music by José “Pepe” Martínez libretto by Leonard Foglia LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Table of Contents TODD ROSENBERG TODD IN THIS ISSUE El Pasado Nunca Se Termina pp. 16 - 32 Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, the world’s first mariachi opera. 8 Board of Directors 50 Lyric Unlimited Contributors/Look To The Future 10 Women’s Board/Guild Board/Chapters’ Executive Board/ 51 Ryan Opera Center Contributors Ryan Opera Center Board 52 Annual Corporate Support/Matching Gift 12 Administration/Administrative Staff/Production and 54 Planned Giving: Technical Staff The Overture Society 16 Tonight's Opera 56 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 17 From the General Director 62 Commemorative Gifts 19 Cast for Preview Performances 63 Special Thanks/Acknowledgements 21 Cast for World Premiere 64 Facilities and Services/Theatre Staff 22 Cast Profiles 26 Opera Notes 28 A Backdrop of Revolution 34 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus 35 Ryan Opera Center/Lyric Unlimited/Education Corps/ Supernumeraries 36 Patron Salute 38 Aria Society 47 Breaking New Ground 48 60th Anniversary Gala Contributors 49 Major Contributors – Special Events and Project Support The appearance of Halley's Comet is an important sign in El Pasado Nunca Se Termina. 6 | MARCH 13 - MARCH 29, 2015 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Since 1991 www.performancemedia.us 3453 Commercial Avenue, Northbrook, IL 60062 Gail McGrath Publisher & President Sheldon Levin Publisher & Director of Finance A. 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Nothing may be reproduced in any manner with- Chicago, Illinois 60606 out written permission. © 2015 Performance Media & Gail McGrath & Associates, Inc. is a Woman Owned Business 8 | MARCH 13 - MARCH 29, 2015 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Board of Directors Life Directors W. James Farrell Ken Norgan Frank W. Considine Mark E. Ferguson Sharon F. Oberlander The Honorable Bruce Rauner Michael W. Ferro, Jr James W. Cozad * John W. Oleniczak Rick Fezell The Honorable Edgar Foster Daniels Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, M.D. Rahm Emanuel Russell W. Fisher Richard J. Franke * David T. Ormesher Honorary Chairmen * Renée Fleming Edgar D. Jannotta of the Board * Sonia Florian * William A. Osborn George E. Johnson * Anthony Freud Matthew J. Parr James W. Cozad Robert H. Malott Co-Chairman Emeritus † Gordon P. Getty Don M. Randel James J. O’Connor Ronald J. Gidwitz Anne N. Reyes Edgar D. Jannotta Gordon Segal * Ruth Ann M. Gillis Co-Chairman Emeritus J. Christopher Reyes Robert E. Wood II Brent W. Gledhill Thomas A. Reynolds III Allan B. Muchin Ethel Gofen † William C. Richardson, Ph.D. Co-Chairman Emeritus * Howard L. Gottlieb Directors Avrum Gray Collin E. Roche Richard P. Kiphart Katherine A. Abelson Melvin Gray Ricardo Rosenkranz Interim President and Chief * Whitney W. Addington Executive Officer/Chairman Maria C. Green Edward B. Rouse * James L. Alexander * Dietrich M. Gross Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. John P. Amboian Lester Crown Mary Pat Hay Chairman of the Paul F. Anderson * Shirley Welsh Ryan Carrie J. Hightman Executive Committee John F. Sandner Larry A. Barden Eric L. Hirschfield Anthony Freud * Julie Baskes * J. Thomas Hurvis Claudia M. Saran