VERDI LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Table of Contents CORY WEAVER/SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

IN THIS ISSUE Rigoletto – pp. 20-34

6 From the General Director 21 Synopsis 40 Patron Salute 8 From the Chairman 23 Cast 43 Aria Society 10 24 Artist Profiles Board of Directors 52 Breaking New Ground 11 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ 30 Opera Notes 53 Look to the Future Executive Board/Young Professionals/ 34 A Talk with the Director Ryan Opera Center Board 54 Major Contributors – Special Events 35 After the Curtain Falls 12 Administration/Administrative Staff/ and Project Support Production and Technical Staff 36 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus 55 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 37 14 Juggling Act: Anthony Freud at Lyric – Backstage Life Part Two 38 Artistic Roster 57 Ryan Opera Center 20 Tonight’s Performance 39 Lyric and Social Media 58 Ryan Opera Center Alumni Around the World JUGGLING ACT: 59 Ryan Opera Center Contributors

ROBERT KUSEL ROBERT ANTHONY FREUD 60 Planned Giving: The Overture Society AT LYRIC – 61 Commemorative Gifts PART TWO 62 Corporate Partnerships pp. 14-18 63 Matching Gifts, Special Thanks and Acknowledgements 64 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 71 Facilities and Services/Theater Staff Top of this page: Quinn Kelsey as Rigoletto at San Francisco Opera, 2017. On the cover: "La Mattinata Agonizante," painted in 1912 by Giorgio de Chirico. Credit: © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

From the General Director

Is there any composer who invigorates an opera audience more than Giuseppe Verdi? No Verdi score is graced more abundantly with unforgettable melodies than one of the greatest masterpieces of his “middle period,” Rigoletto. Whether you’re hearing this opera for the first or the hundredth time, you’ll have “La donna è mobile,” “Caro nome,” and all the other gems in your memory for days after the performance – they’re simply irresistible. STEVE LEONARD Like all the most popular Verdi works, Rigoletto has always been part of my operagoing life. From my very first experience of it to today, I’ve never failed to be riveted by the story of the hunchbacked court jester. It’s impossible to remain unmoved as we witness how this man’s desperate need to protect his innocent daughter and his overwhelming desire for revenge lead to tragic catastrophe for them both. Few characters in the repertoire make such a devastating impact as Rigoletto, and certainly there are few tenor cads as dangerously charming as the Duke of Mantua or ingénues more sweetly appealing than Gilda. Only a truly extraordinary performer can make Rigoletto his signature role in the major opera houses of the world, and Lyric's Ryan Opera Center alumnus Quinn Kelsey has been doing just that for the past six seasons. In performances from Oslo and Zurich to London, Toronto, and San Francisco, Quinn has sung and acted Rigoletto with both a power and a finesse that recall the greatest interpreters of this hugely challenging role. Many critics have placed him in the “royal line” of American Verdi baritones, from Lawrence Tibbett and Robert Merrill to Cornell MacNeil and Sherrill Milnes. Joining Quinn onstage at Lyric is fellow Ryan Opera Center alumnus Matthew Polenzani, world-renowned as one of today’s most distinguished tenors, from whom we can anticipate a matchlessly elegant Duke of Mantua. A very eagerly awaited debut this season is that of our Gilda, the young Italian soprano Rosa Feola, who enchanted Chicago’s opera lovers in Falstaff for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s performances two seasons ago. I know hers will be one of the most impressive international careers of her generation. I’m also delighted at the prospect of two other exceptional debuts – the charismatic Ukrainian bass Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Sparafucile) and the captivating young Latvian mezzo-soprano Zanda Švēde (Maddalena). Any Verdi production is immeasurably enhanced when it’s conducted by a musician whose affinity for the style is his birthright. That is certainly true of one of today’s most sought-after opera conductors, Marco Armiliato, who has been demonstrating his excellence in Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera for more than two decades, while also making his presence felt in Vienna, Zurich, Munich, and many other major houses. His collaboration with director E. Loren Meeker (who gave Lyric a dazzling Fledermaus a few seasons ago), enhanced by the strikingly original stage designs by Michael Yeargan, will yield a production in the great Lyric tradition – a classic Rigoletto for Lyric audiences to savor.

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

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

From the Chairman

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

David T. Ormesher

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

Board of Directors

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

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

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

Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Drew Landmesser Music Director Creative Consultant Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Director The John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair

Roberta Lane Mary Ladish Selander Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Chief Development Officer

Cayenne Harris Elizabeth Landon Nicholas Ivor Martin Vice President, Lyric Unlimited Vice President, Human Resources Vice President, Artistic Operations and Labor Strategy The Chapters’ Endowed Chair for Education

Andreas Melinat Lisa Middleton Dan Novak Vice President, Artistic Planning Vice President, Marketing and Communications Vice President and Director, Ryan Opera Center The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair

Will Raj Rich Regan Michael Smallwood Vice President, Information Technology Vice President and General Manager, Vice President and Technical Director Presentations and Events The Allan and Elaine Muchin Endowed Chair

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

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

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 13 Juggling act PART 2 General Director Anthony Freud reflects on his Lyric tenure to date By Roger Pines CORY WEAVER TODD ROSENBERG STEVE LEONARD TODD ROSENBERG TODD ROSENBERG

14 | October 7 - November 3, 2017 Anthony Freud amid nine nstage at Lyric, the great achievements triumphant productions of his tenure to date: (clockwise) of Anthony Freud’s initial seasons as Wozzeck, The Marriage of Figaro, general director have been many and varied.O The repertoire has encompassed everything Rusalka, Das Rheingold, The Passenger, The Magic Flute, from Mozart and Wagner to Mieczysław Weinberg Don Giovanni, El Pasado Nunca and Alban Berg. Se Termina, and Carousel. “I’m proud that we’ve produced three iconic Mozart works in new productions with great

TODD ROSENBERG theater directors,” Freud declares. “In their own different ways Robert Falls [Don Giovanni], Barbara Gaines [The Marriage of Figaro], and Neil Armfield [The Magic Flute] got us to the hearts of these elusive masterpieces, to a degree that I found particularly satisfying.” Two less familiar works, one in its Lyric premiere and the other heard here in only three previous seasons, have been significant successes. “Dvořák’s Rusalka and Berg’s Wozzeck are recognized as two of the greatest works in the repertoire, but for different reasons they’re comparatively rarely performed,” notes Freud. “With both of those productions, the planets seemed beautifully aligned. It’s hard to think how we could have done them any better, in terms of music-making, theater-making, and the quality and consistency of the performances.” Although new works are the highest-risk TODD ROSENBERG MICHAEL BRASILOW artistic and financial undertakings that opera companies can consider, Freud considers it their core responsibility to use new works to revitalize the repertoire. Recalling Lyric’s 60th-anniversary season (2014/15), Freud is justifiably proud that the company produced three world premieres. In their range and scope, these pieces sent a powerful message regarding Lyric’s stature as the great 21st- century opera company:

• Pepe Martínez and Leonard Foglia’s mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina: “This TODD ROSENBERG was a Lyric Unlimited initiative with a commitment to building and developing relationships with particular communities – in Pasado’s case, the Mexican and Latino communities.”

• Wlad Marhulets and Stephanie Fleischmann’s klezmer opera The Property: “We took a piece presented on the mainstage – The Passenger – and complemented it with a new work, related both in its subject matter and, to a less obvious degree, its musical style.”

• Matthew Aucoin’s Second Nature: “This showed our commitment to providing a service to young people, which we did in an unexpected way. We engaged a brilliant young composer/poet/conductor and

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 15 ANDREW CIOFFI CHERI EISENBERG With former Chicago Bulls star Pau Gasol and Lyric music director Sir Andrew Davis.

Anthony Freud with Carlos Tortolero, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art, and Beatriz Margain, cultural attaché for the consulate general of Mexico, announcing Lyric’s Midwest premiere of the mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, 2012.

commissioned from him a story that wouldn’t automatically to both current and new audiences.” Universally beloved shows be associated with an opera for children, but which actually by Rodgers and Hammerstein represented the right place to worked extraordinarily well. It engaged young audiences begin, in relation to those pieces’ popularity and what an opera who saw it all over the city.” company could bring to them. “I think we’re a better opera company for having produced a The 2015/2016 season was highlighted by the much- series of musicals,” Freud asserts. “They’ve allowed us to learn a range acclaimed world premiere of Jimmy López and Nilo Cruz’s of skills that pay dividends when we produce opera. The mechanics Bel Canto: “I made it clear to our composer and librettist of musicals are generally more complicated than the mechanics of that someone coming away from a performance of this producing opera. Anybody who thinks the company can back-pedal opera shouldn’t be wondering why Ann Patchett’s extremely its way through a production of a piece like The King and I couldn’t distinguished novel needed to be reinvented for the operatic be more wrong! It takes all our skills, plus a wide range of new skills, stage. With our creative consultant, Renée Fleming, as curator, to successfully produce these large pieces.” we successfully reinvented the novel rather than adapted it, The experience of producing Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, earning its right to be an opera.” Carousel, The King and I, and Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady Developing Bel Canto in collaboration with its creative has taught Freud and his colleagues how title-specific Lyric’s team was a particularly exciting experience for Freud. The story ability to sell tickets for the musicals really is. As a result, it’s (based on the Peruvian hostage crisis of two decades ago) had an clear that “the number of titles from the classic musical-theater unexpected topicality, presenting a challenge that Freud believes repertoire that could sustain a three- or four-week season in our the company turned into an important element of the work’s 3,563-seat theater were few and far between. It also isn’t always success: “We were able to engage our audience in discourse possible to secure permission to do particular pieces when you about the subject matter, delving into some of the core issues.” want to do them – that limits our range of options still further. Above all, Freud was thrilled that the opera scored so strongly The more commercial the title, the harder it is to persuade the with audiences: “So often new work can be distinguished, copyright owners to allow you to produce it.” accomplished, a feather in the company’s cap, without actually The fact remains that musicals have become a vital part of being a popular hit. In Bel Canto we checked all the boxes. expanding Lyric’s audience, while providing an income stream The icing on the cake was that, with the broadcast on PBS’s that helps support the mainstage opera season. “We need to Great Performances, it brought Lyric back to television screens find a way of exploring repertoire beyond the classic titles,” nationally for the first time in a quarter-century.” says Freud. “That’s what led us to the decision to do Jesus Christ During Freud’s tenure, the most important addition to Superstar this season. I’m extraordinarily excited about it. This Lyric’s annual performance schedule has been the presentation of show takes us in a new direction that I hope will be artistically a musical. In developing the company’s musical-theater initiative, very satisfying. It also opens up the possibility of reaching his starting point was not to believe that opera companies audiences for whom that iconic piece has been life-changing. I should do musicals, “but instead, to consider repertoire suited know they’ll be excited to revisit it on a grand scale at Lyric.” to this company and this theater that would be of wide appeal Freud’s tenure has also encompassed many special events

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Anthony Freud and Lyric Anthony Freud with former Women’s Board president Mimi Mitchell chairman David Ormesher and the honored guest of Wine Auction 2015, David Launay with Sonia Florian, of Château Gruaud Larose. recipient of Lyric’s 2015 Carol Fox Award.

beyond opera productions. He‘s been particularly enthused “mission drift” in the projects we commit to: “Lyric Unlimited is by Lyric’s collaboration with The Second City, developed by designed to take us in completely new directions, some of which Renée Fleming, which he considers “a landmark in changing are radically new, but we should always understand why it’s a Lyric’s profile, its online presence, and perceptions about Lyric great opera company that is undertaking these projects.” specifically and opera in general.” Freud vividly recalls the The special challenge Freud will face in coming seasons night in January 2013 when The Second City Guide to the Opera is to find a way of operating in a business environment that is made its debut: “Tickets were in such demand that we had to more volatile and unpredictable than ever before. That fact has floor over the orchestra pit in order to add extra seats into the to be viewed in the context of an art form and an organization auditorium! We had Renée and Sir Patrick Stewart onstage, that are accustomed to very long, inflexible planning cycles. alongside the Second City ensemble, artists from Lyric’s Ryan This challenge, both conceptually and practically, is something Opera Center, and musicians from our orchestra.” Freud and his colleagues are working tirelessly to solve, while That success resulted in Lyric running the cabaret version delivering opera productions that stimulate audiences with all the onstage for a month, during the course of which Freud and his excitement they’ve come to expect from Lyric. colleagues discovered that “here in the opera house we actually Freud has felt gratified and invigorated not only by what have our own studio theater – the house’s stage itself, which has transpired onstage, but also by the manner in which Lyric worked so well on that occasion and then for Jane Lynch’s See has evolved as a business. “If you go back ten years,” he explains, Jane Sing a few seasons later.” Freud was thrilled again by The “you see that Lyric’s line of business was essentially our annual Second City’s return to Lyric in 2016 for Longer! Louder! Wagner!, opera season. Our ownership of the opera house now enables which proved a wonderful way of generating excitement about us to identify additional opportunities that increase our breadth Lyric’s new Ring cycle. and depth of cultural service. It’s now understood that we have The Second City performances have been presented under five lines of business, and we’re developing a business model to the auspices of Lyric Unlimited, the company’s hugely successful support them. That’s a radical new way of thinking about this initiative devoted to community-engagement and education arts organization!” projects, which was launched in 2012. As Lyric Unlimited moves The five lines of business are mainstage opera, Lyric from a youth to an adolescent, so to speak, “we constantly need to Unlimited, the Ryan Opera Center, the musicals, and what the reinvent it and find ways of taking it in new directions,” Freud company now refers to as “presentations and events” – the use declares. “Its multi-year, multifaceted Chicago Voices initiative, of the opera house for a whole range of different activities. It for example, encapsulated the concept of ‘Hear Chicago Sing,’ seemed to Freud that “our ownership of the opera house, which taking as a starting point the desire to celebrate the history of is so rare among U.S. companies, was something we hadn’t Chicago music-making and the inherent creativity of Chicago developed fully as an opportunity, both in a more conventional communities. It was a groundbreaking idea, expanded from Renée way – concerts by great classical artists, such as Lang Lang and Fleming’s ‘American Voices’ at the Kennedy Center and taken Itzhak Perlman – and rock concerts and comedy shows, to by Renée and Lyric Unlimited to new heights. It’s very true to something like the James Beard Awards, which took place in May our mission.” Freud does want to ensure that there is minimal at the opera house for the third consecutive year. All of this can

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With Lyric creative consultant Renée Fleming, holding the company’s Jeff Award, received for The Second City Guide With cast members from Lyric's 2014/15 productions of With Second City actress Tawny Newsome. to the Opera. Porgy and Bess and Anna Bolena. change how Lyric is perceived around the city. The fact that this is is to deliver to our audiences the most exciting, stimulating, a building you can come to not just for Lyric productions but also entertaining experiences imaginable, while our audience’s for a Smashing Pumpkins concert makes people aware around the reference points are constantly changing. We have to understand city of what a resource the opera house is.” this in planning repertoire and productions.” One example One product of Freud’s first year in the job was the Freud gives is Bel Canto, “which would have been perceived in initiation of a strategic-planning process, in which the a completely different way three or four years previously. The management and board worked together to ask the basic fact that the Paris attacks took place two weeks before the world questions: Who are we? Why are we here? Where do we want premiere completely changed the way the piece was perceived.” to go, and how do we want to get there? “Without wanting Every general director of a performing-arts company has to seem too jargon-y,” Freud explains, “we determined that dreams of what he’d like his or her company to present onstage, the three core pillars on which our organization was built and Freud is no exception. In looking to the future, he has some were artistic excellence, relevance, and fiscal responsibility. very specific dreams – early Verdi, for example. He’s also well Constantly redefining what each of those pillars means is the aware that “in recent years we haven’t done enough Janáček and heart of my job. What constituted fiscal responsibility when Britten – to me, both of those composers are absolutely in the we were selling out on subscription is very different from what royal blood line of great operatic geniuses.” constitutes fiscal responsibility in a much less predictable Freud adores living in Chicago, although when he’s in town business environment.” (the job requires a good deal of travel in America and abroad), Freud makes clear that “understanding our communities, his devotion to Lyric leaves him comparatively little time for our society, how the world we’re a part of can change culturally, other pursuits. “I learned quite early in my career as a general socially, politically, technologically, and understanding how we director that a life/work balance was an ephemeral concept in as an organization can achieve the greatest possible relevance to this job, and that actually work was – is – life. It’s impossible the greatest number of people, is a constantly evolving concept.” to ration your time and your energy in a job like this, since He applies the same standard to artistic excellence: “Our job it makes extraordinary demands. If you're as lucky as I am to have a very understanding and patient husband, a former opera ROBERT KUSEL singer and artist manager and currently a freelance dramaturg, then this job becomes possible and sustainable, as well as a life- changing experience that defines how you think and how you live.”

Roger Pines, Lyric’s dramaturg and broadcast commentator, contributes writing regularly to opera-related publications and recording companies internationally. Since 2006 he has appeared annually as a panelist on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts’ With husband Colin “Opera Quiz.” Ure greeting patrons on opening night of the 2016/17 season.

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RIGOLETTO Synopsis

TIME AND PLACE: court. Sparafucile, a professional assassin, father’s pleading. Gilda bursts into the 16th-century Mantua confronts Rigoletto and offers to help scene and Rigoletto orders the courtiers to should Rigoletto ever wish to rid himself leave him alone with his daughter. Gilda ACT ONE of an enemy. Once alone, Rigoletto muses confesses that she loves the Duke and begs Scene 1. The Duke’s palace on the similarity of their professions – her father to forgive him. As Monterone Scene 2. A street Rigoletto wounding others with his wit, appears on his way to prison, Rigoletto while Sparafucile uses a knife. swears that they both will be avenged. Intermission Rigoletto returns home and greets ACT TWO his daughter, Gilda, declaring that she ACT THREE A room in the Duke’s palace means the world to him. She reciprocates Rigoletto has brought Gilda to his feelings but questions why he has Sparafucile’s inn to prove the Duke’s ACT THREE kept her concealed. He fears the courtiers faithlessness. As they lurk in the darkness, Sparafucile’s inn and warns the housekeeper, Giovanna, the Duke swaggers in. After proclaiming to guard Gilda carefully. Hearing a noise the fickleness of women, he charms in the street, he goes out to investigate. Maddalena, Sparafucile’s sister. As the ACT ONE Gilda confesses to Giovanna that she flirtation progresses, Rigoletto tries to Scene 1. The Duke of Mantua boasts loves a young man who has followed her comfort his despairing daughter. He to a courtier, Borsa, about his most home every day after church. The Duke, orders her to return home, disguise herself recent infatuation. A girl has enchanted who has been eavesdropping on the scene, as a boy, and meet him in Verona. After the Duke, but ultimately it makes no steps out of hiding and declares his love, striking a bargain with Sparafucile for the difference to him whether he pursues identifying himself as Gualtier Maldè, a Duke’s murder, he departs. one woman or another. Wishing to select penniless student. Hearing footsteps, he Gilda, unwilling to follow her father’s one with whom to spend the evening, rushes off, leaving Gilda thinking lovingly orders, returns to the inn and overhears he surveys the court and settles upon the of his name. Maddalena begging her brother to spare Countess Ceprano just as the court jester The courtiers appear, ready to abduct the handsome stranger’s life. Sparafucile Rigoletto mocks her husband. Another Rigoletto’s supposed mistress. Rigoletto agrees to deceive Rigoletto by substituting courtier, Marullo, arrives with surprising surprises them by returning, but Marullo the corpse of the next person who appears news to share with his fellow courtiers: convinces him that they are planning to at the inn. Determined to sacrifice herself Rigoletto has a mistress. In the meantime, abduct the wife of Count Ceprano, who so the Duke may live, Gilda becomes the Duke and Rigoletto discuss several lives nearby. Rigoletto falls into their trap Sparafucile’s next victim. unscrupulous methods of disposing of and in the confused darkness he doesn’t Rigoletto returns and is given a sack superfluous husbands. Realizing that he is realize that it is Gilda who has been containing a body. Hearing the Duke’s the object of Rigoletto’s sarcasm, Count kidnapped until she cries out to her father voice in the distance, he frantically Ceprano arranges for a midnight meeting as she is carried off. Realizing the trick too cuts open the bag and finds his dying with some of the courtiers to obtain late, Rigoletto cries, “Ah, the curse!” daughter. Begging her father’s forgiveness, vengeance. The party is interrupted by she dies. Rigoletto cries out once more, the arrival of the nobleman Monterone, ACT TWO “Ah, the curse!” who storms in to denounce the Duke for The Duke, unaware of the kidnapping, dishonoring his daughter. He curses the laments the fact that when he returned to Duke, and when mocked viciously by Gilda’s house he found it deserted. When RIGOLETTO Rigoletto, Monterone turns on the jester the courtiers tell him of the abduction, he and curses him as well. rejoices that the girl is now in the palace. Approximate Timings Rigoletto appears, feigning nonchalance. ACT ONE: 55 minutes Scene 2. Brooding over Monterone’s curse, Once it becomes clear to him that Gilda Intermission: 25 minutes Rigoletto returns to the secluded house must be with the Duke, he desperately ACTS TWO and THREE: 65 minutes where he shields his daughter, Gilda, tries to reach her, but the courtiers hold from the licentiousness of the Duke’s him back. His fury dissolves into a bereft Total: 2 hours and 25 minutes

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• Scenery, props, costumes, and New-to-Chicago Production wigs constructed in the Giuseppe Verdi San Francisco Opera Workshops. RIGOLETTO

Melodramma in three acts in Italian • The Lyric Opera of Chicago Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, Broadcasts are generously after the play Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo (1832) First performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on March 11, 1851 sponsored by The Richard P. First performed by Lyric Opera on November 12, 1955 and Susan Kiphart Family,

The Matthew and Kay Characters in order of vocal appearance: Bucksbaum Family, and Duke of Mantua MATTHEW POLENZANI°° The John and Jacolyn Borsa MARIO ROJAS*° ° Bucksbaum Foundation. Countess Ceprano WHITNEY MORRISON* Rigoletto QUINN KELSEY°° Marullo TAKAOKI ONISHI° • Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully Count Ceprano ALAN HIGGS*° Count Monterone TODD THOMAS acknowledges the support of Sparafucile ALEXANDER TSYMBALYUK* The Guild Board of Directors Gilda ROSA FEOLA* Giovanna LAUREN DECKER° Verdi Endowed Chair and The A Page DIANA NEWMAN° NIB Foundation Italian Opera An Usher KENNETH NICHOLS Maddalena ZANDA ŠVĒDE* Endowed Chair.

