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

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

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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 Deputy General Director John D. and Alexandra C. Nichols Endowed Chair

Roberta Lane Mary Ladish Selander Chief Financial Officer Director of Development

Cayenne Harris Elizabeth Landon Nicholas Ivor Martin Lyric Unlimited Director Director of Human Resources Director of Operations and Special Initiatives

Andreas Melinat Lisa Middleton Dan Novak Director of Artistic Planning Director of Marketing Director, Ryan Opera Center The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair

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

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL Sarah Kull FINANCE LYRIC UNLIMITED DIRECTOR Associate Director of Foundation Roberta Lane Cayenne Harris Anthony Freud and Government Partnerships Chief Financial Officer Lyric Unlimited Director General Director, President & CEO Aaron Andersen Mark Riggleman The Women’s Board Endowed Chair Rachel Peterson Deputy Director, Budgeting Director of Education Linda Nguyen Irvin Administrative Coordinator – and Forecasting Chapters’ Endowed Chair for Education Manager, Office of Planned and Individual Giving Whitney Bercek Alejandra Boyer the General Director Pavitra Ramachandran Controller Director of Community Programs Luke Duroc-Danner Coordinator of Institutional Nancy Ko Will Biby Assistant to the Office of the Partnerships Accounting Manager Audience Education Manager General Director Teresa Hogan Todd Snead Kate Later Senior Staff Accountant School Engagement Manager OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY Director of Women’s Board Leslie Horn Dana McGarr GENERAL DIRECTOR Deborah Hare Payroll Associate Lyric Unlimited Coordinator Drew Landmesser Assistant Director of Donor Services Kirsten Alfredsen Drew Smith Deputy General Director and Special Events Payroll Accounting Assistant Education Coordinator Sarah Generes Chelsea Southwood LeVora Martin Jacob Stanton Producer of Classical Associate Director – Women’s Board Accounts Payable Coordinator Assistant to the Lyric Unlimited Director and Crossover Programming Leah Bobbey Dan Seekman Women’s Board Administrative Assistant Staff Accountant MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ARTISTIC Justin Berkowitz Lupe Juarez Andreas Melinat Women’s Board Assistant Manager of Payroll and Human Lisa Middleton Director of Artistic Planning Resource Information System Director of Marketing Cory Lippiello Amy Tinucci Deputy Director of Artistic Planning Director of Systems, Reporting, HUMAN RESOURCES Holly H. Gilson Evamaria Wieser and Donor Records Elizabeth Landon Deputy Director of Communications Casting Consultant Ellen Barkenbush Director of Human Resources Roger Pines Dramaturg DEVELOPMENT Director – Individual Giving Tiffany Tuckett and Chapters Talent Manager, Administrative Staff Magda Krance Mary Ladish Selander Manager of Media Relations Director of Development Scott Podraza Stephanie Strong Associate Director of Annual Giving Benefits Manager Andrew Cioffi Zachary Vanderburg Digital Content Producer Assistant to the Director of Development Michelle Neuffer Anna VanDeKerchove Manager of Donor Communications Office Coordinator Kamaria Morris Kate Bollier PR Specialist Development Associate Hanna Pristave Manager of Operations and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Data Analytics Will Raj Tracy Galligher Young Lawrence DelPilar Deputy Director of Marketing Deputy Director of Development Sarah Geocaris Director of Information Technology Development Coordinator – Chapters Eric Hayes Jennifer Colgan Jonathan P. Siner Senior Manager of Sales and Marketing Senior Director of Planned Giving Meghan Pioli IT Operations Manager Development Coordinator Laura E. Burgos Lynn Bennett Rita Parida – Donor Stewardship Database Administrator Manager of Audience Development Associate Director of Planned and and Customer Experience Major Giving Stephanie Lillie Nikoleta Aranassova Senior Coordinator – Donor Records Systems Administrator Elizabeth Finch Kristin Atchison Lyric Unlimited Marketing Manager Director of Major Gifts and Reporting Christina Bledsoe Amanda Ramsey Systems Analyst Joel Friend Meaghan Stainback Group Sales Manager Associate Director of Individual Giving Research Coordinator Miles Mabry Andrea Rubens Technology Support Coordinator Jocelyn Park Daniel P. Moss Creative Project Manager Director of Institutional Partnerships Development Coordinator Nicole Sankowski – Guild Board and Young Professionals Web Content Administrator Carrie Krol Jenny Seidelman Graphic Designer Associate Director of Keyana Marshall Corporate Partnerships Donor Records and Reporting Assistant

