fraternal. and communications department last Manrico condemns her for it, until he realizes she has In both the opera and the Potter novels, spring, is currently the relationship taken poison and is dying. The Count, thinking he the brother-figure is one of rival or foil, a marketing associate at the Chicago can still triumph with Manrico’s death orders Manrico reflection of what the other could be had Symphony Orchestra. to be taken out for beheading. But when Azucena is circumstances been different. In their dragged to the window to witness Manrico’s death, she similarities, their differences stand out in tells the Count, “He was your brother” (that is: the boy stark contrast and give insight into the she abducted). The axe falls and she exults, “Mother, characters. you are avenged.” Verdi resisted the suggestion of But brotherhood isn’t the only extra lines and a reminder of Azucena’s filial vow. It family role that takes on twisted would “cool things down”, he said. Only one concept significance in both stories. In each case, mattered now: ‘vengeance’. a mother rescues her young son and Some critics find this ending precipitate, but an makes it possible for that son to grow audience probably feels too excited to care. Il trovatore into the hero he was always meant to is evidence that plot is important, but that opera be. In Harry Potter, it’s Harry’s mother succeeds mostly because of what the music and singers Lily who, by sacrificing herself, casts the can do. Il trovatore certainly does. spell that saves the infant Harry from Voldemort. Manrico’s life is saved by (Top) Luciano Pavarotti as Manrico; Gordon Williams is an Australian librettist and writer on Azucena, who unwittingly sacrifices her (above) Harry Potter. music based in Los Angeles.

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Il trovatore: After the Curtain Falls

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

• Il trovatore’s plot is often regarded as far-fetched, to say the least, but a thoughtful production can make it thoroughly believable. How did you respond to the plot as it unfolded in Lyric’s production? • In any great performance of Il trovatore, the singing produces one thrill after another for the audience. What moments of the opera did you find most exhilarating, purely vocally? Most moving? Most beautiful? • Verdi created an opera that is capable of astounding dramatic intensity, especially in the character of Azucena. What did you find particularly riveting in her scenes? • Count di Luna is not a standard, cardboard villain. Where do you think the depth of his feelings emerge most strongly? • In what ways did you see the influence of the paintings of Goya in this production? • What qualities in this opera do you think would have prompted the Marx Brothers to use a performance of it as a key component of their classic 1935 comedy, A Night at the Opera? • If you had the chance to meet Giuseppe Verdi, what do you think you would ask him about Il trovatore?

Manrico (Walter Fraccaro) sings “Di quella pira,” the climax of Act Three ofIl trovatore. Lyric production, 2006/07 season.

To continue exploring Il trovatore Lyric dramaturg and program editor Roger Pines suggests the following performances:

CD Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Ettore Bastianini, Fiorenza Cossotto, Plácido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, cond. Tullio Serafin (DG) Bonaldo Giaiotti; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Fedora Barbieri, Chorus, cond. Zubin Mehta (RCA) Nicola Moscona; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, cond. Renato Cellini (Naxos Great Opera Recordings Series) Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Zaccaria; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, cond. Herbert von DVD Karajan (Warner Classics) Marcelo Álvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dolora Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Mario Sereni, Irene Dalis, William Zajick, Stefan Kocán; cond. Marco Armiliato, dir. Sir David McVicar (DG) Wildermann; Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, cond. Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Piero Cappuccilli, Fiorenza Fausto Cleva (Sony Classics) Cossotto, José Van Dam; Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta cond. and dir. Herbert von Karajan (Arthaus Musik) Simionato, Giorgio Tozzi; Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, cond. Alberto Erede (Decca)

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

Chorus Master Laurie Seely Vassalli Core Supplementary Supplementary Chorus Michael Black Corinne Wallace-Crane Chorus Pamela Williams Tenor Chorus Master Soprano Michelle K. Wrighte Humberto Borboa Beltran The Howard A. Stotler Carla Janzen Matthew Daniel Endowed Chair Suzanne M. Kszastowski Tenor Klaus Georg Kelsea Webb Geoffrey Agpalo Luther Lewis Regular Chorus Timothy Bradley Mezzo Soprano Hoss Brock Bass Katie Ruth Bieber Elisa Billey Becker William M. Combs Michael Cavalieri Sarah Ponder Jillian Bonczek John J. Concepcion Kirk Greiner Stephanie Schoenhofer Sharon Garvey Cohen Kenneth Donovan Dorian McCall Patricia A. Cook-Nicholson Joseph A. Fosselman John E. Orduña Tenor Cathleen Dunn Tyler Samuel Lee Douglas Peters Jared V. Esguerra Janet Marie Farr Lawrence Montgomery William Roberts Cameo T. Humes Desirée Hassler Mark Nienow Scott Tomlinson Joe Shadday Rachael Holzhausen James Odom Todd von Felker Laureen Janeczek-Wysocki Thomas L. Potter Kimberly McCord Walton Westlake Bass Heidi Spoor Claude Cassion Stephani Springer Bass Nicolai Janitzky Elizabeth Anne Taylor Matthew Carroll Vince Wallace Sherry Watkins David DuBois Robert Morrissey Mezzo Kenneth Nichols Claudia A. Kerski-Nienow Steven Pierce Marianna Kulikova Robert J. Prindle Colleen Lovinello Thomas Sillitti Yvette Smith Craig Springer Marie Sokolova Jeffrey W. Taylor Maia Surace Ronald Watkins Nikolas Wenzel

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BACKSTAGE LIFE: Ben Bell Bern

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 rehearsal department manager and The work done by my colleagues to this is my ninth season. My job is to manage produce the quality of art seen and heard the department that schedules all rehearsals on Lyric’s stage and in the orchestra pit. and coordinates most other backstage Chicago’s cultural institutions are one of activity involving artists, including costume the elements that make this city unique, and wig fittings, interviews and p. r. events, and to feel that I in some very small way donor luncheons, repertoire coachings, contribute to the success of one of them is and many other activities. My rehearsal rewarding. I feel fortunate that my work department colleagues and I serve as the not only creates meaningful relationships liaisons between performing artists and between myself and my coworkers, but virtually every other department in the also gives me a connection to anyone else company. who attends our performances.

What led you to work at Lyric? What’s something about your job that I graduated from college with a degree people might not know? in classical trumpet playing, and soon My office is located backstage, just steps after moved to Chicago to be nearer to away from the actual stage. So during a my now-wife and figure out my next matinee performance or dress rehearsal, steps. I started my career interning at it’s not uncommon for singers in full Lyric, helping to facilitate the Ryan Opera costume, wig and make-up not only to Center auditions. The world of opera had walk by my office, but to sit down in my always been intriguing to me; I’d been in office to say hello. There are moments the orchestra pit for opera productions where I consider how unusual it is to during college, and the scope and scale of the artform fascinated me. have a casual conversation with someone wearing horns on their About a year after my internship ended, I was working as a barista at head, or see someone in a long robe and crown making photocopies. a coffeehouse where Marina Vecci (longstanding member of Lyric’s rehearsal department) was a frequent patron. She let me know there Favorite Lyric moment? was an opening with the rehearsal team and asked if I was interested in In 2016, during a staging rehearsal for Das Rheingold, the three the position. I landed the job and began as a rehearsal assistant, before Rhinemaidens were up in their cranes and the creative team and transitioning to a variety of roles and becoming the department’s stage managers were trying to figure out the positioning and timing manager. of those contraptions in the overture. I remember sitting in the room watching them sort out a fairly mundane and technical aspect of the What’s a typical day like for you? show, while Bill Billingham [a longtime member of Lyric’s music Every day I put together a rehearsal schedule for the upcoming day, the staff] was sitting at the piano playing the overture so exquisitely and process of which can be like solving a seven-dimensional puzzle. I speak beautifully. I don’t think anybody in that room realized the quality of with the director, assistant director, choreographer, stage manager, music coming from the piano, but I was struck by Bill’s commitment conductor and music staff, wardrobe and wig departments, colleagues to his craft, even during a long and tedious rehearsal of which music in the young artist program, to ascertain their priorities, then work to was absolutely not the focus. make all of those things fit within the parameters outlined in various contracts and in such a way that doesn’t break the budget. Beyond opera, what are your other passions? It’s a privilege of mine to work at The Santa Fe Opera during their What’s the most challenging aspect of your job? summer season overseeing their rehearsal department. It’s nice to Obtaining concrete information in a timely manner from the various work with artists at different companies in different parts of the departments that Lyric Opera comprises, and figuring out creative country – it creates a sense of community within the business of and diplomatic ways of saying “no” to requests that cannot be grand opera. I am also a performing trumpet player and gig regularly accommodated. Each day, I have to sift through huge amounts of around the city. A lot of my social life involves seeing performances information and prioritize what is most important. Working here by some extremely talented musician and dancer friends. I get so for several years has helped me refine that process, but it’s always a much pleasure seeing what they are doing, especially as a contrast to challenge. I have the season calendar in my hands no matter where I the artform we do here at the opera house. I can be just as moved am in the building; inevitably someone I run into will need schedule hearing a jazz trio at a bar as listening to a performance of Les Troyens information or want to share schedule information with me. with 94 choristers on stage and 78 musicians in the pit. - Kamaria Morris