General Director and James N. Bay, Jr. Gregory K. Jones Rodd M. Schreiber Chief Operating Officer Melvin R. Berlin † Stephen A. Kaplan Jana R. Schreuder Sir Andrew Davis Sarah Billinghurst Kip Kelley II Marsha Serlin Gilda R. Buchbinder * Richard P. Kiphart Vice President * Brenda M. Shapiro Allan E. Bulley III * Nancy W. Knowles Renée Fleming * Eric S. Smith * Marion A. Cameron † Fred A. Krehbiel Vice President Pam Szokol * Paul J. Carbone * Josef Lakonishok Franco Tedeschi James L. Alexander David W. Carpenter † Robert W. Lane Vice President Mark A. Thierer Timothy L. Christen Richard A. Levy Robert A. Livingston Shirley Welsh Ryan Richard W. Colburn Cherryl T. Thomas * James W. Mabie Vice President Michael P. Cole * William C. Vance * Craig C. Martin William C. Vance Vinay Couto * Donna Van Eekeren Maura Ann McBreen Vice President * John V. Crowe Mark Wagner Robert J. McCullen * Lester Crown Roberta L. Washlow Donna Van Eekeren Blythe J. McGarvie Marsha Cruzan Secretary Andrew J. McKenna Miles D. White * Andrew Davis Frank B. Modruson Paul J. Carbone † Gerald Dorros Treasurer Robert S. Morrison William Mason Ann M. Drake * Allan B. Muchin General Director Emeritus Brent Fisher John D. Edelman Linda K. Myers Assistant Treasurer Stefan T. Edlis Jeffrey C. Neal * Indicates member of the Mary Ladish Selander Sheri Eichelberger Sylvia Neil Executive Committee Assistant Secretary Lois Eisen † John D. Nichols † Indicates National Director 10 | MARCH 13 - MARCH 29, 2015 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO Women’s Board Life Members Chapters’ Executive Board Lake Geneva † Mimi Mitchell Paula Hannaway Crown † Mrs. Sherie Shapiro President Ray Ring President * Mrs. A. Campbell de Frise † Mrs. Peggy Beata Near North † Margot Stone Bowen * Jane Duboise Gargiulo Vice President – Development Mrs. Mary Lunz Houston Vice President of Board Activities Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker † Mrs. Carla Thorpe Northfield † Mrs. Michael Ferro Mrs. Gordon Segal Vice President – Education Awareness Ms. Margareta Brown Vice President of Education * Former President † Ms. Susan M. Miller Northwest † Rebecca Walker Knight † Executive Committee Vice President – Membership Ms. Dorothy Kuechl Vice President of Fundraising † Ms. Vee Minarich Riverside † Corinne Wood Guild Board of Directors † Oscar Tatosian President Vice President – Program Rick Greenman Vice President of Special Events Kathleen E. Manning † Ms. Agnes Canning Treasurer Wilmette Vice President – Backstage Tours † Rick Greenman Secretary Mrs. Nancy R. Fifield Trisha Rooney Alden Craig R. Milkint Ms. Judith A. Akers Winnetka Mrs. Anthony A. Antoniou Vice President – Membership Ms. Marlene R. Boncosky Mrs. Julie McDowell Suzette B. Bulley † Ms. Julie Ann Benson Mrs. Robert C. DeBolt Marie Campbell Vice President – Fundraising Ms. Ingrid Dubberke The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Mamie Biggs Case † Michael Tirpak Secretary * Jonathon Eklund Ryan Opera Center Board Mrs. Alger B. Chapman, Jr. † Edmund H. Lester Treasurer Joseph Ender † Elizabeth O’Connor Cole Ms. Erika Erich of Directors Maggie Rock Adams Susan Kiphart President Mrs. Nancy Carrington Crown Ms. Allison Alexander Ms. Nancy R. Fifield Janet Burch Vice President * Mrs. Lester Crown Ms. Lorraine Marie Arbetter Ms. Margie Franklin * Mrs. Richard