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Valerie Bromann Katrina Bachus Jeffrey Streichhirsch Michael Buerger Digital Marketing Specialist Daniel Ellis Automation Assistant Joseph Collins Michael Musick Jodi Gage Kevin Gac Chris Barker Web and E-Marketing Specialist Elise Sandell Gordon Granger Matt Reilly Sam Fain David Toulson Joe Mathesius Rigging/Automation Assistants Group Sales Associate Assistant Directors John Miulli Robert Barros Michael O’Donnell, Jr. Lindsey Raker John W. Coleman Shop Carpenter Properties Marketing Associate, Special Programs Chelsea Antrim Dennis Brian Grenda Margaret Stoltz Rachel A. Tobias Layout Carpenter Brian Traynor Marketing Associate, Stage Managers Advertising & Promotions Drew Trusk Charge Artist Stefany Phillips Kristen Barrett Shop Welder Tim Morrison Marketing and Public Relations Eric Nathan Brady Bruce Woodruff Michael Murtagh Coordinator Jordan Braun Layout Welder Scenic Artists Amanda Reitenbach Donald Claxon Richard “Doc” Wren Social Media Coordinator Rachel Henneberry Warehouse Coordinator Scott Marr Daniel Sokalski Production Design Director Dan DiBennardi Peggy Stenger Kristi Wood Ticket Department Justin Hull Amy Thompson Costume Project Coordinator Susan Harrison Niemi Ryan McGovern Bill Walters Deputy Director of Audience Services Assistant Carpenters Maureen Reilly Sandra Zamora Alex Chatziapostolou (Demas) Costume Director Assistant Stage Managers Sales Manager Dan Donahue The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Robert Hull, Jr. Laura Waters Ben Bell Bern Endowed Chair Customer Service and Call Center Rehearsal Scheduler John Ingersol Lucy Lindquist Ray Schmitz Manager Josie Campbell Wardrobe Mistress Carpenters Kelly Cronin Artistic Services Coordinator Bradley Baker VIP and Inventory Associate Marina Vecci Chris Maravich Jessica Doan John Renfroe Rehearsal Associate Lighting Director Kate Keefe Associate – Ticketing Isabella Czyrnyj Mary-Louis and James S. Aagaard Cecylia Kinder Jeremiah Smith Emma Andelson Endowed Chair Krystina Lowe Christine Wagner Sebastian Armendariz Heather Sparling Kathy Rubel Rehearsal Assistants Donna Barbonas Eric Watkins Toni Rubino Beam PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS Assistant Lighting Designers Joanna Rzepka Katy Beddingfield Rich Regan Marguerite Scott Michael C. Reynolds Sharai Bohannon General Manager – Presentations Ewa Szylak Master Electrician Katie Burnham and Events Barbara Szyllo Meghan Folkerts Soren Ersbak Maggie Zabieowski Nora O’Malley Board Operator Leigh Folta Facility Operations Manager Wardrobe Staff Katie Galliart Sharon Lomasney John Clarke, Jr. Jennifer Gosack Scott Barker Presentations and Events Joseph Haack Kelly Davis Hillary Grobe Manager and Producer Michael A. Manfrin Martin Hughes Kim Kostera Leslie MacLean Robert Reynolds Anna Krysik Erin Johnson Facilities Coordinator Assistant Electricians Aleksa Kuzma Ed Mack Eleanor Sanchez Wendy McCay Steve Landsman Presentations and Events Coordinator Anthony Coia Katelyn Lee Jason Combs John Salyers Stephen Dunford Isaac Turner Marisa Lerman Chief Engineer Gary Grenda Megan Ott Thomas Hull Chris Valente Gregg Brody Roger Weir LaRob Payton Box Office Manager Daniel Kuh Jeremy Thomas Dressers Karlos Pinero-Mercado Bernard McNeela Electricians Will Roberts Engineer Kevin Reynolds Sarah Hatten Alex Romero Briette Madrid Surtitle Operator Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Angela Sheppard Stage Door Supervisor Megan St. John Designer Endowed Chair Nathan Tuttle Kathleen A. Evans Lani Stait Facilities Porter Joe Schofield Adam Stubitsch Head Audio/Visual Technician Department Coordinator Ivo Suarez TECHNICAL Nick Charlan Brittany Crinson Mary Kate vom Lehn Michael Smallwood Matt Ebel Chantelle Marie Johnson Claire Watkins Technical Director Audio/Visual Robert Kuper Toby Wright Allan and Elaine Muchin Lynn Koroulis Ticket Staff Endowed Chair Maria DeFabo Claire Moores April Busch Properties and Scenic Art Director Staff OPERATIONS Production Manager Charles Reilly Nicholas Ivor Martin Michael Schoenig Brook Carlson Property Master Director of Operations and Special Initiatives Technical Finance Manager Lauren Cecil Michael McPartlin Stephanie Karr Madeleine Borg Toywa Curington Properties Crew Head Director of Music Administration Production Manager – Lyric Anelle Eorio Phil Marcotte Tabitha Boorsma Unlimited/Ryan Opera Center June Gearon Prop Carpenter Administrative Coordinator – Operations David Grant Bob Ladd Wendy Skoczen Scott Wolfson Briette Madrid Armorer Chief Librarian Assistant Technical Director Helen Marchfield Rachel Boultinghouse Gretchen Eng Stephen Snyder Lauren Marchfield Upholsterer Music Administration Associate Technical Coordinator Nelson Posada Thomas Coleman, Jr. Jada Richardson Joe Dockweiler Production and Rehearsal Staff Robert Hartge Anita Trojanowski Master Carpenter Cameron Arens Richard Tyriver Daria Wright Mike Reilly Director of Rehearsal Administration Assistant Properties Wig and Makeup Crew Head Flyman/Automation

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PROGRAM

Giuseppe Verdi La traviata, Act Two In order of vocal appearance: (1813-1901) MICHAEL SPYRES (Alfredo Germont) LAUREN DECKER (Annina) AILYN PÉREZ (Violetta Valéry) ALEC CARLSON (Giuseppe) PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Giorgio Germont) EMMETT O’HANLON (Messenger) ANNIE ROSEN (Flora Bervoix) TAKAOKI ONISHI (Marquis d’Obigny) PATRICK GUETTI (Dr. Grenvil) MINGJIE LEI (Gastone de Letorières) BRADLEY SMOAK (Baron Douphol) MATTHEW CARROLL (Flora’s Servant)

Intermission

Verdi , Overture

Verdi Simon Boccanegra, Act One, PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Simon Boccanegra) “Dinne perchè…Orfanella AILYN PÉREZ (Amelia) il tetto umile”

Charles Gounod Faust, Act Three, “Salut, demeure” MICHAEL SPYRES (Faust) (1818-1893)

Umberto Giordano Andrea Chénier, Act Three, PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Carlo Gérard) (1867-1948) “Nemico della patria”

Francesco Cilea , Act One, AILYN PÉREZ (Adriana) (1866-1950) “Io son l’umile ancella”

Georges Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles, “Au fond MICHAEL SPYRES (Nadir) (1838-1875) du temple saint” PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Zurga)

Gioachino Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act Two, MICHAEL SPYRES (Count Almaviva) (1792-1868) “Zitti, zitti, piano, piano” AILYN PÉREZ (Rosina) PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Figaro)

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Plácido Domingo at Lyric Opera of Chicago