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Artistic Roster

Sopranos Matthias Klink Directors Karine Girard Maria Agresta Josh Lovell Arin Arbus Austin McCormick Emily Birsan Matthew Polenzani Benjamin Davis Denni Sayers Janai Brugger David Portillo Richard Jones Laura Scozzi Tracy Cox Mario Rojas David Kneuss Danielle Urbas The American Guild of Adrienne Danrich Russell Thomas Sir David McVicar Musical Artists, AFL-CIO Danielle de Niese Laurent Pelly Ballet Mistress (AGMA), is the union Renée Fleming Baritones Jean-Pierre Ponnelle August Tye that represents the singers, Susan Foster Weston Hurt David Pountney dancers, actors, and staging Christopher Kenney Roy Rallo Christine Goerke Wigmaster and Makeup personnel at Lyric Opera of Zeljko Lučić Nick Sandys Alexandra LoBianco Designer Chicago. Andrew Manea Anya Matanovic Sarah Hatten Whitney Morrison Zachary Nelson Associate Directors Ricardo José Rivera Benoît de Leersnyder Marie-Eve Munger Fight Choreographers Anna Netrebko Artur Ruciński Simon Iorio Reginald Smith, Jr. Rob Kearley Chuck Coyl Diana Newman Nick Sandys Emily Pogorelc Daniel Sutin Brenda Rae Set and Costume Designers Bass-Baritones Translators for Albina Shagimuratova Barbara de Limburg Kyle Albertson Projected English Titles Siobhan Stagg Charles Edwards Jake Gardner Kenneth Chalmers Nina Stemme Johan Engels Alan Higgs Roger Pines Heidi Stober Riccardo Hernandez Philip Horst Francis Rizzo Ann Toomey Robert Innes Hopkins Kyle Ketelsen Colin Ure Elza van den Heever Stewart Laing Eric Owens Marie-Jeanne Lecca Erin Wall Iain Paterson John Macfarlane Tamara Wilson David Weigel Cait O’Connor Derek Welton Mezzo-Sopranos Samuel Youn Jean-Pierre Ponnelle TONY ROMANO Jamie Barton Brigitte Reiffenstuel Elizabeth Bishop Basses ULTZ Angela Brower Patrick Guetti Ariana Chris Adrian Sâmpetrean Lighting Designers Alice Coote Roberto Tagliavini Marcus Doshi Kayleigh Decker Fabrice Kebour Michaela Martens Conductors Chris Maravich Julie Miller Marco Armiliato Duane Schuler Ronnita Miller Harry Bicket Mimi Jordan Sherin Deborah Nansteel Michael Christie Jennifer Tipton Mary Phillips Sir Andrew Davis Zoie Reams Domingo Hindoyan Projection Designer Annie Rosen Francesco Milioto Christopher Ash Krysty Swann Donald Runnicles Puppetry Director Contralto Dancers Finn Caldwell Lauren Decker Django Allegretti Jaime Borkan Puppet Designers Countertenors Kristian Brooks Jourdan Epstein Nick Barnes Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Finn Caldwell Iestyn Davies Andrew Harper Joseph A. Hernandez Chorus Master Tenors Demetrius McClendon Michael Black Noah Baetge Antonio Luis Montalvo Giorgio Berrugi Jimi Loc Nguyen Children’s Chorus Robert Brubaker Ela Olarte Master Jonathan Burton Andrea Pugliese Michael Fabiano Michelle Reid Josephine Lee Eric Ferring Jacqueline Stewart Burkhard Fritz Luis Vazquez Choreographers and Benjamin Holliday Wardell Allan Glassman Movement Directors The dying Leonora (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) bids farewell to her Clay Hilley Lucy Burge beloved Manrico (Giuliano Ciannella) in Il trovatore at Lyric, Jonathan Johnson Sarah Fahie 1987/88 season.

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Dedicated to the Audience: A Talk with Lyric House Managers

The smoothness of Lyric’s wheelchair or an oxygen tank. front-of-house operation is due And if someone says, ‘There’s a to an exceptionally dedicated seeing-eye dog next to me and I’m staff, headed by Sheila Matthews allergic to dogs – can I move?’, and Chuck Tucker. They’re both we’ll certainly move you if you tell in their second season as Lyric’s us early enough.’ Someone might house managers, and they’ve say, ‘My mother just got out of come to Lyric with very different Sheila Matthews and Chuck Tucker the hospital and she’s worried she but equally applicable backgrounds. may have to go to the bathroom,’ so Sheila, who ran AT&T phone center stores and retired after 23 years, we’ll try to seat her in an upper box so she can leave when she needs to. is also a former Lyric usher. Chuck served in the Air Force, ending his We‘re trying to accommodate everybody.” military career as a Major General. Of course, there are lines at the bathroom, “but they move fast,” Central to the house manager’s role at any performance is “to make Sheila declares. “No matter how long the line, no one has ever been late sure the curtain rises on time,” says Sheila, “and that everything goes and we’ve never had to hold the curtain – ever! You know why? We have well in the intermission. If there are questions, problems, or concerns, two ushers, one inside and one outside, keeping everyone in line and we’re here.” From every point of view, “it’s important to us that people orderly. We know there’s a time limit, and we want them all to do what have a great experience, from the moment they arrive to the moment they need to do but get to their seats on time.” they say goodnight after the performance.” Chuck notes that “we want If one patron has a problem with another, “they’ll tell an usher, Lyric’s ushers to present a particular demeanor. Our restaurants should who will get the house manager,” says Sheila. “We find a member of be integrated with our security and our ushers, so there’s a flow to our security team and address the problem.” Chuck remembers two everything.” Regardless of where a patron is seated, they’re treated with the non-American patrons, one of whom was making too much noise same courtesy, and “if you’ve been here before and our ushers have seen unwrapping candy. “They discovered they were from the same country you, they’ll say ‘Welcome back.’ It’s that ‘Hey, Norm!’ Cheers experience.” and from different political backgrounds -- they began throwing epithets How can audiences make the house manager’s job easier? “When at each other. People can be pretty passionate.” On each floor, Chuck patrons are here for the first time,” says Sheila, “they need to know that will stand at the back of the theater to see if there’s a problem: “Usually if they leave during the performance, they can’t go back in.” Sheila and my presence, just being there looking at somebody, will make them stop Chuck would also like to remind patrons that Lyric has an app allowing doing what they’re doing.” them to pre-order and pay for their drinks and dessert. “They just have to Sheila views the house-manager position as “a gift from God.” She pick them up,” explains Chuck. “At the Bistro, your table will be waiting had breast cancer and had left ushering at Lyric to recover, “but I got word for you, you’ll enjoy your cupcake and your coffee or whatever and be that [director of presentations and special events] Rich Regan wanted to done in 25 minutes.” But other than being on time and turning their talk to me.” When he offered Sheila the position, “I told him I was honored phones off, Sheila emphasizes that “it’s most important for them to be — truly honored.” The job has reinforced Sheila’s conviction that “music respectful of who’s sitting next to them.” is a language that everyone understands. I love that we’re reaching out to That feeling of respect also describes how Lyric's front-of-house staff youth, because we need to get them involved and educated so we can have responds to anyone attending a performance. "I want to give a shout-out opera for many, many more years to come.” to all our outstanding usher supervisors, restaurant workers, bartenders, Chuck served in seven wars, “and many of the things I saw at war janitors, and ushers; they’re the people who really make the front of the are still things we’re discussing in theater, so there’s a catharsis for me house work," says Chuck. in going through this. But more than that: having seen destruction, the Chuck is proud of what Lyric does for patrons with particular idea that Lyric works with kids and with the community makes this such needs. “We’ll take blind patrons backstage so they can touch the scenery. a good cause. It’ s not just that we’re perpetuating an art form -- we’re We have someone who does descriptions they can listen to during the bringing humanity rather than strife to people’s lives. It feels good.” performance.” That special care includes “helping you if you have a — Roger Pines

38 | November 17 - December 9, 2018 SCALE AND SPECTACLE NO ONE ELSE CAN DELIVER JOIN US FOR THE 2018/19 SEASON

massenet LA TRAVIATA Cinderella Dec 1, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

puccini La bohème Jan 10 – 31, 2019

r. strauss Elektra Feb 2 - 22, 2019

verdi La traviata Feb 16 – Mar 22, 2019

handel Ariodante Mar 2 – 17, 2019

perla An American Dream Mar 15 & 17, 2019

bernstein & sondheim West Side Story May 3 – June 2, 2019 Anna Netrebko in Recital Dec 2, 2018 Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Concert & Gala

BERG ROSEN KUSEL, TODD ROBERT PHOTOS: Mar 23, 2019 EXPERIENCE LYRICOPERA.ORG | 312.827.5600 PATRON SALUTE | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Marsha Cruzan and U.S. Bank: Making Community Possible