W. Durkes Leslie Bertholdt Ms. Aida Guidice John Nitschke Vice President * Mrs. W. James Farrell *†Patrick J. Bitterman Dennis C. Hayes Joan Zajtchuk Vice President Mrs. Matthew A. Fisher Minka Bosco Mrs. Mary Lunz Houston Debbie K. Wright Treasurer Regan Friedmann Terese Marie Connolly Virginia Jach Brent Fisher Assistant Treasurer Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Frank de Vincentis * Ms. Dorothy Kuechl Richard W. Shepro Secretary Ms. Lili Gaubin Eben Dorros Ms. Kate Letarte Dan Novak Assistant Secretary † Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz Mrs. Amanda Fox Craig Love Keith Kiley Goldstein Laurie Jaffe David Nellemann * Katherine A. Abelson Mrs. William B. Graham G. Louise Johnson Ms. Claudia Winkler Nicole M. Arnold Mrs. Annemarie H. Gramm Mark Kozloff, M.D. * Julie Baskes Karen Z. Gray Sustaining Members Marc Lacher Marcus Boggs Mrs. King Harris * Ms. Julie Ann Benson Mrs. Daria M. Lewicky Heidi Heutel Bohn Mrs. Julian W. Harvey Mrs. William Hamilton Jonathan B. Lewis, Sr. Tanja Chevalier † Caroline T. Huebner Ms. Kathleen E. Manning * Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu Lawrence O. Corry Elinor Addington Jannotta Daniel T. Manoogian Lester Marriner Mrs. Philip E. Kelley * Ms. Martina M. Mead * Mrs. Michael Oberman Mrs. James W. Cozad Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel Kimberly Palmisano * Ms. Jennie M. Righeimer * Allan Drebin Susan Lenny Jeffrey Port, M.D. Howard Robins Lafayette J. Ford Mrs. Arthur C. Martinez Ms. Christina M. Rashid Mrs. Karl Stein Anthony Freud * Mrs. Richard P. Mayer Mary Lynne Shafer Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tiersky Melvin Gray Mrs. Florence D. McMillan † Ms. Joan M. Solbeck Mrs. Dorothy V. Wadley Anne Gross Alison Wehman McNally James A. Staples Mrs. Thomas D. Heath Mrs. Christopher C. Milliken Kathryn Sullivan Life Members Mary Ellen Hennessy Mrs. Robert S. Morrison Ms. Cathy Wloch * Mrs. Anthony Antoniou Chester T. Kamin Mrs. Christopher Murphy Ms. Anne Zenzer * Mrs. J William Cuncannan * Kip Kelley Mrs. Susan B. Noyes Mr. Roy Fisher Sustaining Members Phillip G. Lumpkin * Mrs. James J. O’Connor Mrs. Herbert A. Glieberman Jeanne Randall Malkin Mrs. John H. Andersen * Mrs. Donald Grauer * Mrs. Paul W. Oliver, Jr. Robert C. Marks Mrs. William A. Osborn * Mrs. Gustavo A. Bermudez Mrs. Patrick R. Grogan Mrs. Avrum H. Dannen Erma S. Medgyesy Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman * Mrs. Merwyn Kind * Robert F. Finke Frank B. Modruson Mrs. Frederick H. Prince * Mrs. Jonathon R. Laing Mrs. William R. Jentes Mrs. James C. Pritchard Mrs. Frank M. Lieber William J. Neiman Chester T. Kamin M.K. Pritzker * Mrs. Howard S. Smith Susan Noel * Kip Kelley *†Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes * Mrs. William C. Tippens Michael A. Oberman John M. Kohlmeier Mrs. John M. Richman Jane DiRenzo Pigott Mrs. Robert E. Largay * Mrs. Eugene E. White Mrs. Glo Rolighed Orli Staley James G. McCormick Chapter Presidents * William C. Vance Betsy Bergman Rosenfield † Ms. Britt M. Miller Barrington Donna Van Eekeren * Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan * John H. Nelson † Mrs. James L. Sandner Ms. Marlene Boncosky Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. Ms. Lisbeth Stiffel Evanston Nancy Santi R. Todd Vieregg Mrs. Richard H. Wehman Nancy S.