1968 Des Grieux/Manon Lescaut 1976 Title role/Les contes d’Hoffmann 1979 Title role/Andrea Chénier 1982 Mario Cavaradossi/ 1984 Don José/Carmen 1985 Plácido Domingo in Concert Title role/ 1986-87 Edgardo/Lucia di Lammermoor 1989-90 Samson/Samson et Dalila 1990-91 Dick Johnson/La fanciulla del West 1992-93 Rodrigue/Le Cid (in concert) 1994-95 Count Loris Ipanov/Fedora 1996-97 Ardis Krainik Gala Celebration 1997-98 Title role/Idomeneo 2004-05 Siegmund/Die Walküre 2015-16 Concert with Ana María Martínez

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Clockwise from opposite upper left: Manon Lescaut (with Renata Febaldi); Les contes d’Hoffmann; Andrea Chénier; Carmen; Otello (with ); Lucia di Lammermoor (with June Anderson); curtain call after Samson et Dalila; La fanciulla del West (with Marilyn Zschau); Le Cid in concert (with Isabelle Vernet); Fedora (with ); Idomeneo; Die Walküre (with Michelle DeYoung); concert (with Ana María Martínez).

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PLÁCIDO DOMINGO AILYN PÉREZ (, Lyon, La Coruña), Handel’s Il trionfo (Giorgio Germont) (Violetta Valery) del tempo e del disinganno (Aix-en-Provence), Previously at Lyric: Lyric debut and Carmen (Paris). Highly praised in many Concert with Ana María of the most demanding roles, Martínez and Sir Andrew An in-demand performer Spyres has triumphed in rarely encountered Davis (2015-16); 13 roles in major opera houses works such as Bellini’s Beatrice di Tenda since 1968, most recently internationally, the (Carnegie Hall), Auber’s La muette de Portici Siegmund/Die Walküre American lyric (Paris, Bari), Meyerbeer’s (New (2004-05); title role/Idomeneo (1997-98); returns to the this York’s SummerScape Festival), and Berlioz’s Loris Ipanov/Fedora (1994-95). season as Mimì/La bohème, a role she has Benvenuto Cellini (London’s English National won acclaim for in , Zurich, and Los Opera). Other important engagements in A world-renowned, multifaceted artist, Angeles. Other current season highlights are Rossini repertoire include Guillaume Tell Plácido Domingo is recognized as one of the Giulietta/I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Ópera de (Bologna, Caramoor Festival, ), finest and most influential singing actors in Oviedo, and Violetta/La traviata at the Berlin La Cenerentola (Bologna), La donna del lago the history of opera, as well as a conductor and State Opera and . Pérez previously (La Scala, Covent Garden, Pesaro), and a major force as an opera administrator in his made her triumphant debut at the Met as many more. Among the tenor’s recordings role as Eli and Edythe Broad General Director Micaëla/Carmen. In addition to portraying are Les contes d’Hoffmann (DVD, Barcelona), of LA Opera. His repertoire encompasses Verdi’s Violetta in Barcelona, London, San Aureliano in Palmira (DVD, Rossini Opera 147 roles, a number unmatched by any other Francisco, Munich, and Hamburg, her Festival), and a solo album, “A Fool For Love.” tenor, with nearly 3,700 career performances. extensive Italian repertoire includes Norina/ His more than 100 recordings of complete Don Pasquale (Barcelona), Desdemona/Otello ANNIE ROSEN , compilations of arias and duets and (Houston , debut), Adina/L’elisir (Flora Bervoix) crossover discs have earned him 13 Grammy d’amore (, Washington, DC), and Previously at Lyric: Four Awards, including four Latin Grammys, and Alice Ford/Falstaff (Glyndebourne). In 2015 roles since 2015-16, most he has made more than 50 music videos she created the role of Tatyana Bakst/Jake recently Second Lady/The and won two Emmy Awards. In addition Heggie’s Great Scott (world premiere) with Magic Flute, Ascanius/Les to three feature opera films – Carmen, La the Dallas Opera before returning to Dallas Troyens, Wellgunde/Das traviata, and Otello – he voiced the role of to sing the title role/Manon. The winner of Rheingold (all 2016-17). Monte in Beverly Hills Chihuahua, played the 2016 Beverly Sills Award and the 2017 himself on The Simpsons, and his telecast Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Pérez is known The mezzo-soprano, a native of New Haven, of Tosca from was seen by more than to Chicago audiences for her portrayals of Connecticut, is a second-year Ryan Opera one billion people in 117 countries. In 1990, Mozart’s Countess Almaviva/The Marriage Center member. She joined the Metropolitan he and his colleagues, José Carreras and the of Figaro and Pamina/The Magic Flute at Opera roster during the 2013-14 season for late , formed The Three Ravinia. She sang opposite Plácido Domingo Die Frau ohne Schatten before returning to , triumphing worldwide and attracting in gala concerts at House the apprentice program of The Santa Fe millions of new fans to opera. Domingo has and in a concert performance of La bohème at Opera. Rosen has appeared at the Caramoor conducted more than 500 opera performances the Salzburg Festival. Festival and as an emerging artist with and symphonic concerts with the Metropolitan the New York Festival of Song. The 2012 Opera, Covent Garden, , MICHAEL SPYRES recipient of the Opera Foundation’s American LA Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, (Alfredo Germont) Berlin Scholarship, she performed 12 roles Vienna Philharmonic, Montréal Symphony Previously at Lyric: at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (among them Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Camille de Rosillon/The Mercédès/Carmen and Flora/La traviata). London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Merry Widow (2015-16); She holds awards from the Gerda Lissner Philharmonic, and Berlin Philharmonic. In Alfred/Die Fledermaus Foundation, The Santa Fe Opera, Central 2008, he appeared in the closing ceremony (2013-14). City Opera, the Connecticut Opera Guild, of the Beijing Olympics, performing for an and the Shoshana Foundation. Annie Rosen is estimated television audience of almost two One of his generation’s most celebrated sponsored by Friends of Oliver Dragon. billion people worldwide. That same year he tenors internationally, the Missouri native celebrated the 40th anniversary of his debut at appears this season in the title roles/Les LAUREN DECKER the Metropolitan Opera. He has opened the contes d’Hoffmann (Munich Opera Festival), (Annina) Met season a record-setting 21 times; in 1999 Haydn’s Orlando paladino (Zurich Opera Previously at Lyric: he surpassed ’s record of 17 House), and Mitridate, re di Ponto (Royal Third Lady/The Magic Met opening nights. This season, in addition Opera House, Covent Garden). The latter Flute (2016-17). to conducting several international opera role has previously earned Spyres acclaim at performances, Domingo portrays the title the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie () The contralto, a first- role/Macbeth in Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Los and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. year Ryan Opera Center Angeles, and Beijing; Giorgio Germont/La Other recent successes include the title role/ member, recently received the Encouragement traviata in New York, Munich, and Valencia; (Tokyo Symphony Award at the Upper Midwest Regional and Rodrigo/Don Carlo in Vienna. Orchestra, Opéra de Bordeaux, National Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Philharmonic of Warsaw), Rossini’s Council Auditions. Decker holds a B.F.A.

