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LYRIC OF CHICAGO

Board of Directors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TICKET DEPARTMENT/ Gregg Brody Bruce Woodruff Scott Marr AUDIENCE SERVICES Box Office Manager Layout Welder Wardrobe, Wigs, and Makeup Director Susan Harrison Niemi Bernard McNeela Richard “Doc” Wren Engineer Warehouse Coordinator Maureen Reilly Director of Audience Services Costume Director Alex Chatziapostolou-Demas Briette Madrid Dan DiBennardi e Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Sales Manager Stage Door Supervisor Assistant Warehouse Coordinator Endowed Chair John Renfroe Nathan Tuttle Lucy Lindquist Tessitura Manager Facilities Porter Dan Donahue Justin Hull Wardrobe Mistress Laura Waters PRODUCTION Call Center Manager Ryan McGovern Cameron Arens Assistant Carpenters Louie Barrios Kelly E. Cronin Senior Director, Production VIP Ticketing Associate Anthony Bernardy Molly Herman Daniel Quinn Katrina Bachus Adam Gorsky James Herrity VIP Ticketing Coordinator Jordan Lee Braun Brian Hobbs Robert Hilliard David Carl Toulson Robert Hull, Jr. Kate Keefe Julia Acquistapace Mo Zhou Connor Ingersoll Cecylia Kinder Sebastian Armendariz Assistant Stage Directors John Ingersoll Krystina Lowe Marnie Baylouny Dan Lang Talia Newton Achilles Bezanis John W. Coleman Johnny Rivers Kathy Rubel Edmond Burkhart Rachel C. Henneberry Chase Torringa Toni Rubino Benjamin Burney Rachel A. Tobias Carpenters Joanna Rzepka Alex Carey Stage Managers Marguerite Scott Emily Crisp Rebecca Shouse Erik Dohner Kristen Barrett Chris Maravich Ewa Szylak Jerry Downey Rachel C. Henneberry Lighting Director Barbara Szyllo Ashlyn Elliot Anderson Nunnelley e Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Carolina Tuazon Leigh Folta Daniel Sokalski Endowed Chair Isaac Turner Claire French Peggy Stenger Sarah Riffle Maggie Zabierowski Michaela Gleason Amy C. ompson Heather Sparling Wardrobe Staff Assistant Lighting Designers Andrew Groble Rachel A. Tobias Bill Walters Samantha Holmes Amy Gruttadauria Sandra Zamora Michael C. Reynolds Wardrobe Crew Head Bailey Howard Assistant Stage Managers Master Electrician Karen Hunt Soren Ersbak Kristine Anderson Caitlyn Johnson Ben Bell Bern Board Operator Scott Barker Kerri Killeen Rehearsal Department Manager Lauren Crotty Eve Krueger Kevin Krasinski John Clarke, Jr. Dawn Marie Hamilton David Hough Steve Landsman Artist Services Manager Anthony Coia Gary Grenda Charlie Junke Madison Lawry Marina Vecci Kim Kostera Ian Maryfield Rehearsal Associate Robert Reynolds Assistant Electricians Wendy McCay Omar Mulero Michael Calderone Moira O'Neil Amy Munroe Christine Wagner Jason Combs John Salyers Stephen Reineccius Rehearsal Assistants omas Fernandez Dulce Santillan Jessica Reinhart omas Hull Lynn Sparber Alexander Rocha THE PATRICK G. AND SHIRLEY W. RYAN OPERA CENTER Daniel Kuh Chris Valente Ben Ross Dan Novak Asiel Simpson Roger Weir Erin Sheets Jeremy omas Kristi Wood Destiny Strothers Vice President and Director, Ryan Opera Center Jose Villalpando Samantha Yonan Adam Stubitsch e Ryan Opera Center Board Electricians Dressers Marisa von Drasek Endowed Chair Ciera Williams Craig Terry Joe Schofield Sarah Hatten Ryan Wood Music Director Head Audio Technician Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Ticket Staff e Marlys Beider Endowed Chair e Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Nick Charlan Julia Faulkner Allison Burkholder Emily Crisp Matt Eble Department Coordinator Director of Vocal Studies Kelvin Ingram Michaela Gleason Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ben Ross Audio Technicians Chantelle Marie Johnson Emma Scherer Lynn Koroulis Lyric Concierge Representatives Associate Maria DeFabo Akin Robert Kuper OPERATIONS TECHNICAL Props and Scenic Art Director Lana McKinnon Nicholas Ivor Martin Michael Smallwood Claire Moores Staff Vice President, Artistic Operations and Vice President and Technical Director Charles Reilly Labor Strategy e Allan and Elaine Muchin Property Master Bridget Rzymski Stephanie Karr Endowed Chair Michael McPartlin Wig Crew Head Senior Director of Music Administration April Busch Properties Crew Head Wendy Skoczen Technical Operations Director Chief Librarian Phil Marcotte DeShawn Bowman Michael Schoenig Prop Carpenter Tabitha Boorsma Technical Finance Director Martha Contreras Operations Associate Bob Ladd Brittany Crinson Madeleine Borg Armorer Eric Daniels Gretchen Meyerhoefer Production Manager – Lyric Unlimited Music Administration Associate Rachel Boultinghouse June Gearon and Ryan Opera Center Upholsterer Claire Potter David Grant Music Administration Coordinator Alicja Klosek Scott Wolfson Robert Hartge Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Briette Madrid PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Associate Technical Director Nelson Posada Rich Regan Stephen Snyder Richard Tyriver Assistant Properties Jada Richardson Vice President and General Manager, Technical Coordinator Lela Rosenberg Presentations and Events Joe Dockweiler Michael Buerger Rick Salazar Sharon Lomasney Master Carpenter Joseph Collins Rebecca Scott Director of Presentations and Events Mike Reilly Gordon Granger Kacy Tatus Nora O’Malley Head Flyman/Automation Nick Malloy Pat Tomlinson Director of Facility Operations Jeffrey Streichhirsch Joe Mathesius Emily Young Leslie MacLean Automation Assistant Kevin McPartlin Wig and Makeup Crew Facilities Coordinator Chris Barker Properties Megan St. John Matt Reilly Presentations and Events Coordinator Rigging/Automation Assistants Brian Traynor Stephen Dunford Mark Shanabrough Charge Artist Chief Engineer Head Shop Carpenter Tim Morrison Brian Grenda Michael Murtaugh Layout Carpenter Scenic Artists Drew Trusk Head Shop Welder March 23, 2019 | 9 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Renée Fleming 25th Anniversary Concert Lead Sponsor Liz Sti el

Platinum Sponsors The Crown Family Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Sage Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Ann Zi

Diamond Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Krehbiel

Golden Sponsors An Anonymous Donor Rebecca and Lester Knight Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation Kohler Co. Amy and Paul Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Todd D. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell Allan and Elaine Muchin Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Osborn Heinz Family Foundation J. Christopher and Anne N. Reyes ITW UL Jenner & Block Silver Sponsors Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bowen Make it Better Media Dr. Young Chung Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Pritzker Traubert Foundation Andi and Jim Gordon/The Edgewater Funds Donna Van Eekeren and Dale Connelly