Conductor MARCO ARMILIATO • Projected English titles Director E. LOREN MEEKER © 2000 by Francis Rizzo. Set Designer MICHAEL YEARGAN Costume Designer CONSTANCE HOFFMAN Lighting Designer CHRIS MARAVICH • This season’s projected English Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Wigmaster and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN titles are funded in part by a Assistant Stage Director JORDAN BRAUN generous grant from the Stage Manager RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY Stage Band Conductor FRANCESCO MILIOTO Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Musical Preparation MARIO ANTONIO MARRA°° Deutsch Foundation. JERAD MOSBEY Fight Director NICK SANDYS Projected English Titles FRANCIS RIZZO • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes

to thank its Official Airline, *Lyric debut American Airlines. °Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center °° Alumnus, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

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QUINN KELSEY ROSA FEOLA MATTHEW (Rigoletto) (Gilda) POLENZANI Previously at Lyric: Lyric debut (Duke of Mantua) 16 roles since Previously at Lyric: 2003/04, The Italian soprano has 12 roles since most recently previously triumphed 1995/96, most Enrico Ashton/ as Gilda at the Zurich recently Tamino/ Lucia di Lammermoor Opera House and The Magic Flute (2016/17); Count di Luna/ Il trovatore Turin's Teatro Regio. Since winning Second (2016/17); title role/La clemenza di Tito (2014/15); Germont/La traviata Prize, Audience Prize, and the Zarzuela Prize (2013/14); title role/Werther (2012/13). (2013/14). at the Operalia competition (2010), she has rapidly gained worldwide recognition as one The Evanston native, one of today’s A Ryan Opera Center alumnus and 2015 of the most promising artists of the younger most admired tenors internationally, is winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly generation. Feola made her American debut reprising a portrayal previously heard at Sills Award, the Hawaiian baritone is in great with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna demand for Verdi, Puccini, and French roles Carmina Burana (2012), and has since State Opera. This season, in addition to internationally. In addition to his celebrated returned to the orchestra for Mozart’s his upcoming Nadir/The Pearl Fishersat Rigoletto (San Francisco, Toronto, London, Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, and Lyric, he will return to the Bavarian State new productions in Zurich, Oslo, Santa Verdi’s Falstaff. In future seasons she will Opera in Munich (Fernand/La favorite) Fe, Paris), Kelsey’s achievements in Verdi sing Lauretta/Gianni Schicchi and Gilda and the Met (Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore). include Germont/La traviata (recently at the Bavarian State Opera, Norina/Don Renowned for his portrayals in both triumphant at the Met and in his Covent Pasquale conducted by Riccardo Chailly French repertoire and bel canto, Polenzani Garden debut), the title role/Falstaff (Saito at La Scala, and Liù/Turandot with the has triumphed in Munich and Vienna as Kinen Festival), Ezio/Attila (San Francisco), Canadian Opera Company. She will also Werther and at the Met as Nadir, the title Paolo/Simon Boccanegra (Rome), Amonasro/ make her Metropolitan Opera debut. Feola role/Roberto Devereux (company premiere), Aida (Bregenz, San Francisco), Count di recently made her debut at Teatro alla Scala and Leicester/Maria Stuarda (company Luna/Il trovatore (Dresden, San Francisco), as Ninetta/La gazza ladra. In repertoire premiere) – the latter three roles were all and Montfort/Les vêpres siciliennes (new encompassing roles by Mozart (Susanna/ in new productions seen worldwide in Frankfurt production). This season he The Marriage of Figaro, Zerlina/Don HD. Polenzani recently made his eagerly returns to the Met for Hansel and Gretel, Giovanni), Rossini (Corinna/Il viaggio a awaited role debut as Rodolfo/La bohème Il trovatore, and Lucia di Lammermoor. The Reims), Bellini (Elvira/I puritani), Donizetti at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, latter work has earned acclaim not only at (Adina/L’elisir d’amore), and Bizet (Leïla/The reprising the role this season in his return Lyric, but also at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Pearl Fishers), she has been heard at Welsh to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. and Frankfurt Opera. Kelsey’s operatic National Opera; the major houses of Rome, Highlights of his concert appearances repertoire additionally encompasses Turin, Berlin, and Madrid; Glyndebourne include Messiah (New York Philharmonic) Sancho/Don Quichotte (Toronto), Zurga/ Festival Opera, and the Salzburg and BBC and Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera), Proms festivals. She released her debut solo (Carnegie Hall). Among Polenzani’s Athanaël/Thaïs (Edinburgh International CD, Musica e Poesia, accompanied by Iain recordings are Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer Festival, Sir Andrew Davis conducting), and Burnside, in 2015. and three solo discs: live recitals from the the Forester/The Cunning Little Vixen (Saito Verbier Festival and London’s Wigmore Kinen Festival, Florence’s Teatro Comunale, Hall, and a studio recording of Liszt songs both with Seiji Ozawa). He has presented with his regular recital partner, pianist recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Julius Drake. The tenor is a past recipient London’s Wigmore Hall, and has performed of two of America’s most prestigious Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Michael awards for singers, the Richard Tucker Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Award (2004) and the Metropolitan Symphony (CD, Grammy winner). Opera’s Beverly Sills Artist Award (2008).

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ALEXANDER Previous career highlights include company Teatro Grattacielo at Avery Fisher Hall TSYMBALYUK debuts with Lyric Opera of Kansas City as well as Carnegie Hall. His orchestral (Sparafucile) (Carmen, role debut) and North Carolina appearances include the Orlando Lyric debut Opera (Olga/Eugene Onegin, concert Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, performance). At San Francisco Opera, Topeka Symphony, Chautauqua The Ukrainian artist, in addition to creating roles in two world Symphony, among many other ensembles. one of today’s leading premieres (The Handmaiden and The Thomas’s oratorio repertoire includes basses internationally, Flower/Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Elijah, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, has made highly successful company debuts Chamber, Lena/Marco Tutino’s Two Brahms’s Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s in recent seasons at the Metropolitan Women), Švēde has portrayed Maddalena, Requiem, and Ralph Vaughan William’s Opera, La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Suzuki/Madama Butterfly, the Maid/ Five Mystical Songs. the Royal Danish Opera, Covent Garden, The Makropulos Case, Third Lady/Die the Bolshoi, and the major houses of Zauberflöte, and Flora/La traviata. The MARIO ROJAS Munich, Berlin, Valencia, Barcelona, and mezzo’s stage repertoire also encompasses (Borsa) Florence. Highlights of the current season Endimione/Cavalli’s La Calisto, the title Lyric debut include Tsymbalyuk’s portrayals of Timur/ role/Massenet’s Cléopâtre, and the title role/ Turandot (Met), Fasolt/Das Rheingold Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires. Concert The Mexican tenor, a (Munich Opera Festival), and Prince engagements have included Beethoven’s first-year Ryan Opera Gremin/Eugene Onegin (Hamburg State Symphony No. 9 (San Francisco Symphony), Center member, has Opera, where he was an ensemble member Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Gloria, performed as Rodolfo/ for almost a decade). Among his previous and the Mozart Requiem. Švēde recently La bohème at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas achievements are roles of Verdi (Ferrando/ completed her final year in the prestigious Artes, and is an alumnus of the San Francisco Il trovatore at Covent Garden), Donizetti Adler Fellowship program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Don José/La tragédie (Raimondo/Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera. de Carmen, Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore). Rojas Bavarian State Opera), and Mozart (the has also performed at the SFCM Gala with Commendatore/Don Giovanni at the TODD THOMAS renowned pianist/coach Warren Jones. Opéra National de Paris). Tsymbalyuk (Count Monterone) One of the youngest singers ever to holds the distinction of being the youngest Previously at Lyric: receive the Plácido Domingo scholarship bass ever to sing the title role/Boris Godunov Iago/Otello (2013/14); from SIVAM (Mexico's most prominent on a major international stage (the Bavarian Count Monterone/ young-artist program), he has performed State Opera, a Calixto Bieito production Rigoletto (2012/13). elsewhere in Mexico as Don Ottavio/ conducted by Kent Nagano and released Don Giovanni and Julian/Tomás Bretón’s on DVD). In concert he has appeared at The American baritone La verbena de la Paloma. In 2015 Rojas Florence’s Maggio Musicale, singing Verdi’s has repeatedly scored great successes in the received the Marta Eggerth Kiepura Award Don Carlos and the requiems of Mozart and Verdi repertoire, with appearances last in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Verdi. Tsymbalyuk has given a solo recital at season as Simon Boccanegra (Pacific Opera International Vocal Completion, third St. John’s Smith Square in London and took Victoria), Falstaff (Manitoba Opera), place in the Palm Springs Opera Guild part in the 20th-anniversary concert charity Amonasro (Pensacola Opera), Rigoletto Competition, the Emerging Singers Award event “Festliche Gala der Deutschen AIDS (Syracuse Opera), and Renato (Florida in the Opera Index Vocal Competition, Stiftung” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Grand Opera). In August he reprised his and an Encouragement Award from the portrayal of Count di Luna/Il trovatore Metropolitan Opera National Council ZANDA ŠVĒDE at the DomStufen Festival of Theater Western District Auditions. In 2016 (Maddalena) Erfurt (Germany). Among Thomas’s other the tenor was awarded second place in Lyric debut recent achievements in Verdi have been the East Bay Opera League competition Iago (Victoria), Germont (Pensacola, and received a grant from the Loren L. The Latvian mezzo- Chautauqua), and Ronaldo/La battaglia Zachary Society for the Performing Arts. soprano returns di Legnano (Sarasota). He also recently Mario Rojas is sponsored by the Elizabeth to the Lyric stage took on Wagner’s formidable Alberich for F. Cheney Foundation. in November as performances of Das Rheingold at North Grimgerde/Die Walküre (new production Carolina Opera and made his role debut conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, directed as Gerard/Andrea Chénier (Erfurt, reprised by David Pountney). Švēde also makes her in Antibes). He has also been frequently company debut at Atlanta Opera as Carmen heard as Puccini’s Scarpia (most recently in and returns to Lyric Opera of Kansas City to Sarasota, Ottawa, and Miami). The New reprise her portrayal of Verdi’s Maddalena. York native has performed in concert with

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TAKAOKI Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, the R. Nathaniel Dett Club ONISHI Auditions semifinalist and a 2016 Sullivan NANM Scholarship Competition, and the (Marullo) Foundation Award recipient, he was an Musicians Club of Women Competition. Previously at Lyric: apprentice artist at the Santa Fe Opera in The soprano is a two-time recipient of the Six roles since 2016 (debut as José Castro/La fanciulla del UNCF John Lennon Endowed Scholarship 2015/16, most West, winner of the Katherine Mayer Award and a former finalist in the Luminarts recently Captain/ for outstanding apprentices). Higgs made his Classical Music Competition. Whitney Eugene Onegin, professional debut with The Atlanta Opera Morrison is sponsored by J. Thomas Hurvis. Moralès/Carmen, First Servant/Don in 2014 as the Imperial Commissioner/ Quichotte (all 2016/17). Madama Butterfly, subsequently singing LAUREN DECKER Antonio/The Marriage of Figaro, Benoit and (Giovanna) The third-year Ryan Opera Center Alcindoro/La bohème, the British Major/ Previously at Lyric: baritone, a native of Tokyo, has recently Kevin Puts’s Silent Night, Gregorio/Romeo Third Lady/ received top awards from the Gerda and Juliet, the Mandarin/Turandot, and The Magic Flute Lissner International Vocal Competition, the title role/Don Pasquale (student short (2016/17). the Opera Index, Inc. Vocal Competition, production). He earned a master’s degree in the Licia Albanese-Puccini International voice at Florida State University (Simone/ A second-year Ryan Vocal Competition, the Loren L. Gianni Schicchi, Prince Gremin/Eugene Opera Center member, the contralto Zachary Competition, and the Giulio Onegin, Don Alfonso/Così fan tutte). returns to Lyric’s stage later this season as Gari Foundation Competition. As the During Higgs’s undergraduate studies at the Schwertleite/Die Walküre and Enrichetta/I inaugural first-prize winner of the IFAC- University of Florida/New World School of puritani. She will also sing the Verdi Juilliard Prize Singing Competition in the Arts, he was heard as Guglielmo/Così Requiem with Chicago’s celebrated Apollo Japan, he received a full scholarship to fan tutte, the Husband/Amelia Goes to the Chorus. Decker spent the summer of attend The Juilliard School, where he Ball, and Kecal/The Bartered Bride. Alan 2017 at Tuscany’s prestigious Georg Solti appeared in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s Higgs is sponsored by Heidi Heutel Bohn, Accademia, working with distinguished Kommilitonen! (U.S. premiere), La scala Lawrence O. Corry, and Robert C. Marks. faculty including coach Jonathan Papp and di seta, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin conductor Richard Bonynge. She recently (title role), and The Marriage of Figaro. WHITNEY received, for the second consecutive year, In 2014 Onishi created the leading role MORRISON an Encouragement Award at the Upper of The Timeless Man/Marty Regan’s The (Countess Ceprano) Midwest Region Finals of the Metropolitan Memory Stone (world premiere) with Lyric debut Opera National Council Auditions. Houston Grand Opera’s East+West Professional engagements include opera program. Recent concert appearances The soprano, a first- scenes with Milwaukee’s Kalliope Vocal include the Grant Park Music Festival, year Ryan Opera Arts. A Wisconsin native, Decker holds Elgin Symphony, The Cecilia Chorus, Center member and a B. F. A. degree in vocal performance and the Oratorio Society of New York a Chicago native, earned her bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin- (the latter two at Carnegie Hall). A degree in vocal music and pedagogy at Milwaukee. She participated in Dolora graduate of Japan’s Musashino Academia Alabama’s Oakwood University (Miss Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Musicae, the baritone has participated in Pinkerton/Menotti’s The Old Maid and Voices for two summers, as well as the Germany’s Internationale Meistersinger the Thief, performances as a soloist with American Wagner Project (Washington, Akademie. Takaoki Onishi is sponsored by the university’s Aeolians ensemble). Her D.C.), where she was a featured artist for the Renée Fleming Foundation and the training also includes a master’s degree at recitals in both 2015 and 2016. Decker International Foundation for Arts and the Eastman School of Music and study in also portrayed Sally/Barber’s A Hand of Culture. Germany at the Neil Semer Vocal Institute. Bridge for the Up North Vocal Institute Among her other performance credits are (Boyne Falls, Michigan). She received ALAN HIGGS an appearance at the Rochester Institute of third place in the Senior Women Division (Count Ceprano) Technology’s celebration of Martin Luther of the Wisconsin National Association of Lyric debut King Jr.’s legacy, “MLK Expressions”; her Teachers of Singing Competition. Lauren debut at Rochester’s Kodak Hall singing Decker is sponsored by an Anonymous The bass-baritone, a Gershwin’s “My Man’s Gone Now” with Donor. Florida native, is a the Eastman Wind Ensemble; and Donna first-year Ryan Opera Anna/Don Giovanni with Chicago’s Center member and Floating Opera Company. Morrison’s will return to the Lyric stage later this competition successes include top prizes season as Gualtiero/I puritani. A 2017 in the National Classical Singer University

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DIANA NEWMAN del West in Zurich, and seven productions has been seen internationally in Candide (A Page) at the Vienna State Opera, among them the (Toulouse, Bordeaux), Manon Lescaut Previously at Lyric: premiere of a new production of Samson et (Singapore), and Manon (Buenos Aires). Seven roles since Dalila. Currently based in Genoa, Armiliato She also has a love for new works, having 2015/16, most spends considerable time annually in North directed numerous world premieres for recently Frasquita/ America, having led nine works at San Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco and Carmen, Papagena/ Francisco Opera and more than 25 at the most recently for Lyric Unlimited (Jason The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera. His Met repertoire and the Argonauts). Meeker has served on Pedro/Don Quichotte (all 2016/17). has included the company premieres of the directing staffs at many of America’s Wolf-Ferrari’s Sly and Donizetti’s Anna top companies, including Lyric, Houston The soprano, a California native and Bolena, both in new productions. Last Grand Opera, San Diego Opera, and third-year Ryan Opera Center member, season brought him acclaim for no fewer Central City Opera (where she received holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees than six works in Vienna, as well as Aida, the 2006 John Moriarty Award). Her in music from the University of Southern Manon Lescaut, and Alfano's Cyrano de choreography has been seen at Central California, where she was heard in such Bergerac at the Met, Otello at the Zurich City (Vanessa), Glimmerglass (Orpheus in leading roles as Poppea/L’incoronazione di Opera House, Madama Butterfly at the the Underworld), Houston (The Marriage Poppea, Pamina/The Magic Flute, Miranda/ Teatro Real in Madrid, and Lucrezia of Figaro, Don Giovanni), Boston Lyric Lee Hoiby’s The Tempest, Lauretta/Gianni Borgia at the Salzburg Festival. Armiliato Opera (Rigoletto, Die Fledermaus) and Schicchi, and Belisa/Conrad Susa’s The has an extensive discography. His most Opera Boston (La Vie Parisienne). Love of Don Perlimplin. Earlier this year recent media projects have featured such she was featured with the Civic Orchestra distinguished artists as Renée Fleming, MICHAEL of Chicago (Golijov’s Night of the Flying Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, YEARGAN Horses) and the Harris Theater’s “Beyond Plácido Domingo, Jonas Kaufmann and (Set Designer) the Aria” series (with Stephanie Blythe). Rolando Villazón, among others. Recent Previously at Lyric: Among the other highlights of Newman’s performances released on DVD include the Eight productions concert activities are performances at the Met’s productions of La fille du régiment since 1991/92, most Lucerne Festival, Whittier Bach Festival, (with Natalie Dessay), Il trovatore (with recently Romeo and Aspen Music Festival, American Youth Sondra Radvanovsky), La rondine (with Juliet, Nabucco (both Symphony, and UT-Austin. The soprano Gheorghiu), and Lucia di Lammermoor 2015-16); The Sound of Music (2014/15). can be heard in three feature films: The (with Netrebko). Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010), Sex and the The renowned American designer’s work City 2 (2010), and The Spirit (2008, E. LOREN has been seen in more than 15 productions featured vocalist). Newman is an alumna of MEEKER over the past 24 years for San Francisco Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the Music (Director) Opera, ranging stylistically from Wagner’s Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Previously at Lyric: Ring cycle (to be revived this season) to Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar, the Aspen Die Fledermaus works of Verdi, Puccini, Lehár, and Floyd. Opera Theater Center, and the Oberlin in (2013/14). During the 2017/18 season Yeargan’s Italy program. Diana Newman is sponsored designs will be seen at numerous major by an Anonymous Donor, Michael and The American opera companies nationwide, from the Salme Harju Steinberg, and Mrs. J. W. director has a busy 2017/18 season Metropolitan Opera (Romeo and Juliet) to Van Gorkom. planned, highlighted by productions Los Angeles (Rigoletto) and Seattle (Aida). at Atlanta Opera (The Daughter of the His vast operatic experiences encompass MARCO Regiment), Seattle Opera (Aida), and The much-admired work at the Met (including ARMILIATO Glimmerglass Festival (The Cunning Little new productions of L’elisir d’amore, The (Conductor) Vixen). Other recent directing credits include Barber of Seville, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Previously at Lyric: Die Fledermaus (San Francisco), Carmen and Le Comte Ory), The Dallas Opera, and Madama Butterfly (Washington National Opera), Rossini’s numerous companies abroad, including (2013/14). rarely heard La pietra del paragone (Wolf London’s Royal Opera, the Salzburg Trap Opera), La bohème (Glimmerglass, Festival, and Opera Australia. Among The Italian conductor San Diego), Manon (Dallas), Faust and Yeargan’s operatic world premieres are The is greatly sought-after by the world’s most Lucia di Lammermoor (New Orleans), The Great Gatsby (Met), Dead Man Walking prestigious opera houses. Among the Barber of Seville (Opera San Antonio), and A Streetcar Named Desire (both for San many highlights of his 2017/18 season are Madama Butterfly (North Carolina), Francisco Opera). His many productions Andrea Chénier (with Jonas Kaufmann) at and Franco Faccio’s newly reconstructed on DVD include Le Comte Ory, Simon Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, La fanciulla Amleto (OperaDelaware). Meeker’s work Boccanegra, Otello, and The Merry Widow,