MARCH 9, 2017 | 17 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO degree from the University of Wisconsin- Onishi’s appearances included the title seasons include the Nightwatchman/Die Milwaukee and has been heard in opera role/Eugene Onegin, Count Almaviva/The Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Glyndebourne), scenes with Milwaukee’s Kalliope Vocal Marriage of Figaro, and Sir Peter Maxwell the Fifth Jew/Salome (The Dallas Opera), and Arts and as Sally/Barber’s A Hand of Bridge Davies’s Kommilitonen! (U.S. premiere). In José Tripaldi/’s Ainadamar at the Up North Vocal Institute. She has 2014 he created the role of The Man/Marty (Opera Philadelphia). Guetti is a former trained at the Institute for Young Dramatic Regan’s The Memory Stoneworld premiere apprentice artist at The Santa Fe Opera, Voices and at the American Wagner Project, (Houston Grand Opera’s East+West program). where he appeared in Carmen, Fidelio, and Washington, D.C. Decker took third place in Onishi has participated in the Aspen Music Theodore Morrison’sOscar (world premiere). the Senior Women Division of the Wisconsin Festival and School, Saito Kinen Festival, His numerous awards include a 2014 Sara National Association of Teachers of Singing and Internationale Meistersinger Akademie. Tucker Grant and first prize in the Premio Competition (2011). Lauren Decker is Takaoki Onishi is sponsored by the Renée Verdi competition. Patrick Guetti is sponsored sponsored by an Anonymous Donor and the Fleming Foundation and the International by The C. G. Pinnell Family. Thierer Family Foundation. Foundation for Arts and Culture. ALEC CARLSON MINGJIE LEI BRADLEY SMOAK (Giuseppe) (Gastone de Letorières) (Baron Douphol) Previously at Lyric: Previously at Lyric: Previously at Lyric: Four roles since 2015-16, Four roles since 2015- Ten roles since 2014-15, most recently Lillas Pastia/ 16, most recently most recently Zuniga/ Carmen, First Priest/The Remendado/Carmen, Carmen, Bandit Chief/ Magic Flute, Juan/Don Iopas/ (both Don Quichotte, Ghost Quichotte (all 2016-17). 2016-17); Benvolio/ of Hector/Les Troyens Roméo et Juliette (2015-16). (all 2016-17). The Red Oak, Iowa, native and second- year Ryan Opera Center member is an The Chinese tenor, a second-year Ryan Opera A North Carolina native and a third-year Ryan alumnus of University of Cincinnati College- Center member, spent much of the summer Opera Center member, the bass-baritone has Conservatory of Music, where he portrayed participating in the Salzburg Festival’s Young been heard with many companies nationwide, Ferrando/Così fan tutte and Ernesto/Don Singers Project. Lei is an alumnus of the with particular success at Opera Theatre of Pasquale, as well as the Royal Herald/ Curtis Institute of Music and the Manhattan Saint Louis (Colline/La bohème, King of (concert performance) and the School of Music, and has appeared as tenor Hearts/Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland tenor solos/Bach’s St. John Passion (staged soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Carnegie Hall) – U.S. premiere, Pirate King/The Pirates of production). A 2014 apprentice artist at The and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella (Music Academy Penzance, Masetto/Don Giovanni, Antonio/ Santa Fe Opera, Carlson has participated in of the West), Jupiter/Semele (Schwabacher , Second Soldier/ Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Summer Concert, ’s Salome). Smoak has appeared in concert with Academy and the Wolf Trap Opera young Merola Program), Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (L’enfant et artist program. He won the 2014 Seybold- (Banff Centre Opera), and Aeneas/Dido and les sortilèges, Pelléas et Mélisande) and onstage Russell Award in the UCC-CM Opera Aeneas (Beijing’s Central Conservatory of with such companies as Boston Lyric Opera Competition and received an Encouragement Music). He has received awards from the (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Palm Beach Opera Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Gerda Lissner Foundation, Opera Index, Inc., (Otello, Don Giovanni, Carmen), Sarasota Council District Auditions. Alec Carlson in Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Giulio Opera (La bohème, The Crucible), and Opera sponsored by Stepan Company. Gari Foundation, and the Mario Lanza Omaha (Carmen, The Magic Flute, Fidelio). Institute. Mingjie Lei is sponsored by Maurice Bradley Smoak is sponsored by The Elizabeth EMMETT O’HANLON J. and Patricia Frank. F. Cheney Foundation. (Messenger) Previously at Lyric: TAKAOKI ONISHI PATRICK GUETTI Dancaïre/Carmen, Second (Marquis d’Obigny) (Dr. Grenvil) Priest/The Magic Flute, Previously at Lyric: Six Previously at Lyric: Four Second Servant/Don roles since 2015-16, most roles since 2015-16, most Quichotte (all 2016-17). recently Captain/Eugene recently Zaretsky/Eugene Onegin, Moralès/Carmen, Onegin, Second Armed The New York native, a first-year Ryan First Servant/Don Man/The Magic Flute, Opera Center member, earned a master of Quichotte (all 2016-17). Greek Captain/Les Troyens music degree from The Juilliard School and a (all 2016-17). bachelor of music degree from the University A second-year Ryan Opera Center member, of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of the Japanese baritone has received top awards The second-year Ryan Opera Center bass Music. In a workshop recently produced from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Opera and New Jersey native was first-place winner by the Metropolitan Opera, O’Hanlon sang Index, Inc., the Licia Albanese-Puccini of the 2015 Gerda Lissner Foundation the Soldier/Scott Wheeler’s The Sorrows of International Vocal Competition, the Giulio Competition and grand-prize winner of the Frederick the Great. His concert activities have Gari Foundation, and the IFAC-Juilliard 2014 Metropolitan Opera National Council included Bach cantatas and Fauré’s , Prize Competition in Japan. At Julliard, Auditions. Highlights of Guetti’s recent all with St. Thomas Episcopal Church