How does one go about leading the ROBERT KUSEL “As we look to invest in organizations community efforts of one of the largest here in Chicago,” JeNyce continues, “one financial institutions in Chicago? Marsha of the things that is very important for us Cruzan wondered the same thing when is community engagement. It’s one thing she became the Market President of U.S. to have world-class performances where Bank in Chicago in 2012. “I knew I could people can attend if they can afford the run the commercial bank, but I was a ticket, but what are you doing to take little concerned about the community that art to the people who don’t have involvement because I had never done it the exposure or money to attend that before. Now that I am involved, I love performance? That leadership level is so it! It’s been a good way to connect, and I important, and Lyric gets it, and they do really enjoy the members of Lyric’s Board, a phenomenal job of bringing opera to the especially the other women.” community.” After completing an undergraduate U.S. Bank’s corporate giving degree in political science and economics, platform is called Community Possible, and an MBA, Marsha got her first job as which is supported by three pillars: home, a consultant with Arthur Anderson. After work, and play. “These three pillars create a few years she made the transition to the vibrancy that communities need to investment banking, starting at The First be sustainable,” JeNyce says, “such as National Bank, which eventually became healthy families, affordable healthcare, JP Morgan. She was Managing Director employment, and arts and culture. Lyric there when she got the call about the fits well into our ‘play’ pillar by exposing position at U.S. Bank. un-served and underserved communities “Part of what I do in my role is to be to the arts.” Marsha adds, “I love the way involved in the community and give back, our three pillars work together. There are and when I looked at the list of things that so many companies that are just supporting were possible, Lyric was my top choice. It STEM. Arts and music are supportive was the first board I joined when I came of STEM. I always encourage other to U.S. Bank.” Raised in Champaign, corporations to look past the traditional Marsha took piano lessons through high STEM programs and consider the impact school, and there was always music playing of art and music in support of STEM.” in the family home. Well before joining As chair of Lyric’s Civic Engagement the Board of Directors in 2013, Marsha Committee, this obstacle is at the forefront experienced Lyric’s excellence first hand. for Marsha and her fellow committee “The first opera I ever saw was Aida Tom McGinnis and Marsha Cruzan at Lyric members as they try to bring new corporate at Lyric many years ago. The majesty, on the red carpet for the Opening Night Opera Ball. supporters into Lyric’s donor family. “We the pageantry, the experience; it was way for us to take students, some of whom may talk about some of the things Lyric is breathtaking.” have never even come downtown, to the opera,” doing in the community and in arts education. As her involvement at Lyric deepened, so says JeNyce Boolton, Community Relations Business people really understand that the arts did her appreciation for and understanding of Manager of U.S. Bank in Chicago. “I had an are important to a child’s development, and are the art form. “When you know the complexity opportunity to see an opera with a group of more likely to support the arts in that context.” of opera - which is the most complex art form middle school students, and I wasn’t sure what “Gone are the days when corporations in terms of entertainment - and everything to expect, but the opera was right-sized for only focus on revenue,” JeNyce says. “Being that has to happen to plan an opera season, it’s these students, it wasn’t over the top and it was an engaged corporate citizen is now just as fascinating. And, it’s really fun to bring someone very relatable. There were likely kids in that important to our customers as it is for our who’s never been before and see their excitement. auditorium who thought, this is opera, this is employees and shareholders. Some companies I always tell people it’s an art form they can grow cool. Because of that one experience they may may view it as an obligation; we at U.S. Bank to appreciate if they’re exposed to it.” have a desire to go see another performance, or absolutely view it as an honor.” Lyric in turn Exposure to the arts is something that continue to explore the arts. In supporting youth is honored to count U.S. Bank among its U.S. Bank feels strongly about, as is evidenced education programming, we aren’t expecting leading corporate partners, and to have Marsha by the company’s support of bus scholarships these initiatives to produce the next generation championing the arts in Chicago. for Chicago Public Schools to attend student of classical musicians, but we’re looking for that performances at Lyric. “Our support of the Lyric exposure, thinking outside the box, and outside — Meaghan Stainback Unlimited school bus scholarship program is a of your neighborhood to see what’s possible.

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Lyric is grateful for our 2018/19 Season Production Sponsors

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GRAMMA FISHER FOUNDATION HELEN AND SAM ZELL OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA

ADA AND WHITNEY ADDINGTON

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HENRY M. AND GILDA R. BUCHBINDER

EARL AND BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION

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JULIE AND ROGER BASKES DONNA VAN EEKEREN FOUNDATION

SYLVIA NEIL AND DANIEL FISCHEL THE MICHAEL AND SUSAN AVRAMOVICH CHARITABLE TRUST MAZZA FOUNDATION NANCY AND SANFRED KOLTUN

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To learn more about Lyric sponsorship opportunities, please visit lyricopera.org/SponsorshipOpportunities. ARIA SOCIETY SPOTLIGHT | 2018-2019

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. They 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 with Rigoletto and this season's Elektra. They also made a leadership commitment to it.” says Miles D. White, Abbott’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help safeguard the future of Lyric Opera. valued member of Lyric’s Board of Directors. Lyric is honored to have Julie Baskes serve on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Julie is also Chairman of the Production Sponsorship Committee, and ADA and WHITNEY is a past President of the Ryan Opera Center Board. ADDINGTON Ada and Whitney Addington are dedicated Lyric MARLYS A. BEIDER subscribers and donors. They 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 The 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 fortunate to have Dr. Whitney Beider. Marlys Beider cosponsored several productions including Addington as a member of its Board of Directors and Executive Committee Elektra (2012/13), Parsifal (2013/14), and Tosca (2014/15), and has committed generous leadership gifts to cosponsor two of Lyric’s new Ring cycle AMERICAN AIRLINES productions including Das Rheingold (2016/17) and next season's Götterdämmerung. This season we celebrate 37 years of vital corporate partnership with American Airlines, the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of RANDY L. and MELVIN R. BERLIN Chicago. In recognition of the company’s significant contribution Devoted fans of opera education and the arts, Melvin to the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the mezzanine and Randy Berlin are vital members of the Lyric Opera level of the Lyric Opera House is named the American Airlines family. “It’s part of Chicago for us. It enriches the city Mezzanine. American Airlines provides important in-kind support and the community, and we like to be part of that,” Franco Tedeschi for Lyric’s programs and special events. Franco Tedeschi, Vice says Melvin. The Berlins have contributed significantly President of American Airlines, proudly serves on to the Annual Campaign and made a leadership gift to Lyric’s Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Melvin and Randy have cosponsored several Committee. productions including last season's Cosi fan tutte and this season's West Side Story. Lyric is honored to have Melvin Berlin serve on its Board of Directors. PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to advance society through the BMO HARRIS BANK performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. The For over 200 years, BMO has been financing economic expansion Foundation’s namesake, Paul M. Angell, founder of Newly Weds Foods, dedicated and supporting the communities it serves. BMO Harris is proud the early part of his life to serving his country and performing as a member of John to support the Lyric Opera through the Lyric’s Annual Campaign Philip Sousa’s U.S. Navy Band during World War I. He believed in hard work, and join the production sponsorship family for this season’s self reliance, and optimism, and the Foundation is intended to honor him and his La traviata. Lyric is honored to have Richard Pomeroy, Senior Managing Director, BMO Wealth Management U.S., serve on its ideals. At Lyric, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has been a loyal supporter Richard Pomeroy of Lyric’s Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited programming and has generously Board of Directors and Investment Committee. “Opera is truly an committed to a high level of multi-year support. inspiration. It affects how we see and interpret the world around us, and it’s ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS our hope that the support we provide Lyric will Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Aria Society support received from ten help increase exposure to such a beautiful form anonymous contributors during the 2018/19 season. of artistic expression.”