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 27 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO among others. Yeargan holds Tony Awards CHRIS preparing the Damnation of Faust chorus, for A Light in the Piazza and South MARAVICH continuing his association with Grant Pacific. He has designed frequently for (Lighting Designer) Park Music Festival, where he has worked regional theaters nationwide, including Previously at Lyric: for two seasons. As one of Australia’s most Steppenwolf and the Goodman. He is a Five productions prominent vocal accompanists, Black professor in stage design and co-chair of since 2014/15, most regularly performed for broadcasts and the design department at the Yale School recently Orphée et recordings (he has been heard numerous of Drama. Eurydice (2017/18); times in Australian Broadcast Corporation Don Quichotte, Lucia di Lammermoor programs), and has prepared choruses CONSTANCE (both 2016/17). on four continents. His work has been HOFFMAN recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, (Costume Designer) Currently Lyric’s lighting director, Maravich PBS, and for many HD productions in Previously at Lyric: served in the same position from 2006 to movie theaters as well as on television. Bel Canto (2015/16, 2012 at San Francisco Opera, where he He has also been a lecturer at the Sydney world premiere). has created lighting for many productions Conservatorium of Music, of which he is including The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, an alumnus. Black holds a master’s degree The designer, who Così fan tutte, Turandot, Cyrano de Bergerac, in musicology from the University of New has created costumes for opera, dance, Il trittico, Tosca, Simon Boccanegra, Don South Wales. Michael Black is the Howard and theater nationally and internationally, Giovanni, Nixon in China, and Attila. He A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair. has collaborated with directors Kevin has collaborated on the lighting designs Newbury, Mark Lamos, Robert Carsen, for Doktor Faust at Staatsoper Stuttgart, SARAH HATTEN David Alden, Christopher Alden, Julie Tannhäuser for the Greek National Opera, (Wigmaster and Taymor, and Keith Warner; dancer Mikhail and La fanciulla del West, The Makropulos Makeup Designer) Baryshnikov; choreographer Eliot Feld; Case, The Daughter of the Regiment, Il Wigmaster and and entertainer Bette Midler. Hoffman’s trovatore, Samson et Dalila, and Macbeth makeup designer work has been seen on many New York for San Francisco Opera. Maravich has since 2011/12. stages, including the Public Theatre, The also designed lighting for Opera Colorado, New Victory Theatre, The Second Stage, San Diego Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric’s wigmaster Madison Square Garden, and Radio City Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Florida Grand and makeup designer has worked in a Music Hall. Her Broadway debut, designing Opera, Madison Opera, Cal Performances, wide repertoire at Lyric, Des Moines Julie Taymor’s The Green Bird, earned her and Opera San José. Metro Opera, and Michigan Opera Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award Theatre, as well as Columbus Opera, nominations. Operatic designs include MICHAEL BLACK Toledo Opera, the Cabrillo Music productions for Glyndebourne and the (Chorus Master) Festival, and the University of Cincinnati major companies of Paris, Tel Aviv, Munich, Chorus master since College-Conservatory of Music. She has San Francisco, Santa Fe, Houston, Los 2013/14; interim also worked at the Glimmerglass Festival Angeles, and St. Louis, among many others. chorus master, and the major opera companies of Los Hoffman has had a long association with the 2011/12. Angeles, Omaha, Cleveland, Sarasota, Glimmerglass Festival, whose productions and Central City, as well as Wisconsin’s traveled regularly to New York City Opera. Chorus master from American Players Theatre and, in Los Last summer she designed costumes for to 2001 to 2013 at Opera Australia in Angeles, the Pantages Theatre and the Dimitrij at Bard Summerscape, and later Sydney, Black prepared the OA chorus for Geffen Playhouse. Hatten earned a B. A. this season her Rigoletto designs will be seen more than 90 operas and many concert in music at Iowa's Simpson College. Sarah at LA Opera. Regionally she has designed works. He has served in this capacity Hatten is the Marlys Beider Wigmaster in theaters such as the Guthrie, Hartford for such distinguished organizations as and Makeup Designer Endowed Chair. Stage, Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre, the Edinburgh International Festival, Baltimore’s Center Stage, and Houston’s Opera Holland Park (London), and, in Alley Theatre. Hoffman holds the Theatre Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young (including Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, led by Masters Award. She currently teaches at Vladimir Ashkenazy), and Philharmonia the Tisch School of the Arts at New York Choir, Motet Choir, and Cantillation University. chamber choir. Black has also worked with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia with Sir Andrew Davis, its music director. His recent activities include

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Parents, Children, and the Music of Rigoletto By Jesse Rosenberg METROPOLITAN OPERA ARCHIVES this category. Those exploring Verdi's earlier and lesser-known works will discover still further examples: Oberto, I Lombardi, I due Foscari, Alzira, Giovanna d’Arco, I masnadieri, and Stiffelio all engage with the complex relationships between parents and their children – the peculiarly forceful tension arising from deep, unconditional love on the one hand and the conflicting impulses and points of view of different generations. That already makes for a considerable number of Verdian parents. Within this large group of parental roles, mothers are outnumbered by fathers by a fair margin, but their presence is far from negligible if we add to the “real” mothers (Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Alice Ford in Falstaff) the quasi- maternal figures of Azucena (Manrico believes she is his mother right until he’s put to death at the end of Il trovatore) and Elisabetta in Don Carlo (she starts out as the title character’s betrothed and ends up his stepmother), as well as those works in which absent mothers are invoked by characters onstage (Lina’s mother in Stiffelio, Gilda’s mother in Rigoletto, and Desdemona’s mother in Otello, all of them unnamed). Such a dense concentration of operatic parents and children in Verdi is all the more striking for its being unusual within the Italian repertoire overall. How many mothers or fathers are there in such standard works as The Barber of Seville, L’elisir d’amore, La bohème, Tosca, or Pagliacci? Precisely none. A more Verdi’s title character in jester mode, as embodied by the great Italian baritone important point is that Verdi’s predilection Giuseppe de Luca, (1876-1950), captured by photographer Herman Mishkin. for plots with parents and children cannot possibly be coincidental. Unlike many composers of preceding generations (often erdi's Rigoletto is one of those unusual served as the opera’s source; Hugo himself obligated to set to music, willy-nilly, whatever 19th-century Italian operas not insisted on the crucial nature of the parent- librettos were placed before them by tyrannical principally built around a romantic child relationship in his play. impresarios), Verdi through most of his loveV story. It’s questionable whether the term The focus on a parent and a child isn’t career exercised the highest degree of control “love story” even applies to it: although unusual for Verdi. In fact, the parent-child over the subjects of his operas. He himself Gilda certainly loves the Duke, he forgets relationship has long been recognized as an selected most of these stories for operatic all about Gilda once he’s seduced her. The element shared by a large number of Verdi’s treatment, and often playing a dominant role relationship that really matters in Rigoletto is operas. In some, like Rigoletto, it plays a in shaping the dramatic contours of his works, of another sort entirely: that between a father fundamental role in the working out of the imperiously issuing orders to his librettists. and a daughter. In this respect Verdi and his plot; Luisa Miller, La traviata, I vespri siciliani, If so many Verdi operas feature parent/child librettist Piave directly followed their model, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo, and Aida are conflict, it can only have been because he Victor Hugo’s drama Le roi s’amuse, which among the better-known works falling into found such stories compelling – but why?

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Triboulet, the Victor Hugo character Victor Hugo’s play was produced on whom Rigoletto was based, inspired as a silent film in 1909. the satirical journal Le Triboulet, which began publishing in 1878. Giuseppe Verdi

Several commentators delving into the of opera itself: that it is at once a drama and a a father will be differentiated vocally by being composer’s biography have contented themselves musical composition. sung in a lower register, by either a baritone with a psychological explanation, typically Musical description, particularly when (Rigoletto, La traviata, Aida) or a bass (Luisa zeroing in on Verdi’s tragic loss of his two infant it gets technical, is apt to be off-putting to Miller, Don Carlo). This registral contrast is also children in the late 1830s (followed by his those unfamiliar with pitches, keys, and other often matched by thematic contrast: the two wife’s death in 1840). Indeed, it’s difficult to concepts and terms best learned through vocal lines in a duet involving a parent and a imagine that Verdi wouldn’t have thought back notation – a closed book even for many child may have different rhythms and melodic to this painful period when composing music devoted opera goers. But the concepts in contours, rather than sharing identical material. for the grief-stricken fathers of Luisa Miller, themselves aren’t difficult to grasp. Rigoletto Let's explore how these abstract notions Rigoletto, and Simon Boccanegra. Readers of happens to provide an ideal proving ground for play out in Rigoletto’s three magnificent father/ Mary Jane Phillips Matz’s definitive biography exploring how the musical aspects of parent/ daughter duets, one in each act, which may of the composer will also know of the deeply child relationships can be just as important as be said to provide the basic pillars supporting conflictual relationship between Verdi and the personal ones. the opera. Each duet is marked by dramatic his own father, who for a time actually found The first point to consider is obvious: and musical contrast. The importance of duets himself booted from the home he’d been sharing young voices are naturally pitched higher in this opera was stressed by Verdi in a letter with his by-then famous son. It’s tempting than older voices. Rooted in physiology, of 1852, when he was asked to alter the score to conclude, as many have done, that Verdi’s vocal range therefore has long been enlisted for an upcoming performance including the parent-child works are subconscious attempts as a realistic means of suggesting the age of soprano Teresa de Giuli. The specific request to work out his own painful experiences as both certain characters. Casting sopranos and was to insert an additional aria for Gilda. Verdi father and son. Armchair psychoanalysis can be tenors as an opera’s youthful protagonists, refused, explaining that it would be impossible fascinating, especially in the case of such a richly while reserving lower-register singers (bass or to introduce another aria into a work he’d complex figure as Verdi, but the validity of the baritone for men, contraltos or mezzo-sopranos conceived “almost without arias, without conclusions reached is as difficult to prove as to for women), became a standard procedure [grand] finales, an endless string of duets.” He disprove. A more serious objection is that such during the 19th century, though there were was exaggerating, of course (the opera includes an approach risks oversimplification of Verdi’s notable exceptions. Moreover, tenors and four important solo vocal numbers, as well as art. A purely psychological explanation fails to sopranos are able sing the same melody on the stunning quartet and trio of Act Three) take account of the paradoxical artistic premise the same notes, albeit an octave apart, while – but not by much. The unusual structure

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A street in modern Mantua, scarcely changed since Rigoletto’s time. “The Court Jester” by the Polish painter Jan Matejko (1838-1893). of Act One features three consecutive duets she’s unaware that the Duke is attentively necessarily – in different keys, forcing Verdi (Rigoletto/Sparafucile, Rigoletto/Gilda, eavesdropping. Then comes the first of two into abrupt modulations as the cabaletta shifts Gilda/Duke), and the Rigoletto/Gilda duets important moments in Rigoletto when Gilda from baritone- to soprano-dominated lines. of Acts Two and Three crystallize further key begins a word without finishing it (the second Thematically they’re placed in symmetrical emotional highpoints. Duets outnumbering such moment is easier to catch because it’s opposition, but tonally the generational solo arias, as happens here, would have been more exposed: at the end of the opera, Gilda divide, which will lead to the final tragedy, is unimaginable in a work by Rossini who, dies before being able to eke out the final fully apparent. with all of his Romantic verve, retained the syllable of the phrase “per voi pregherò,” “I In their final, emotionally devastating emphasis on solo singing that he’d inherited will pray for you”). Now, at the point of the duet, father and daughter are in close physical from Baroque opera. Duke’s surprising entrance into her home, proximity but miles apart psychologically. In the first Rigoletto/Gilda duet, the Gilda doesn't sing the last syllable of the Utterly distraught, Rigoletto begs his dying highly expressive passage in which Rigoletto phrase “E l’alma in estasi gli dice t'amo” (“My daughter not to abandon him, while the begs his daughter not to question him further soul in ecstasy says to him, ‘I love you’”), gently resigned Gilda will only assure him that about her mother is entirely absent from but for a different reason: he interrupts her, in heaven, where she’ll be reunited with her Gilda’s part. Conversely, later in the same singing the complete word “t’amo” (“I love mother, they’ll pray for him. Her soaring lines duet Gilda’s sympathetic observations about you”) on the exact same note where he herself and his desperate pleas are not only strikingly her father’s loving concern for her are set to was clearly headed. This inspired idea could differentiated thematically, but lie at opposite music sung only by her, not by Rigoletto. only have been realized with two high voices, vocal poles. Verdi must have instinctively felt that such in this case soprano and tenor. It’s worth noting that the baritone voice distinctive themes were integral to individual The Act Two Rigoletto/Gilda duet type is not to be found within the first two characterization; they couldn’t be shared by bears a strong resemblance to their first duet, centuries of operatic history, but was largely the two roles, but belonged exclusively to again pitting the baritone’s paternal sternness a 19th-century development: for many years one or the other. The baritone/soprano vocal against the soprano’s youthful impetuosity. previously, it was simply a particular sort of pairing thus enhances a differentiation that is The dramatically significant difference is bass, situated towards the higher end of that simultaneously dramatic and musical. that this duet occurs after the disaster of range. Historically, Verdi’s works were crucial Contrast that duet with the one that Gilda being seduced by the Duke. The duet in carving out a special place for the baritone directly follows, between Gilda and the Duke, therefore concludes with Rigoletto vowing as its own distinct category. This was partly starting with the astonishing moment of the vengeance on the Duke, while Gilda pleads due to the composer’s fondness for certain Duke’s entrance. Gilda has just confessed to for pity on his behalf. Here, in contrast to singers, most notably Felice Varesi, the first her servant, Giovanna, that she’s in love with their previous duet, their different words Rigoletto, for whom Verdi had already written a handsome young man she saw in church; are sung to the same melodic theme, but – Macbeth (1847), and for whom he would

32 | October 7 - November 3, 2017 OPERA NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO DAN REST Modern Match – Rigoletto In this opera, curses and seduction lead an overbearing parent, Rigoletto, to lose his own daughter, Gilda. A headstrong daughter outsmarting her protective parent isn’t unique to Verdi. In fact, this same idea applies rather prominently in the well-loved Disney animated feature, Tangled. It seems Gilda and Rapunzel have more in common than overbearing parents! For starters, Rigoletto and Mother Gothel (Rapunzel’s captor/guardian) take parenting to the next level; Gilda’s only allowed to leave the house for church, while Rapunzel is constantly locked in an isolated tower. The women’s isolation doesn’t last forever, due to two seductive men: The Duke of Mantua and Flynn Rider. In Rigoletto, the Duke meets Gilda at church, and they promptly fall in love. The Duke’s men abduct Gilda from her isolation and bring her to his palace, where – after proclaiming his love for her – he proceeds to seduce and then abandon her. When Flynn Rider appears in Tangled, he charms Rapunzel by helping her escape from the tower, freeing her of Mother Gothel, and taking her to the castle where she can finally see the floating lanterns. While love is blossoming in both of these stories, they then take solemn turns for the worse. Rigoletto, discovering what’s happened between Gilda and the Duke, hires a hit man to murder the Duke. Likewise, Mother Gothel learns of Flynn and Rapunzel’s rendezvous and sends men to capture Flynn. These dire situations lead the two women to make the ultimate sacrifices of love. Gilda, in an attempt to save the Duke, sacrifices her own life to the hit man. Similarly, Rapunzel agrees to a lifetime of captivity with Mother Gothel in exchange for Flynn’s life. While Rigoletto ends with the death of Gilda, Tangled has a happier ending where Mother Gothel dies and Flynn and Rapunzel live to be married. Yet, these dire situations could have been avoided if the overbearing parents weren't caught up in themselves. When Rigoletto is cursed by Count Monterone, his terror leads him into taking drastic measures. Mother Gothel kidnapped Rapunzel for her magical hair, which could make Mother Gothel stay young forever. Had these two parents focused more on their children and less on their own obsessions, perhaps the outcomes would be different. Rigoletto at Lyric, 2012/13 season: — Margaret Rogers the dying Gilda (Albina Shagimuratova) The author, Lyric’s dramaturgy intern during the summer, bids farewell to her father, Rigoletto is a senior at the University of Minnesota. (Andrzej Dobber). DAN REST write Germont in La traviata two years after Rigoletto. The common-sense explanation of why Rigoletto is a baritone (because Verdi was writing music for a father) should not exclude the reverse possibility: that Verdi chose stories about fathers because he was so intrigued by the expressive potential of the baritone voice, both on its own and in juxtaposition with a tenor son or a soprano daughter, with all the rich musical expansion this permitted. The supreme artistic result has everything to do with why Rigoletto has long been regarded as one of Verdi's great leaps forward.

Jesse Rosenberg is Clinical Associate Professor of Musicology at Northwestern University and a specialist in 19th- and 20th-century Italian opera.

Dina Kuznetsova as Verdi's Gilda at Lyric (2005/06 season) and Rapunzel in Tangled.

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A Talk with the Director

Rigoletto director E. Loren Meeker, in conversation with Lyric dramaturg Roger Pines.

What does Rigoletto have to say to where each character is ambivalent, torn would have been considered “deformed.” audiences today? between the two strong sides of human Playing a court jester grates on him. He’s Two universal areas of interest make nature – usually morally correct and tortured by his personal frustrations and Rigoletto relevant to a modern audience. morally corrupt desires. This piece is by the court itself. His hatred for his lot First are the powerful, intrinsically rampant with characters who are forced in life, and what society has made him, human themes – the deeply rooted desire to make choices that reveal who they are makes him more cynically abusive as for love, man’s fascination with money, at their core. All the characters struggle a jester rather than verbally funny. He corruption of power, and the duality of with their intrinsic nature. Listening considers his barbed tongue as fierce a human nature (good vs. evil). We struggle to those feelings and impulses come to weapon as Sparafucile’s knife. with these issues in our fragile world life musically, exploring the depth of As the dark side of his nature gets today as much as humanity did when character flaws in the libretto, and seeing progressively stronger (by the end of Rigoletto was composed. how Verdi marries music and drama, is the first scene he mocks a father whose The second connection acknowledges stunning. daughter has been sexually abused), he that the political environment of has to fight harder to keep the good Rigoletto feels eerily similar to the world What are the greatest challenges in elements in his life safely hidden from the we currently live in. Every audience staging Rigoletto? world’s evils. Fatherly love is as honest an member can probably think of a My primary focus is to bring Verdi’s emotion for Rigoletto as the cynical side present day government where issues characters to life in as charged an that we see from him as the abused jester, surrounding money, sex, and corruption atmosphere as possible. Working with but it’s a catch-22: his desire to keep are systematic: Do we trust our leaders? such a great libretto means that as a Gilda pure and safe, to keep her from What are they doing with their time and team of artists we must intensely focus knowing that the world she lives in is their money? How are they treating the on bringing the text to life. Scenes harsh, violent, and predatory, is the very people – especially the women – around can be crafted in a way that allows the thing that causes her to rebel. Exploring them? How do people take their power audience to have an inside window into these extremes within the character is and use it to influence the world and the emotional soul of each of character, vital. people around them? especially in the ensemble scenes. Looking at these large, overarching I also enjoy activating large chorus What can you tell us about Michael issues makes me say, why wouldn’t we be scenes. Working with a group as strong Yeargan’s sets and Constance Hoffman’s telling this story now? It speaks to who as the Lyric chorus allows me to create costumes? we are as humans, trying to craft our individual, nuanced performances. The Michael and Constance were interested lives towards our good or evil tendencies. chorus scenes are not static in Rigoletto! in creating a world that stayed away from Which side of the coin ultimately wins? Looking at the musical structure, the a more traditional dark, black, and heavy text, and the setting reveals environments setting. They challenged themselves to You choreographed Rigoletto early in that are ripe with activity – sometimes find another way to tell the story. While your career, and now you’re directing large and chaotic like the opening conceiving the production, they were it. What are you discovering about the scene, at other times boiling with subtle examining different ways the Renaissance opera this time around? tension like a gang or mob, as with the era was depicted over time. They became Each time I encounter an opera, I bring kidnapping scene. fascinated with 1940s films – you’ll see new life experience and perspective to this influence clearly represented in the it. The depth of research I’ve done for What traits in Rigoletto himself are you costumes. They were also researching this production has revealed to me how most interested in exploring? surrealist painters, and Giorgio de Chirico married the drama is to Verdi’s music. He’s the clearest depiction of an captured their imagination. His color Scholars describe Verdi as coming into his ambivalent character – someone who palette and architectural style are strong “middle phase” when he was composing struggles with the two sides of his nature. influences on the scenic design, creating a Rigoletto. He was starting to dig into This struggle stems from the environment very stylized world. The production feels his material by writing music that was he lives in. abstract and surprisingly colorful, full of driven by the drama. Specific to Rigoletto, In Rigoletto’s time, society limited harsh angles and bold colors that help he was exploring deeply emotional and working opportunities for someone from bring the characters to life. flawed characters. He created a world the lower class, especially someone who

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Rigoletto: After the Curtain Falls

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

• What elements of the production captivated you? Why?