Additional Support Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Julian Family Foundation

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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

RENÉE FLEMING 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA PATRICK SUMMERS, conductor Lyric Opera House Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. Program e Marriage of Figaro: Overture Act Two, “Porgi amor” RENÉE FLEMING (Countess)

Mozart Così fan tutte, Act One, “Un aura amorosa” LAWRENCE BROWNLEE (Ferrando)

Giuseppe Verdi I vespri siciliani, Act One, “O patria….O tu, Palermo” ERIC OWENS (Procida)

Giacomo Puccini , Act Two, “Vissi d” SONDRA RADVANOVSKY (Floria Tosca)

Gaetano Donizetti La fille du régiment, Act One, “Ah, mes amis…. LAWRENCE BROWNLEE (Tonio) Pour mon âme quel destin”

Arrigo Boito Mefistofele, Act Two, “Ecco il mondo” CHRISTIAN VAN HORN (Mefistofele)

Verdi Falstaff, Act ree, “Un coro e terminiam ARTISTS OF THE RYAN OPERA CENTER la scena….Tutto nel mondo è burla” David Weigel (Falstaff), Ricardo José Rivera (Ford), Eric Ferring (Fenton), Lauren Decker (Mistress Quickly), Ann Toomey (Alice), Kayleigh Decker (Meg), Josh Lovell (Bardolfo), Alan Higgs (Pistola), Emily Pogorelc (Nannetta), Mario Rojas (Dr. Caius)

Antonín Dvořák , Act One, “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” RENÉE FLEMING (Rusalka)

Intermission

Charles Gounod Faust, Act Two, “O sainte médaille….Avant de quitter ces lieux” QUINN KELSEY (Valentin)

Jules Massenet aïs: Act Two, “Méditation” ROBERT HANFORD (Violin) Act ree, “Baigne d’eau mes mains” RENÉE FLEMING ( aïs) and QUINN KELSEY (Athanaël)

Jacques Offenbach Les contes d’Hoffmann, Act ree, CHRISTIAN VAN HORN (Dapertutto) “Allez! Pour te livrer combat….Scintille, diamant”

Carlisle Floyd Susannah, Act One, “Ain’t it a pretty night?” SONDRA RADVANOVSKY (Susannah)

Franz Lehár e Merry Widow, Act Two, ARTISTS OF THE RYAN OPERA CENTER (transl. Sheldon Harnick) “Women, Women, Women” Christopher Kenney (Danilo), Ricardo José Rivera (Zeta), Eric Ferring (St. Brioche), Mario Rojas (Cascada), Josh Lovell (Kromow), Alan Higgs (Bogdanowitsch), David Weigel (Pritschitsch)

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Richard Rodgers and , Act One, “ e Carousel Waltz” Oscar Hammerstein II

Richard Rodgers e Boys from Syracuse, Act Two, ARTISTS OF THE RYAN OPERA CENTER and Lorenz Hart “Sing for Your Supper” Whitney Morrison, Emily Pogorelc, Ann Toomey, Kayleigh Decker, Lauren Decker

Adam Guettel e Light in the Piazza, Act Two, “Fable” RENÉE FLEMING (Margaret Johnson)

Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel, Act Two, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” RENÉE FLEMING (Nettie Fowler) ARTISTS OF THE RYAN OPERA CENTER

Renée Fleming appears by arrangement with IMG Artists, www.imgartists.com. Ms. Fleming is an exclusive recording artist for Decca and Mercury Records (U. K.). Ms. Fleming’s jewelry is by Ann Ziff for Tamsen Z.

roughout her career, Renée Fleming has enjoyed truly unique opportunities to collaborate with the world’s greatest couture designers, wearing gowns created by Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, and Vera Wang, among others. Renée has graciously provided Lyric's audience with a generous selection of her gowns from concerts and opera. We hope you enjoy this exhibit, on display throughout the opera house.

John W. Coleman, Stage Manager Amy C. ompson, Bill Walters, Assistant Stage Managers William C. Billingham, Francesco Milioto, Matthew Piatt, Musical Preparation Roger Pines, Francis Rizzo, Colin Ure, Projected English Titles e Pritzker Family Concert Shell was designed by Studio Gang, led by Jeanne Gang.

e American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO (AGMA), is the union that represents the singers, dancers, actors, and staging personnel at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

On behalf of the entire Lyric Opera of Chicago family, we salute Renée Fleming and her 25-year association with the company. From the time of her acclaimed 1993 debut as Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah to today, Lyric has been the fortunate beneficiary of Renée’s artistry. She has captivated, moved, and thrilled our audience with a succession of portrayals that truly live in the memory. In opera, concert, or recital, her performances at Lyric have drawn us irresistibly into her orbit through their combination of vocal beauty, perfect style, and alluring presence.

It is immensely exciting to have Renée not only onstage at Lyric, but also behind the scenes as our creative consultant. Since 2010, when she took on this position created especially for her, she has made an extraordinary contribution to the life of the company, inspiring us with her commitment to Lyric and to our art form.

Our devotion to Renée – both the incomparable artist and the giving, thoughtful, passionate human being – is boundless. It is our very great pleasure to say “brava” on this great occasion, with the hope that Renée’s relationship with Lyric will continue for many years to come.

Anthony Freud Sir Andrew Davis David T. Ormesher General Director, President & CEO Music Director Chairman of the Board e Women’s Board Endowed Chair e John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair

14 | March 23, 2019 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

RENÉE FLEMING

Previously at Lyric: 2016/17 she brought her acclaimed portrayal of the Marschallin/ Ten roles since to London’s Royal Opera and New York’s 1993/94, most recently in Robert Carsen’s new production (a portrayal Hanna Glawari/ subsequently released on DVD). Fleming’s recital and concert  e Merry Widow schedule this season includes Spain, France, the Netherlands, Britain, (2015/16); Countess and venues across North America. Earlier this month she appeared Madeleine/ with the Boston Symphony Orchestra both in Boston and at (2014/15); Blanche . Next month, she will appear in the opening DuBois/A Streetcar performances of e Shed, ’s newest arts space, in Named Desire Jeane Baker of Troy, opposite award-winning actor Ben (2012/13). Whishaw. In June she will return to musical theater, starring in the London premiere of  e Light in the Piazza. She concludes the Renée Fleming enjoys season with a gala concert in August at e . an extraordinary In a rare doubleheader for a classical singer, Fleming was association with Lyric featured on the soundtrack of two Best Picture and Best Soundtrack Opera of Chicago. nominees at the 2018 Academy Awards,  ree Billboards Outside In addition to earning Ebbing, Missouri and  e Shape of Water (the latter won both prizes). enormous acclaim She was also recently heard as the singing voice of Roxane Coss in a remarkably diverse (Julianne Moore) in the fi lm of Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel Bel repertoire onstage Canto, which was also the inspiration for the opera of the same at Lyric over the name, of which Fleming curated for its world premiere past 25 years, she here at Lyric during the 2014/15 season. has also sung three special concerts (collaborating with Jonas A 16-time Grammy nominee and four-time winner, Fleming Kaufmann, the late , and music has recorded everything from complete and song recitals to director and principal conductor Sir Andrew Davis) and a duo jazz, indie rock, and the movie soundtrack of  e Lord of the Rings: recital (with mezzo-soprano ). She has been a  e Return of the King. Her 2009 album Signatures was selected by featured artist in four galas, including Lyric Unlimited’s Chicago the U.S. Library of Congress for the National Recording Registry Voices Concert and Gala, for which she was host and artistic as an “aural treasure worthy of preservation as part of America’s director. Since 2010 Fleming has had an exceptional impact on patrimony.” A new album, Renée Fleming: Broadway, features great both the company and arts education in Chicago in her role as musical-theater songs from the 1920s to the present day. In 2015, Lyric’s fi rst creative consultant. Among her many projects have been Fleming was featured with Yo-Yo Ma on the Billy Childs album, the world premiere of , the Chicago Voices Gala, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (their track, “New York  e Second City Guide to the Opera, and serving as advisor for the Tendaberry,” won the Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instruments Ryan Opera Center. and Vocals). Her fi rst-ever holiday album, Christmas in New York, One of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, released in 2014, inspired a special on PBS. Fleming won the 2013 Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate Best Classical Vocal Solo Grammy for Poèmes, a collection of artistry, and compelling stage presence. Her stature in American 20th-century French music. culture was fi ttingly recognized in 2013 when, in a ceremony at the In January, Fleming launched SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, a White House, President Obama awarded her the National Medal new program for young vocalists, dedicated to the art of the vocal of Arts, our nation’s highest honor for an individual artist. recital. Since 2015, the soprano has served as a distinguished visiting A favorite at the world’s most prestigious opera, concert, and artist at her alma mater, the Eastman School of Music at the recital venues, Fleming brought her voice to a vast new audience in University of Rochester (New York). She is currently artistic advisor 2014, as the fi rst classical artist to sing “ e Star-Spangled Banner” for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She is at the Super Bowl. As a musical ambassador, Fleming has performed also an artistic advisor to the Polyphony Foundation, which brings at distinguished occasions around the world, from the Nobel Peace together Arab and Jewish children in Israel for the study and Prize ceremony in Oslo to the balcony of for the performance of classical music. Fleming is a board member of Sing David T. Ormesher Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II. In January for Hope, a New York City-based nonprofi t dedicated to creating Chairman of the Board 2009, she was featured in the televised We Are One:  e Inaugural regular and aff ordable access to high-quality arts programming. Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial concert for President Obama. Inspired by the Sound Health initiative she spearheads at the A groundbreaking distinction came in 2008 when Fleming became Kennedy Center, Fleming has created a presentation exploring the the fi rst woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera power of music as it relates to health and the brain, “Music to solo headline an opening-night gala. and the Mind,” which she has presented across North America. Last season Fleming made her Broadway musical debut in (See “America’s Voice: A Tribute to Renée Fleming,” pp. 18-20.) Carousel, earning a Tony Award nomination. Also during

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PATRICK SUMMERS Belmonte/e Abduction from the Seraglio at (Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Previously at Lyric: Houston Grand Opera. A role written for him, DVD). is season he returns to the Met (2014/15). Charlie/Daniel Schnyder’s Charlie Parker’s for another major Wagner role, Hagen/ Yardbird, was a great success at Opera Götterdämmerung, and reprises Porgy (Amsterdam). e American conductor is (world premiere), Lyric, New York’s Apollo In recent seasons Owens has triumphed at the Met artistic and music director eater, and London’s . in three other roles: Vodník/Rusalka (new produc- of Houston Grand Opera, Among his recordings are “Virtuoso Rossini Arias” tion), Jaufré/’s L’amour de loin (new where he has led more than (Grammy Award nominee) and his latest album production, company premiere), and Orest/Elektra 60 works. His 2018/19 “Allegro lo Son,” featuring arias by Donizetti (new production), all seen worldwide in HD. season at HGO includes and Bellini. Recent highlights also include Méphistophélès/e e Flying Dutchman, Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Damnation of Faust with the New Zealand Amazonas, and the world premiere of Tarik QUINN KELSEY Symphony and Orest at the ; Philip O’Regan and John Caird’s e Phoenix. Other Previously at Lyric: II/Don Carlo (Opera Philadelphia); and bass soloist/ highlights include the company’s first 17 roles since 2003/04, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (). Ring cycle; collaborating on the world premieres of most recently title role/ Owens has earned repeated successes premiering André Previn’s Brief Encounter, Christopher (2017/18); Enrico contemporary works, such as Goldenthal’s Grendel eofanidis’s e Refuge, ’s It’s a Ashton/ (Los Angeles), John Adams’s A Flowering Tree Wonderful Life, The End of the Affair, and (2016/17); Count di Luna/ (Vienna’s New Crowned Hope Festival, CD) and ree Decembers, Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy II trovatore (2014/15). Doctor Atomic (San Francisco, Amsterdam, Met, Tree and Prince of Players, and ’s Lyric, CD, DVD). His operatic versatility encom- Resurrection; leading the American premiere of A Ryan Opera Center passes e Magic Flute (Paris); Norma (Covent Weinberg’s e Passenger, both at HGO and on alumnus and 2015 winner of the Metropolitan Garden); Rigoletto and (Los Angeles); tour to the Festival; and nurturing Opera’s Award, the Hawaiian baritone and , Lost in the Stars, and e Rape of the careers of many major artists, among them Joyce is in great demand for Verdi, Puccini, and French Lucretia (Glimmerglass Festival, where Owens has DiDonato, Christine Goerke, Ana María Martínez, roles internationally. Except for Enrico/Lucia di been artistic adviser since 2017). e Houston Ryan McKinny, and Albina Shagimuratova. Lammermoor (’s in Grand Opera Studio alumnus serves Lyric as a Summers has a long association with San Francisco June), Kelsey’s 2018/19 season is exclusively Verdi. Community Ambassador and the Curtis Institute as Opera and was honored in 2015 with the San He began with Amonasro/ and Germont/La codirector of the Curtis Vocal Studies Department Francisco Opera Medal. His work at SFO includes traviata (both at the Metropolitan Opera), before and Curtis Opera eatre. conducting Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick, recorded and starring as Rigoletto in Zurich, where he premiered telecast on PBS’s Great Performances. Last summer a new production in 2016. He also previously sang SONDRA he conducted at ’s Gran Teatre that role in London, , Oslo, Santa Fe, RADVANOVSKY del , and he returned to SFO during the Paris, and San Francisco. Following the Fleming Previously at Lyric: 2018 holiday season for Jake Heggies It’s a Gala he will sing his first Ford/Falstaff (Dallas) Seven roles since 2002/03, Wonderful Life. and return to Honolulu as Germont, a role that most recently title role/ recently introduced his artistry to London’s Royal Norma (2016/17); LAWRENCE Opera. Kelsey’s achievements in Verdi also include title role/Anna Bolena BROWNLEE the title role/Falstaff (Matsumoto, Japan), Ezio/ (2014/15); title role/ Previously at Lyric: Attila (San Francisco), Paolo/Simon Boccanegra Aida (2011/12). Arturo/ (Rome), Montfort/Les vêpres siciliennes (Frankfurt), (2017/18); Charlie/ and Rodrigo/Don Carlo (Washington). His reper- e acclaimed American soprano is a favorite in all Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, toire also encompasses Sancho/Don Quichotte the major international opera houses. She made recital with Eric Owens (Toronto), Zurga/e Pearl Fishers (London), history two seasons ago as the first singer to (both 2016/17); Athanaël/aïs (, Melbourne), and the portray Donizetti’s three Tudor queens in a single Don Ramiro/Cinderella Forester/e Cunning Little Vixen (under Ozawa in Metropolitan Opera season. Among her many bel (2015/16). Florence and in Matsumoto, Japan). Kelsey has canto successes are Elisabetta/Roberto Devereux in presented recitals at Carnegie Halls Weill Recital Toronto; Norma at the Met, San Francisco, One of the most outstanding lyric of his Hall and London’s , and has Toronto, Munich, and Barcelona; and Lucrezia generation, the Ohio native began the current performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Michael Borgia in Washington. Earlier this season season with two evenings of duets with bass- Tilson omas and the San Francisco Symphony Radvanovsky starred as Tosca at the Met, Vienna, baritone Eric Owens hosted by e Cliburn (Fort (CD, Grammy winner). and Munich. Having debuted her portrayal of Worth), followed by a night of arias at Amsterdams Maddalena/Andrea Chénier at Barcelonas Gran Concertgebouw. He also sang his first Nadir/e ERIC OWENS Teatre del Liceu last season, she returns to that role Pearl Fishers (Houston), reprised his portrayal of Previously at Lyric: in May at House Covent Garden. Don Ramiro/Cinderella (Paris), and embarked on a Seven roles since 2007/08, One of today’s most celebrated Verdians, 12-stop duo recital tour with Eric Owens. Later this most recently Wanderer/ Radvanovsky will star as Luisa Miller in Barcelona season Brownlee stars as Elvino/ (2018/19); in July. She has also been acclaimed in recent sea- (Berlin, Zurich), Ilo/Rossini’s Zelmira (Washington), Wotan/Die Walküre sons as Aida (Met, Opéra National de Paris), and Arturo/I puritani (Liège). World renowned as (2017/18); Wotan/ Amelia/Simon Boccanegra (Paris, Opéra de Monte an interpreter of bel canto works, Brownlee has  recital with Carlo), Leonora/Il trovatore (Paris), and Amelia/Un triumphed in that repertoire at the Metropolitan Lawrence Brownlee ballo in maschera (Zurich Opera House). On Opera (where he starred opposite Renée Fleming in (both 2016/17). recordings, Radvanovsky can be heard in Verdi the company premiere of Rossini’s Armida, now on scenes alongside Dmitri Hvorostovsky and on a solo DVD), San Francisco, , Munich, Vienna, e celebrated American bass-baritone’s successes disc of Verdi arias. She appears on DVD in Norma Paris, Berlin, Madrid, , and the Salzburg in Wagner roles include Wotan/ e Wanderer (Barcelona), Il trovatore (Met), and Alfano’s Cyrano Festival. He recently returned to Mozart, singing (Lyric), the Dutchman (Washington), and Alberich de Bergerac (Valencia). Radvanovsky has been heard