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(Cincinnati). A prize-winner in the Altamura/ He also appears onscreen as an actor in his New York directorial debut writing, Caruso, Gerda Lissner, Opera Index, Inc., ’s film Callas Forever (with directing, choreographing, and producing Palm Beach Opera, and Dayton Opera Jeremy Irons and Fanny Ardant), in which he Bound Shadow. competitions, O’Hanlon is also a principal recreates his real-life role from years earlier as vocalist with the internationally celebrated Callas’s accompanist. MICHAEL BLACK Irish singing group Celtic Thunder. Emmett (Chorus Master) O’Hanlon is sponsored by Lois B. Siegel and MATTHEW OZAWA Previously at Lyric: Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk. (Director) Chorus master since 2013- Previously at Lyric: 14; interim chorus master, EUGENE KOHN Don Quichotte (2016-17); 2011-12. Lyric debut Nabucco (2015-16). As chorus master from 2001 to 2013 at Opera Australia Immersed in opera The American director’s in Sydney, Black prepared the OA chorus from an early age, the most recent acclaimed for more than 90 operas and many concert American conductor productions include Florian Gassman’s works. He began at the company as a rehearsal began by accompanying L’Opera Seria (Wolf Trap Opera, American pianist and progressed to assistant chorus the vocal classes of premiere), Emmerich Kálmán’s Arizona master and children’s chorus master, before Giovanni Martinelli and Maria Jeritza, Lady (Arizona Opera, American premiere), his appointment as chorus master. He has quickly graduating to public performance Matthew Aucoin’s Second Nature (Lyric served in that capacity for such distinguished as pianist for , Giuseppe Di Opera’s Lyric Unlimited, world premiere), organizations as the Edinburgh International Stefano, , , and Somtow Sucharitkul’s The Snow Dragon Festival, Opera Holland Park (London), and, the young Luciano Pavarotti. Kohn studied (Skylight Music Theatre world premiere, also in Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducting with Fausto Cleva and Erich Opera Siam), and A Little Night Music, David (including Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, led by Leinsdorf, and debuted at the Metropolitan Hanlon’s After The Storm, and Marty Regan’s Vladimir Ashkenazy), and Philharmonia Opera in 1980 with La Gioconda. Several The Memory Stone (Houston Grand Opera, Choir, Motet Choir, and Cantillation chamber subsequent engagements there were followed the latter two world premieres). A Little choir. His recent activities include preparing by debuts in Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin, Night Music will mark Ozawa’s Des Moines The Damnation of Faust chorus, continuing his Barcelona, Rome, and Paris. He served four Metro Opera debut this summer. Other 2016- association with the Grant Park Music Festival. years as principal guest conductor at the 17 projects include Romeo and Juliet (The As one of Australia’s most prominent vocal accompanists, Black has regularly performed Bonn Opera, where he led productions of Minnesota Opera) and Madama Butterfly for broadcasts and recordings (he has been The Flying Dutchman, , (Arizona Opera). In the fall of 2017, he makes heard numerous times in Australian Broadcast The Magic Flute, and Fidelio, among other his Opera Colorado debut in Puccini’s iconic Corporation programs), and has served as works; and eight years as music director of La bohème. Further directing credits include chorus master on four continents. His work the Puerto Rico Symphony. In recent seasons Hand Eye for eighth blackbird (Carnegie has been recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, Kohn has performed hundreds of operatic Hall/MCA), the world premiere of Tsuru PBS, and for many HD productions in movie concerts with many of today’s top artists, (Houston Ballet), and a new production of Les theaters as well as on television. He has also including Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Mamelles de Tirésias/Le Pauvre Matelot (Wolf been a lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium and . 2017 Trap Opera). As an associate and assistant of Music, of which he is an alumnus. Black marks his 31st year as music director for director, Ozawa has worked at the major holds a master’s degree in musicology from concerts worldwide with Plácido Domingo, opera companies of Toronto, Chicago, San the University of New South Wales. Michael and their collaboration is well documented Francisco, Santa Fe, and St. Louis, as well as Black is the Howard A. Stotler Chorus Master on numerous DVD and CD releases. Kohn off-Broadway and at the Oregon Shakespeare Endowed Chair. has recorded for EMI, Decca, and Sony. and Macau International festivals. He made