• The Duke of Mantua is a womanizer. Why is he permitted to behave this way? Does his social status allow him to be so lascivious?

• Rigoletto is very superstitious, and he worries about the curse placed upon him. What superstitions do you have? In the end, is what happens to Rigoletto’s daughter due to the curse, as he proclaims, or is it just coincidence?

• Why does Rigoletto keep Gilda’s existence a secret? And why does he keep her from knowing his name?

• Rigoletto contemplates the similarities between himself and Sparafucile, the hired assassin. Sparafucile stabs men with a knife, and Rigoletto with his sharp tongue. What is Verdi hinting at here?

• The assassin, Sparafucile, is an intriguing character, who doesn’t have an aria. Had Verdi written one for him, what do you think it would have been about?

Gilda in male disguise, as portrayed by the exquisite Italian soprano Amelia Galli-Curci, an idol of Chicago audiences from 1916 to 1924.

To continue enjoying Rigoletto, Lyric dramaturg Roger Pines suggests the following performances:

• CD – Renata Scotto, Fiorenza Cossotto, Alfredo Kraus, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco; Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Andromeda)

• CD – Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela; Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Richard Bonynge (Decca)

• DVD – Diana Damrau, Christa Mayer, Juan Diego Flórez, Zeljko Lucic, Georg Zeppenfeld; Chorus and Orchestra of the Sächsische Oper/Dresden, cond. Fabio Luisi (Erato)

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

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

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BACKSTAGE LIFE: Stephanie Karr

What is your role here at Lyric, and how long have you held the position? I’ve been the director of music administration since November 2016, but I’ve held various positions at Lyric since 2001. My department and I work with the chorus, orchestra, dancers, and assistant conductors to provide day-to-day operational and personnel support for these groups – about 300 people. We also handle their auditions and casting, ensuring that we have the best artists for the season.

What led you to work at Lyric? I’ve been involved in music, dance and theater most of my life and graduated with a degree in vocal performance and a minor in theater. Lyric is, and has always been, at the top of the pack in the opera world and once I moved to Chicago, I was determined to work here. I was auditioning for young-artist programs, traveling for competitions, and trying to find a job with enough flexibility to allow me to continue doing it. I decided that I would like to pursue a career a very special thing, and a worthwhile cause. I would also say that I in arts management while working as a receptionist for Lyric. During really couldn’t ask for better colleagues. We are here out of a deep love my tenure here, I have moved into several other roles including for what we do and the common goal of putting something special artist services, wigs/make-up, accounts payable, and payroll. Once I on stage. completed my master’s degree, a position opened in the operations department, I became the music administration assistant…and the What’s something about your job that people might not know? rest is history! One thing people might not know is that if you attend dress rehearsals, I am the person sitting just behind the conductor and a few seats from What’s a typical day like for you? the cover conductor. I sit there to ensure that all goes well with our My day is extremely varied, but one thing that doesn’t fluctuate is musical groups and it allows me to jump in at a moment’s notice if that I’m always working with people. I love problem solving and I’m needed. there are so many little puzzle pieces that need to come together with individual performers and/or other departments. Otherwise, I A favorite Lyric moment? could be doing anything from serving on an audition panel, making Over the years, the thing that stands out above all of the on stage sure conductors have what they need for rehearsals, getting budget events are the lifelong friendships I’ve made. Some are people I’ve numbers together for a future season, or helping to make sure that the met here, some have moved on to other jobs in other cities, some offstage musicians are in the right place for the best sound. are friends from other opera companies. A job where you can share common interests with almost all of your colleagues, and those What’s the most challenging aspect of your job? common interests are directly related to what you do on a daily basis During the season, there are a lot of very long work days where it’s is pretty unique and makes for a lot of amazing opportunities to important that I manage my time well and stay on schedule. This connect with people. can be a big challenge because things have a tendency to “pop up.” Another challenge is making sure everyone stays on the same page Beyond opera, what are your other passions? when a last-minute change occurs. Dozens of people can be affected I love to travel and I would love more opportunities to see the world. by even the smallest change, so communication is key and something I’m a diehard foodie and I love to cook…and eat. Okay, mostly eat. we are always trying to improve upon. Aside from that, a good book and a good movie – I love a good story and an opportunity to exercise a little escapism. What keeps you committed to the work you do? I love the arts and I love opera. I think what we do is vital because it brings us cultural awareness and connects us to our humanity. That’s

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Artistic Roster

Sopranos Baritones Graham Maverick Marie-Jeanne Lecca Assistant Choreographer Maria Agresta Alessandro Corbelli Jeraldine Mendoza Ming Cho Lee Michael Mizerany Kate Baldwin Anthony Clark Evans Jacqueline Moscicke John Neumeier Emily Birsan Nathan Gunn Aaron Renteria Robert Perdziola Ballet Mistress Janai Brugger Joshua Hopkins Christine Rocas Zandra Rhodes August Tye Andriana Chuchman Quinn Kelsey Paulo Rodrigues Vita Tzykun Rosa Feola Mariusz Kwiecień Chloé Sherman Michael Yeargan Wigmaster and Makeup Christine Goerke Zachary Nelson Temur Suluashvili Designer Pureum Jo Emmett O’Hanlon Olivia Tang-Mifsud Associate Set Designer Sarah Hatten Alexandra LoBianco Takaoki Onishi Alonso Tepetzi Heinrich Tröger Ana María Martínez Edward Parks Elivelton Tomazi Fight Choreographers Whitney Morrison Hugh Russell Alberto Velazquez Assistant Set Designer Chuck Coyl Diana Newman Todd Thomas Joanna Wozniak Matt Rees Nick Sandys Marina Rebeka Joan Sebastián Zamora Albina Shagimuratova Bass-Baritones Lighting Designers Translators for Lauren Snouffer Alan Higgs Fabrice Kebour Projected English Titles Marcy Stonikas Philip Horst Jacob Brooks Chris Maravich Carol Borah Kelly Elisabet Strid Eric Owens Wanhang (Nikolas) Chen John Neumeier Francis Rizzo Ann Toomey Christian Van Horn Samuel Crouch Duane Schuler Roger Pines Elena Tsallagova Marian Faustino Ron Vodicka Colin Ure Amber Wagner Basses Tom Mattingly Erin Wall Ain Anger Gin Ngo Projection Designer The American Laura Wilde Scott Conner Jimi Nguyen David Adam Moore Guild of Patrick Guetti Michelle Reid Musical Artists, Mezzo-Sopranos Adrian Sâmpetrean Todd Rhoades Chorus Master AFL-CIO Tanja Ariane Baumgartner Andrea Silvestrelli Jacqueline Stewart Michael Black (AGMA), is Marianne Crebassa Alexander Tsymbalyuk Nicholas Strasburg the union that represents the Susan Graham Jessica Wolfrum Choreographers and singers, dancers, actors, and Jill Grove Dancers Movement Directors staging personnel at Lyric Catherine Martin Conductors John Malashock Opera of Chicago. Lindsay Metzger The Joffrey Ballet Marco Armiliato John Neumeier Julie Miller Matthew Adamczyk Harry Bicket Denni Sayers Deborah Nansteel Derrick Agnoletti David Chase August Tye

Annie Rosen Yoshihisa Arai Sir Andrew Davis DAN REST Zanda Švēde Amanda Assucena James Gaffigan Kristy Swann Edson Barbosa Enrique Mazzola Miguel Angel Blanco Robert Tweten Contraltos Anais Bueno Emmanuel Villaume Lindsay Ammann Fabrice Calmels Lauren Decker Raúl Casasola Directors Valeriia Chaykina John Cox Tenors Nicole Ciapponi Eric Einhorn Thor Abjornsson Lucia Connolly Rob Kearley Piotr Beczała April Daly E. Loren Meeker Benjamin Bernheim Fernando Duarte John Neumeier Michael Brandenburg Olivia Duryea Kevin Newbury Lawrence Brownlee Cara Marie Gary David Pountney Alec Carlson Stefan Goncalvez Andrew Sinclair Rafael Davila Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Keith Jameson Dylan Gutierrez Associate Directors Jonathan Johnson Rory Hohenstein Rob Kearley Brandon Jovanovich Dara Holmes Bruno Ravella Dmitry Korchak Riley Horton Stefano La Colla Yuka Iwai Set and Costume Designers Josh Lovell Victoria Jaiani Johan Engels Matthew Polenzani Hansol Jeong John Frame Mario Rojas Gayeon Jung Peter J. Hall Rodell Rosel Yumi Kanazawa Constance Hoffman Rigoletto at Lyric, 2012/13 season: Issachah Savage Brooke Linford Robert Innes Hopkins Maddalena (Nicole Piccolomini) enchants the Andrew Stenson Greig Matthew Allen Charles Klein Duke of Mantua (Giuseppe Filianoti).

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PATRON SALUTE | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO In Memory of Nancy W. Knowles: Let the Music be Heard

The Lyric family is deeply saddened and hired professional managers to run the by the loss of Nancy W. Knowles, who firm. Some eleven years later, most of the served on Lyric’s Board of Directors and company’s stock was sold and its name changed Executive Committee from 1998 until to Knowles Electronics Holdings, Inc. her passing on August 26, 2017. She was Nancy assumed the presidency of The Knowles Foundation, a private entity an extraordinary woman, a consummate established in 1955 by Hugh and his first professional, and an outstanding wife, which supports the arts, education, philanthropist, who possessed great health, international development, and social strength and character, and was services. Soon afterward, she became involved passionate in her devotion to the arts. with Lyric Opera, indulging her lifelong love In memory of her many dedicated years of the music with which she was raised. Guild of service to Lyric, we are honored to Board member Gene Andersen invited her reprint this patron salute that originally onto the Guild Board, and the next year, as appeared in the 2007/08 season program part of Lyric’s massive Building on Greatness Capital Campaign purchase and renovation of La bohème. project, The Knowles Foundation generously provided an assistive listening system for — Anthony Freud , the refurbished auditorium, later named the Lyric’s General Director, President & CEO Ardis Krainik Theatre. Of her affiliation with Knowles Electronics, Nancy observed, “To be able to help millions and millions of people November 23, 1930 - August 26, 2017 Music. Hearing. One is impossible around the world is astounding.” For the Lyric without the other. Music must be heard to the big ones – that was huge, hundreds and patrons needing it, the new listening system exist, and the ear must hear music, whether in hundreds of records.” Nancy’s college degree from The Knowles Foundation has been no less its traditional sense or in the rhythm and lilt of in Spanish earned her several positions as a astounding. speech or animal sounds or even construction translator, in the course of which she became The enthusiasm with which Nancy noise. Separate a culture from its music, and it familiar with various types of businesses and approached her work was demonstrated tends to disintegrate. Take away a person’s sense corporate structures. This breadth of experience also in her philanthropic zeal. Through The of hearing, and a huge void remains where the served her well in meeting the challenges of Knowles Foundation, as well as generous music used to be. Knowles Electronics. personal gifts, she has benefited institutions the That sort of tragedy for years motivated Hugh’s instincts, as usual, proved world over, especially those involving hearing Nancy W. Knowles, former chairman emerita accurate. Nancy found the learning process as an important element. As a result of her of Knowles Electronics Holdings, Inc. Twenty- exhilarating: “It was wonderful. I absolutely being inspired by the late Sam Wanamaker, two years out of college, having worked in loved it.” In a win-win scenario, Nancy found for example, Shakespeare’s Globe in London such diverse industries as veterinary vaccines, her calling, and Hugh gained valuable insight boasts the Nancy W. Knowles Theatre, a venue mining, and apparel, Nancy came to the from an intelligent and reliable consultant. for presentations and discussions. She served Chicago area to work for Hugh Knowles, the After working closely for five years, and on a number of boards and joined Lyric’s Board founder of Knowles Electronics, Inc. With sometimes traveling together, Nancy and of Directors in 1998 at the behest of fellow no knowledge of the sub-miniature electronic Hugh, a widower for ten years, married. They director, the late Frank Considine. hearing instrument components manufactured were a well-suited couple and very happy In 2007 Nancy bestowed an endowment there for hearing-aid companies, she started together, but misfortune intruded when, a year gift to Lyric, in honor of which the reception in new-product development, “surrounded by later, Hugh suffered a serious stroke. area just east of the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice engineers and physicists.” Charged with being In the eight years remaining of Hugh’s Grand Foyer was designated the Nancy W. a set of “new eyes,” she proceeded to learn the life, Nancy was his eyes and ears at the plant. Knowles Lobby. It is appropriate for opera business through listening, observing, and He remained president and chairman, with goers anticipating a superb listening experience questioning. executives often coming to the house. Nancy to be welcomed into the Lyric Opera House by No stranger to intellectual pursuits and went to the office each day and discussed issues the name of an elegant woman so intimately distinguished relatives, Nancy Welch Knowles with Hugh in the evening. He respected her connected with the art of preserving and grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in a home filled opinion and was satisfied that the business enhancing the human sense of hearing. Lyric with classical music. Her father, an orthopedic would be in capable hands without him. She Opera is grateful that Nancy’s legacy will physician, invented a pin used in setting broken was vice chairman while Hugh was alive and impact Chicago for generations to come. hips. He also delighted in driving the family was voted chairman after his death, though she 100 miles to attend opera in Des Moines. At — Sonia Ness shared control with his son and two daughters, home, “he had a record collection of 78s –

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Lyric is honored to have Jim Bay, a Chicago the world-class city that it is. We’re proud to be associated with it.” says principal of Bays Corporation, serve on its Board of Directors and Compensation Miles D. White, Abbott’s Chairman and Chief Committee. Executive Officer and a valued member of Lyric’s Board of Directors. RANDY L. and MELVIN R. BERLIN Devoted fans of opera education and the arts, Melvin ADA and WHITNEY ADDINGTON and Randy Berlin are vital members of the Lyric Opera Ada and Whitney Addington are dedicated Lyric family. “It’s part of Chicago for us. It enriches the city subscribers and donors. They have contributed generously and the community, and we like to be part of that,” says to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Melvin. The Berlins have contributed significantly to Campaign, and have made a leadership gift in support of the Annual Campaign and made a leadership gift to the Lyric’s new Ring cycle, including this season’s Die Walküre. Breaking New Ground Campaign. Melvin and Randy The Addingtons have also invested in the company’s have cosponsored several productions including last season’s The Magic Flute and this future through their planned gift to Lyric. Lyric is season’s Così fan tutte. Lyric is honored to have Melvin Berlin serve on its Board of fortunate to have Dr. Whitney Addington as a member of its Board of Directors and Directors. Executive Committee. BMO HARRIS BANK AMERICAN AIRLINES BMO Harris Bank is a proud supporter of Lyric Opera. BMO, This season we celebrate 36 years of vital corporate partnership which is celebrating its bicentennial this year, has demonstrated with American Airlines, the Official Airline of Lyric Opera. In its strong commitment to supporting the communities it serves recognition of the company’s significant contribution to the for the past 200 years. BMO has generously supported special Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the mezzanine level of projects through Lyric’s Annual Campaign, most recently as the the Lyric Opera House is named the American Airlines Mezzanine. Exclusive Sponsor of both the Plácido Domingo and Ana María Alexandra American Airlines provides important in-kind support for Lyric’s Martínez Concert (2015/16) and the Celebrating Plácido Concert Franco Tedeschi Dousmanis-Curtis programs and special events. (2016/17). Lyric is honored to have Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis, Franco Tedeschi, Vice President of American Group Head, U.S. Retail and Business Banking, BMO Harris Bank, serve on its Airlines, proudly serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors Board of Directors and Investment Committee. “Opera is truly an inspiration. It and Lyric Unlimited Committee. affects how we see and interpret the world around us, and it’s our hope that the support we provide PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION Lyric will help increase exposure to such a beautiful The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation strives to advance society through the form of artistic expression.” performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. The Foundation’s namesake, Paul M. Angell, founder of Newly Weds Foods, dedicated BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP the early part of his life to serving his country and performing as a member of John The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is the world’s leading Philip Sousa’s U.S. Navy Band during World War I. He believed in hard work, self advisor on business strategy. Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for reliance, and optimism, and the Foundation is intended to honor him and his ideals. their support and dedication this season in offering their pro bono At Lyric, the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation has been a loyal supporter of Lyric’s services to help Lyric to better understand our financial model, Annual Campaign and Lyric Unlimited programming and has generously committed and to identify creative and promising paths to growth. Lyric to a high level of multi-year support. Opera is honored to have Dan Dan Grossman Grossman, Partner & Managing ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTORS Director, on the Lyric Board Lyric Opera is extremely grateful for Aria Society support received from six of Directors and Finance Committee. anonymous contributors during the 2017/18 season. HENRY M. and GILDA R. BUCHBINDER JULIE and ROGER BASKES Dedicated lovers of the arts, Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Lyric treasures the exemplary leadership and dedication of are longstanding members of the Lyric Opera family. Julie and Roger Baskes. Subscribers for more than three Committed to sustaining the exceptional quality of Lyric’s decades, they have generously supported Lyric’s Ryan artistic product, the Buchbinders made a leadership gift Opera Center activities as previous cosponsors of Rising to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign to name Stars in Concert, and currently underwrite the Ryan the Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation Opera Center Recital Series on 98.7WFMT. They have Rehearsal Room. They have also been longtime generous donors to the Annual cosponsored numerous productions including, most recently, last season’s Norma and Campaign, and are cosponsors of this season’s new production of Faust. “I really this season’s Rigoletto. They also made a leadership commitment to the Breaking New do believe that Lyric is the best opera company in the world,” is Gilda’s heartfelt Ground Campaign to help safeguard the future of Lyric Opera. Lyric is honored to assessment, to which Hank adds, “the productions are done so well, and stage sets have Julie Baskes serve on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Julie is are marvelous.” Lyric is honored to have Gilda Buchbinder serve on its Board of also Chairman of the Production Sponsorship Committee, and is a past President of Directors and the Production Sponsorship Committee. the Ryan Opera Center Board.