16 | March 23, 2019 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO in recital in numerous prestigious venues, among the Corbett Award in CCM’s Corbett Competition. the Aria” series. He graduated from Florida State them Ontario’s Koerner Hall, LA Opera, Mexico Sponsored by e C. G. Pinnell Family. University before becoming a studio artist at Atlanta City’s pera de Bellas Artes, and the Festival Castell Opera, where he appeared in Madama Butterfly,e de Peralada. LAUREN DECKER Marriage of Figaro, La bohème, Silent Night, , Previously at Lyric: and . Higgs has also spent a summer at CHRISTIAN VAN HORN Seven roles since 2016/17, e Santa Fe Opera and has participated in ’s Previously at Lyric: most recently Annina/ Solti Academy. He has earned recognition from the 16 roles since 2004, most , First Maid/ Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, recently Méphistophélès/ Elektra, Inez/Il trovatore (Georgia District, Southeast Region, national semifi- Faust (2017/18); Escamillo/ (all 2018/19). nals) and has also won the American Opera Society , Narbal/Les Troyens Scholarship and a Sullivan Foundation Award. (both 2016/17). e contralto, a third-year Sponsored by Heidi Heutel Bohn, Lawrence O. member of the Ryan Opera Corry, and Robert C. Marks. e American bass-baritone, Center, has been featured at the Grant Park Music a Ryan Opera Center alum- Festival (Menotti’s e Old Maid and the ief) and CHRISTOPHER nus and winner of the 2018 Richard Tucker Award, in the Harris eater’s “Beyond the Aria” series. She KENNEY was acclaimed at the Metropolitan Opera earlier this was a national semifinalist in the 2018 Metropolitan Previously at Lyric: season in the title role/Mefistofele and Colline/La Opera National Council Auditions. An alumna of Marquis d’Obigny/ bohème. He also reprised Narbal/Les Troyens at the the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she has La traviata, Master of Opéra National de Paris and returned to the Bavarian participated in Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Ceremonies/Cendrillon State Opera in Munich – where he had begun his Dramatic Voices, the American Wagner Project, and (both 2018/19). European career – to sing Escamillo/Carmen. In July, the Accademia di Bel Canto. Decker has Zoroastro/Orlando will be Van Horn’s 15th role at performed in concert with the Apollo Chorus/ A Minnesota native and . His diverse repertoire encom- Elmhurst Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, a first-year Ryan Opera passes Mozart’s Figaro (Chicago Opera eater, and Harare International Festival of the Arts. Center member, the baritone debuted at the 2018 Stuttgart Opera, CD with Teodor Currentzis con- Sponsored by an Anonymous Donor, Susan M. Grant Park Music Festival in Menotti’s e Old ducting), Gessler/Guillaume Tell (Netherlands Miller, and the ierer Family Foundation. Maid and the ief. Kenney was most recently a Opera), Zaccaria/Nabucco (), Banco/ member of Washington National Opera’s Domingo- Macbeth (Geneva’s Grand éâtre), and Zuniga/ ERIC FERRING Cafritz Young Artist Program, where Rossini’s Figaro Carmen (Salzburg). Among Van Horn’s many suc- Previously at Lyric: was one of his many roles. He has also been a cesses in contemporary opera are omas Adès’s e Lurcanio/, featured soloist with the National Symphony Exterminating Angel (Met), Marco Tutino’s La Gastone de Letorières and Orchestra (Bernstein’s Songfest). A former Santa Fe Ciociara (San Francisco), Tan Dun’s Tea (Santa Fe), Giuseppe/La traviata, Opera apprentice artist, Kenney is a three-time David Carlson’s Anna Karenina (Miami world pre- Young Servant/Elektra winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council miere, St. Louis revival, CD), and Joseph Summer’s (all 2018/19). District Auditions and an alumnus of Concordia e Tempest (Boston’s Shakespeare Concerts, CD). College, the University of Kentucky, and Prestigious concert engagements include appearances e Iowa-born tenor, a first- Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. Sponsored by with the Berlin Philharmonic (Das Rheingold, Sir year Ryan Opera Center an Anonymous Donor. conducting, CD), the Cleveland member, is an alumnus of Drake University and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Boston Conservatory. As a Resident Artist at JOSH LOVELL Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Pittsburgh Opera (2016/17, 2017/18), he appeared Previously at Lyric: Van Horn appears this evening by courtesy of the as Spoletta/Tosca, Basilio and Curzio/e Marriage of Five roles since 2017/18, Metropolitan Opera, where he is rehearsing La Figaro, Ricky/e Long Walk, Flask/Moby Dick, most recently Dean of clemenza di Tito. Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore, and the Protagonist/ the Faculty/Cendrillon, Douglas J. Cuomo’s one-man opera Ashes and Snow First Trojan Man/ KAYLEIGH DECKER (world premiere, based on Wilhelm Müller’s (both 2018/19); Jazz Trio Previously at Lyric: poetry). Ferring was a 2017 apprentice Member/Trouble in Tahiti Dorothée/Cendrillon, singer at e Santa Fe Opera, where he received the (for “Bernstein at 100” Second Cretan Woman/ Richard Tucker Memorial Award. He has also been concert, 2017/18). Idomeneo (both 2018/19). seen at Opera eatre of Saint Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, and Seagle Music Colony. Sponsored by e Canadian tenor, a second-year Ryan Opera A first-year Ryan Opera Richard O. Ryan, Stepan Company, and Cynthia Center member, was recently named Grand Prize Center member, the mezzo- Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon. and Opera Prize winner at the 52nd Annual soprano is an alumna of the International Vocal Competition in s’Hertogenbosch. Oberlin Conservatory and ALAN HIGGS In summer 2018 he performed Count Almaviva/e the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Previously at Lyric: Barber of Seville (Aspen Music Festival) and Don Music. At CCM Opera she sang Idamante/Idomeneo, Four roles since 2017/18, Ottavio/Don Giovanni (Italy’s New Generation Prince Charming/Cendrillon, and the Fox/e most recently e King/ Festival). Past performances include Lysander/A Cunning Little Vixen. Decker has also performed at Cendrillon, Second Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rinuccio/ the Glimmerglass Festival, San Diego’s Opera Neo, Trojan Man/Idomeneo (), Normanno/Lucia di Cincinnati Chamber Opera, Queen City Opera, and (both 2018/19); Gualtiero/ Lammermoor and Bardolfo/Falstaff (Pacific Opera Oberlin Opera eatre. A former Gerdine Young I puritani (2017/18). Victoria). Lovell has participated in the Britten-Pears Artist at Opera eatre of Saint Louis and former Young Artist Programme and San Francisco Opera’s participant in the Houston Grand Opera Young e bass-baritone, a Florida Merola Opera Program. Later this year he will join Artists Vocal Academy, she was awarded first place in native and second-year Ryan Opera Center member, the ensemble of the . Sponsored by the ree Arts Scholarship Fund Competition and recently appeared in the Harris eater’s “Beyond Maurice J. and Patricia Frank.