AVRAMOVICH CHARITABLE TRUST HENRY M. and GILDA R. BUCHBINDER 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. They 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. significant contribution to Lyric was recognized in naming Kay’s incredible continued matching support made possible the Isabelle Cavagnaro Crowe Foyer on the fifth floor in The 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. The most trusted and accomplished construction companies. The Crown Family is a sponsor of the Renée Fleming Initiative fourth generation, family-owned firm offers 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 The 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 The 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. The project. John says, “When Alice and I heard that Lyric Foundation’s exemplary support of Chicago-area charities reflects 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 benefiting from The 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. The 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 amplification the best, we must have access the best productions.” Lyric Opera is honored to have and sound systems used in the Musical Theater 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. They 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 The 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 nonprofit and the Great Opera Fund as well as Lyric’s education and community engagement leaders in arts support. The 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 The Marriage of the 2018/19 season, the Cheney Foundation is supporting the Figaro (2015/16). This 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 Theatre (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. The Julius Frankel Foundation the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground has sustained this noble legacy under the guidance and longtime Campaign. They 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. “The 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. This 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. The 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. Through 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, The 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. The 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, The 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. They are through very generous annual contributions to Lyric. The 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. They have also made a leadership gift to the appreciation of nature. The 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 The 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). The 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. The 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 Jannotta and his beloved late wife Debby. A lifelong opera lover, Tom Hurvis is an avid opera fan and longtime Lyric subscriber. Ned has been an integral part of the Lyric Opera family, joining As part of the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Tom and his the Board of Directors in 1987, serving as President and CEO beloved late wife Julie made a generous leadership commitment in of Lyric Opera from 1996 to 2000, and is currently serving as support of Lyric Unlimited, comprising the company’s education Co-Chairman Emeritus. Lyric is honored to have received a and community engagement activities. Tom Hurvis sponsors the leadership gift from the Jannottas for the Breaking New Ground Campaign to Renée Fleming Initiative, and made a generous leadership gift in create the Ryan Opera Center Music Director Endowed Chair, in addition to their support of Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative during the 2016/17 generous gifts to the Annual Campaign. season. Lyric gratefully acknowledges the Hurvis family’s more than 20 years of contributions to the Annual Campaign, including several production sponsorships, JENNER & BLOCK as well as their support of The Lyric Opera Broadcasts. Most recently, Tom has Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block is a leading law firm with global given a generous gift to the Ryan Opera Center, endowing a singer in perpetuity impact and substantial experience in a broad range of legal issues. in memory of dear friend Dick Kiphart. “Opera enriches lives. That is why it is The firm has long played a prominent role in Chicago’s legal and so important to introduce young people to opera, and for them to experience business communities, and is consistently ranked as one of the top productions done by the best in their fields. How fortunate we are to have all this firms in the country. Jenner & Block has provided significant pro right here in Chicago.” Lyric is honored to have Tom Hurvis serve on its Board of bono legal expertise to Lyric, along with generous contributions to Directors, Executive, Lyric Labs, and Lyric Unlimited Committees. Craig C. Martin the Breaking New Ground Campaign and the Annual Campaign, Lyric is fortunate to have Craig C. Martin, Partner and Chair INVESCO QQQ of Jenner & Block’s Litigation Department, as a valued member of its Board Invesco QQQ, represented by Dan Draper, Managing Director of Directors, Nominating/ and Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds, is proud to Governance, and Executive sponsor the arts as a corporate partner of Lyric Opera. They Committees. previously cosponsored the productions of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet (2015/16), The Magic Flute (2016/17), and Turandot PATRICIA A. KENNEY and GREGORY J. O'LEARY (2017/18). This season Invesco QQQ is a generous cosponsor Pat Kenney and Greg O'Leary are longtime Dan Draper of Lyric’s premiere of Cendrillon. Invesco QQQ global network subscribers and generous donors to Lyric, with a recognizes the value in helping investors around the world, but particular passion for supporting the emerging artists with headquarters in Downers Grove, "We are proud of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. supporters both of Lyric's innovative programming Greg serves on the Ryan Opera Center Board on and community engagement, and we laud their its Fundraising Committee, and Greg and Pat have efforts to foster a rich artist culture locally." cosponsored the season-culminating Rising Stars in Concert for six consecutive years. Greg was recently 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 The 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. They 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.They 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 They 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. They 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. The Kipharts’ enthusiasm for opera and heartfelt this season's new coproduction of Ariodante. The 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 The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, restructuring, and counseling matters. The 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 The 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. The Lauridsens are pleased to be part of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as a member of the Lyric family and look forward to an exciting new season. its Board of Directors, Executive, and Production Sponsorship Committees. JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION The 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 The 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. The 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 The 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. That 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 The 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, The 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. The 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 The 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 The 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 The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Conference Room. Center, including Rising Stars in Concert. Last season, Nancy generously gave additional support as a cosponsor ALLAN and ELAINE MUCHIN of the Ryan Opera Center fundraising event Ladies’ Allan and Elaine Muchin are longtime, valued members Fred and Nancy McDougal Choice, Piotr Beczała in Recital, Lyric Unlimited’s of the Lyric Opera family. Allan served as President Chicago premiere of Fellow Travelers and the new and CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006, and Chicago Urban League arts immersion partnership EmpowerYouth! is currently Co-Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors and serves on the Executive Committee. THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION The Muchins have staunchly supported the Annual Lyric is deeply grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long and tremendous Campaign, Operathon, and the Stars of Lyric Opera history of support. Through a multi-year commitment to Lyric’s American Horizons at Millennium Park concert, and have committed leadership gifts to the Building initiative in 2000, the Mellon Foundation encouraged presentation of American on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking operas and expansion of the operatic repertory by providing major support for New Ground Campaign. Lyric is extremely grateful for Allan and Elaine Muchin’s Lyric premieres. During the 2012/13 season, the Mellon Foundation provided munificent friendship. leadership funding to launch Lyric’s visionary new Lyric Unlimited programming, which included the Chicago premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the ARTS first Mariachi opera. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation continued its generous Our support from the National Endowment for the Arts: Grants awarded by partnership with Lyric Unlimited by providing outstanding support for Lyric’s world the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have played a leading role in the premiere mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and continued its unparalleled advancement of Lyric’s programming and expansion of the operatic repertoire, legacy by cosponsoring Lyric’s world premiere of mainstage production Bel Canto. serving the public good by fostering creativity and artistic excellence in America. Most recently, the Mellon Foundation has provided generous leadership funding Through production and program funding as well as a major challenge grant, for Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative, specifically focused on awards from the NEA have nurtured Lyric’s world-class artistic achievements. The the Community Created Performances component, which Endowment has funded important artistic initiatives at Lyric such as American plays a vital role in bringing together Chicago’s diverse Horizons, Great American Voices, and Toward the 21st Century. The NEA communities and vocal traditions in celebration of the has provided vital support for numerous human voice. Lyric Opera premieres, new productions, and revivals, most recently last season’s THE MONUMENT TRUST (UK) I Puritani, and this season’s Siegfried. Lyric is grateful for the generosity of The Monument Trust and its Chairman of trustees Stewart Grimshaw, who initiated their support for the cosponsorship of THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION Rusalka (2013/14) and cosponsored Anna Bolena (2014/15), Wozzeck (2015/16), The founder of The Negaunee Foundation has great affection for music, the The Magic Flute (2016/17), and Orphée et Eurydice (2017/18). The Monument Trust performing arts, and Mozart. These interests, combined with a strong admiration is a passionate supporter of the arts in the of Lyric Opera, have been instrumental in bringing operas to Lyric’s mainstage. U.K. and U.S. and cosponsors Lyric’s new The Negaunee Foundation has cosponsored many productions, most recently last coproduction of Ariodante this season. season’s productions of Così fan tutte and Jesus Christ Superstar. This season the foundation is the lead sponsor of both Idomeneo and West Side Story. The Negaunee MR. and MRS. ROBERT S. MORRISON Foundation has also made a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Susan and Bob Morrison are devoted members of Lyric is very fortunate to be among the Chicago cultural institutions benefiting from the Lyric Opera family. Both are loyal subscribers The Negaunee Foundation’s leadership and financial commitment. Lyric is honored and patrons who take an active role in nurturing to have The Negaunee Foundation’s president serve as a member of its Board of Lyric’s success. Susan Morrison is a leading member Directors and Audit Committee. of the Women’s Board. Lyric is fortunate to have Bob Morrison serve as a member of its Board of Directors. The Morrisons have generously supported the Opera Ball and Wine Auction as well as the Annual Campaign for many years. They 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 Theatre 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. They’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 Lyric is honored to have Jana R. Schreuder, retired chief operating and donors for many years, and have cosponsored several officer of Northern Trust, serve as a member of Lyric’s Board of mainstage opera productions, including last season’s Directors, Executive, and Finance Committees, and William A. The Pearl Fishers and this season’s Elektra. They made a Osborn, Northern Trust’s retired chairman and CEO, serve as a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. to help secure Lyric’s future. “It has been very enjoyable A leading global financial services provider, Northern Trust has to become part of the Lyric family and to give back to a Jana R. Schreuder enjoyed a longstanding and significant relationship with Lyric. place that has given us so much pleasure. There have been many moments for both Based in Chicago, the firm has played a major role supporting Dan and me when we have said, tonight is incredible, it is one of the memorable the Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited. Northern Trust also provides vital performances of our lifetime. Lyric Opera of Chicago is an international star and it leadership contributions to Lyric as presenting sponsor of the triennial Wine Auction is evidenced by the people who choose to be involved here.” Lyric is honored to have since 2000, and as cosponsor of the Opera Ball (annually since 1998). In addition, Sylvia Neil serve on its Board of Directors, Executive, Production Sponsorship, and Northern Trust has cosponsored several mainstage productions including this Lyric Unlimited Committees. season’s West Side Story. "Being a good corporate citizen is very important," William Osborn once said. "It allows us to do our part THE NERENBERG FOUNDATION to help keep the City of Chicago strong and During their lifetimes, Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg viable and, in the end, this is beneficial to were passionate supporters of Lyric Opera and everyone." subscribed for more than 30 years. They were especially supportive of The Patrick G. and Shirley OGILVY W. Ryan Opera Center and loved to watch these Ogilvy is one doorway to a creative network, re-founded to make brands matter young artists perform and grow at Lyric Opera. in a complex, noisy, hyper-connected world. Lyric is grateful for the significant Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Jerry Nerenberg and his wife Elaine passed away in-kind contribution in 2018 to launch a new marketing campaign “Are You Opera in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In their wills, they established The Jerome and Enough?”. The Ogilvy Chicago team was tasked with changing the perception of Lyric Elaine Nerenberg Foundation, which was funded to make generous annual grants to make it more appealing and accessible to millennials. They needed to highlight the to Lyric Opera for many years to come. Lyric is very appreciative of the Nerenbergs’ “all too human” core of opera in a different, more compelling, and contemporary way. thoughtfulness and generosity in creating this planned gift. The resulting series of print, poster, and billboard adverts illustrated the interesting cultural and historical aspects NIB FOUNDATION of opera. Ogilvy Chicago’s informative and humorous Founding owners/managers of former radio station WNIB, Sonia execution of the campaign provided prospective opera and the late William Florian established the NIB Foundation to goers with a large set of tools to not be intimidated by extend their support to many worthwhile arts and environmental their first experience, and to better understand any aspect causes. Sonia is a devoted member of the Lyric family, having of the opera art form. subscribed to Lyric for more than four decades. The NIB Foundation continues to cosponsor many mainstage productions MR. and MRS. DAVID T. ORMESHER Sonia Florian including this season’s production of Cendrillon and Anna Lyric is sincerely grateful for the devotion of David Netrebko in recital, and made a major commitment to the and Sheila Ormesher. David is founder and CEO Breaking New Ground Campaign. In addition to their magnanimous financial of closerlook, inc., a Chicago-based digital marketing support, Mr. and Mrs. Florian and the NIB Foundation gave their valuable agency serving the pharmaceutical industry since 1987. collection of operatic and other vocal recordings to Lyric, making Lyric’s Educational closerlook has given generously to Lyric Opera for many Library Collection one of the most extensive collections of its kind in the country. years, sponsoring Fantasy of the Opera from 2009 to Sonia Florian very generously provided a naming gift for the Florian Opera Bistro 2014 and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert for seven consecutive located on the third floor of the Lyric Opera years. Most recently, David and Sheila generously provided an Operathon Challenge House. Sonia is a vital member of Lyric’s Grant, supported the Opera Ball, and made a leadership gift towards the Breaking Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and New Ground Campaign. Lyric is proud to have David T. Ormesher serving as its Production Sponsorship Committee, and was Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the Executive Committee, and on all sub- awarded the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most committees of the Board. prestigious honor, in 2015 for her outstanding commitment to the company. MR. and MRS. WILLIAM A. OSBORN Bill and Cathy Osborn are devoted members of the Lyric JOHN D. and ALEXANDRA C. NICHOLS Opera family. They have subscribed to Lyric for over Longtime enthusiasts of arts and culture in Chicago, John two decades and enjoy participating in special events D. and Alexandra C. Nichols have steadfastly supported such as Opening Night/Opera Ball and Wine Auction. the Annual Campaign, and are generous sponsors of The Osborns have generously contributed to the Annual the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric Opera is extremely Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. grateful for John and Alexandra Nichols’ significant Cathy Osborn, a valued member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, was Co-Chairman of leadership contributions to both the Campaign for Lyric’s highly successful Wine Auction 2009, and Chairman of Opera Ball 2013. Excellence and the Breaking New Ground Campaign, establishing the John D. William A. Osborn, Northern Trust’s Retired Chairman and CEO, is a leading and Alexandra C. Nichols Grand Staircase. They have also provided a generous gift member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. 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 The 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 The 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 first 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 The 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. They 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. They 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 significant 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 first choice whenever her mother, Mary Sue. They 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 first subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have A leader in the international legal arena, the law firm 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), The Passenger (2014/15), and Les Troyens New Ground Campaign in support of the Innovation Initiative. In recognition of Larry Barden (2016/17). This 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 firm’s Opera Commentaries, underwriting this special project to honor the memory of their Management Committee, on its Board of Directors parents. The Ryans are sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative and Lyric’s premier and Compensation Committee. artist development program was renamed The 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. This season Liz has generously RICHARD O. RYAN sponsored the new coproduction of La bohème and is a sponsor of A passionate supporter of The 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 significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Richard cosponsors Ryan Opera Center soprano Ann Toomey. Liz Stiffel was awarded the 2017 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, An ardent opera lover, Richard has been a Lyric subscriber for in recognition of her continuing dedication to Lyric. “I believe that Lyric and all art more than 45 years. He recently made a generous leadership forms are beacons of light that shine as examples of the best that mankind has to offer commitment to Lyric's Breaking New Ground Campaign for the to our children, our nation, and ourselves.” 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 munificent support of Richard Ryan.