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Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata, Act Two Verdi, I vespri siciliani, Overture La traviata (1853) is certainly the most romantic of Verdi’s The 1855 French-language premiere in Paris of Verdi’s Les operas, and the most beloved by the public. Based on the play vêpres siciliennes (The Sicilian Vespers) was a great critical and La dame aux camellias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger, the popular success. The opera presents a fictionalized account of a opera premiered catastrophically in Venice. It very quickly caught 13th-century Sicilian rebellion against occupying French forces. on, however, stunning audiences with a contemporary realism Verdi later supervised an Italian translation but, due to political very unusual for the time. It also rapidly earned the affection pressure, he removed the action from its Sicilian setting. In fact, of everywhere, since Verdi created in Violetta Valéry it wasn’t until after 1861, in ’s post-unification era, that the probably the most enchanting, sympathetic, and multifaceted opera regained the Italian title it is most commonly performed heroine in . under today, though even that version remains a relative rarity on A courtesan in fragile health, Violetta lives a life of lighthearted the stage. Nonetheless, Verdi’s overture to I vespri siciliani is one pleasure in Paris. At a party in her home she meets a young man of the most forceful and inventive in his oeuvre. As the overture from the provinces, Alfredo Germont, who has loved her from begins to incorporate themes from the opera’s key dramatic afar. He makes his feelings clear, leaving her wondering whether moments, the initially stormy mood yields to passages of both this is the true love she never thought would be hers. vigor and stirring lyricism. In Act Two, having abandoned her Paris life, Violetta is living with Alfredo in the country. He is blissfully happy, but when he learns from the maid, Annina, that Violetta has been selling Verdi, Simon Boccanegra, “Dinne perchè… her property to pay their mounting debts, he rushes off to Paris Orfanella il tetto umile” to raise the necessary funds. Alfredo’s father, Giorgio Germont, Based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez (the same arrives, outraged by his son’s liaison with Violetta. He insists playwright who inspired Verdi’s 1853 opera, ), Simon that Violetta must give up Alfredo for the sake of his family, Boccanegra premiered at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice in 1857 to reminding her that she can easily find a new lover. Violetta agrees, lukewarm reviews. Twenty-three years later, Verdi’s revised, knowing that leaving Alfredo will hasten her death. Germont much-improved version – what we most commonly hear today – urges her to live, since heaven will reward her sacrifice. After he opened at Milan’s La Scala. The opera weaves a complicated story departs, Violetta is writing a farewell note to Alfredo when he of power, intrigue, and vengeance in 14th-century . The returns. She seems distracted but, when he questions her, she prologue introduces Simon Boccanegra, a plebeian candidate for begs him simply to love her as much as she loves him and runs doge, who has had a secret affair with the daughter of Fiesco, from the room. an influential aristocrat, resulting in a lovechild. Boccanegra A messenger delivers Violetta’s note, and Alfredo reads only discovers that his lover has died and their daughter has vanished a few lines before despair overwhelms him. When his father just as he’s elected doge of Genoa. appears, he urges Alfredo to return to the family for comfort. In Act One, 25 years have passed and Boccanegra, still Noticing an invitation to a party at the Paris home of Violetta’s the doge, has exiled his enemies, including Fiesco, who lives friend, Flora Bervoix, Alfredo assumes she has returned to her in a palace outside the city under the assumed name, Andrea former lover, Baron Douphol, and resolves to confront her. Grimaldi. There, he is guardian to an adopted young woman, In the second scene, everyone at the party is enjoying a Spanish Amelia. She is in love with Gabriele Adorno, who is conspiring dance. Arriving without Violetta, Alfredo wins handsomely at the with her father to overthrow Boccanegra, but their romance gaming tables. A pale Violetta enters, escorted by Douphol. is impossible; Amelia is to be joined in a political marriage He challenges Alfredo, who continues to win. Before going arranged by the doge. Boccanegra arrives and Amelia confesses in to supper, Violetta passes a note to Alfredo asking him to to him her love for Gabriele and the story of her lowly birth. meet her. Once they are alone, she begs him to leave, since she During the course of a lyrically sublime and deeply moving duet, fears Douphol’s jealousy. He refuses, finally drawing from her Boccanegra produces a small locket with a picture of his lost love; a confession that she loves Douphol. Summoning the guests, this causes Amelia to show her own locket. The two are startled Alfredo renounces Violetta and throws his winnings at her feet, to discover the pictures in their lockets are identical, as they announcing that he has now repaid her in full. Having followed realize they are indeed a long-lost father and daughter reunited. his son to the party, Germont reproaches Alfredo for insulting a woman, even in anger. Douphol challenges Alfredo a duel, while Violetta laments that Alfredo will never understand the sacrifice Gounod, Faust, “Salut, demeure” she made for love. Gounod’s enormously popular Faust, a mainstay of the French repertoire ever since its premiere in 1859, adapts the well-known story of the aging scholar who, feeling his life’s work will