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CAROLYN S. BUCKSBAUM CENTENE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Lyric Opera sincerely appreciates the extraordinary leadership and Charitable outreach is an important part of Centene Corporation's business generosity of Kay Bucksbaum. An avid subscriber and longtime philosophy. Since 2004, Centene Charitable Foundation has contributed a patron of Lyric with her late husband Matthew, the Bucksbaum substantial amount to initiatives that improve the quality of life and health in our Family’s very generous challenge grant re-established Lyric’s communities. Through our donations to organizations in the arts, we are not only regional and national/international radio broadcasts in 2006. Kay’s sustaining the ongoing cultural traditions, but also paving the way for future incredible continued matching support makes possible The Lyric generations to experience the arts. This season, Centene Charitable Foundation is Opera Broadcasts, which draw 16 million listeners annually. “Lyric providing leadership support for EmpowerYouth! Igniting Creativity through the is a great national institution,” Matthew once said, “and it gives our family great Arts, a groundbreaking multi-disciplinary afterschool program offered in pleasure to know these broadcasts bring Lyric’s wonderful performances to so many partnership between Lyric Unlimited and the Chicago Urban League that will in Chicago and around the globe.” culminate in the presentation of a fully staged, youth-centric opera based on THE JOHN and JACOLYN BUCKSBAUM participants’ real-life experiences. FOUNDATION Passionate philanthropists in the Chicago community, ELIZABETH F. CHENEY FOUNDATION John and Jackie Bucksbaum are major supporters of the Lyric Opera remains deeply grateful for the long-term generosity arts. John Bucksbaum is founder and CEO of Bucksbaum of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, one of Chicago’s nonprofit Retail Properties, LLC, a fully-integrated owner and leaders in arts support. The Cheney Foundation has made an developer of retail real estate. John and Jackie, with their enhanced multi-year commitment to the Ryan Opera Center/ John and Jackie Bucksbaum family, generously provide matching funding for The Lyric Opera. During the 2017/18 season, the Cheney Foundation Lyric Opera Broadcasts, which air on 98.7WFMT live is supporting Guest Master Teacher and Artist residencies; the during each opening night performance. Elizabeth F. Cheney Director of Vocal Studies faculty position; access to a behind-the- scenes view of the Ensemble selection process by opening the Ryan BULLEY & ANDREWS Opera Center’s Final Auditions to a greater number of Lyric donors and subscribers Founded 1891, Bulley & Andrews is one of the Midwest’s most for the fifth year; and singer sponsorship of tenor Mario Rojas. Lyric Opera is honored trusted and accomplished construction companies. The fourth to have foundation director Allan Drebin serve on its Board of Directors, Ryan Opera generation, family-owned firm offers clients a full-range of Center Board and Audit Committee. construction services including general contracting, construction management, design/build, and masonry and concrete restoration. MR. and MRS. JOHN V. CROWE Bulley & Andrews has, for many seasons, supported Lyric Jack and Peggy Crowe are generous and passionate Allan E. Bulley, III Unlimited’s Performances for Students programs, and is a cosponsor members of the Lyric family, evidenced by their major of Lyric’s Ring cycle, including last support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign and season’s Das Rheingold and this season’s Die Walküre. Lyric the Renée Fleming Initiative. Jack and Peggy Crowe’s Opera is pleased to have Allan E. Bulley, III as a member of significant contribution to Lyric was recognized in its Board of Directors. naming the Isabelle Cavagnaro Crowe Foyer on the fifth floor in memory of Jack Crowe’s mother. Lyric is very fortunate to have Jack Crowe THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION as an esteemed member of the Executive Committee of Lyric’s Board of Directors. Longtime subscribers from Dubuque, Iowa, John and Alice Butler recently made a leadership gift to Lyric’s THE CROWN FAMILY Breaking New Ground Campaign’s stage improvement Two of Chicago’s leading philanthropists, Renée and project. John says, “When Alice and I heard that Lyric Lester Crown, are devoted patrons of Lyric Opera. was unable to share productions with other houses due The Crown Family is a sponsor of the Renée Fleming to our outdated and unreliable stage technology, we Initiative and made generous gifts to Lyric’s Annual John and Alice Butler understood that to be a serious problem that needed to Campaign and Breaking New Ground Campaign. Mrs. be addressed. We believe in Lyric’s mission to be the best Crown is a past President of the Women’s Board. Mr. opera company in North America, and in order to be the best, we must have access Lester and Renée Crown Crown joined Lyric’s Board of Directors in 1977 and has the best productions.” Lyric Opera is honored to have John Butler serve on its Board served as Chairman of the Executive Committee ever since. In 2004, Renée and of Directors and Investment Committee. Lester Crown were recipients of the Carol Fox Award, presented in recognition of their outstanding leadership and commitment to Lyric. Lyric is also honored to have MARION A. CAMERON Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. Lyric is forever Lyric is sincerely honored to have the support and leadership of indebted to The Crown Family for their many years of dedicated service to Lyric Marion A. Cameron. A subscriber and donor for more than 20 Opera of Chicago. years, Lyric gratefully acknowledges her outstanding generosity through her leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground THE DAVEE FOUNDATION Campaign, and her many production cosponsorships, including Lyric Opera is extremely grateful to The Davee Foundation and the late Ruth Dunbar this season’s Così fan tutte. Ms. Cameron is the CEO of Sipi Metals and Ken M. Davee for their tremendous generosity over the years. The Foundation’s Corp., which continues to support the widely popular Stars of exemplary support of Chicago-area charities reflects the Davees’ wide-ranging Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert. Marion Cameron is a member of Lyric’s interests, including their great love of music and the arts. Lyric Opera is fortunate Board of Directors, Executive and Finance Committees, and Chair of the Investment to be among the organizations benefiting from The Davee Foundation’s enduring Committee. philanthropy, which helps secure Lyric’s future for generations to come. The Davee Foundation provided critical preliminary support to enhance amplification and sound systems used in the Musical Theater Initiative, and has generously cosponsored each production in the initiative, including this season’s Jesus Christ Superstar.

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MARIANNE DESON-HERSTEIN ELIZABETH MORSE GENIUS CHARITABLE TRUST Marianne Deson-Herstein was a long-time supporter and lover of One of two trusts established in memory of Elizabeth Morse Lyric Opera until her death in 2015. Her Trust left a substantial Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist Charles Hosmer bequest to the Lyric Opera Production Endowment Fund for Morse, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is a major, and designers and scenery expenses, in memory of her parents, Samuel deeply appreciated, leader among Lyric’s contributors. Through the and Sarah Deson. To fulfill her intentions, Marianne’s bequest is Trust’s support of classical fine arts, Co-Trustees Bank of America, being used to cosponsor Lyric’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre N.A. and James L. Alexander seek to enrich the quality of life in this opera season. Her gift will help support the designer and Elizabeth Morse Genius Chicago, especially for youth and elderly citizens. In recognition scenery expenses for this new Lyric Opera production. Lyric is greatly appreciative of of the Trust’s Building on Greatness Capital Campaign support, Marianne’s thoughtfulness in making this very generous planned gift to endow these Lyric named the distinctive Opera House chimes and music library in honor of essential mainstage opera production expenses. Elizabeth Morse Genius. Along with its sister trust, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, the Genius Trust has sponsored many mainstage productions and was most STEFAN T. EDLIS and GAEL NEESON recently one of the cosponsors of last season’s company premiere of Les Troyens. In Passionate patrons of the arts, Stefan Edlis and Gael addition to production sponsorship, the Trust has helped underwrite Lyric’s ongoing Neeson are actively involved with organizations in efforts to diversify its various boards and preserve Lyric’s history through support of Chicago, New York, and Aspen. Mr. Edlis and Ms. its Archives project. Most recently, Lyric named one of its key meeting rooms in its Neeson have supported and subscribed to Lyric Opera for executive offices as the Elizabeth Morse Genius Conference Room in order to show more than 30 years. They have previously cosponsored its grateful appreciation for the Trust’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground five mainstage operas, including last season’s Lucia di Campaign, as well as to recognize the Trust’s Lammermoor and this season’s Faust. Stefan and Gael also made a leadership gift commitment over many years to helping build to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is the company’s core capacities and institutional honored to have Stefan Edlis serve on its Board of infrastructure. Directors and Production Sponsorship Committee. BRENT and KATIE GLEDHILL EXELON Brent and Katie are proud supporters of numerous The philanthropic initiatives of Exelon Corporation help generate and sustain causes in Chicago, and they have made a leadership gift Chicago’s cultural stature and economic vitality. For several decades, Exelon has to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign. Last season, generously supported the Annual Campaign, Fantasy of the Opera, Wine Auction, Brent and Katie were a Diamond Record Sponsor of the and the Great Opera Fund as well as Lyric’s education and community engagement Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. Brent Gledhill is the programs. Exelon’s many cosponsorships have included The Mikado (2010/12), Global Head of Investment Banking at William Blair & the Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Subscriber Appreciation Concert Company, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Lyric is honored to have (2011/12), La bohème (2012/13), Rusalka (2013/14), Lyric’s second mariachi opera, Brent serve on its Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Audit Committee. El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (2014/15), and The Marriage of Figaro(2015/16). Last season, Exelon cosponsored Lyric’s production of Carmen. Lyric Opera is fortunate WILLIAM and ETHEL GOFEN to have Exelon as an outstanding corporate partner. William and Ethel Gofen have been attending Lyric Opera productions for more than 50 years. They are ELAINE FRANK generous donors to Lyric’s Annual Campaign, and are A member of the Lyric family since its calling card performance cosponsoring Lyric’s new production of Faust this season. of Don Giovanni in 1954, Elaine Frank has generously supported They have also made a leadership gift to the Breaking Lyric’s education programs by underwriting the NEXT Student New Ground Campaign. Lyric is thrilled to have Ethel Discount tickets since 2014. Elaine and her family named Gofen as a member of the Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. the Elaine and Zollie Frank Rehearsal Room as part of their major contribution toward the Building on Greatness capital HOWARD GOTTLIEB and BARBARA GREIS campaign. Most recently, Elaine gave generously to the Breaking New Ground Among Lyric’s most devoted subscribers and patrons, Campaign’s stage renovation project to ensure Lyric’s technology is competitive Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis have generously with its sister institutions. “Opera has been a part of my life since I was a young supported Lyric Opera through major contributions to girl and still is as I am turning 100. I am grateful for all the wonderful memories the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground my involvement at Lyric has afforded me.” Lyric is grateful for the decades-long Campaign. They have cosponsored many productions, friendship of Elaine, her family, and her late husband and former Board of Directors including this season’s production of Rigoletto. Mr. member, Zollie Frank. Gottlieb is the retired chairman of the Glenwood Investment Corporation and an accomplished violinist. Lyric is honored to have him serve as an active member of JULIUS FRANKEL FOUNDATION Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A founding patron of Lyric Theatre (now Lyric Opera) and a Lyric Opera Board member at the time of his death in 1982, Julius GRAMMA FISHER FOUNDATION Frankel devoted his philanthropic giving to making Chicago a With an unparalleled record as sponsor of more than 27 new Lyric productions since great place to live and enjoy life. The Julius Frankel Foundation the 1960s, the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa is a cornerstone of has sustained this noble legacy under the guidance and longtime Lyric’s legacy of world-class achievement in the arts. The Gramma Fisher Foundation dedication of former trustees Nelson Cornelius and John Georgas has made a leadership commitment to cosponsor each of the four operas that make Julius Frankel and current trustee BMO Harris Bank N.A. Lyric’s audiences have up Wagner’s Ring cycle, which began with Das Rheingold last season and will continue benefited greatly from the Foundation’s major grants for general with Die Walküre this season. Lyric is sincerely grateful for the enduring friendship operating support and production sponsorships. “Mr. Frankel was particularly and leadership of Christine Hunter and other members of the Fisher family. Lyric interested in making Chicago one of the greatest places in the world to live and is fortunate to have Matthew Fisher serve on its Board of Directors and Stephanie enjoy life,” Nelson Cornelius once said. “The foundation’s giving supports things that Fisher as an esteemed member of the Women’s Board. enhance the reputation of Chicago; which, of course, Lyric Opera does.” Lyric has named Mezzanine Box 25 in honor of Julius Frankel in grateful recognition of the Foundation’s significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign.

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

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THE ANNE and BURT KAPLAN FUND MR. and MRS. FRED A. KREHBIEL The Kaplan Fund is a longstanding supporter of numerous arts organizations Kay and Fred Krehbiel are longstanding dedicated throughout Chicago, fostering a vibrant visual and performing arts environment. They members of the Lyric Opera family. Lyric gratefully are joining the Lyric production sponsorship family this season with their generous acknowledges their generous contributions to Wine sponsorship of Orphée et Eurydice, Lyric’s historic collaboration with The Joffrey Ballet. Auction, the Annual Campaign, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Kay Krehbiel is a leading and THE RICHARD P. and SUSAN KIPHART FAMILY cherished member of Lyric’s Women’s Board, and Fred Susie Kiphart is an esteemed member of the Lyric Opera Krehbiel is a National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. family. She is immediate past President of the Ryan Opera Center Board, Chair of the Ryan Opera Center Nominating JOSEF and MARGOT LAKONISHOK Committee, and serves on the Lyric Unlimited Committee. Devoted members of the Lyric family, Josef and Margot Along with her beloved late husband Dick Kiphart, Susie Lakonishok have subscribed to Lyric for many seasons. is a passionate philanthropist. They have made leadership They have contributed to the Annual Campaign, and contributions to the Campaign for Excellence, of which made a significant gift to the Breaking New Ground Dick served as chairman, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. They also Campaign. They have also cosponsored several mainstage continue to provide major support for Lyric’s radio programming as members of the productions, including last year’s Eugene Onegin and broadcast consortium, sponsorship of Ryan Opera Center Ensemble members, and are this season’s Orphée et Eurydice. The CEO of LSV Asset generous sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric will forever be grateful for the Management, Josef Lakonishok is a dedicated member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, visionary leadership of the late Dick Kiphart. He was a past President and CEO as well serving on the Executive, Finance, and Investment Committees. as Chairman of Lyric’s Board of Directors, Chairman of the Nominating/Governance Committee, and a member of the Executive, Finance and Production Sponsorship JOHN D. and CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION Committees. The Kipharts’ enthusiasm for opera and heartfelt commitment to Lyric The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective are tremendous assets to the company, and in recognition of their passion and immense institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful dedication they received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2013. world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a more than 100-year history of providing the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the Foundation exceptional service to clients in Chicago and around the world supports creativity in Chicago through its arts and culture grantmaking. The in complex litigation, corporate and tax, intellectual property, Foundation’s support helps create powerful performances and exhibitions, educate restructuring, and counseling matters. The firm is committed young people, and engage communities, while providing to enhancing quality of life through educational opportunities, arts and culture organizations the flexibility to innovate cultural awareness, youth programs, and community outreach. and experiment. Lyric Opera is very grateful for the Linda K. Myers Kirkland & Ellis LLP has cosponsored several operas, most recently ongoing support of the MacArthur Foundation. The Merry Widow (2015/16), and was Lead Corporate Sponsor of the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit last season. Lyric Opera is fortunate to have Linda K. Myers, a Partner at MALOTT FAMILY FOUNDATION Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as a member of Robert H. Malott, Retired Chairman and CEO of FMC its Board of Directors, Executive and Corporation, is a fervent fan of opera and music, and Lyric is Production Sponsorship Committees. delighted to call him a longtime friend, staunch leader, and generous supporter. The Malott Room was named in his family’s NANCY W. KNOWLES honor in recognition of their gift to the Building on Greatness Opera always played an important role in the life of Nancy W. Capital Campaign, and in recognition of the Malott Family’s Knowles. Her love for the art form was nurtured by her family’s Robert H. Malott commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, Box 18 is musical traditions. “My father had hundreds and hundreds of named in perpetuity in honor of Robert H. Malott for his extraordinary generosity records to play,” she fondly recalled, “so classical music was always and steadfast dedication to Lyric Opera. He also plays a leadership role as a Life in my home.” Nancy Knowles generously invested her time, Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. talents, and leadership abilities to advance Lyric as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and formerly as a Guild Board MAZZA FOUNDATION member. In recognition of her extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric deeply appreciates the abiding Lyric named the Nancy W. Knowles Lobby in 2007. Ms. Knowles once again made friendship and generosity of the Mazza a significant gift in support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign to support Foundation. Under the guidance of its the Nancy W. Knowles Student and Family Performances fund. Ms. Knowles directors, Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas generously underwrote the appearance of Lyric’s world premiere Bel Canto on PBS J. Lavezzorio, Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Great Performances on January 13, 2017, and had previously cosponsored several and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind, the mainstage operas. In recognition of her outstanding generosity and enthusiasm, she Mazza Foundation provided major received the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s highest honor, in 2014. Lyric will forever be Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr., Mary Jane Rubinelli, Nicholas support for the Student Matinees for grateful for Nancy's extraordinary generosity. J. Lavezzorio, and Joan Lavezzorio Schniedwind many years, helping Lyric introduce the majesty and grandeur of opera to NANCY and SANFRED KOLTUN thousands of young people each season. Since 2005, the Mazza Foundation has been Close members of the Lyric family as longtime subscribers part of the production sponsorship family, most recently cosponsoring last season’s and generous supporters, Nancy and Sanfred were Carmen and this season’s new production of Die Walküre. Ryan Opera Center Singer Cosponsors for many years and cosponsored the Lyric Unlimited family opera The LAUTER McDOUGAL FAMILY FOUNDATION Magic Victrola. This season, they join the production Nancy and her late husband Alfred have provided sponsorship family with their generous support of Così fan tutte. "In the fall of 1954, vital support to the Annual Campaign as well as I attended Carmen, staged by the precursor of Lyric. That night I fell in love with The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. Carmen, opera, and my date. We were married shortly thereafter. Nancy and I have In addition, Nancy generously sponsored Lawrence loved Lyric Opera and have always supported one of the most cherished cultural Brownlee and Eric Owens in Recital, Lyric Unlimited’s institutions of Chicago. It is our hope that our children, grandchildren and those Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD, and Rising Stars in beyond will be able to attend Lyric and appreciate what a gem is in their midst." Concert last season. Fred and Nancy McDougal October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 47 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION ALLAN and ELAINE MUCHIN Lyric is deeply grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long and tremendous Allan and Elaine Muchin are longtime, valued members history of support. Through a multi-year commitment to Lyric’s American Horizons of the Lyric Opera family. Allan served as President and initiative in 2000, the Mellon Foundation encouraged presentation of American CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006, and is currently operas and expansion of the operatic repertory by providing major support for Lyric Co-Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors and Opera premieres. During the 2012/13 season, the Mellon Foundation provided serves on the Executive Committee. The Muchins have leadership funding to launch Lyric’s visionary new Lyric Unlimited programming, staunchly supported the Annual Campaign, Operathon, which included the Chicago premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park concert, first Mariachi opera. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation continued its generous and have committed leadership gifts to the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, partnership with Lyric Unlimited by providing outstanding support for Lyric’s world the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is premiere mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and continued its unparalleled extremely grateful for Allan and Elaine Muchin’s munificent friendship. legacy by cosponsoring last season’s world premiere of mainstage production Bel Canto. Most recently, the Mellon Foundation has provided generous leadership NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the ARTS funding for Lyric’s Chicago Voices initiative, specifically focused on the Community Our support from the National Endowment for the Arts: Grants awarded by Created Performances component, which plays a vital role the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have played a leading role in the in bringing together Chicago’s diverse communities and advancement of Lyric’s programming and expansion of the operatic repertoire, serving vocal traditions in celebration of the human voice. the public good by fostering creativity and artistic excellence in America. Through production and program funding as well as a major challenge grant, awards from THE MONUMENT TRUST (UK) the NEA have nurtured Lyric’s world-class artistic achievements. The Endowment Lyric is grateful for the generosity of The Monument Trust and its Chairman of has funded important artistic initiatives at Lyric such as American Horizons, Great trustees Stewart Grimshaw, who initiated their support for the cosponsorship of American Voices, and Toward the 21st Century. The NEA has provided vital support Rusalka in 2013/14 and cosponsored Anna Bolena (2014/15), Wozzeck (2015/16), for numerous Lyric Opera premieres, new and The Magic Flute (2016/17). The Monument Trust is a passionate supporter of the productions, and revivals, most recently arts in the U.K. and U.S. and cosponsors last season’s Les Troyens and this season’s Lyric’s new production of Orphée et I Puritani. Eurydice this season. THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION MR. and MRS. ROBERT S. MORRISON The founder of The Negaunee Foundation has great affection for music, the Susan and Bob Morrison are devoted members of performing arts, and Mozart. These interests, combined with a strong admiration the Lyric Opera family. Both are loyal subscribers of Lyric Opera, have been instrumental in bringing operas to Lyric’s mainstage. and patrons who take an active role in nurturing The Negaunee Foundation has cosponsored many productions, most recently last Lyric’s success. Susan Morrison is a leading member season’s productions of The Magic Fluteand My Fair Lady. This season The Negaunee of the Women’s Board. Lyric is fortunate to have Bob Foundation is of the lead sponsor of both Così fan tutte and Jesus Christ Superstar. The Morrison serve as a member of its Board of Directors. Negaunee Foundation has also made a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground The Morrisons have generously supported the Opera Campaign. Lyric is very fortunate to be among the Chicago cultural institutions Ball and Wine Auction as well as the Annual Campaign benefitting from The Negaunee Foundation’s leadership and financial commitment. for many years. They provided a substantial gift to the Lyric is honored to have The Negaunee Foundation’s president serve as a member of Breaking New Ground Campaign, and have previously cosponsored Lyric’s Musical its Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Theatre Initiative, including My Fair Lady last season. This season the Morrisons are generously sponsoring Lyric’s production of Turandot. “Lyric reaches patrons at every SYLVIA NEIL and DANIEL FISCHEL level. People are here because they love it. They’re welcomed, embraced, and made to Sylvia and Dan have been loyal Lyric Opera subscribers feel part of a family.” and donors for many years, and have cosponsored several mainstage opera productions, including last season’s THE ELIZABETH MORSE CHARITABLE TRUST Lucia di Lammermoor and this year’s The Pearl Fishers. Lyric sincerely appreciates the tremendous ongoing support of They made a generous gift to the Breaking New Ground The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, as well as the invaluable Campaign to help secure Lyric’s future. “It has been very leadership of the Trust’s Co-Trustees JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. enjoyable to become part of the Lyric family and to give and James L. Alexander. One of two trusts established in memory back to a place that has given us so much pleasure. There have been many moments for of Elizabeth Morse Genius, daughter of 19th-century industrialist both Dan and me when we have said, tonight is incredible, it is one of the memorable Charles Hosmer Morse, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust performances of our lifetime. Lyric Opera of Chicago is an international star and it Elizabeth Morse Genius supports non-profit organizations that reflect the values of thrift, is evidenced by the people who choose to be involved here.”Lyric is honored to have humility, industry, self-sufficiency, and self-sacrifice, such as Lyric Opera. The Sylvia Neil serve on its Board of Directors, Executive, Production Sponsorship, and Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust most recently cosponsored last season’s company Lyric Unlimited Committees. premiere of Les Troyens as well as many past productions, along with its sister trust, the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust. To show its grateful appreciation for The THE NERENBERG FOUNDATION Trust’s generous gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign, as well as to recognize During their lifetimes, Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg The Trust’s commitment for more than fifteen years to helping build the company’s were passionate supporters of Lyric Opera and core capacities and institutional infrastructure, Lyric named one of its key meeting subscribed for more than 30 years. They were rooms in its executive offices the Elizabeth Morse Conference Room. especially supportive of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center and loved to watch these young artists perform and grow at Lyric Opera. Jerry and Elaine Nerenberg Jerry Nerenberg and his wife Elaine passed away in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In their wills, they established The Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation, which was funded to make generous annual grants to Lyric Opera for many years to come. Lyric is very appreciative of the Nerenbergs’ thoughtfulness and generosity in creating this planned gift.