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MRS. HERBERT A. VANCE and THE WALLACE FOUNDATION MR. and MRS. WILLIAM C. VANCE The 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. The 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. The 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. The 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. They 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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Champagne Bar

Sunday Afternoon Tea

Florian Opera Bistro

Sarah and Peer Pedersen Room

The William B. and Catherine Graham Room

For more information, visit lyricopera.org/dining.

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 51 Take Your Place in Lyric History

We hope Lyric holds a permanent place in your heart, and we’d like to offer you a permanent place at Lyric.

Name a seat in the Ardis Krainik Theatre with a personalized brass plaque at the seat of your choosing.

It’s the perfect way to celebrate an event, remember a loved one, of simply commemorate your love of Lyric.

Learn more at lyricopera.org/nameaseat or call 312.827.5685. PHOTO: DAN REST DAN PHOTO:

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Support music that moves you. To donate: VISIT lyricopera.org/donate TEXT LYRIC to 41444 EMAIL [email protected] CALL 312.827.3500 PHOTO: ROBERT KUSEL ROBERT 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. This 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 Office 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 The 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 The 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. Redfield French Operas W. James and Maxine P. Farrell German Operas* Irma Parker Italian Operas The NIB Foundation Mozart Operas Regenstein Foundation, in honor of Ruth Regenstein Puccini Operas* Mary Patricia Gannon Verdi Operas The 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* Thomas Doran Endowment* Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Endowment* James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Endowment* J. Thomas 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 The Chapters’ Education Endowment, in memory of Alfred Glasser James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Endowment* Generous endowment gifts help to make possible productions *Future Planned Gift such as Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 53 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 October 1, 2018.

Anna Netrebko in Recital NIB Foundation

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

Audience Development Initiative The Wallace Foundation

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

Innovation Initiative Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan

Lyric Signature Events PwC United Scrap Metal, Inc.

Official Airline Additional Support Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary American Airlines Chavez-Tatro Foundation Concert & Gala Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Premium Sponsors Opening Night Opera Ball 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann The Crown Family Opening Night Gala Sponsor Anne Perillo Michuda Jenner & Block Aon Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Liz Stiffel Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Molo Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Opera Ball Sponsors Ellen and Jim Stirling J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes ITW Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Northern Trust Overture Society Luncheons Susan M. Miller West Side Story Celebration The Poet Premium Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Premium Table Sponsors The Crown Family Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation An Anonymous Donor Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Marion A. Cameron Liz Stiffel Planned Giving Seminars Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Morgan Stanley (2) ITW The Painter Premium Sponsors Annie and Gregory K. Jones An Anonymous Donor Projected English Titles Lazard Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marjan closerlook, inc. J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Renée Fleming Initiative Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Harris Family Foundation An Anonymous Donor Reed Smith LLP Blythe Jaski McGarvie Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Brenda Robinson Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn The Crown Family Ilene Simmons Betsy and Andy Rosenfield J. Thomas Hurvis Liz Stiffel Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols The Philosopher Premium Sponsors Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Additional Support Nancy S. Searle An Anonymous Donor Thierer Family Foundation

The Performer Premium Sponsors Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel

54 | November 17 - December 9, 2018 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 October 1, 2018

With Major Support from Students from the Chicago the Caerus Foundation, Inc. Urban League participate An American Dream in Lyric Unlimited's EmpowerYouth! initative

Leadership Funding TODD ROSENBERG The Wallace Foundation Additional Support Eric and Deb Hirschfield Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Baker & McKenzie Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Mary Stowell 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 The Beaubien Family Eisen Family Foundation Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Eric and Deb Hirschfield Estate of Pierrete E. Sauvat Kenneth R. Norgan Pre-Opera Talks Tony Valukas and Cathy Beres Northern Trust Raynette and Ned Boshell Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Senior Matinee Family Day at Lyric Rose L. Shure Charitable Trust Buehler Family Foundation Bank of America Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Lannan Foundation General Support NEXT Student Ticket Program Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Anonymous (4) Leadership Funding The Retirement Research Foundation Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx The Grainger Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation BNSF Railway Foundation Additional Support Student Backstage Tours Helen Brach Foundation Paul and Mary Anderson Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Envestnet Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Dan J. Epstein, Judy Guitelman, and the Dan J. Michael and Leigh Huston The Brinson Foundation Epstein Family Foundation Deloitte Elizabeth Khalil and Peter Belytschko Youth Opera Council Elaine Frank Molex Terry J. Medhurst Jackie and James Holland MUFG Penelope and Robert Steiner 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 Third 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 John Hart and Carol Prins Jane Wilson and David Mayhew Music Performance Trust Fund An Anonymous Donor JPMorgan Chase & Co. Stone Charitable Trust Film Funds Trust Funds Robert & Isabelle Bass Dr. Scholl Foundation Wintrust Community Banks Foundation, Inc. Segal Family Foundation Lloyd A. Fry 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: Nancy Knowles Irving and Ruth Waldshine Caroline Huebner Ken Babe from Roberta and Robert Washlow from Deane Ellis, from Jason and Rachel Mersey from the Riverside Chapter Gordon G. Lakin Marcia Purze Lori Julian John R. Blair from Lawrence and JoAnne Winer Dr. William Warren from Charles Brooks and Suzan Bramson from Barbara Blair John A. Leer, Jr., M.D from Marshall and Joann Goldin Mary Klyasheff Sandra Box from Ms. Mary Anne Leer Sarita Warshawsky from Peoples Gas from Barbara Box Robert H. Malott from Carol Warshawsky Margot and Josef Lakonishok John "Jack" V. Crowe from John Furrer, Nikolay Zhizhin from Arsen and Elizabeth Manugian from John and Judy Keller, Lincoln Academy of Illinios, from Larisa Zhizhin Frank and Lynne Modruson Lisbeth Stiffel from Wainwright Investment Council, LLC, from Donna Gustafsson Larry Fox Vivi Martens In Honor Of: Frank Modruson from Julie Benson, from James Karr Julie Baskes from Protiviti Mary and Larry Selander Armida Melino Melone from Peter Wender Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis Myron and Karen Tiersky Household from Bernadette McCarthy Marion Cameron from Tom Shapiro Dixie Lim Go Hugo Melvoin from Susan Payne Sylvia Neil & Dan Fischel from Gregory Chen, from Lois Melvoin Marie Campbell's Birthday from Andrea Markowicz Robert Dow, Virginia Byrne Mooney from Patti Fazio Sue Niemi Gregg and Wendy Elstien, from Kathleen Vondran Renee Crown from BCLLP Foundation Lionel Go, Dr. Antonio E. Navarrete from Minow Family Foundation Greg O'Leary Jonathan Lichter, from Virginia Navarrete Angela DeStefano from Suzanne Wagner Jimmy Lim, Peer and Sarah Pedersen from Jerry and Kathy Biederman Richard O. Ryan Daniel and Tracey Murray, from James Bramsen Erika Erich from Ardell Arthur, Kenneth Pollard, Ken Piggott from Richard Moore Michael and Sally Feder Mary Ruscher, and from Tully Family Foundation Sally Feder Shirley Ryan Filemon and Elizabeth Yao Dr. Robert A. Pringle from Dan Feder, from Rodney and Keith Goldstein Jane Rolandi Gray from Marla Pringle Carroll Joynes and Abby O'Neil, Erica Sandner from William Porter Diane Ragains Paula Kahn, from Mirja and Ted Haffner Elaine De G. Harvey from James Tucker Philip Lumpkin, Nancy Searle from Daggett Harvey and Yvonne Yamashita Marilyn and Roland Resnick Julia Nowicki from Carol and James Pollock, Thomas W. Hill from J. Kline Dr. Bradley Fine and family Michael and Lynne Terry from Richard Nora Joan Richards from Bradley Fine Nancy Searle and Keith Goldstein Angela Holtzman from Harris Family Foundation, Anthony Freud and Colin Ure from Prince Charitable Trusts from Marjory M. Oliker Alan and Drue Huish, from James and Laurie Bay Mary Selander Katie Jacobson Harry Roper and Helen Marlborough' Regan Friedmann from William and Carol Vance from Lisbeth Stiffel Craig Sirles , from Eisen Family Foundation, Chelsea Southwood Lee and Billye Jennings Gisela Elizabeth Rill Leslie and Donna Pinsof from James and Laurie Bay from Alfred Goldstein from Mary Ring Kay and Craig Tuber Liz Stiffel Kip Kelley, Sr. Shirley Ryan's parents Ruth Ann Gillis from Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnis from Anonymous, from Patrick and Shirley Ryan from Lisbeth Stiffel Dr. Bryan Traubert Aon Corporation, Dr. Sheldon K. Schiff Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGinnis from Pritzker Foundation Kip and Sarah Kelley, from Sheldon Schiff from James and Laurie Bay Charles and Mary Shea, Stephen Schulson Keith Kiley Goldstein Lisbeth Stiffel, from Susan Schulson from Patricia Cox John Sullivan, Edwin J. Seeboeck Agnes Hamos' Birthday William and Kathie Vit from James Heim from Barbara Currie Kip Kelley, Sr. and Ed Zasadil Nancy Wald Gillian Larkin from James Alexander and Curtis Drayer from The Humanist Fund William and Ethel Gofen William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt Richard and Martha Schoenfeld from Sheila Hegy John Casey