MARCH 9, 2017 | 21 PROGRAM NOTES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO amount to nothing, sells his soul to Méphistophélès in exchange is Adriana’s fervent Act One aria. It finds her backstage at the for youth. The object of Faust’s affection is Marguerite, the Comédie Française, rehearsing her lines before making her young maiden who symbolizes, for him, his fateful desire for entrance in a performance of Racine’s Bajazet. When her admirers eternal youth, beauty, and virtue. In a simple cavatina form – praise her artistry, she responds that she is simply the “humble highlighting musically the idealized simplicity and perfection of handmaiden of creative genius.” the maiden – Faust celebrates the innocence of Marguerite and the idyllic house and garden where she lives. Musing poetically on Marguerite’s physical beauty and spiritual chastity, Faust Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles, “Au fond du temple saint” expresses gratitude to nature for making such an angelic woman. In 1863 Bizet was just shy of 25 years old when Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) premiered to generally antagonistic reviews at Paris’s Théâtre Lyrique. Modern-day critics and Giordano, Andrea Chénier, “Nemico della patria” audiences have a much more generous assessment of Bizet’s early Set amidst the political turmoil of the French Revolution’s Reign opera, seeing even in this effort the composer’s considerable of Terror, ’s beloved opera Andrea Chénier melodic gifts, as well as his emerging talent for creating evocative (1896) presents a story of love, sacrifice, and social upheaval. The orchestral textures. Sung early in Act One, “Au fond du temple opera’s popular position in the repertoire has endured in part saint” has become one of the best-known of all opera duets. because of the rich and virtuosic array of music for the tenor in Nadir, a fisherman, returns to his native Ceylon after many years the title role. away and is reunited with his old friend, Zurga, who has recently A quintessential opera, Andrea Chénier centers on the been elected fisher king by the other pearl fishers. Though once relationship between the title character, a poet, and Maddalena their friendship was compromised by falling in love with the same di Coigny, the young aristocratic woman he loves. Maddalena’s woman – the Brahmin princess, Leïla – the two declare their servant, Carlo Gérard, also carries a secret passion for her and, loyalty to each other and their desire to remain steadfast friends. as he joins the revolutionary movement with growing fervor, he uses his power to condemn Chénier to execution by guillotine. Midway in the opera, Gérard is preparing to write his indictment Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, “Zitti, zitti, piano, piano” against the poet as an “enemy” of the nation. In a stirring ’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) monologue, he realizes the error of his ways and confesses his based, like Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, on Beaumarchais’s disillusionment with the ideals of the French Revolution. 18th-century comedic trilogy – is celebrated worldwide for its unforgettable music, comic energy, and lovable characters. Its 1816 premiere in Rome’s Teatro Argentina, however, was Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur, “Io son l’umile ancella” met with jeers and hisses from devotees of an older composer, composed five operas, but his fame rests solely on Giovanni Paisiello, whose own operatic version of the story had Adriana Lecouvreur (1901 premiere, La Scala). ’s been popular since 1782. But the opera became a resounding was based on a play of 1849 cowritten by two of France’s success for the 24-year-old Rossini, who later claimed to have best-known dramatists of the mid-19th century, Eugène Scribe written his stunning success in only twelve days. and Ernest Legouvé. Their protagonist, , Rosina, a gorgeous young woman with a sizeable was a real-life figure (1692-1730) – in fact, the most celebrated inheritance, is kept in the house of Doctor Bartolo, her strict French actress of her time. Adrienne brought to French theater and curmudgeonly guardian, who intends to marry her. But she a significantly more natural textual delivery than audiences had is also loved by Count Almaviva, a Spanish aristocrat. Unable to experienced previously. Her romance with an illustrious military reach Rosina unnoticed, the count employs Figaro, a barber in hero, Maurice de Saxe, provided the heart of Cilea’s opera. The Seville, to enter Bartolo’s house in order to alert Rosina to the real-life Adrienne’s death remains forever a mystery, but it has presence of her suitor, who serenades her disguised as a poor always been rumored that she was poisoned by her rival for student. Once inside, the count reveals his true identity. But Maurice’s affections. Colautti used the rumor for its dramatic as the count and Rosina joyously sing of their romance, Figaro power in the opera’s dénoument, having his Adriana breathe in the notices someone approaching who might discover the affair. In scent of poisoned violets sent by the vicious Princesse de Bouillon. a delightful vocal and comedic tour de force, he urges the couple Although the opera’s tenor lead was created by Enrico to escape, quickly and quietly, down a ladder from the window. Caruso, Adriana Lecouvreur has survived thanks to its title role, irresistible to sopranos possessing the requisite vocal and —Richie Hofmann physical glamour. Prominent among the score’s major highlights and Roger Pines

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“When I was five years old, I had to triumphant return this season for the beg my father to let me take piano second year in a row. “These concerts lessons. I had just returned from seeing are really special for our clients. They A Funny Thing Happened on the Way love the ‘rock star’ moment of getting to the Forum in New York City with to spend time with big-name stars my mom, and I had decided that I like Plácido. Sponsoring these concerts wanted to be a musician. It was such gives us an opportunity to thank them a thrilling night. I’ll never forget the in a meaningful way.” feeling of it, getting all dressed up, and Alex also believes that star power the excitement of falling in love with is what keeps Lyric relevant to a music and performing. My father was broader audience. “When people who not for it at first, but I eventually won might not normally be interested in the argument.” opera recognize Plácido’s name, it may Alex Dousmanis-Curtis is enhance their perception of Lyric. I Group Head for U.S. Retail and think that’s another reason why BMO Business Banking for BMO Harris likes the celebrity concerts. It creates a Bank, the eighth-largest bank in buzz that is contagious, and makes us North America. Alex is responsible feel proud that Lyric is admired as well for driving strategy, customer loyalty by that kind of world-class talent.” and customer relationships, and BMO Harris Bank delivers is honored to represent the bank’s services across 600 branches in Alex Dousmanis-Curtis and Dave Curtis longstanding partnership with Lyric by with Lyric's general director, Anthony Freud eight states, and has almost 14,300 serving on Lyric’s Board of Directors employees. One of BMO’s core values and Investment Committee. “Being is giving back to the communities in involved at Lyric keeps me personally Alex’s involvement hasn’t only benefited which it operates. To that end, Alex connected with a lifelong passion: the music her and Lyric – her husband Dave has caught appreciates the diverse audiences Lyric is able itself. I studied piano and oboe all through the opera bug as well. “My husband knew to reach through a variety of programs, ranging grade school, and I planned to become a nothing about opera. He never went with me in scope from newly-commissioned operas for concert pianist. In the end, life got in the way in Canada; I would go with my girlfriends. But children like Jason and the Argonauts to Lyric’s and I ended up in banking, which I also love, for opening night of The Marriage of Figaro Backstage Tours. “Diversity is important to us but I’ve always thought that when I retire I last year, he got hold of the libretto and a few as a bank, and Lyric brings all kinds of people might like to take up the oboe again.” recordings, and learned every part. I’m not together. Looking around in the audience, After studying voice at Westminster kidding, he was singing along to the music you see people you may have never been able Choir College, Alex’s professional career began when I came home one night, and I thought, I to meet before. Innovative programming can at BMO Harris Bank, and aside from a jaunt can’t believe this has happened, I am so happy! touch children of all backgrounds and make to a competing bank in Canada, she’s been He did the same thing with Das Rheingold. them consider learning more about opera. with the company ever since. “I ended up We were in the car with our guests on the Giving a peek behind the curtain demystifies marrying a Canadian, so I’ve lived in Toronto way to the Opening Night Gala, and he was the art form and invites participation. The key my entire adult life. Even though my family explaining the plot, when Wotan arrives, what is exposure, and opera is the gift of a lifetime. stayed in Toronto after I was transferred here this theme means, and so on. That has been “BMO is coming up on a milestone in two years ago, Chicago is starting to feel like my favorite side benefit of being involved with 2017 as we celebrate our bicentennial as a home now too. Lyric has been a big part of Lyric, that opera has a new fan.” company. Two hundred years is a long time. that for me. Not only has it allowed me to BMO Harris Bank’s tremendous support We have learned a lot about who we are and reconnect with music, but the people are – and that of its predecessors – has spanned what we stand for. Supporting the arts is part fantastic. When you’re in a new city, it’s very five decades, most recently as exclusive sponsor of our community commitment, and the helpful to have people who welcome you. of Lyric’s annual star-studded, one-night- BMO Harris Bank partnership with Lyric is an Additionally, my banking background allows only concerts. Lang Lang, Renée Fleming, exciting example. We’re all stronger together, me to approach my time on the Investment Susan Graham, and Ana María Martínez and we are thrilled to have Lyric by our side.” Committee with an energy that is purposeful. are among the featured soloists whose Lyric I work to help keep Lyric strong, and I find appearances have been made possible by BMO —Meaghan Stainback real satisfaction in the professional dimension Harris Bank’s sponsorship, and the bank is of my board service.” the exclusive sponsor of Plácido Domingo’s