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NIB FOUNDATION MR. and MRS. DAVID T. ORMESHER Founding owners/managers of former radio station WNIB, Sonia Lyric is sincerely grateful for the devotion of David and the late William Florian established the NIB Foundation to and Sheila Ormesher. David is founder and CEO of extend their support to many worthwhile arts and environmental closerlook, inc., a Chicago-based digital marketing causes. Sonia is a devoted member of the Lyric family, having agency serving the pharmaceutical industry since 1987. subscribed to Lyric for more than four decades. The NIB closerlook has given generously to Lyric Opera for many Foundation continues to cosponsor many mainstage productions years, sponsoring Fantasy of the Opera from 2009 to Sonia Florian including this season’s production of Orphée et Eurydice, and made 2014 and the Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park a major commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. concert for six consecutive years. Most recently, David and Sheila generously provided In addition to their magnanimous financial support, Mr. and Mrs. Florian and the an Operathon Challenge Grant, supported the Opera Ball, and made a leadership NIB Foundation gave their valuable collection of operatic and other vocal recordings gift towards the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Lyric is proud to have David to Lyric, making Lyric’s Educational Library Collection one of the most extensive T. Ormesher serving as its Chairman of the Board of Directors, on the Executive collections of its kind in the country. Sonia Florian very generously provided Committee, and on seven sub-committees of the Board. a naming gift for the Florian Opera Bistro located on the third floor of the Lyric Opera House. Sonia is a vital member of Lyric’s MR. and MRS. WILLIAM A. OSBORN Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Bill and Cathy Osborn are devoted members of the Production Sponsorship Committee, and was Lyric Opera family. They have subscribed to Lyric for awarded the Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most over two decades and enjoy participating in special prestigious honor, in 2015 for her outstanding events such as Opening Night/Opera Ball and Wine commitment to the company. Auction. The Osborns have generously contributed to the Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground JOHN D. and ALEXANDRA C. NICHOLS Campaign. Cathy Osborn, a valued member of Lyric’s Longtime enthusiasts of arts and culture in Chicago, John Women’s Board, was Co-Chairman of Lyric’s highly successful Wine Auction 2009, D. and Alexandra C. Nichols have steadfastly supported and Chairman of Opera Ball 2013. William A. Osborn, Northern Trust’s Retired the Annual Campaign, and are generous sponsors of the Chairman and CEO, is a leading member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Renée Fleming Initiative. Lyric Opera is extremely grateful Committee. for John and Alexandra Nichols’ significant leadership contributions to both the Campaign for Excellence and POWERSHARES QQQ the Breaking New Ground Campaign, establishing the John D. and Alexandra C. PowerShares QQQ, represented by Dan Draper, Managing Nichols Grand Staircase. Retired Chairman and CEO of Illinois Tool Works and Director and Head of Global ETFs, PowerShares by Invesco, is Retired Vice Chairman and CEO of The Marmon Group, Inc., John Nichols is also proud to sponsor the arts as a corporate partner of Lyric Opera. a dedicated National Director of Lyric’s Board of Directors. “Our involvement with They previously cosponsored the productions of Cinderella and the opera company is truly a deeply rewarding experience for both of us.” Lyric is Romeo and Juliet, and they generously cosponsored Lyric’s new immensely grateful for the unwavering generosity of John and Alexandra Nichols. production of The Magic Flute last season. During the 2017/18 Dan Draper season, PowerShares QQQ generously cosponsors Turandot. NORTHERN TRUST PowerShares global network recognizes the value in helping Lyric is honored to have Jana R. Schreuder, chief operating officer investors around the world, but with headquarters in Downers Grove, "We also of Northern Trust, serve as a member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, support Lyric Opera’s deep engagement with the Executive and Finance Committees, and William A. Osborn, local community to foster a rich culture of arts right Northern Trust’s retired chairman and CEO, serve as a member here in Chicago." of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A leading global financial services provider, Northern Trust has enjoyed a long- PRITZKER FOUNDATION Jana R. Schreuder standing and significant relationship with Lyric. Based in Chicago, The Pritzker Foundation is a leading supporter of arts the firm has played a major role supporting the Annual Campaign and education philanthropies in Chicago. Lyric Opera and Lyric Unlimited. Northern Trust also provides vital leadership contributions of Chicago is truly grateful for the Pritzker Foundation’s to Lyric as presenting sponsor of the triennial Wine Auction since 2000, and as generous support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign cosponsor of the Opera Ball (annually since 1998). In addition, Northern Trust to underwrite the Pritzker Family Concert Shell, designed has cosponsored several mainstage productions including last season’s My Fair by renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and Studio Lady. "Being a good corporate citizen is very Gang architects. Lyric Opera is honored to have Life important," William Osborn once said. "It Member Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker and M. K. Pritzker serve on allows us to do our part to help keep the City Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker its esteemed Women’s Board. of Chicago strong and viable and, in the end, this is beneficial to everyone." J. CHRISTOPHER and ANNE N. REYES NUVEEN INVESTMENTS Anne and Chris Reyes are prominent members of the Nuveen Investments, represented by Lyric Board of Directors Lyric family. A past President of Lyric’s Women’s Board, and Finance committee member John P. Amboian, has been an Anne was recently elected to serve on Lyric’s Board of enthusiastic supporter for more than three decades. “Lyric Opera is Directors, Executive and Lyric Unlimited Committees; one of the gems of Chicago; a world-class endeavor in every aspect of Chris is also a valued member of the Board of Directors, its operation” proudly says John. Dedicated to developing the next and serves on its Nominating/Governance and Finance generation of opera lovers, Nuveen Investments provided general Committees. Together they have made important John P. Amboian support for Lyric’s education and community engagement initiatives, contributions to Lyric as cosponsors of several mainstage productions, including this and has underwritten NEXT season’s Jesus Christ Superstar. They have staunchly supported the Wine Auction and student discount tickets. Nuveen Investments are major supporters of the Annual Campaign, Breaking New Ground Campaign, has also cosponsored several mainstage opera and Lyric Unlimited. productions and has committed a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign.

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LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION EARL and BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION A graduate of the University of Illinois and life-long arts philanthropist Lloyd E. Prominent members of the Lyric family for many seasons, Brenda Rigler established the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation in 1977 in Shapiro and her late husband Earl provided vital support to the memory of his partner to provide major support to arts organizations in Los Angeles Annual Campaign and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. and nationwide. In 1994, the late Mr. Rigler established the Classic Arts Showcase in The Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions, an effort to provide free arts programming to those who could not afford to attend most recently last season’s presentation of Norma. Lyric is honored live performances. Mr. Rigler’s nephew James Rigler now serves as President of the to have Brenda Shapiro serve on the Board of Directors as well Foundation and continues the important legacy established by his late uncle. As Brenda Shapiro as the Executive, Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Lyric strives to expand its reach and relevance, it is grateful to the Rigler-Deutsch Committees. Foundation for its support of the annual Operathon broadcast on 98.7WFMT. The Rigler-Deutsch Foundation also generously cosponsored Lyric’s company premiere of WILLIAM and ARLENE STALEY Les Troyens last season and is cosponsoring Die Walküre this season. Loyal subscribers for more than four decades, Bill and Orli Staley have contributed to the Annual Campaign PATRICK G. RYAN and as well as provided vital support for the Ryan Opera SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN Center. Recently, they have enabled hundreds of students Lyric cherishes the enduring friendship and dedication of to see mainstage Lyric productions by supporting Lyric Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan. Since 1966 when they Unlimited’s Performances for Students initiative. Lyric is first subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have shared honored to have Orli Staley serve as a life member of the their leadership, talents, vision, and resources to advance Ryan Opera Center Board. The Staleys join the production sponsor family this season Lyric’s mission. Over the past four decades, the Ryans with their generous cosponsorship of Lyric’s new production of Orphée et Eurydice. have contributed generously to the Annual Campaign, Wine Auctions (which Mrs. Ryan initiated in 1988), and LIZ STIFFEL the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support of the Innovation Initiative. In A passionate devotee of opera and loyal subscriber at Lyric, Liz is a recognition of his leadership role in the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, prominent member of Lyric’s Women’s Board and a longstanding Pat Ryan was a recipient of the 1994 Carol Fox Award. For many seasons, they have member of the Guild Board of Directors. She has cosponsored sponsored Lyric Opera Commentaries, underwriting this special project to honor the several mainstage productions, most recently Carousel (2014/15), memory of their parents. The Ryans are sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative and Das Rheingold and My Fair Lady (both 2016/17), and this season’s Lyric’s premier artist development program was renamed The Patrick G. and Shirley new production of Orphée et Eurydice. Lyric has named Mezzanine W. Ryan Opera Center in recognition of their extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Box 1 in recognition of her significant gift to the Breaking New Excellence. Pat and Shirley serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Ryan Opera Center Ground Campaign. Liz Stiffel was awarded the 2017 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most Board. A Vice President and a member of the Executive, Nominating/Governance, prestigious honor, in recognition of her continuing dedication to Lyric. “I believe and Innovation Committees of Lyric’s Board of Directors and a distinguished former that Lyric and all art forms are beacons of light that shine as examples of the best that President of the Women’s Board, Shirley Welsh Ryan was awarded the 2008 Carol mankind has to offer to our children, our nation, and ourselves.” Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, in recognition of her many years of devoted service to the company. MRS. HERBERT A. VANCE and MR. and MRS. WILLIAM C. VANCE RICHARD O. RYAN Lyric Opera appreciates the extraordinary generosity A passionate supporter of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan and leadership of the Vance Family. The Vances have Opera Center, Lyric’s premier artist development program, generously sponsored/cosponsored several Lyric premieres Richard cosponsors Ryan Opera Center soprano Ann Toomey. and new productions, most recently last season’s My An ardent opera lover, Richard has been a Lyric subscriber for Fair Lady. For many years, the Vances have supported more than 45 years. He recently made a generous leadership emerging singers through their sponsorship of Ryan commitment to Lyric’s Breaking New Ground Campaign for the Opera Center Ensemble members. In addition, Mr. and stage improvement project. Richard proudly serves as a member of the Ryan Opera Mrs. William C. Vance contributed to the Breaking New Carol and William Vance Center Board, and was formerly a Guild Board member. Lyric is grateful for the Ground Campaign, and are generous sponsors of the munificent support of Richard Ryan. Renée Fleming Initiative. Mr. Vance is Vice President and an esteemed member of Lyric’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He also serves as a life member DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION of the Ryan Opera Center Board, of which he is a past President. Bill Vance was Since 1983, the Dr. Scholl Foundation’s commitment to awarded the 2016 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, in recognition of children, families and educational enrichment through his leadership, steadfast support, and many years of devoted service to Lyric Opera. the arts has led it to provide essential support for one of Lyric’s most popular cultural engagement opportunities available to young Chicagoans, the Student Matinees. Each year, these widely accessible performances at Lyric Jack and Catherine Scholl Opera of Chicago reach audiences of junior high and high school students, many of whom are experiencing opera for the first time. Lyric Opera is deeply grateful to the Dr. Scholl Foundation for its generous ongoing support of Student Matinees/Performances for Students, commemorating Catherine A. and Jack E. Scholl, who championed cultural and institutional education.

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DONNA VAN EEKEREN FOUNDATION ROBERTA L. and ROBERT J. WASHLOW Donna Van Eekeren is a devoted opera fan, Lyric subscriber, Roberta and Bob Washlow are cherished members and generous supporter of the Ryan Opera Center. She enjoys of the Lyric family. For more than four decades, encouraging talented young artists as Lead Sponsor of Rising they have enjoyed attending Lyric performances and Stars in Concert and Exclusive Sponsor of its radio rebroadcast on special events, and have generously supported the 98.7WFMT. Reflecting her passion for introducing young people Annual Campaign. Since 1986, the Port, Washlow, to opera, the Donna Van Eekeren Foundation has supported and Errant Families together sponsored more than 20 Donna Van Eekeren Lyric’s Performances for Students, NEXT discount tickets for Lyric productions. The Washlows made a generous college students, and Opera in the Neighborhoods. The Donna commitment to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to support Lyric Unlimited Van Eekeren Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions including activities. Roberta and Bob have annually remained valued members of the Lyric’s premiere of Les Troyens (2016/17) and this season’s production of I Puritani. production sponsorship family, and generously cosponsor this season’s production Donna also made a leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign to help of Rigoletto, their tenth opera cosponsorship, continuing a beloved family tradition. secure Lyric’s future. Executive Chairman of Land O’Frost, Donna Van Eekeren is a Lyric is honored to have Roberta Washlow as an esteemed member of its Board of valued member of Lyric’s Board of Directors, serving as Secretary of the Board, on the Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee. “Opera has always touched me,” Roberta Executive and Finance Committees, and on the Ryan Opera Center Board. once said. “I love the drama, passion, music, and excitement of a live performance at Lyric. Nothing can replace it, and I hope this beautiful art form will continue for THE WALLACE FOUNDATION generations.” The Wallace Foundation is a national philanthropy that seeks to improve learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children and foster the vitality of the arts for everyone. HELEN and SAM ZELL Wallace has an unusual approach: funding projects to test innovative ideas for solving Helen and Sam Zell are passionate supporters of important social problems, conducting research to find out what works and what Chicago’s vibrant cultural scene. They are longtime doesn’t and to fill key knowledge gaps – and then communicating the results to help subscribers to Lyric Opera and have contributed to the others. Lyric Opera is the recipient of a multi-phase grant as part of the Foundation’s Annual Campaign for many years. Helen and Sam have Building Audiences for Sustainability initiative; the grant is funding research and cosponsored several new productions, most recently analysis of Lyric Opera audiences, and will reveal the first two installments of Lyric’s new Ring cycle, Das ways in which Lyric can maximize its reach in the Rheingold (2016/17) and this season’s Die Walküre. community. Lyric’s work will inform lessons that will be shared with the broader field.

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The Breaking New Ground Campaign was launched in January 2013 to implement the company’s blueprint for a world-class, twenty-first century opera company. This Campaign allows Lyric to continue to produce major productions of the highest caliber, update media, marketing, and audience development programs, and fortify Lyric’s endowment. The current focus of the Campaign is to modernize the stage of the Ardis Krainik Theatre with state-of-the-art equipment. To that end, we have established a new Insull Society comprised of loyal patrons who are contributing $10,000 or more for this critically important stage project. To join the Insull Society, please call 312.827.5675. Lyric Opera is grateful to the following donors who have made contributions of $5,000 and above to the Campaign as of July 1, 2017.

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

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

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Breaking New Ground - continued

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

*Insull Society Member: Gifts of $10,000 or more allocated to the stage renovation. Lyric is extremely grateful to the many donors who have made gifts of less than $5,000 to the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Space limitations prevent listing the names of these donors but their generosity is sincerely appreciated. Look To The Future – Endowed Chairs and Programs ENDOWED CHAIRS The Guild Board of Directors LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED FUNDS The Women’s Board General Director Verdi Endowed Chair Estate of Robert and Isabelle Bass Endowed Chair Wagner Endowed Chair – A Gift From An George F. and Linda L. Brusky Youth In Loving Memory Of Ardis Krainik Anonymous Donor Education Endowment Fund John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Shirley and Benjamin Gould Endowment Fund Music Director Endowed Chair Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Concertmaster John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair Hope Baldwin McCormick Trust Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Costume Director Howard A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair Endowed Chair RYAN OPERA CENTER ENDOWED Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Chapters’ Endowed Chair For Education FUNDS Lighting Designer Endowed Chair In Memory Of Alfred Glasser Anonymous In Honor Of Duane Schuler The Ryan Opera Center Board Opera Center Thomas Doran Jannotta Family Ryan Opera Center Director Endowed Chair J. Thomas Hurvis In Memory of Richard P. Kiphart Music Director Endowed Chair Edgar D. Jannotta Family Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Philip G. Lumpkin Robert and Ellen Marks American Opera Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair Endowed Chair Robert Marks In Honor Of Gianna Rolandi Estate of Marjorie Mayhall Baroque Opera Endowed Chair – A Gift From Allan and Elaine Muchin Production and An Anonymous Donor Richard Pearlman Charitable Trust Fund for Music Technical Director Endowed Chair Lois B. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. William H. Redfield Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Bel Canto Opera Endowed Chair Joanne Silver Endowed Chair The Lois L. Ward Trust W. James and Maxine P. Farrell In Memory Of Harold Beider French Opera Endowed Chair Boyd Edmonston & Edward Warro Endowment Fund Irma Parker German Opera Endowed Chair LYRIC OPERA ENDOWED PROGRAM Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk The NIB Foundation Italian Opera Distinguished Conductor Award Endowed Chair Sarah and A. Watson Armour III PRODUCTION ENDOWMENT FUND Regenstein Foundation Mozart Endowed Chair Nelson Cornelius Trust In Memory Of Ruth Regenstein James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer William E. and Mary Gannon Hay Joanne Silver Puccini Endowed Chair

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 53 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Major Contributors—Special Events and Project Support Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of special events and projects. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by September 1, 2017. Annual Meeting Dinner 2017 Operathon Reed Smith LLP Strategy&, part of the PwC network Ardmore Associates Collin and Lili Roche Audience Development Initiative 98.7WFMT Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse The Wallace Foundation Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Operathon Challenge Grants Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts Amsted Industries Foundation Nancy S. Searle The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Anonymous Mary Lynne Shafer The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Family Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Skadden/Rodd Schreiber and Susan Hassan The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Foundation Mrs. John C. Hedley Spencer Stuart Cast Parties David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Liz Stiffel Donald and Anne Edwards Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch UL LLC Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Foundation Meredith and Patrick Wood Prince/ Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Prince Charitable Trusts Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Operathon Merchandise Sponsor Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca Innovation Initiative Fellowes, Inc. Wine Auction 2018 Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Overture Society Luncheons Presenting Sponsor: Northern Trust Lyric Signature Events Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau PwC Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Catalogue Sponsor: United Scrap Metal, Inc. Susan M. Miller Liz Stiffel Official Airline Planned Giving Seminars Wine Auction Reception Sponsor: American Airlines William Blair & Company Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Morgan Stanley (2) Krehbiel, Jr. Opening Night Gala Aon Projected English Titles Official Airline: Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch American Airlines Opera Ball Foundation ITW Premium Patrons: Northern Trust Renée Fleming Initiative Anonymous Anonymous Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP Opening Night Gala and Opera Ball Fund Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Abbott The Crown Family ITW Ada and Whitney Addington J. Thomas Hurvis Make It Better Media Aon The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Blythe Jaski McGarvie BMO Harris Bank John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Annie and Gregory K. Jones Family Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Buchbinder Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Foundation Mrs. Audre D. Carlin Spring Musical Celebration 2017 Silvia and Jay Krehbiel Greg and Mamie Case Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison The Crown Family Lead Sponsor: Zurich Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Eisen Family Foundation JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation Harris Family Foundation Premium Patrons: The PrivateBank King and Caryn Harris Bain & Company John Raitt Pam and Joe Szokol Baird Sipi Metals Corp. Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Bulley & Andrews/Suzette and Allan Bulley Carl and Marilynn Thoma Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michel W. Ferro, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Additional Support: ITW First Midwest Bank Greg and Mamie Case Jenner & Block Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and Edgar D. Jannotta Nancy W. Knowles John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Northern Trust J. Thomas Hurvis Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn ITW J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes Annie and Greg Jones Family Foundation Betsy and Andy Rosenfield Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan KPMG LLP Nancy S. Searle Lazard Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. and Daria M. Ellen and Jim Stirling Lewicky U.S. Bank/Marsha Cruzan Florence D. McMillan/Cynthia Sargent Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Quarles & Brady LLP/Patrick J. Bitterman

54 | October 7 - November 3, 2017 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Lyric Unlimited Lyric Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of Lyric Unlimited programs. Listings include contributors of gifts of $5,000 and above received by September 1, 2017. With Major Support from the Caerus Foundation, Inc. Caminos a la ópera (Pathways to Opera) Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Rosy and Jose Luis Prado

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

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

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 55 We are once again o ering the opportunity to delve deeper into CLAIM YOUR the Ring by joining the Valhalla Circle—a giving society designed PLACE AMONGST specifi cally for fans who wish to learn more from Lyric’s artistic sta while mingling with fellow “Ringheads.” Valhalla Circle members enjoy THE GODS. complimentary valet parking, Ring merchandise, dress rehearsal passes, or even a private backstage tour just before the curtain rises.

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“Don’t let your boat sail o before you name Lyric in your estate plan.” If you have been thrilled by the operas you’ve seen, you may wish to consider making a charitable bequest to Lyric Opera of Chicago. Planned giving is a meaningful way to ensure that Lyric will continue producing grand opera of the highest quality. A gift to Lyric creates a beautiful legacy that will be enjoyed by thousands for years to come. All planned givers are invited to join Lyric’s Overture Society, and enjoy exclusive benefi ts of membership.