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WHITNEY MORRISON RICARDO JOSÉ RIVERA Louis while participating in the 2015 Gerdine Young Previously at Lyric: Previously at Lyric: Artist program. She was a 2016 Metropolitan Opera Four roles since Baron Douphol/ National Council Auditions national semifinalist and 2017/18, most recently La traviata, Schaunard/ an award recipient in the 2015 Corbett Opera Confidante/Elektra, La bohème (both 2018/19). Scholarship Competition at UCC-CM. Toomey has First Cretan Woman/ appeared at the Grant Park Music Festival, with the Idomeneo (2018/19); e Puerto Rican baritone, a Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and in the Harris Gerhilde/Die Walküre first-year member of Lyric’s eater’s “Beyond the Aria” series. Sponsored by (2017/18). Ryan Opera Center, has e Susan and Richard P. Kiphart Family, portrayed Guglielmo/Così Richard O. Ryan, and Richard W. Shepro and e soprano, a Chicago native and second-year Ryan fan tutte at the International Vocal Academy of Lindsay E. Roberts. Opera Center member, is an alumna of Alabama’s Rome; sung several recitals with the American Oakwood University, the Eastman School of Music, Masters of Opera Academy in Moscow; and per- DAVID WEIGEL and ’s Neil Semer Vocal Institute. Among formed as a participant in Tel-Aviv’s International Previously at Lyric: her operatic roles are Donna Anna/Don Giovanni Vocal Arts Institute. He has had repeat engagements Dr. Grenvil/La traviata, (Chicago’s Floating Opera) and Miss Pinkerton/e at the Performing Arts Center of San Juan and the First Minister/Cendrillon, Old Maid and the ief (Grant Park Music Festival). University of Puerto Rico eater. He recently Voice of Neptune/ Morrison has appeared in concert with the Eastman earned his master’s degree at Rice University’s Idomeneo (all 2018/19). Wind Ensemble and the Rochester Philharmonic Shepherd School of Music (e Barber of Seville, A Orchestra. She also performed the National Anthem Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gianni Schicchi). He has e bass-baritone, a North at the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. In also participated in VOICExperience in Savannah Carolina native and a first- addition to winning the Minnesota District and the Aspen Music Festival. Sponsored by year Ryan Opera Center Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Dr. David H. Whitney and Dr. Juliana Chyu, member, is an alumnus of Furman University, the Morrison has earned top prizes in the National and Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Classical Singer University Competition, the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of R. Nathaniel Dett Club NANM Scholarship MARIO ROJAS North Carolina School of the Arts, and the University Competition, and the Musicians Club of Women Previously at Lyric: of Michigan. A winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Competition. She is a two-time recipient of the Five roles since 2017/18, Opera National Council Auditions (Michigan UNCF John Lennon Endowed Scholarship and a most recently Alfredo District), Weigel performed with San Francisco former finalist in the Luminarts Classical Music Germont and Gastone de Opera’s Merola Opera Program in 2017 (Death/ Competition. Sponsored by J. omas Hurvis. Letorières/La traviata, Savitri) and 2013 (Collatinus/e Rape of Lucretia). Parpignol/La bohème, Ruiz/ Other recent engagements have included A EMILY POGORELC Il trovatore (all 2018/19). Midsummer Night’s Dream and e Marriage of Previously at Lyric: Figaro at the University of Michigan. Weigel has also Trainbearer/Elektra, The Mexican tenor, a performed with North Carolina Opera, Greensboro Noémie/Cendrillon second-year Ryan Opera Center member, has por- Opera, Piedmont Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, (both 2018/19). trayed Rodolfo/La bohème at Mexico City’s Palacio Opera North, and the Brevard Music Center. de Bellas Artes. In Chicago he has been heard in the Sponsored by Lois B. Siegel, Michael and Salme In 2018 the soprano, a Harris eater’s “Beyond the Aria” series. Rojas is an Harju Steinberg, and Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom. Milwaukee native and first- alumnus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music year Ryan Opera Center and one of the youngest singers ever to receive the member, graduated from Plácido Domingo Scholarship from SIVAM Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music; earned the (Mexico’s most prominent young-artist program). Ginette eano Prize for Most Promising Talent at He is a winner of third place in the Dallas Opera the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup; debuted at Vocal Competition, the Marta Eggerth Kiepura Washington National Opera as Cunegonde/Candide; Award in the -Puccini Foundation and participated in the Aix-en-Provence Festival’s International Vocal Competition, and the Emerging Mozart Academy. Later this season she returns to the Singers Award in the Opera Index Vocal Competition. Madison Symphony Orchestra for Mahler’s Sponsored by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Symphony No. 8. Previous successes also include Romilda/Xerxes, Berenice/Rossini’s L’occasione fa il ANN TOOMEY ladro, and Johanna/Sweeney Todd (Glimmerglass Previously at Lyric: Festival) and Chan Parker/Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Fifth Maid/Elektra (New York’s Apollo eater). Pogorelc has also Musetta/La bohème, appeared at Carnegie Hall and with the New Jersey (both 2018/19); Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by Sally and “Bernstein at 100” concert Michael Feder, Ms. Gay K. Stanek, and Ms. (2017/18); First Lady/ Jennifer L. Stone. e Magic Flute (2016/17).