A GLOBAL GIVING MOVEMENT | NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Lyric is thrilled to be a part of #GivingTuesday again this year!

#GivingTuesday is a social movement dedicated to celebrating how everyday acts of generosity by ordinary people make the extraordinary happen.

Donations received on November 27 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by members of the Overture Society – doubling the impact of your gift!

Donate online at lyricopera.org/donate.

56 | November 17 - December 9, 2018 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Dan Novak Craig Terry Julia Faulkner Renée Fleming Faculty Director Music Director Director of Vocal Studies Advisor Julia Faulkner The Ryan Opera Center The Jannotta Family Elizabeth F. Cheney W. Stephen Smith Board Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Foundation Voice Instruction The 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 Guest Master Artists

William C. Billingham Soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Contralto Dana Brown WHITNEY EMILY ANN KAYLEIGH LAUREN Alan Darling MORRISON POGORELC TOOMEY DECKER DECKER Laurann Gilley Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Celeste Rue The C. G. Pinnell J. Thomas Hurvis Sally and Michael Feder, The Susan and Richard P. Anonymous Donor, Eric Weimer Ms. Gay K. Stanek, Kiphart Family, Richard O. Family Susan M. Miller, Pedro Yanez Ms. Jennifer L. Stone Ryan, Richard W. Shepro Thierer Family Coaching Staff and Lindsay E. Roberts Foundation Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Marina Vecci Alessandra Visconti Melissa Wittmeier Foreign Language Instruction

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

Artistic/Production Personnel Christopher Allen Andrew Grams Conductors

David Paul Director

Peggy Stenger Bill Walters Bass-Baritone Bass-Baritone Pianist ALAN DAVID MADELINE Stage Managers HIGGS WEIGEL SLETTEDAHL Robert S. Kuhn Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Lucy Lindquist Heidi Heutel Bohn, Lois B. Siegel, Nancy Dehmlow, 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

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 57 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 The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Lyric is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the world’s 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 The 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 Last season, during the second of his two years with the Ryan Opera Center, baritone Emmett O’Hanlon Sally and Michael Feder (left) played Wagner in Faust with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn (right), an alumnus of the program, Maurice J. and Patricia Frank as Méphistophélès. Julian Family Foundation Philip G. Lumpkin Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Golden Grand Benefactors Sally and Michael Feder William J. Neiman Family ($25,000 to $49,999) Donna Gustafsson Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Anonymous The Blanny A. Haganah Family Fund Dr. Scholl Foundation Mary Ellen Hennessy James and Mary Houston Thierer Family Foundation Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Jeffrey and Cynthia McCreary Debbie K. Wright Lyric Young Professionals Phyllis Neiman Launchpad Ingrid Peters D. Elizabeth Price Marcus Boggs Ensemble Friends Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sawyier Leslie Fund, Inc. ($10,000 to $24,999) Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Judith W. McCue and Howard M. McCue III Anonymous (2) Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Dan and Patty Walsh Master Classes Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Marilee and Richard Wehman Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Martha A. Hesse Adrienne and Arnold Brookstone Tamara Conway National Auditions Anne Megan Davis American Airlines Fred L. Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Rising Stars in Concert Renée Fleming Master Class Drucker April 7, 2018 Julian Family Foundation Erika E. Erich Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe 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 Margo and Michael Oberman and Family Nix Lauridsen and Martha A. Hesse Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick The George L. Shields Foundation Family Foundation General Support Ms. Billie Jean Smith Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Aria Society Walter Family Foundation ($100,000 and above) Debbie K. Wright Additional Support Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Artist Circle Platinum Grand Benefactor ($5,000 to $9,999) Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast ($50,000 to $99,999) Anonymous (2) Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Estate of Kip Kelley Thomas Doran Rising Stars in Concert Reception Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Mrs. Sheila Dulin The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Stephen and Mary Etherington Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 59 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Planned Giving 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 The Overture Society The 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. These 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. These 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 These 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 Thomas 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. Thorpe Catherine Aranyi Firestone Daniel T. Manoogian Nathaniel W. Pusey L. Kristofer Thomsen 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. Thomas 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 Edward A. Nieminen Suzanne and William Karen Hletko Tiersky Dobroski Houston and the Estate of Florence C. Norstrom Samuels Jacqueline Tilles Thomas M. Dolan H. Eileen Howard Howard W. Broecker Renate P. Norum Mary T. Schafer Lawrence E. Timmins Mary Louise Duhamel Kenneth N. Hughes Mary Mako Helbert Linda Novak Moses Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Mrs. Alfred V. Dunkin, Jr. Michael Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Franklin R. Schmidt Turner Kathy Dunn Cpt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, Malatesta Oliver, Jr. Lois K. Schmidt Jean M. Turnmire Richard L. Eastline USMC Memorial Fund Jeanne Randall Malkin Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Martha P. Schneider Paul and Judith Carol A. Eastman J. Jeffrey Jaglois Ann Chassin Mallow Olson Donald Seibert Tuszynski Lowell and Judy Eckberg Barbara A. Joabson Dr. and Mrs. Karl Lee Stephen S. Orphanos Sherie Coren Shapiro Ultmann Family Lucy A. Elam, in memory John Arthur Johnson Manders Jonathan Orser Charles Chris Shaw Charitable Remainder of Elizabeth Elam Laurence P. Johnson Mrs. John Jay Markham Joan Pantsios Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Don Roy A. Johnson Daniel F Marselle Robert W. Parsons, M.D. M. Shaw Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn- Elleman Barbara Mair Jones Christine S. Winter George R. Paterson Mett and David Shayne Mason Cherelynn A. Elliott Janet Jones Massie MD & James Dr. Joan E. Patterson David Sherman Marlene A. Van Skike Terrence M. W. Ellsworth Moreen C. Jordan C. Massie George Pepper, M.D. Jared Shlaes Nancy Johnson Vazzano Dr. James A. Eng Dr. Anne Juhasz Michael M. and Diane Elizabeth Anne Peters Joanne Silver Raita Vilnins Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Mr. Theodore Kalogeresis Mazurczak Susanne P. Petersson Andrew Barry Simmons Malcolm V. Vye, MD Engel Wayne S. and Lenore M. James G. and Laura G. Genevieve M. Phelps and Mitchell Darcy Lynn Walker Martha L. Faulhaber Kaplan McCormick Frances Pietch Loewenthal-Grassini Gary T. Walther Dr. and Mrs. Paul Y. Feng Kenneth Kelling Gia and Paul McDermott Karen and Dick Pigott Larry G. Simpson Albert Wang Nadine Ferguson Paul R. Keske William F. McHugh Alan and Carol Pohl Dr. Ira Singer Barbara M. Wanke Felicia Finkelman Chuck and Kathy Killman Florence D. McMillan Ms. Lois Polakoff Thomas 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 Thomas H. Franks, Ph.D. Mrs. Richard H. Penny and John E. Freund the world’s best operas on the Ardis Krainik Theatre 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 Martilias A. Porreca, CFP Norman and Mirella Mr. and Mrs. Arnold George and Mary Ann Diana Hunt King and J. William McVey D. Elizabeth Price Smith Weinberg Gardner Esther G. Klatz Martina M. Mead Mrs. Edward S. Price Mary Soleiman Joanna L. Weiss Susan Boatman Garland R. William Klein, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Elaine Soter Joan and Marco Weiss Scott P. George J. Peter Kline Meader Roberta Lyn Anderson Mrs. Jay Spaulding Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mr. Lyle Gillman Helen Kohr Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Rains Philip and Sylvia Spertus Mrs. Melville W. Wendell John F. Gilmore Susan Kryl Melamed Robert L. Rappel, Jr. James A. Staples Sandra Wenner Michael Goldberger Mary S. Kurz Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Sherrie Kahn Reddick Sherie B. Stein Caroline C. Wheeler John A. Goldstein Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, Mesrobian Mr. and Mrs. Keith Reed K. M. Stelletello Dr. and Mrs. Peter Dr. J. Brian Greis M.D., in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Michael and Susan J. Allyson Stern Willson James R. Grimes Robert Kyts Meyers "Holly" Reiter Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Nora Winsberg Patricia Grogan Larry Lapidus Ms. Barbara Terman Evelyn R. Richer Mr. and Mrs. James P. David G. Winter Carolyn Hallman Barbara K Larsen Michaels Jennie M. Righeimer Stirling Brien and Cathy Wloch Carl J. Halperin Angela Larson and Edward S. and Barbara Gerald L. Ritholz Carol A. Stitzer Mrs. William Wunder Ms. Geraldine Haracz Bamshad Mobasher L. Mills Mary Raffetto-Robins Norene W. Stucka Daniel R. Zillmann Andrew Hatchell Thomas and Lise Lawson Vlasta A. "Vee" Minarich James and Janet Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. William P. Hauworth Henrietta Leary David and Justine K. Rosenbaum Stuffers Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Marilyn E. Miller Mintzer Dr. John Gregory Russo Emily J. Su Ronald G. Hedberg Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levy BettyAnn Mocek and Joseph C. Russo Peggy Sullivan Mrs. John C. Hedley Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Adam R. Walker Dennis Ryan Sherwin A. Swartz Josephine E. Heindel Lewicky Robert and Lois Moeller Louise M. Ryssmann Mr. and Mrs. John C. Martha A. Hesse Carole F. Liebson Dr. Virginia Saft Mond Eugene Rzym, in memory Telander Stephanie and Allen Carol L. Linne Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. of Adaline Rzym Cheryl L. Thaxton Hochfelder Murphy David Sachs Dr. David Thurn Mrs. Marion Hoffman Mr. Oliver Nickels Myron Tiersky