Così fan tutte by Mozart Planned Gifts You can include a bequest for Lyric in your will, revocable trust or the benefi ciary designation of your IRA or life insurance policy. You can consider other planned giving strategies too, such as charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts and retained life estates. Write your name in Lyric’s history book by leaving your legacy for future generations. CORY WEAVERƒSAN FRANCISCO OPERA FRANCISCO WEAVERƒSAN CORY

If you would like further information, please contact Jonathan Siner, Lyric’s Senior Director of Planned Giving, at (312) 827-5677 or [email protected], or Lynn Bennett, Lyric’s Director of Planned Giving, at (312) 827-5688 or [email protected]. LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

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

Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Matthew A. Epstein Renée Fleming Guest Master Artists

Alan Darling Soprano Soprano Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Contralto Laurann Gilley WHITNEY DIANA ANN LINDSAY LAUREN MORRISON NEWMAN TOOMEY METZGER DECKER Bénédicte Jourdois Celeste Rue Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by J. Thomas Hurvis Anonymous Donor, The Susan and Richard Anonymous Donor Anonymous Donor, Eric Weimer Michael and Salme P. Kiphart Family, Susan M. Miller, Pedro Yanez Harju Steinberg, Richard O. Ryan, Thierer Family Coaching Staff Mrs. J. W. Richard W. Shepro and Foundation Van Gorkom Lindsay E. Roberts Julia Klein Derek Matson Marina Vecci Alessandra Visconti Melissa Wittmeier Foreign Language Instruction

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

Artistic/Production Personnel Kathleen Kelly Edwin Outwater Conductors

Elise Sandell Director

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

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 57 Alumni Perform at Lyric — and Around the World — in 2017/18

QUINN KELSEY (Title role/Rigoletto) A career in opera can be a very complex one. So many twists and turns to navigate along the way before one can even launch a career. I’ve been blessed to have enjoyed some success in the eleven years I’ve been singing as a working artist since leaving the Ryan Opera Center in the spring of 2006. And I believe it was the three years in the Ryan Opera Center that helped me take that huge next step from young singer to full-fledged artist. The tools I count on, working in houses such as Frankfurt and San Francisco, I cultivated in Chicago. I believe so much in the work of the Center and all the ways it prepares young singers for the career they are pursuing. And I cannot forget all the wonderful donors through whose generosity the Ryan Opera Center is able to continue its support of young singers every season. You are a part of what I’ve become. Don’t forget that.

SUSANNA PHILLIPS J’NAI Metropolitan Opera BRIDGES La bohème Opernhaus Zürich La forza del destino RENÉ BARBERA Teatro alla Scala Don Pasquale

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 Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their contributions to The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, one of the world’s premier artist development programs. Listings include contributors whose gifts of $5,000 and above were received by July 1, 2017. TODD ROSENBERG Artist Support, Special Events, and Project Sponsors

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

Final Auditions Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Cozad Family

Foreign Language Instruction Erma S. Medgyesy

Guest Master Artist (Left to right) Ann Toomey, Lauren Decker and alumna Annie Rosen as the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Three Ladies inThe Magic Flute, pictured with Adam Plachetka as Papageno. Launchpad Artist Circle Marcus Boggs General Support ($5,000 to $9,999) Leslie Fund, Inc. Judith W. McCue and Howard M. McCue III Aria Society Anonymous (3) ($100,000 and above) Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Master Classes Anonymous Thomas Doran Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Mrs. Sheila Dulin Martha A. Hesse Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Platinum Distinguished Benefactors Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Michael J. McGuinnis National Auditions ($50,000 to $99,999) James and Mary Houston American Airlines Lauter McDougal Family Foundation The Kip Kelley Family Lyric Young Professionals No Tenors Allowed Celebration Distinguished Benefactors Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Lead Individual Sponsor: ($25,000 to $49,999) Marilee and Richard Wehman Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation Ingrid Peters Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Lead Corporate Sponsor: Mayer Brown LLP Ensemble Friends ($10,000 to $24,999) Benefit Table Purchasers: Anonymous Anonymous (3) Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Julie and Roger Baskes C. Bekerman, M.D. Michael and Sally Feder Tamara Conway Rising Stars in Concert Julian Family Foundation Anne Megan Davis April 1, 2017 Philip G. Lumpkin Fred L. Drucker and Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Drucker Lead Sponsor: Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Erika E. Erich Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Michael and Sally Feder Thierer Family Foundation Mary Patricia Gannon Sponsors: Debbie K. Wright Sue and Melvin Gray Dentons US LLP Miriam U. Hoover Ann M. Drake Renée Fleming Master Class Illinois Arts Council Don and Abby Funk Julian Family Foundation Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Memorial Sue and Melvin Gray Fund Howard Family Foundation Training Program Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Lauridsen Patricia A. Kenney and National Endowment for the Arts Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Gregory J. O’Leary The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Voice Instruction Phyllis Neiman Family Foundation Anonymous Margo and Michael Oberman and Family Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Frank B. Modruson and Lynne C. Shigley Mary Ellen Hennessy The George L. Shields Foundation OptumRx Jennifer L. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Dan and Patty Walsh Rising Stars in Concert Broadcast WFMT Recital Series Walter Family Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Julie and Roger Baskes Harriet Weinstein Dr. David H. Whitney and Dr. Juliana Chyu Rising Stars in Concert Reception Workshop Performances Debbie K. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Martha A. Hesse Estate of Audrey A. Zywicki October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 59 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO The Overture Society The Overture Society consists of those esteemed supporters who have designated a special gift, through bequests, trusts, or other planned giving arrangements, to benefit Lyric in the future. These generous gifts ensure Lyric’s artistic progress well into the twenty-first century for the benefit of future Lyric audiences. Lyric is honored to acknowledge these members of the Overture Society: Bel Canto Benefactors These Overture Society members have made a major planned gift to Lyric as well as a generous annual gift. For information about the Bel Canto Benefactors, please call Jonathan Siner, Lyric’s Senior Director of Planned Giving, at 312.827.5677. Anonymous (18) Paula Hannaway Crown Josephine E. Heindel David and Justine K. Mintzer Craig Sirles Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Renée Crown Concordia Hoffmann James and Mary Beth Morehouse Mrs. Jay Spaulding Louise Abrahams Thomas Doran Edgar D. Jannotta Allan and Elaine Muchin Lisbeth Cherniack Stiffel Dr. Whitney Addington Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ericson Ronald B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Mrs. Roger A. Anderson Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. John and Kerma Karoly David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Mary Stowell Ross C. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Paul Y. Feng Kip Kelley John H. Nelson Carla M. Thorpe Karen G. Andreae Robert F. Finke James C. Kemmerer John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Lawrence E. Timmins Trust Catherine Aranyi Jack M. and Marsha S. Firestone LeRoy and Laura Klemt Joan L. Pantsios Virginia Tobiason L. Robert Artoe Elaine Frank Dr. Petra B. Krauledat and Irma Parker Mrs. Elizabeth Upjohn-Mason Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Dr. W. Peter Hansen Julia Pernet Joan and Marco Weiss Alvin R. Beatty Rhoda and Henry S. Frank Dr. William R. Lawrence Frances Pietch Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Marlys A. Beider Richard J. Franke Thomas and Lise Lawson Kenneth Porrello and Sherry McFall Claudia L. Winkler Julie Anne Benson Mary Patricia Gannon Carol L. Linne Nathaniel W. Pusey Florence Winters Merrill and Judy Blau George and Mary Ann Gardner Philip G. Lumpkin Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Ann Blickensderfer James K. Genden and Daniel T. Manoogian Lyn and Bill Redfield Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Dr. Gregory L. Boshart Alma Koppedraijer Robert C. Marks Chatka Ruggiero Edward T. Zasadil Danolda (Dea) Brennan Sue and Melvin Gray Paul Mavros Mary T. Schafer Anne Zenzer George F. and Linda L. Brusky Harry J. Griffiths, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Martha P. Schneider Dr. Gerald and Mrs. Linda Budzik Julian W. Harvey Nancy Lauter McDougal Charles Chris Shaw Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney William E. Hay Bill Melamed Lois B. Siegel David and Orit Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Margaret and Craig Milkint Ilene Simmons James W. Chamberlain Mrs. John C. Hedley Susan M. Miller Larry G. Simpson Society Members Anonymous (43) Morton and Una Creditor William P. Hauworth James Massie and Mary Raffetto-Robins Valerie and Joseph Abel Kathryn M. Cunningham Dr. and Mrs. David J. Hayden Dr. Christine Winter Massie Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, M.D., Carol A. Abrioux Barbara L. Dean Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Michael M. and Diane Mazurczak in memory of Robert Kyts Judy Allen Donald A. Deutsch Ronald G. Hedberg James G. and Laura G. McCormick Mrs. Beth Wheeler Rome Mrs. Robert L. Anderson Phyllis Diamond Mary Mako Helbert Gia and Paul McDermott James and Janet Rosenbaum Elizabeth M. Ashton Roger Dickinson Martha A. Hesse William F. McHugh Dr. John Gregory Russo Richard N. Bailey Ms. Janet E. Diehl Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder Florence D. McMillan Joseph C. Russo David G. Baker Mr. and Mrs. William S. Dillon Mrs. Marion Hoffman Leoni Zverow McVey and Dennis Ryan Susann Ball Dr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Dobroski James and Mary Lunz Houston J. William McVey Louise M. Ryssmann Constance and Liduina Barbantini Ms. Barbara J. Doerner H. Eileen Howard Martina M. Mead Eugene Rzym, in memory of Margaret Basch Thomas M. Dolan Joseph H. Huebner Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Meader Adaline Rzym Mrs. Bill Beaton Mary Louise Duhamel Kenneth N. Hughes Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Melamed David Sachs Lynn Bennett Mrs. Alfred V. Dunkin, Jr. Michael Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Mesrobian Mrs. Philip H. Schaff, Jr. Joan I. Berger Kathy Dunn Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Meyers Douglas M. Schmidt Barbara Bermudez Richard L. Eastline Memorial Fund Ms. Barbara Terman Michaels Franklin R. Schmidt Patrick J. Bitterman Carol A. Eastman Barbara A. Joabson Marilyn E. Miller Lois K. Schmidt M. J. Black Lowell and Judy Eckberg John Arthur Johnson Edward S. and Barbara L. Mills Donald Seibert Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Lucy A. Elam, in memory of Laurence P. Johnson Vlasta A. “Vee” Minarich Mr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Shaw D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Elizabeth Elam Nancy E. Johnson BettyAnn Mocek and Mette and David Shayne Ned and Raynette Boshell Mr. and Mrs. Don Elleman Roy A. Johnson Adam R. Walker David A. Sherman David Boyce Cherelynn A. Elliott Ms. Barbara Mair Jones Robert and Lois Moeller Jared Shlaes Dr. and Mrs. Boone Brackett Terrence M. W. Ellsworth Janet Jones Dr. Virginia Saft Mond Dr. Alfred L. and Mildred Siegel Robert and Phyllis Brauer Joseph R. Ender Moreen C. Jordan Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Joanne Silver Mrs. William A. Briggs Dr. James A. Eng Dr. Anne Juhasz Mr. and Mrs. Mario A. Munoz Andrew Barry Simmons and Candace Balfour Broecker and the Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Engel Mr. Theodore Kalogeresis Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Nickels Mitchell Loewenthal-Grassini Estate of Howard W. Broecker Martha L. Faulhaber Stuart Kane Edward A. Nieminen Dr. Ira Singer Leona and Daniel Bronstein Nadine Ferguson Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Florence C. Norstrom Norman and Mirella Smith Kathryn Y. Brown Felicia Finkelman Kenneth Kelling Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Joan M. Solbeck Richard M. and Andrea J. Brown Kenneth Fiske Paul R. Keske Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson Mary Soleiman Jacqueline Brumlik Mr. and Mrs. John C. Forbes Chuck and Kathy Killman Stephen S. Orphanos Elaine Soter Donna Brunsma Barbara Gail Franch Diana Hunt King Jonathan Orser Philip and Sylvia Spertus Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bruske III James Victor Franch Neil King Robert W. Parsons, M.D. James A. Staples Steven and Helen Buchanan Ms. Susan Frankel Esther G. Klatz George R. Paterson Sherie B. Stein Dr. Mary Louise Hirsh Burger and Thomas H. Franks, Ph.D. R. William Klein, Jr. Dr. Joan E. Patterson K. M. Stelletello Mr. William Burger Allen J. Frantzen J. Peter Kline George Pepper, M.D. J. Allyson Stern Muriel A. Burnet Dr. Paul Froeschl Helen Kohr Elizabeth Anne Peters Carol A. Stitzer Lisa Bury Marie and Gregory Fugiel Shirley Krsinich Susanne P. Petersson Norene W. Stucka Robert J. Callahan Sheilah Purcell Garcia, Lady Witton Mary S. Kurz Genevieve M. Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Stuffers Patrick V. Casali Susan Boatman Garland Larry Lapidus Karen and Dick Pigott Emily J. Su Esther Charbit Scott P. George Barbara K. Larsen Ms. Lois Polakoff Peggy Sullivan Jeffrey K. Chase, J.D. Mr. Lyle Gillman Henrietta Leary Martilias A. Porreca, CFP Sherwin A. Swartz Ramona Choos John F. Gilmore Ernest L. Lester Mrs. Edward S. Price Mr. and Mrs. John C. Telander J. Salvatore L. Cianciolo Bruce A. Gober, M.D. and Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Levy Roberta Lyn Anderson Rains Cheryl L. Thaxton Heinke K. Clark Donald H. Ratner Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Robert L. Rappel, Jr. Lauritz K. Thomsen Robert and Margery Coen John A. Goldstein Carole F. Liebson Sherrie Kahn Reddick Karen Hletko Tiersky Dr. and Mrs. Peter V. Conroy Dr. J. Brian Greis Doris C. Lorz Keith A. Reed and Myron Tiersky Sharon Conway James R. Grimes Eva Lutovsky Beth Kesterson Reed Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Sarah J. Cooney Patricia Grogan Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Malatesta Michael and Susan “Holly” Reiter Jean M. Turnmire Dr. W. Gene Corley Family Carolyn Hallman Jeanne Randall Malkin Evelyn R. Richer Paul and Judith Tuszynski Joseph E. Corrigan Carl J. Halperin Ann Chassin Mallow Jennie M. Righeimer Ultmann Family Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Cottey Ms. Geraldine Haracz Dr. and Mrs. Karl Lee Manders Gerald L. Ritholz Remainder Unitrust B. A. Coussement Andrew Hatchell Mrs. John Jay Markham Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Marlene A. Van Skike

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

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 61 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Corporate Partnerships

Lyric Opera gratefully recognizes and sincerely appreciates the generosity of the following distinguished corporate contributors. The following list includes donors whose gifts or pledges were received by September 1, 2017. For more information about corporate partnership opportunities, please contact Daniel Moss, Lyric’s Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships at 312.827.5693 or [email protected]. ARIA SOCIETY • $100,000 and above

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

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

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR BENEFACTOR FRIEND $10,000 to $24,999 $5,000 to $7,499 $1,000 to $1,999 Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law Italian Village Restaurants Cartier Baird Molex Concierge Unlimited International BNY Mellon Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation Shure Incorporated Kinder Morgan Foundation CNA Michuda Construction, Inc. Evans Food Group BRAVO CIRCLE Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. First Midwest Bank $3,500 to $4,999 MUFG Morgan Stanley Corporate Suites Network S&C Foundation OPERA America Old Republic International Corporation Turks’ Greenhouses Quarles & Brady LLP Reed Smith LLP IMPRESARIO SUSTAINER Wintrust Community Banks $2,000 to $3,499 $500 to $999 American Agricultural Insurance Company Law Office of Phillip Brigham LLC PREMIER BENEFACTOR BNSF Foundation Children’s Law Group LLC $7,500 to $9,999 Enterprise Holdings Foundation Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Amsted Industries Foundation Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation MWM Consulting Network for Good Envestnet Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP William Blair & Company Matching Gifts A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago. Anonymous CNA Foundation ITW Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Allstate Giving Program ConAgra Johnson & Johnson The Retirement Research Foundation Aon Foundation Doing Good LLC Johnson Controls Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Bank of America Foundation Emerson Electric JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Warranty Group Baxter International Foundation General Mills Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur United Technologies Corporation Benevity Community Impact Fund Graham Holdings Foundation W. W. Grainger Inc. BMO Harris Bank Foundation Grenzebach, Glier, and Associates Kimberly Clark Foundation William Harris Investors Helen Brach Foundation HSBC-North America Morgan Stanley Caterpillar Foundation Inc. IBM Corporation Nuveen Investments Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ingredion Incorporated Pfizer Foundation For purposes of recognition, we are pleased to combine matching gifts with an individual’s personal gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please request a matching gift form through your Human Resources or Community Affairs office, and send it to us along with your contribution. Special Thanks • American Airlines for its 36 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago. • Boston Consulting Group and Dan Grossman, Partner and Managing Director, for the firm’s pro bono services to help Lyric to better understand our financial model, and to identify creative and promising paths to growth. • Jenner & Block and Craig C. Martin, Partner, for the firm’s pro bono legal services throughout the year. • Strategy& and Vinay Couto, Principal, as well as PwC and John Oleniczak, Midwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, and Paul Anderson, Retired Senior Advisor, for their firm’s pro bono consulting services on our organizational assessment. • Warner Classics as the Official Education and Promotion Music Provider. Acknowledgements

The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric Opera’s efforts: Generous Gifts Special Gifts Cochon Volant The Radler Art Institute of Chicago BBJ Linen KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation Todd Rosenberg Calihan Catering Cru Café Food and Paper Supply Company Vision Wine and Spirits Classic Color Jewell Events Catering Hall’s Rental Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Marc Lacher Coco Pazzo Notable Gifts Pearl Brasserie HMS Media, Inc. John and Linda Anderson Wayne and Kristine Lueders Seth and Susan Mason Artists Frame Service Lloyd’s Chicago The Estate of Gerald Ritholz Cantor David Berger Martha Nussbaum 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.

October 7 - November 3, 2017 | 63 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Annual Individual and Foundation Support

Lyric Opera deeply appreciates annual campaign gifts from the following individuals, foundations, and government organizations. Their continued support is vital to our success. The following listings include donors whose gifts or pledges were received by July 1, 2017. ARIA SOCIETY · $100,000 and above Anonymous (6) Julius Frankel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Sanfred Koltun Estate of Venrice R. Palmer Ada and Whitney Addington Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Trust Josef and Margot Lakonishok Pritzker Foundation Julie and Roger Baskes Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Estate of Ernest Lester J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes James N. and Laurie V. Bay Brent and Katie Gledhill John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Randy and Melvin Berlin Ethel and William Gofen Foundation Candy and Gary Ridgway Henry M. and Gilda R. Buchbinder Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis Malott Family Foundation Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Carolyn S. Bucksbaum The Grainger Foundation Mazza Foundation Foundation The John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Gramma Fisher Foundation of Lauter McDougal Family Foundation Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Foundation Marshalltown, Iowa The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Marion A. Cameron Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. The Monument Trust (UK) Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Rose L. Shure Charitable Trust The Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund National Endowment for the Arts Lisbeth Stiffel Estate of Nelson D. Cornelius The Harris Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Estate of Phil Turner Mr. and Mrs. John V. Crowe Walter E. Heller Foundation Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Mrs. Herbert A. Vance The Crown Family J. Thomas Hurvis Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance The Davee Foundation The Edgar D. Jannotta Family Foundation Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Marianne Deson-Herstein in memory The Anne and Burt Kaplan Fund NIB Foundation The Wallace Foundation of Samuel and Sarah Deson The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Roberta L. Washlow and Robert J. Stefan T. Edlis and Gael Neeson Family Sheila and David Ormesher Washlow Ford Foundation Nancy W. Knowles Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Helen and Sam Zell

PLATINUM GRAND BENEFACTOR · $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous (2) Renée Fleming Foundation / Illinois Arts Council James Rigler The Brinson Foundation International Foundation for Arts Greg and Annie Jones/The Edgewater Lois B. Siegel The Chicago Community Trust and Culture Funds Joan M. Skepnek Drs. Young, Byong Uk, and Robert B. Fordham Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knight III Howard Solomon and Sarah Mrs. Myung Soon Chung Rhoda L. and Henry S. Frank Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Billinghurst Solomon The Cozad Family Rita and Herbert Z. Gold Charitable Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Mr. and Mrs. A. Steven Crown Trust Family Foundation Carl and Marilynn Thoma Eisen Family Foundation Sue and Melvin Gray Susan M. Miller Estate of Regina C. Fain Eric and Deb Hirschfield Linda K. and Dennis M. Myers Howard Family Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation GOLDEN GRAND BENEFACTOR · $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous (5) The Ferguson-Yntema Family Estate of Arthur Lipman Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Paul and Mary Anderson Charitable Trust Lucas Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Santi Robin Angly Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Ferro, Jr. Philip G. Lumpkin The Schroeder Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Andreas A. Antoniou Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Jim and Kay Mabie Nancy S. Searle Mr. Vance T. Antoniou Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Franke Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Estate of Dr. Edwin J. Seeboeck The Barker Welfare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Foundation Segal Family Foundation Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Don and Abby Funk Shari Mayes Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Inc. The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation Judith W. McCue and Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, C. Bekerman, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Howard M. McCue III Inc. Amy and Paul Carbone Ruth Ann M. Gillis and Robert and Evelyn McCullen Richard W. Shepro and David and Orit Carpenter Michael J. McGuinnis Blythe Jaski McGarvie Lindsay E. Roberts Cellmer/Neal Foundation Fund Joseph and Madeleine Glossberg Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. McKenna Morris Silverman and Lori Ann Hal Coon Maria C. Green and Oswald G. Lewis Frank B. Modruson and Komisar Crain-Maling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gross Lynne C. Shigley Penelope and Robert Steiner Sir Andrew Davis and Lady Gianna The Harris Family Foundation Allan and Elaine Muchin Joseph and Pam Szokol Rolandi Davis Mary Ellen Hennessy Estate of Herbert and Brigitte Neuhaus Thierer Family Foundation Nancy Dehmlow Martha A. Hesse Kenneth R. Norgan Robert L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. James M. Denny Komarek-Hyde-McQueen Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oberlander Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Ann M. Drake Patricia Hyde Patricia A. Kenney and Walter Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Allan Drebin Regina Janes Gregory J. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weinberg Drs. George and Sally Dunea Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson Matt and Carrie Parr Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation/ Joseph M. Kacena Endowed Fund Ingrid Peters Jane B. White Judy Guitelman & ALAS Wings Julian Family Foundation J. B. and M. K. Pritzker Family Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Wood Prince Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Fama Estate of Stuart Kane Foundation Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kennedy John Raitt Mr. and Mrs. Jay Krehbiel The C. G. Pinnell Family Frederic S. Lane Collin and Lili Roche