A Michigan native and third-year Ryan Opera Center member, the soprano holds a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She earned her bachelor of music degree at Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan). Toomey por- trayed Gabrielle/ at Opera eatre of Saint

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America’s Voice: A Tribute to Renée Fleming By Roger Pines

If you treasure great singing, you Violetta, Blanche DuBois, and Countess remember the first time you heard Renée Madeleine. To every portrayal Renée has Fleming. For many listeners throughout brought boundless interpretive imagina- America, the moment came on PBS in tion, enlivening these heroines in ways her first major television appearance, that make them uniquely hers. While performing for the 1990 Richard Tucker invariably creating detailed, thoroughly Foundation Gala. e aria she sang on persuasive physical characterizations, that occasion was her favorite and it Renée also has exhibited a stylistic became her signature – Rusalka’s “Song versatility that has become legendary, to the Moon.” e impression she made mastering everything from Baroque with it was heartstopping. filigree to romantic French legato, ere was, first of all, an utterly Viennese sparkle, and haunting individual, warmly enveloping lyric contemporary American lyricism. And, voice, with a quality that the late Sir of course, in all these roles the voice has Georg Solti would later describe as “triple done absolutely everything she has asked cream.” Whether soothing the ear in the of it. Whether dispatching ’s trills, middle register or sailing above the staff aïs’s pianissimos, or Desdemona’s with enviable ease and shine, the singing passionately arching phrases, she has created an instant, unmistakable thrill. repeatedly left listeners awestruck. But what grabbed the listener as much as It’s always been clear, both in the sound itself was the ineffable elegance rehearsal and performance, that Renée is with which Renée shaped each phrase, as a team player. She loves nothing more well as the honesty with which she than the chance to respond in depth to revealed the longing of Dvořák’s lovelorn her partners’ musicality and interpretive water nymph. Added to all that was an ability. Colleagues crave any chance to

ultra-feminine, innately gracious pres- CHRISTIAN STEINER/MET OPERA collaborate with her, because they know ence. It was a magical introduction to a her gifts as a musician, actress, and Renée Fleming debuted at Lyric Opera profoundly gifted artist who showed at human being will inevitably bring out the of Chicago in the title role of Floyd’s every moment a natural instinct for direct, best in them. It’s been exciting to witness Susannah (1993) and reprised the role at the moving communication. the relationships Renée has created Metropolitan Opera (1999, pictured here). Of course, important opera compa- in Lyric performances – for example, nies immediately took note. When Renée toire during her career ever since, whether in productions led by Sir Andrew Davis arrived at Lyric in 1993, she had already in opera, concerts, recitals, or recordings. with Samuel Ramey, Matthew Polenzani, been hailed at the Met the Opéra National Having become, in effect, a citizen of the and omas Hampson, and in concerts de Paris, La Scala, and Pesaro’s Rossini world, she nonetheless remains an with Maestro Davis, Susan Graham, Opera Festival (where her assumption of American artist through and through. e , and the late Armida’s formidable title role made an American public regards her as an Dmitri Hvorostovsky. incendiary impact). at first Lyric appear- exemplar of the very best that this country is career has been an extraordinary ance initiated a series of starring roles with has to offer. When President Obama journey for the girl who grew up in the company that represents a magnificent awarded her the National Medal of Arts in upstate New York, the daughter of two record of artistic achievement, as well as a 2013, he was, in effect, recognizing that music teachers. ere were the years at the source of great joy for our audience. she had truly become America’s voice. State University of New York at Potsdam Renée’s “calling card” in many Following Susannah, Renée would and the Eastman School of Music, a peri- houses had been Countess Almaviva in return for nine other roles that have suited od of being torn between the worlds of e Marriage of Figaro, but her Lyric her ideally, from her anguished Marguerite classical music and jazz (Renée has always debut came in a very different role, Carlisle in Faust (1995/96) to her irrepressible been totally comfortable in both). ere Floyd’s Susannah. is would be a Hanna Glawari, a.k.a. was a revelatory period spent in Germany memorable harbinger of the vital atten- (2016/17). In between have been Countess on a Fulbright grant, and several years of tion Renée has paid to American reper- Almaviva, Desdemona, Alcina, aïs, performing regionally and slowly develop-

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As Violetta in La traviata, with Matthew Polenzani (left of center) as Alfredo (2007/08).

ing the confidence for high-pressure her number-one priority has been caring auditions (documented in her excep- for her instrument and giving 150 percent In the title role of tionally insightful book e Inner Voice, to her audiences. As a result, for the past Alcina (1999/00). written with young singers in mind). three decades she’s maintained vocal stan- e turning point came in the late dards that, for sheer beauty and consistent TODD ROSENBERG 1980s at Houston Grand Opera, at an technical excellence, have surely been audition for the company’s Studio pro- unequalled in our time. gram. Renée was informed that she What Renée has contributed to the belonged not in the program but world, as an inspiring leader and a onstage in a major role. In HGO’s passionate advocate for the arts, is incalcu- Figaro she sang the Countess, and with lable. Especially during the past decade, that success began three decades in she’s used her stature as an artist to foster which she has continually gone from cultural communication in innumerable strength to strength, while constantly ways. For example, as Lyric’s creative con- growing as an artist. sultant since 2010, she’s taken an active Central to Renée’s view of singing leadership role in the development of new is a deep respect for the art. Its history programs that increase audiences and is a continuum, within which she has awareness of our art form while sharing avidly examined details of style and in Lyric’s artistic vision. Her range of technique in performances of those projects has been remarkable, from who have preceded her. ey have been serving as curator of Jimmy López’s Bel been an abiding influence and a source Canto (world premiere, 2015) to advocat- of considerable inspiration. At the time ing for the inclusion of great American that Renée’s career was taking off, she musical-theater works like those of received advice on coping with life as a , initiating diva from someone who had been there the relationship between Lyric and – her idol, . “You have e Second City, spearheading Lyric to tune out everything extraneous and Unlimited's Chicago Voices initiative, focus on one thing,” said Miss Price. and championing the Vocal Partnership Pointing to her own throat, she added, program (a joint program with several key “is is the only thing you need to community organizations). worry about. You can’t allow yourself Renée is in a class of her own as a As Hanna Glawari, heroine of to be distracted by the other things.” mentor to young artists, in whom she The Merry Widow, with Renée has taken those words exhibits an ongoing, fervent interest. emphatically to heart. Although she’s Serving as advisor to Lyric’s Ryan Opera omas Hampson as Danilo enjoyed the excitement of a career at Center, she regularly meets with the (2015/16). the absolute pinnacle of the profession, program’s ensemble members to discuss

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e Second City Guide to the Opera, which also featured Patrick Stewart (2012/13).