Estate Gifts The 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 Rose L. Shure and Sidney N. James Ascareggi Henry Frank Trust Fund for Music Arthur B. Logan Shure Walter Bandi Edward Elisberg Sara P. Anastaplo Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Joan M. Skepnek Velma Berry Ellen Cole Charitable Thomas Frisch Herbert and Brigitte Neuhaus Gerald Sunko, M.D. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Warren F. Best Remainder Trust Regina C. Fain John and Maynette Neundorf James M. Wells Eleanor Briggs Doris C. Lorz Lynette Flowers Mrs. Oliver Nickels Paul and Virginia Wilcox Dr. Mary Louise Hirsh Burger Dr. Doris Graber Robert B. Fordhamqes Venrice R. Palmer Ed Zasadil and Mr. William Burger Evelyn Greene Dr. Martin L. Gecht and Ira J. Peskind Audrey A. Zywicki Robert P. Cooke Ann B. Grimes Francey Gecht Helen Petersen Marianne Deson-Herstein Lester and Betty Guttman Carlyn E. Goettsch George T. Rhodes Trust in memory of Samuel Dr. Alexis W Maier Trust Elaine H. Hansen Merlin and Gladys Rostad and Sarah Deson Joseph Yashon Joseph M. Kacena Margart R. Sagers Christopher D. Doemel Kathryn Cunningham Stuart Kane Thomas W. Scheuer Edmund J. Valonis Kip Kelley Nancy W. Knowles Edwin and Margaret W. Anonymous Phil Turner Ernest Lester Seeboeck

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 61 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Corporate Partnerships

Lyric gratefully recognizes and sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following distinguished corporate contributors. The following list includes donors whose gifts or pledges were received by October 1, 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 BENEFACTOR FRIEND $10,000 to $24,999 $5,000 to $7,499 $1,000 to $1,999 Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law BNSF Railway Foundation Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation Italian Village Restaurants Concierge Unlimited International CNA Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Deloitte Kinder Morgan Foundation Envestnet BRAVO CIRCLE Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. Michuda Construction, Inc. $3,500 to $4,999 L Miller & Son Lumber Co. Molex Corporate Suites Network One Smooth Stone Morgan Stanley Old Republic International Corporation Protiviti Nuveen Turks’ Greenhouses Quarles & Brady LLP IMPRESARIO Reed Smith LLP $2,000 to $3,499 SUSTAINER Ropes & Gray LLP American Agricultural Insurance Company $500 to $999 Starshak Winzenburg & Co. Enterprise Holdings Foundation DonationXchange Strategic Reimbursement Group, LLC Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Network for Good Winestyr Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. Peoples Gas Wintrust Community Banks OPERA America Shoe Center Fund PREMIER BENEFACTOR $7,500 to $9,999 Amsted Industries Foundation Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation

Matching Gifts A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago. Anonymous CNA Foundation ITW Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Allstate Giving Program ConAgra Johnson & Johnson The Retirement Research Foundation Aon Foundation Doing Good LLC Johnson Controls Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Bank of America Foundation Emerson Electric JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Warranty Group Baxter International Foundation General Mills Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur United Technologies Corporation Benevity Community Impact Fund Graham Holdings Foundation W. W. Grainger Inc. BMO Harris Bank Foundation Grenzebach, Glier, and Associates Kimberly Clark Foundation William Harris Investors Helen Brach Foundation HSBC-North America Morgan Stanley Caterpillar Foundation Inc. IBM Corporation Nuveen Investments Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ingredion Incorporated Pfizer Foundation For purposes of recognition, we are pleased to combine matching gifts with an individual’s personal gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please request a matching gift form through your Human Resources or Community Affairs office, and send it to us along with your contribution. Special Thanks • American Airlines for its 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

The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric’s efforts: Generous Gifts Northern Trust, Palm Beach, FL Notable Gifts Martha Nussbaum CH Distillery Segall Bryant & Hamill Artists Frame Service Modern Luxury Calihan Catering by Alfred Bryant BiXi Beer Nico Osteria Coco Pazzo Naples, FL and Chicago, IL Booth One The Second City HMS Media, Inc. Glo Rolighed Temperance Beer Company Harrison and Held, LLP Lloyd’s Chicago by Attorney Robert T. Napier Naples, FL and Chicago IL This performance is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Lyric Opera of Chicago is a member of OPERA America.

November 17 - December 9, 2018 | 63 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Annual Individual and Foundation Support

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

ARIA SOCIETY · $100,000 and above Anonymous (10) Mr. and Mrs. William C. Florian The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Patricia A. Kenney and Ada and Whitney Addington Franke Family Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Gregory J. O'Leary Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Brent and Katie Gledhill Estate of Nancy W. Knowles Sheila and David Ormesher The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ethel and William Gofen Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn The Michael and Susan Avramovich Howard L. Gottlieb and Josef and Margot Lakonishok Pritzker Foundation Charitable Trust Barbara G. Greis Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Julie and Roger Baskes The Grainger Foundation Lauridsen Foundation Marlys Beider Gramma Fisher Foundation of Malott Family Foundation Candy and Gary Ridgway Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Marshalltown, Iowa Mazza Foundation Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Henry M. and Gilda R. Buchbinder Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Lauter McDougal Charitable Fund Richard O. Ryan Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Krehbiel, Jr. The Monument Trust (UK) Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation The Butler Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Lisbeth Stiffel David and Orit Carpenter The Harris Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe J. Thomas Hurvis The Negaunee Foundation Mrs. Herbert A. Vance The Crown Family The Edgar D. Jannotta Family Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance The Davee Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg The Wallace Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Foundation Foundation Roberta L. Washlow and Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson John R. Halligan Charitable Fund NIB Foundation Robert J. Washlow Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Julius Frankel Foundation John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Helen and Sam Zell

PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR · $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous (3) Eric and Deb Hirschfield Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Rebecca and Lester Knight Ada and Whitney Addington Illinois Arts Council Family Foundation Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ The Beaubien Family Julian Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. Patricia Hyde The Chicago Community Trust Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Sue and Melvin Gray Eric and Deb Hirschfield The Crown Family Foundation The Ferguson-Yntema Family Greg and Mamie Case Nancy Dehmlow Polk Bros. Foundation Charitable Trust Drs. Young, Byong Uk, and Eisen Family Foundation Betsy and Andy Rosenfield The Brinson Foundation Mrs. Myung Soon Chung Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Segal Family Foundation J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Mrs. Linda Wolfson Foundation Lois B. Siegel Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Annie and Greg K. Jones

GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR · $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (5) Elaine S. Frank Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lenny John Raitt Paul and Mary Anderson Mary Patricia Gannon Philip G. Lumpkin The C. G. Pinnell Family Robin Angly Virginia and Gary Gerst Robert and Evelyn McCullen Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Barker Welfare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Blythe Jaski McGarvie Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna Sage Foundation Amy and Paul Carbone Michael J. McGuinnis Susan M. Miller Erica L. Sandner Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Santi Joyce E. Chelberg Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole “We are so fortunate to have Lyric in Chicago. Morris Silverman and The Cozad Family I want to support this wonderful opera house Lori Ann Komisar Crain-Maling Foundation and help it to thrive during the 21st Century.” Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Sir Andrew Davis and Penelope and Robert Steiner Lady Gianna Rolandi Davis -Nancy D. Mary Stowell Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Joseph and Pam Szokol Ann M. Drake Thierer Family Foundation Drs. George and Sally Dunea Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Frank B. Modruson and Carl and Marilynn Thoma Donald and Anne Edwards David Drew and Marcie Hemmelstein Lynne C. Shigley Cherryl T. Thomas Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Mary Ellen Hennessy Allan and Elaine Muchin Robert L. Turner Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Martha A. Hesse Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Fama Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Walter Family Foundation Sally and Michael Feder Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy Kenneth R. Norgan Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Victoria M. Kohn Make It Better Media Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wood Prince Renée Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Silvia Beltrametti and Jay Krehbiel Matt and Carrie Parr Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Frederic S. Lane Ingrid Peters

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

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BENEFACTOR · $5,000 to $7,499 Anonymous (4) Donna Gustafsson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. McCreary Merle Reskin Dr. Michael Angell Glen and Claire Hackmann Florence D. McMillan Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Arch W. Shaw Foundation The Blanny A. Hagenah Family Fund Lois Melvoin Mr. and Mrs. Michael T Sawyier Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund Jackie and James Holland Mary Lou and Jack Miller The Schroeder Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Basler James and Mary Houston Jon and Lois Mills Mr. and Mrs. Chip Seelig David Q. Bell and Mary A. Bell Michael and Leigh Huston Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Phyllis W. Shafron and Ethan Lathan Bolton Sullivan Fund Shirley R. Jahn Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Dr. S. P. Shah Wiley and Jo Caldwell Sherie Coren Shapiro Cathleen Cameron Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Christianson “I contribute to help sustain the world-class artistic Elizabeth S. Sheppard Jane B. and John C. Colman excellence of Lyric for current and future generations.” James A. Staples Patricia O. Cox Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage The Dancing Skies Foundation -James M. Craig Sirles Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dennis Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stonebraker Thomas Doran Dr. Carolyn and Dr. Paul Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore Andrea and Mark Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elden Howard E. Jessen Craig S. Morris Mrs. M. James Termondt Jim and Pati Ericson Joy Jester Zehava L. Noah L. Kristofer Thomsen David S. Fox Tyrus L. Kaufman Mickey Norton Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken Fred Freitag and Lynn Stegner Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kearney Renate P. Norum Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, MD Mr. Michael Tobin M.D. John F. Gilmore Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Toft Alfred G. Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lennard Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Leslie Fund, Inc. Norman and Lorraine Perman Tony Valukas and Cathy Beres David and Elizabeth Graham Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Sherry McFall and Kenneth Porrello Scott D. Vandermyde and Julie T. Emerick James R. Grimes Mrs. Paul Lieberman D. Elizabeth Price David and Linda Wesselink Daniel Groteke and Patricia Taplick Jennifer Malpass Jennifer N. Pritzker Claudia Winkler Sandra L. Grung Mrs. Beatrice C. Mayer Nathaniel W. Pusey James and Brenda Grusecki Thomas J. McCormick Edward and Leah Reicin BRAVO CIRCLE · $3,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Grob David E. McNeel Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarian Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor James H. Stone Eric A. Anderson Solomon Gutstein Ms. Britt M. Miller MinSook Suh Mychal P. Angelos Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heestand, Jr. John H. Nelson Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Susann Ball Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Phil and Paula Turner Ron and Queta Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Milan Hornik Jonathan F. Orser Elizabeth K. Twede Mr. and Mrs. George Bayly Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizenga Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Ottley Lori L. and John R. Twombly Astrid K. Birke Dr. and Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Pat and Lara Pappas Jean Morman Unsworth Dr. Gregory L. Boshart and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Jarabak Barbara and Jerry Pearlman David J. Varnerin Dr. William R. Lawrence Drs. Perry and Elena Kamel Drs. Sarunas and Jolanta Peckus Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Mr. and Mrs. James Bramsen Mr. and Mrs. John A. Karoly Jim and Polly Pierce Dr. Catherine L. Webb Danolda (Dea) Brennan Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy C. Klemt Karen and Richard Pigott Louis Weber Ms. Elaine Cue J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. Dr. Joe Piszczor Hilary and Barry Weinstein Family Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davison Thomas A. Kmetko Dr. Lincoln and Dr. Carolyn Ramirez Foundation Jon W. DeMoss John and Mary Kohlmeier Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Howard S. White Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Denison Geoffrey Bauer and Anna Lam Dr. Cynthia J. Sanders and Mr. Otis Sanders Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin Thomas and Judy Scorza Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woolever Deane Ellis The Barbara and Frank Lieber Family Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea Owen and Linda Youngman Amanda Fox Charitable Trust Bill and Harlan Shropshire Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and Mr. and Mrs. James V. Franch Pamela Forbes Lieberman Dr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel James C. Kemmerer Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin Marilyn and Myron Maurer Joan M. Solbeck Dr. Lucy Freund Dr. John J. McGrath and Ms. Tola Porter Mary Soleiman IMPRESARIO · $2,000 to $3,499 Anonymous (11) Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Mr. John Kouns Mrs. James S. Aagaard Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Mrs. Norman Gates Dr. and Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Ginny Alberts-Johnson and Lance Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cecchini James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Peter N. Lagges, Jr. Allison Alexander Barry and Marcia Cesafsky Mr. Scott P. George Mr. Fred Latsko Mrs. Judy Allen James W. Chamberlain Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm Dr. M. S.W. Lee Mary C. Allen Charles B. Preacher Foundation Gordon and Nancy Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Leopold Mrs. John H. Andersen Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clark Greene Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Ronald and Donna Barlow Dr. Frank F. Conlon Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Bastian Voice Institute Katherine Hutter Coyner Daggett Harvey Dr. Judith Lichtenstein Priscilla and Anthony Beadell Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cuncannan James Heim Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Alvin R. Beatty Mr. and Mrs. Gerry V. Curciarello Dr. Allen W. Heinemann and Knox and Gabrielle Long Diane and Michael Beemer Robert O. Delaney Dr. William Borden Luminarts Jennifer Bellini Dorothy Deppen Hoellen Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mages Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Benesh Mr. and Mrs. Roger Deromedi Sandra Hoffman Dr. and Mrs. John F. Mamon Meta S. and Ronald Berger Family Mr. and Mrs. John DeWolf Concordia Louise Hoffmann Liz and Arsen Manugian FoundationBerger Bernard J. and Sally Dobroski Joel and Carol Honigberg Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Marks Mrs. Michele Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Eben Dorros Bill and Vicki Hood Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berlin Richard and Ingrid Dubberke Edmund A. and Virginia C. Horsch Bob and Doretta Marwin Mrs. Arthur Billings Drs. Walter Dziki and Emily Miao Robert and Sandra Ireland William Mason and Diana Davis Richard and Heather Black Cherelynn A. Elliott Generations Fund Mrs. David McCandless Mrs. John R. Blair La Ferrenn and Philip Engel Dr. Peter H. Jones and Marian M. Pearcy Marilyn McCoy and Charles R. Thomas Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Susanna and Helmut Epp Mary Ann Karris Mrs. John H. McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Dr. Thelma M. Evans Judith L. Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally V John Blosser Jim and Elizabeth Fanuzzi Mrs. Philip E. Kelley Martina M. Mead and Michael T. Gorey Ms. Virginia Boehme Firestone Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Sheila and Harvey Medvin Minka and Matt Bosco Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Neil and Diana King Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad Mrs. Fred Bosselman Anita D. Flournoy Marian Kinney Susan Hill Mesrobian Richard Boyum and Louie Chua Adrian Foster Elaine H. Klemen Pamela G. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Arthur L. Frank Dr. and Mrs. Sung-Tao Ko Mrs. Pamela E. Miles

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

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

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

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 The 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. The Ardis Lyric, for safety reasons, has the right Krainik Theatre contains seating to inspect any large bags or packages that is accessible to persons in and insist that all large backpacks, bags, wheelchairs, as well as seats with luggage, etc. be stored at coat check. removable armrests. The Lyric Welcome to the Lyric Opera House! Here Opera House has automatic door-openers are a few guidelines designed to ensure all on exterior doors, and accessible drinking of our audience members have the best fountains and public telephones. A TTY experience possible. phone is available in the Box Office for outgoing calls only. • Please remain silent during the performance. Restroom facilities for female patrons with • As a gesture of respect for other disabilities are located on all levels except audience members and the the Opera Club. For male patrons, these performing artists, please remain facilities are located on all levels except the seated until intermission or the end Opera Club and the sixth floor. of the show. If you need to leave the auditorium, you may not be Assistive listening devices for persons 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 Thank 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 Thor 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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