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR · $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous (7) Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jorndt Mary F. Robins Mr. and Mrs. James S. Aagaard Anne Megan Davis Mike and Lindy Keiser The Rooney Family Ken and Amy Aldridge M. Dillon Stephen Kohl and Mark Tilton Sheli and Burt Rosenberg John and Ann Amboian Edward and Joyce McFarland Ms. Linda Kutt Betsy and Andy Rosenfield Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Dlugopolski Albert and Rita Lacher Dr. and Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr. Shawn M. Donnelley and Lavin Family Foundation John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Juliette F. Bacon Christopher M. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lenny Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. E. M. Bakwin Fred L. Drucker and Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund Susan and David Ruder Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Barden Hon. Rhoda Sweeney Drucker Malott Family Foundation Richard O. Ryan Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Donald and Anne Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marjan James and Erica Sandner Judith Barnard and Michael Fain Erika E. Erich Robert C. Marks Mrs. Robert E. Sargent Robert S. Bartolone Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Rodd M. Schreiber and Susan Hassan Mr. and Mrs. Ron Beata Michael and Sally Feder Erma S. Medgyesy Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Ross and Patricia D. Bender Joan and Robert Feitler Terry J. Medhurst Mary Beth Shea Estate of Dr. Warren Best Estate of Dr. W. Fessenden Jr. Dawn G. Meiners The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. Patrick J. Bitterman Sonja and Conrad Fischer Jon and Lois Mills The Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Blau Elaine Frank Martha A. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Starshak Winzenburg & Co. Dr. Cynthia V. Stauffacher “Thank you, Lyric for enriching my life.” Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage -Eleanor, Chicago Michael and Salme Harju Steinberg Jennifer L. Stone Dr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stonebraker Marcus Boggs Mary Patricia Gannon Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Mary Stowell Heidi Heutel Bohn Susan J. Garner Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Borland David and Elizabeth Graham Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Boshell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray Music Performance Trust Fund and Virginia Tobiason Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Mrs. Mary Winton Green Film Funds Mr. and Mrs. Henry Underwood Betty Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hank Phyllis Neiman Elizabeth Upjohn Mason Christine and Paul Branstad Family Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Hannigan David J. and Dolores D. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Nice Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation Jean McLaren and John Nitschke Dan and Patty Walsh Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie James Huntington Foundation Martha C. Nussbaum Harriet Weinstein Buehler Family Foundation John Hart and Carol Prins Margo and Michael Oberman and Michael Welsh and Linda Brummer Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Family Kim and Miles D. White Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Burnham Mrs. John C. Hedley The Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Dr. David H. Whitney and The Butler Family Foundation Helen Brach Foundation Foundation Dr. Juliana Chyu Marie Campbell Dr. Judith and Mr. Mark C. Hibbard Mrs. Vernon J. Pellouchoud Mrs. John A. Wing Joyce E. Chelberg Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Harvey R. and Madeleine P. Plonsker William Wolf and Meredith Bluhm- Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole Miriam U. Hoover Rosy and Jose Luis Prado Wolf Ann and Reed Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huebner Andra and Irwin Press Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wood II Tamara Conway Capt. Bernardo Iorgulescu, USMC Prince Charitable Trusts Debbie K. Wright Lawrence O. Corry Memorial Fund Dr. and Mrs. James C. Pritchard James and Michele Young Winnie and Bob Crawford Laurie and Michael Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Reilly Jr Estate of Audrey A. Zywicki Nix Lauridsen and Virginia Croskery Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jentes The Rhoades Foundation Lauridsen Mr. George L. Jewell Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman PREMIER BENEFACTOR · $7,500 to $9,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Geldermann Mr. Mark L. Koten Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Rouse Kelley and Susan Anderson Lloyd Gerlach Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff Norman Sackar Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Arensman Virginia and Gary Gerst MaryBeth Kretz and Robert Baum Raymond and Inez Saunders Ms. Ronelle D. Ashby George and Maureen Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lans George and Terry Rose Saunders Mark and Judy Bednar Bruce A. Gober, M.D. Bernard and Averill Leviton George and Joan Segal Marlys Beider Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Goldblatt Andrew O. and Daria M. Lewicky Mary and Stanley Seidler Meta S. & Ronald Berger Family Helyn D. Goldenberg Julius Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Daniel T. Manoogian Mary Lynne Shafer and Rebecca & Jonathan Berger Phillip and Norma Gordon Ms. Michelle McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Mr. and Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Chester A. Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClung Siragusa Family Foundation Lieselotte N. Betterman Dr. Doris Graber Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Milliken Mr. and Mrs. John R. Siragusa Phyllis H. Brissenden Joan M. Hall Chris and Eileen Murphy Patricia Arrington Smythe Joy Buddig Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Mr. and Mrs. James J. O’Connor Del Snow Mrs. Warren M. Choos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Julian and Sheila Oettinger Doris F. Sternberg Thomas A. Clancy and Dana I. Green David Drew and Marcie Hemmelstein Marian Phelps Pawlick Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Struthers Lynd W. Corley Midge and Frank Heurich Karen and Tom Phillips Angela Tenta, M.D. Susan E. Cremin Mrs. Richard S. Holson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Potempa Dr. David Thurn Rosemary and John Croghan James and Mary Houston Irene D. Pritzker Howard and Paula Trienens Mr. and Mrs. J. William Cuncannan Mr. Richard M. Jaffee John and Betsey Puth Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Katie Hazelwood and Todd Kaplan Dr. Sondra C. Rabin Christian Vinyard Decyk Charitable Foundation Nancy Rita Kaz James T. and Karen C. Reid Marilee and Richard Wehman Mrs. Sheila Dulin Kate T. Kestnbaum The Retirement Research Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Peter Willson John Edelman and Suzanne Krohn Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King Daryl and James Riley Paul Wood and The Honorable Richard B. Egen Martin and Patricia Koldyke J. Timothy Ritchie Corinne Wood Sondra Berman Epstein The Dolores Kohl Education Rocco and Cheryl Romano Kathleen Arthur and Stephen Wood Ms. Lorna Ferguson Foundation - Morris & Dolores Edgar Rose Donna and Phillip Zarcone Robert F. Finke Kohl Kaplan Fund J. Kenneth and Susan T. Rosko Anne Zenzer and Dominick DeLuca

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BENEFACTOR · $5,000 to $7,499 Anonymous (6) Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Lewis Dr. Janet Gilboy and Mr. John Schmidt Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund John F. Gilmore Judith Z. and Steven W. Lewis Family Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust David Q. Bell and Mary A. Bell Judy and Bill Goldberg Mrs. Paul Lieberman James A. Staples Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bent Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Thomas J. McCormick Ellen and Jim Stirling Dr. Debra Zahay Blatz Mr. and Mrs. Dan Grossman Florence D. McMillan Pam and Russ Strobel Wiley and Jo Caldwell Sandra L. Grung Lois Melvoin Bolton Sullivan Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Calvin James and Brenda Grusecki Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Milkint Andrea and Mark Taylor Lawrence Christensen Mrs. John M. Hartigan Mr. and Mrs. Newton N. Minow Genevieve Thiers and Daniel Ratner Jane B. and John C. Colman Mr. Erik Jaeger and Mr. Andreas Woytowitz Mr. and Mrs. Mead Montgomery O. Thomas Thomas Marsha Cruzan Dr. Carolyn and Dr. Paul Jarvis Charles and Ellen Mulaney L. Kristofer Thomsen Mr. and Mrs. Gerry V. Curciarello Howard E. Jessen Ms. Amélie Négrier-Oyarzabal Lawrence E. Timmins Trust The Dancing Skies Foundation Drs. Perry and Elena Kamel Renate P. Norum Michael Tobin, M.D. Thomas Doran Tyrus L. Kaufman Mrs. Richard C. Oughton Marianne Tralewski Estelle Edlis Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patterson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elden The Kip Kelley Family Norman and Lorraine Perman Scott D. Vandermyde and Julie T. Emerick Cherelynn A. Elliott Jean Klingenstein Elizabeth Anne Peters David and Linda Wesselink Jim and Pati Ericson Dr. Katherine Knight Merle Reskin Estate of Paul and Virginia Wilcox James and Deborah Fellowes Lannan Foundation Joseph Rochetto David S. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lennard Chatka and Anthony Ruggiero Anthony Freud and Colin Ure Leslie Fund, Inc. Ellen M. Salter

BRAVO CIRCLE · $3,500 to $4,999 Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huizenga Mary Lou and Jack Miller Bill and Harlan Shropshire Dr. and Mrs. Herand Abcarian Dr. and Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus John H. Nelson Ilene Simmons Eric A. Anderson Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Zehava L. Noah Craig Sirles Mychal P. Angelos Joy Jester Mickey Norton Joan M. Solbeck Susann Ball Ronald B. Johnson Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Mary Soleiman Leslie Bertholdt Douglas M. Karlen Jonathan F. Orser Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Astrid K. Birke Mr. and Mrs. John A. Karoly Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Ottley Mrs. John Stanek Dr. Gregory L. Boshart and Gerald and Judith Kaufman Dr. Pat and Lara Pappas Mrs. Karl H. Stein Dr. William R. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy C. Klemt Barbara and Jerry Pearlman MinSook Suh Danolda (Dea) Brennan Thomas A. Kmetko Drs. Sarunas and Jolanta Peckus Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Toft Winston and Lally Brown John and Mary Kohlmeier Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Phil and Paula Turner Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Christianson Eldon and Patricia Kreider Karen and Richard Pigott Elizabeth K. Twede B. A. Coussement Geoffrey Bauer and Anna Lam Dr. Joe Piszczor Lori L. and John R. Twombly Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davison Mr. Craig Lancaster and Joel and Vivianne Pokorny David J. Varnerin Jon W. DeMoss Ms. Charlene T. Handler Nathaniel W. Pusey Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Denison Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln Ramirez Louis Weber Deane Ellis The Barbara and Frank Lieber Family Edward and Leah Reicin Howard S. White Amanda Fox Charitable Trust Estate of George T. Rhodes Claudia Winkler Dr. and Mrs. James L. Franklin Pamela Forbes Lieberman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Peter G. O. Freund Marilyn and Myron Maurer Curt G. Schmitt Owen and Linda Youngman James R. Grimes David E. McNeel Julie Schwertfeger and Alexander Zajczenko Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and Mr. and Mrs. Heinz Grob Bill Melamed and Jamey Lundblad Thomas and Judy Scorza James C. Kemmerer Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Heestand, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Melchor Dr. S. P. Shah Mr. and Mrs. Milan Hornik Ms. Britt M. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea

IMPRESARIO · $2,000 to $3,499 Anonymous (7) Jason Dantico Solomon Gutstein Dr. and Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Allison Alexander Mr. John D’Asto The Blanny A. Hagenah Family Fund Marc Lacher Mrs. Robert W. Allen Robert O. Delaney Dr. Mona J. Hagyard Peter N. Lagges, Jr. Steven Ashby Mr. and Mrs. Roger Deromedi Mari L. Harrer Dr. M. S.W. Lee Mr. Wayne Baden Mr. and Mrs. John DeWolf James Heim Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Leopold Ronald and Donna Barlow Lyn Dickey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hodges Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Bastian Voice Institute Ms. Kathleen DiIorio Hoellen Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Ron and Queta Bauer Bernard J. and Sally Dobroski Sandra Hoffman Liz and Arsen Manugian Dee Beaubien Mr. and Mrs. Eben Dorros Concordia Louise Hoffmann Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Marks Diane and Michael Beemer Richard and Ingrid Dubberke Edmund A. and Virginia C. Horsch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin Jennifer Bellini Drs. Walter Dziki and Emily Miao Humanist Fund William Mason and Diana Davis Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Berlin La Ferrenn and Philip Engel Michael Huston Mrs. David McCandless Mrs. Arthur Billings Susanna and Helmut Epp Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ibers Marilyn McCoy and Charles R. Thomas Richard and Heather Black Mr. John Ettelson Robert and Sandra Ireland Martina M. Mead and Michael T. Gorey Mrs. John R. Blair Firestone Family Foundation Dr. Segun Ishmael Sheila and Harvey Medvin Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Anita D. Flournoy John G. and Betty C. Jacobs Dr. R. Menegaz and R. D. Bock Minka and Matt Bosco Mr. and Mrs. James V. Franch Mel and Mary Ann Jiganti Pamela G. Meyer Mrs. Fred Bosselman Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Mr. Jason Kalajainen Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund Richard Boyum and Louie Chua Fred Freitag and Lynn Stegner Mrs. Myrna Kaplan Robert and Lois Moeller Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Mrs. Norman Gates Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Karger Jr. Rosemary Murgas Mr. and Mrs. Roger O. Brown James K. Genden and Alma Koppedraijer Judith L. Kaufman Dr. and Mr. Andy Nawrocki Drs. Walter and Anne-Marie Bruyninckx Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mrs. Helen Kedo Mrs. Linda A. Neilson Christopher Carlo and Robert Chaney Debbie Gillaspie and Fred Sturm Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Mrs. A. M. Neumann Greg and Mamie Case Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Goldstein Neil and Diana King Elaine T. Newquist Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Cavallino Gordon and Nancy Goodman Klaff Family Foundation Gayla and Ed Nieminen James W. Chamberlain Annemarie H. Gramm J. Peter Kline and Julio Padin, Jr. Kenneth Douglas Foundation Charles B. Preacher Foundation Greene Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Sung-Tao Ko Janis Wellin Notz and John K. Notz, Jr. Dr. Edward A. Cole and Richard Greenman Emil J. and Marie D. Kochton Foundation Margory M. Oliker Dr. Christine A. Rydel Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman Mr. John Kouns Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Olson

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Mark Ouweleen and Sarah Harding Maggie Rock and Rod Adams The Sondheimer Family Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Gerald L. Padbury Megan Roudebush Foundation Robert Mann and Kathryn Voland-Mann Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, M.D. Susan B. and Dr. Myron E. Rubnitz Carole and Bob Sorensen Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Waddell Kevin Patti Robert Russell Ron Bauer and Michael Spencer Mrs. William N. Weaver, Jr. Laurie and Michael Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sarnoff Mr. Tom Startek Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Wick Mrs. Zen Petkus Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Schaeffer Carol D. Stein and James Sterling F. C. Winters Mrs. Geoffrey C. M. Plampin The Schaerli Family Oscar Tatosian, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Witkowski Mary and Joseph Plauche David J. Seleb and John P. Cialone Gilbert Terlicher Mr. and Mrs. Brien Wloch Drs. Joseph and Kimberly Pyle Sherie Coren Shapiro Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas, Jr. Chip and Jean Wood Dr. and Mrs. Don Randel Adele and John Simmons Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woolever Christina Rashid Mr. and Mrs. John B. Simon Gayle and Glenn R. Tilles Priscilla T. Yu Phillip C. and Jeanne R. Ravid Larry G. Simpson and Edward T. Zasadil The Trillium Foundation Susan Zick Janet D. Thau Mr. Edward Smeds Dulcie L. Truitt Mr. and Mrs. William Revelle Kay and Craig Tuber

FRIEND · $1,000 to $1,999 Anonymous (12) Joseph A. Caprini, M.D. Margaret Byrne, Attorney Nora Jaskowiak and Ms. Bonghee Ma A & T Vavasis Philanthropic Fund Irma Caprioli Paul Fong Matthew Hinerfeld Charlene and Gary MacDougal Ms. Katherine A. Abelson Fairbank and Lynne Carpenter Stephen and Rosamund Forrest Mrs. J. Dillon Hoey Daniel Carroll Madden and Louise Abrahams Stephen H. and Virginia McM. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forsythe Bill and Louanne Holland Tuny Mokrauer Richard Abram and Paul Chandler Mr. Donald Carruthers Adrian Foster Cynthia and Ron Holmberg Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mages Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin D. Abrams Drs. James and Stephanie Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Stephen D. Holmes Jeffrey and Paula Malak Ann Acker Cavanaugh Anne and Willard Fraumann George R. Honig, M.D. and Mr. and Mrs. Warren W. Mark Duffie A. Adelson Barry and Marcia Cesafsky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freeborn Olga Weiss Robert Markowski and Susan S. Adler Robert Cieslak Mr. and Mrs. John Freund Joel and Carol Honigberg Randi Ragins Judith A. Akers Heinke K. Clark Mrs. Michelle B. Fries Bill and Vicki Hood Ms. Karin Martin Ginny Alberts-Johnson and Keith and Barbara Clayton Priscilla and Henry Frisch Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Horwich Mr. and Mrs. Sean Martin Lance Johnson Jean M. Cocozza Samuel and Adriana Front Michael and Beverly Huckman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Dr. and Mrs. Todd D. Alexander Margery and Robert Coen John A. Gable Mr. and Ms. Gary Huff Bob and Doretta Marwin Ms. Joanne B. Alter David and Carolyn Colburn Thomas F. Gajewski Ms. Janice Humphrey Ann and Philip May Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Altman Elaine Collina Ms. Kristine Garrett Cleveland and Phyllis Hunt John E Mazuski Sheila and James Amend Francie Comer Mrs. Lisa Gaspero Dr. Kamal Ibrahim Maureen and Michael McCabe Doris W. Angell Dr. Frank F. Conlon Mr. Scott P. George Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson John F. McCartney Daniel J. 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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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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Facilities and Services

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

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

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

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An opera for young Family THE SCORPIONS’ STING Friendly people about the quest for knowledge and the Tickets ELECTRIFYING MUSICAL power of forgiveness. $10/$20 THEATER, EXCITING Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Oct 14 & 15 ONE NIGHT ONLY PIOTR BECZAŁA IN RECITAL CONCERTS, AND Feb 25 SPECIAL PROGRAMMING CELEBRATING  YEARS OF BERNSTEIN Featuring Kate Baldwin, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, and Create Your Own Series*: the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by David Chase you choose the titles, Mar 10 Family you choose the dates. FAMILY DAY AT LYRIC Friendly Tickets Apr 7 $5/$10 *Does not inlcude Family Day at Lyric, The Scorpions’ Sting JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Webber/Rice Apr 27 - May 20

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

Our newly-renovated Sarah Visit our new champagne bar and Peer Pedersen Room o ers Cheers! located on the Main Floor stylish dining and stays open one and enjoy featured champagnes hour after the show for post-show and cocktails. cocktails.

Friday night means sushi! Chef An opera for young Family The Pedersen Room and the Tom Osaki delivers delicious, fresh THE SCORPIONS’ STING Friendly people about the quest for knowledge and the Tickets Florian Opera Bistro feature new sushi on Friday nights and for all ELECTRIFYING MUSICAL power of forgiveness. $10/$20 wine lists by Master Sommelier Die Walküre performances. THEATER, EXCITING Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Alpana Singh. Oct 14 & 15 ONE NIGHT ONLY Don’t forget to pre-order your PIOTR BECZAŁA IN RECITAL We’re thrilled to have Chicago’s drinks before the show and pick CONCERTS, AND Feb 25 top chefs and restaurateurs up at intermission — and choose a Featured Chef SPECIAL PROGRAMMING create featured menus for the Lyric cup to enjoy your beverage CELEBRATING  YEARS OF BERNSTEIN Pedersen Room. at your seat during the show! Featuring Kate Baldwin, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, and Create Your Own Series*: the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by David Chase • Orphée et Eurydice: Keene you choose the titles, Mar 10 and Megan Addington, you choose the dates. Family Tortoise Supper Club Lyric’s most generous donors can FAMILY DAY AT LYRIC Friendly enjoy the sophistication of The Tickets • Rigoletto: Tony Priolo, Apr 7 $5/$10 Piccolo Sogno William B. and Catherine Graham *Does not inlcude Family Day at Lyric, Room, featuring superb farm-to- The Scorpions’ Sting JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Webber/Rice table menus by Calihan Catering Apr 27 - May 20 and additional exclusive benefi ts.

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