Gala concert with Sir Andrew Davis (2013/14). TODD ROSENBERG TODD

the business. Leading master classes, Renée brings to the fore her comprehensive knowledge of tech- nique, showing an uncanny, laser-like ability to zero in on the most crucial vocal issues. To watch her cajole, encourage, and persuade a singer to make particular changes, and then to hear the positive – even transformative – eff ect that those changes achieve in the singer’s performance, is both moving and exhilarating. Renée Fleming’s career will never rest on its laurels. She moves freely from opera to jazz, from Broadway roles to fi lm soundtracks. Her enthusi- asm for all styles of singing is infectious, exemplify- ing her immeasurable musical curiosity, and there will never be enough hours in the day to explore all As Countess Madeleine in Capriccio, with William Burden the vocal literature that interests her. In every as Flamand (2014/15). situation, onstage and off , she gives abundantly of her talent, her intelligence, her humanity. And wherever her travels take her, she demonstrates that this country has produced an artist who carries the banner of American singing to the heights.

Roger Pines, dramaturg of Lyric Opera of Chicago, has appeared annually on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts’ “Opera Quiz” for the past 12 years and contributes regularly to opera-related publications and recording companies internationally. He lectured last summer for the inaugural Teatro Nuovo bel canto opera festival at SUNY/Purchase, and has recently written for the fi rst time for both Wexford Festival Opera and New York’s Juilliard School.

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Program Notes

Mozart, e Marriage of Figaro, Overture; “Porgi amor” mountains to witness the Witches’ Sabbath. Witches and warlocks appear; Mefistofele demands obeisance as their king. ey present him with the e Marriage of Figaro, which opens with an irresistibly spirited overture, attributes of power and a symbol of the world, which he derides and then has its first moment of genuine melancholy at the opening of Act Two. destroys in his aria, one of the great showpieces in the Italian bass Alone in her boudoir, Countess Almaviva laments the loss of her repertoire. husband’s love. e aria she sings, one of the most exquisite pieces Mozart ever composed, presents a supreme test of legato control, combined with Verdi, Falsta, “Un coro e terminiam la scena….Tutto nel mondo è profoundly touching expressiveness. burla” Widely acknowledged as her generation’s premier interpreter of the Countess, Renée Fleming appeared in this signature role at Lyric during Verdi’s final work for the stage – atypically for him, a comedy (only the the 1997/98 season. second of his long career) – ends with a finale written in the form of a fugue. e old knight Sir John Falstaff has just been taught a lesson for Mozart, Così fan tutte, “Un aura amorosa” his amorous pursuit of Alice Ford and Meg Page. He leads everyone in declaring, “All the world’s a joke, and man is born a joker.” Two officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, accept a bet from Don Alfonso that their fiancées can’t remain faithful for 24 hours. When they are Dvořák, Rusalka, “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” wooed by the young men in disguise, Fiordiligi and Dorabella put up a brave front of resistance, leaving Ferrando and Guglielmo triumphant. e water nymph Rusalka feels irresistibly drawn to a prince who has After the young women leave, Ferrando – thinking of his beloved come to the lake to swim. She was invisible to him when she held him in Dorabella – pauses for a gentle reverie, singing one of the most dulcet of her arms. Now she is desperate to be a woman, so she can experience his all Mozart tenor arias. love. Although deeply distressed by Rusalka’s words, the water goblin Vodník advises her to seek the help of Ježibaba, the forest witch. Rusalka Verdi, I vespri siciliani, “O patria....O tu Palermo” then appeals to the moon, begging to know where her beloved may be. She sings the uniquely soulful “Song to the Moon,” which – thanks, Verdi’s 19th opera presents a fictional account of the rebellion that took above all, to the advocacy of Renée Fleming – has in recent decades place in Sicily in 1282. In the opera Giovanni da Procida, a fanatical become the most popular of all Slavic soprano arias. Sicilian patriot who had been exiled for his clandestine activities, has returned in secret to create an uprising against the French occupation. Gounod, Faust, “O sainte médaille….Avant de quitter ces lieux” Having arrived at a valley outside the city, he joyfully salutes his beloved homeland, singing one of the noblest and most stirring of all of Verdi’s A village fair is in progress. Joining the group of students and townspeople bass arias. is a soldier, Valentin, who holds a medallion his sister Marguerite has given Renée Fleming has appeared in two Verdi operas at Lyric: him for protection in battle. He prays that God will protect Marguerite in (2001/02) and La traviata (2007/08). his absence, singing an aria that, surprisingly, was added after the opera’s premiere, and solely as the composer Gounod’s favor to a great artist: Sir Puccini, Tosca, “Vissi d’arte” Charles Santley, who sang Valentin in English (“Avant de quitter ces lieux” became “Even bravest heart may swell”) for a London performance in 1864. A revolutionary, Mario Cavaradossi, has been apprehended by Baron Renée Fleming made her triumphant role debut as Marguerite at Scarpia and is to be shot at dawn. Scarpia lusts after Cavaradossi’s lover, Lyric during the 1995/96 season. the singer Floria Tosca. He has his price: a night with Tosca in exchange for Cavaradossi’s life. Hearing drums in the distance accompanying Massenet, aïs, “Méditation”; “Baigne d’eau mes mains” prisoners to execution, the bewildered Tosca addresses God. In her passionately heartfelt aria, she asks why her lifelong devotion to art and In fourth-century Alexandria, the monk Athanaël wishes to reform the courtesan aïs and offers her salvation. Believing only in the power of love should be so cruelly rewarded. love, she is perplexed that her words so infuriate him. He eventually Donizetti, La lle du régiment, “Ah, mes amis….Pour mon âme quel persuades her to follow him to a convent in the desert. ey reach an oasis destin” near the convent, where Athanaël realizes that aïs is exhausted. Once he brings her water and fruit, the two refresh themselves in the course of an As an orphan, Marie was adopted as the “daughter” of the 21st Regiment exquisitely intimate duet. and became their mascot. Now a delightful young woman, she saves the Renée Fleming sang the title role in her first staged performances life of a handsome young Tyrolean, Tonio, who falls in love with her. e of this opera at Lyric during the 2002/03 season. regiment’s sergeant, Sulpice, informs him that only a member of the 21st can marry Marie. e men are delighted when Tonio joins the 21st, and Offenbach, Les contes d’Homann, “Allez! Pour te livrer combat… his excitement expresses itself in this aria, famous for its nine high C’s. Scintille, diamant” In Venice, the poet Hoffmann becomes infatuated with Giulietta, a Boito, Mestofele, “Ecco il mondo” beautiful courtesan. Everyone at Giulietta’s party is invited by their e old philosopher Faust makes a bargain: he will have the devil hostess to the game room. Overheard by the magician Dapertutto, Mefistofele’s services on earth, on condition that their positions be Hoffmann lightly dismisses Nicklausse’s warning against falling in love reversed after Faust dies. Transformed into a handsome young man, Faust with Giulietta. Alone, Dapertutto gazes at a beautiful diamond and, in his woos the innocent Margherita. Later, Mefistofele urges Faust up the mesmerizing aria, resolves to use the jewel to ensnare Giulietta.