MARCH 9, 2017 | 23 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

Music Staff Violin II Bass Bass Clarinet Bass Trombone Yin Shen, Principal Michael Geller, Principal Linda A. Baker David R. Becker** William C. Billingham John Macfarlane, Brian Ferguson, John Schwalm* Susan Miller Hult Assistant Principal Assistant Principal* Bassoon Matthew Piatt Bonita Di Bello Andrew L. W. Anderson James T. Berkenstock, Tuba Noah Lindquist Diane Duraffourg-Robinson Ian Hallas Principal* Andrew Smith, Principal Jerad Mosbey Teresa Kay Fream Gregory Sarchet Lewis Kirk, Eric Weimer Peter Labella Timothy Shaffer** Acting Principal Harp Keun-A Lee Ann Palen Collins R. Trier Preman Tilson Marguerite Lynn Williams, Grant Loehnig Irene Radetzky Acting Assistant Principal Principal Mario Antonio Marra John D. Robinson Flute John Gaudette** Francesco Milioto David Volfe Marie Tachouet, Principal Timpani Steven Mosteller Albert Wang Dionne Jackson, Contrabassoon Edward Harrison, Principal Robert Tweten Assistant Principal Lewis Kirk Viola Alyce Johnson Percussion Orchestra Carol Cook, Principal Horn Michael Green, Principal Terri Van Valkinburgh, Piccolo Jonathan Boen, Principal Douglas Waddell, Violin I Assistant Principal Alyce Johnson Fritz Foss, Assistant Principal/ Assistant Principal Robert Hanford, Concertmaster Frank W. Babbitt Utility Horn Eric Millstein Mrs. R. Robert Funderburg Patrick Brennan Oboe Robert E. Johnson, Third Horn Concertmaster Endowed Chair Karl Davies Judith Kulb, Principal Samuel Hamzem Librarian Sharon Polifrone, Amy Hess Robert E. Morgan, Neil Kimel John Rosenkrans, Principal Assistant Concertmaster Melissa Trier Kirk Assistant Principal Alexander Belavsky Di Shi Judith Zunamon Lewis Trumpet Personnel Manager and Kathleen Brauer William Denton, Principal Stageband Contractor Laura Park Chen** Cello English Horn Matthew Comerford, Christine Janicki Pauli Ewing Calum Cook, Principal Robert E. Morgan Co-Assistant Principal Bing Y. Grant Paul Dwyer, Assistant Principal Channing Philbrick, David Hildner Mark Brandfonbrener Clarinet Co-Assistant Principal Ellen Hildner William H. Cernota Charlene Zimmerman, Laura Miller Laura Deming Principal Trombone Liba Shacht Barbara Haffner Linda A. Baker, Jeremy Moeller, Principal Heather Wittels Walter Preucil Co-Assistant Principal Mark Fisher, Assistant Principal Susan Warner, David R. Becker** * On leave, 2016-17 season Co-Assistant Principal John Schwalm* ** Season substitute

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

24 | MARCH 9, 2017 A classic Broadway hit packed with love and laughter comes April 28 – May 21 to Lyric in a lavish production!

lerner & loewe

Richard E. Grant The story of Eliza Doolittle, a young henry higgins flower seller with a Cockney accent, and Distinguished film and television actor Professor Henry Higgins, the phonetics who has appeared in Downton Abbey, expert who teaches her to speak like a Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and more proper lady, will capture your heart with one enchanting tune after another: “On Lisa O’Hare the Street Where You Live,” “Wouldn’t eliza doolittle It Be Loverly,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed One of Britain’s most captivating to Her Face,” “I Could Have Danced All musical-theater leading ladies Night,” and more!

Tickets from $29 Special discounts for groups of 10 or more

MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. Original Production directed by Moss Hart. Production created by the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, in co-production with the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre. Photos by Pip Seed, Lisa Keating Photography, and Marie-Noëlle Robert/Théâtre du Châtelet. Lyric Opera premiere generously made possible by The Negaunee Foundation, an Anonymous Donor, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance, The Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Foundation, LYRICOPERA.ORG Robert S. and Susan E. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes, Liz Stiffel, and Northern Trust. 312.827.5600 WE HAVE A REAL APPRECIATION FOR THINGS THAT ARE WELL ORCHESTRATED.

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