22 | March 23, 2019 PROGRAM NOTES|LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO DECCA/ANDREW ECCLES Floyd, Susannah, “Ain’t it a pretty night?” In the Tennessee village where she lives, Susannah Polk dances with a stranger, the itinerant preacher Rev. Olin Blitch. Later, outside her home, Susannah discusses the dance with her adoring friend, Little Bat McLean. Looking to the sky, she sings one of American opera’s most beloved arias, in which she reflects on the beauty of the evening and the valley, while also thinking about possibly leaving home one day to explore the world outside. Susannah was the acclaimed Lyric debut role of both Renée Fleming (1993/94, Lyric premiere) and Sondra Radvanovsky (2002/03).

Lehár, e Merry Widow, “Women, Women, Women” Count Danilo and Hanna Glawari are playing a cat-and- mouse game of romance in their relationship. Meanwhile, two amorous men-about-town, Cascada and St. Brioche, are each pursuing Hanna themselves. Led by Baron Zeta, these two – along with Danilo and Pontevedrian diplomats Bogdanowitsch, Koromow, and Pritschitsch – commiserate on how difficult women are. ey join in an ensemble that is one of the most captivating numbers in Lehár’s memorable score. Renée Fleming has starred at Lyric most recently as Hanna Glawari, heroine of e Merry Widow (2015/16).

Rodgers, Carousel, Act One, Waltz At the start of Carousel, as the orchestra plays a captivating waltz, we see a bustling amusement park onstage. It’s a May evening on the New England coast. Billy Bigelow, a barker for Mrs. Mullin’s carousel, meets an impressionable young mill worker, Julie Jordan. His attention to her arouses the anger of Mrs. Mullin, who drives Julie away from the park.

Rodgers and Hart, e Boys from Syracuse, “Sing for Your Supper” e most uproarious of all the Rodgers and Hart shows was one of the joys of the 1938/39 Broadway season. Surprisingly, the kings of musical theater took as their source a play of Shakespeare, e Comedy of Errors, treating it with both delicious wit and an irresistible aura of romance. e show boasted many hits, including the showstopping “Sing for Your Supper,” a trio sung by Adriana, the unhappy but practical wife; her wisecracking servant, Luce; and her romantic sister, Luciana.

Guettel, e Light in the Piazza, “Fable” In e Light in the Piazza Clara Johnson, a young woman from the American south, is vacationing with her mother Margaret in Florence. ere Clara falls in love with Fabrizio, a young Italian, who proposes to her. Margaret discourages the romance from the start and is reluctant to agree to the marriage; she has not told Fabrizio’s parents that her daughter has a developmental disability from a childhood injury. But in the soaring music of the show’s final song, confronting the truth of her own marital unhappiness, Margaret urges Clara to seize this chance for true love.

Rodgers and Hammerstein, Carousel, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” Desperate to make money to support his wife (who is expecting their child), Billy Bigelow involves himself in a shady theft scheme that results in tragedy. With prison a certainty for him, he stabs himself, and has only a moment with his wife Julie before he dies. Julie’s cousin, Nettie Fowler, comforts her, singing one of the most inspiring of all American songs. In the more than six decades since it was written, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” remains an anthem of hope all over the world.  Roger Pines

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

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

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Dan Novak Tenors Faculty Dawn Arnold Director Eric Ferring Julia Faulkner Sarah Ashley e Ryan Opera Center Richard O. Ryan, W. Stephen Smith Katie Klein E. Loren Meeker Board Endowed Chair Stepan Company, Voice Instruction Craig Terry Matthew Ozawa Cynthia Vahlkamp and e Robert and Ellen Marks Music Director Robert Kenyon Vocal Studies Program Endowed Acting and Movement Josh Lovell e Jannotta Family Chair in honor of Gianna Rolandi Instruction Endowed Chair Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Julia Faulkner Mario Rojas Marco Armiliato Orit Carpenter Director of Vocal Studies Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Deborah Birnbaum Performance Psychology Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Alice Coote Roger Pines Renée Fleming Sir Andrew Davis Guest Lecturer and Consultant Advisor Christopher Kenney Matthew A. Epstein Anonymous Donor Michael Fabiano Artistic/Production Personnel Ensemble & Sponsorship Ricardo José Rivera Renée Fleming Support Dr. David H. Whitney and Kyle Ketelsen Christopher Allen Sopranos Dr. Juliana Chyu, Gerald Martin Moore Andrew Grams Whitney Morrison Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Matthew Polenzani Conductors J. omas Hurvis Anne Sofie von Otter Emily Pogorelc Bass-Baritones Louisa Muller Alan Higgs Guest Master Artists Sally and Michael Feder, David Paul Heidi Heutel Bohn, Ms. Gay K. Stanek, William C. Billingham Directors Lawrence O. Corry, Ms. Jennifer L. Stone Dana Brown Peggy Stenger Ann Toomey Robert C. Marks Alan Darling David Weigel Bill Walters e Susan and Richard P. Laurann Gilley Lois B. Siegel, Stage Managers Kiphart Family, Celeste Rue Michael and Salme Harju Richard O. Ryan, Eric Weimer Steinberg, Robert S. Kuhn Richard W. Shepro and Pedro Yanez Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Lucy Lindquist Lindsay E. Roberts Coaching Staff Maureen Reilly Pianist Wardrobe Mezzo-soprano Madeline Slettedahl Julia Savoie Klein Kayleigh Decker Derek Matson Nancy Dehmlow, DeShawn Bowman e C. G. Pinnell Family Marina Vecci Loretta N. Julian, Sarah Hatten Alessandra Visconti Philip G. Lumpkin Wigs and Makeup Contralto Melissa Wittmeier Lauren Decker Foreign Language For more information, Anonymous Donor, Instruction visit: www.lyricopera.org/ Susan M. Miller, RyanOperaCenter ierer Family Foundation

eatre and Facilities

Front of House Managers Box Office Assistant Treasurers Sheila Matthews, Chuck Tucker John or Sandquist, Joseph Dunn

Food & Beverage Manager Restaurant Manager Geri LaGiglio David Adelsperger

Box Office Manager Usher Supervisors Gregg Brody Lena Reynolds-Sneed, Nate Tuttle

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