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The Met);
Don Giovanni, Rodelinda, Cavalleria
rusticana, Pagliacci, Lulu,The Trojans,
and
Julietta
(English National Opera);
Falstaff, Macbeth,
and
Flight
(Glyndebourne);
Pelléas et Mélisande
and
Lohengrin
(Bavarian State Opera);
Billy Budd
(Frankfurt Opera and Netherlands Opera);
Peter
Grimes
(La Scala); and
La bohème
(Bregenz
Festival). Jones’s work in theater includes
The
Hairy Ape
(Old Vic and New York – nominated
for 6 Drama Desk Awards);
The Trial, Public
Enemy, The Government Inspector, Annie Get
Your Gun
, and
The Good Soul of Szechuan
(all for the Young Vic);
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
(Royal Shakespeare Company);
Tales
from the Vienna Woods
(National Theatre); and
Into the Woods
(West End). He has directed on
Broadway three times and is a Tony nominee.
Jones is the winner of five Olivier Awards and
was appointed a CBE in 2015.
STEWART LAING
(Set and Costume Designer)
Lyric debut
The British designer/
director has worked
extensively internationally
for major theaters. His
work has been seen at the
Royal Opera (
La bohème
),
La Scala, English National Opera, Scottish
Opera, and Opera North, as well as London’s
West End, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare
Company, and Royal Court Theatre, among
many other companies. In the U.S. he has
designed for the New York Shakespeare Festival,
The Builders Association and for theaters in
New Haven, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
His work has also been seen on Broadway (he
earned a Tony Award for
Titanic
in 1997). He
recently designed
The Hairy Ape
for the Old Vic
and the Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Laing is associate director with National Theatre
of Scotland and is artistic director of his own
company, Untitled Projects, which he formed
in 1998. He has directed for many theatres
in the U. K., including The Citizens Theatre,
Traverse Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Unicorn
Theatre, and Royal Court. He also directs opera,
including work for Garsington Opera, Scottish
Opera, Grange Park Opera, NorrlandsOperan,
and Malmö Opera.
MIMI JORDAN
SHERIN
(Lighting Designer)
Previously at Lyric:
Tristan und Isolde
(1999/00).
The distinguished American
lighting designer will return
to Lyric later this season
for the company premiere of
Ariodante
. Her
Bohème
designs were first seen last season at
London’s Royal Opera House, where she has
collaborated with director Richard Jones in six
other productions. Her designs for
Boris Godunov
will be seen there later this season. Sherin’s other
work with Jones includes
Lohengrin
and
Les contes
d’Hoffmann, The Midsummer Marriage
(Bavarian
State Opera),
The Makropulos Case
(Frankfurt
Opera),
Billy Budd
,
Ariodante
(Netherlands
Opera),
Peter Grimes
(La Scala, Milan),
Flight,
Falstaff,
and
Der Rosenkavalier
(Glyndebourne),
Rusalka
(Royal Danish Opera),
Rodelinda, Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg, La fanciulla del West,
From Morning to Midnight, Cavalleria Rusticana,
Pagliacci, Don Giovanni
(English National
Opera),
Anna Nicole Smith
(Brooklyn Academy
of Music), and many others. Sherin has worked
extensively in theater, including
Annie Get Your
Gun, Public Enemy, The Government Inspector
,
and
The Trial
(Young Vic),
The Hairy Ape
(Old
Vic and New York Armory),
Jerusale
m (Royal
Court, West End and Broadway),
The Glass
Menageri
e,
Julius Caesar
, and
Our Country’s Good
(all on Broadway), and 35 years of productions
for America’s regional theaters. Awards include
the American Theatre Wing Award, two Obies,
an Eddy Award, a Tony nomination, and six
Drama Desk nominations.
MICHAEL BLACK
(Chorus Master)
Chorus master since
2013/14; interim chorus
master, 2011/12.
Chorus master from to
2001 to 2013 at Opera
Australia in Sydney,
Black prepared the OA
chorus for more than 90 operas and many
concert works. He has served in this capacity
for such distinguished organizations as the
Edinburgh International Festival, Opera
Holland Park (London), and, in Australia,
the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (including
Rachmaninoff’s
The Bells
, led by Vladimir
Ashkenazy), the Philharmonia Choir, Motet
Choir, and Cantillation chamber choir. Black
has also worked with the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra in Australia with Sir Andrew Davis.
His recent activities include preparing the
Damnation of Faust
chorus, continuing his
association with Grant Park Music Festival,
where he has worked for two seasons. As one of
Australia’s most prominent vocal accompanists,
Black has regularly performed for broadcasts
and recordings (he has been heard numerous
times in Australian Broadcast Corporation
programs). He has served as chorus master on
four continents, and his work has been recorded
and/or aired on ABC, BBC, PBS, and for many
HD productions in movie theaters as well as
on television. He has also been a lecturer at the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, of which he
is an alumnus. Black holds a master’s degree in
musicology from the University of New South
Wales.
Michael Black is the
Howard A. Stotler
Chorus Master Endowed Chair
.
JOSEPHINE LEE
(Children’s Chorus Master)
Previously at Lyric:
Ten operas since
2000/01, most recently
Turandot
(2017/18);
Carmen
(2016/17);
Wozzeck
(2015/16).
The
president
and
artistic director of Chicago Children’s Choir
has revolutionized youth choral music through
cutting-edge performances of diverse repertoire
and innovative collaborations with world-
class artists. Her vision and leadership have
established CCC as one of the city’s premier
cultural institutions, solidifying partnerships
with Lyric, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
and Ravinia. Recent projects include a revival
of the original musical
Sita Ram
at the Harris
Theater with David Kersnar of Lookingglass
Theatre and Natya Dance Theatre, as well as
the development of a fully staged theatrical
work with the Q Brothers. The Chicago native
has led tours nationally and internationally to
20 countries since 1999. In 2015 she founded
Vocality, a festival chorus comprising CCC
alumni and young vocal artists from a wide
array of communities within and surrounding
Chicago, exemplifying the highest level of choral
singing with an emphasis on excellence and
diversity. Vocality debuted in 2015 at the Ravinia
Festival in
Porgy and Bess
with the CSO and
performed in the area premiere of Bernstein’s
MASS in July, along with CCC members. Lee
was recently featured in “The Transformative
Power of Music,” a segment on the Oprah
Winfrey Network’s show,
Super Soul Sunday.
SARAH FAHIE
(Original Movement
Director)
Lyric debut
The
Australian
choreographeranddirector
is closely associated
with the Royal Opera,
Covent Garden, where
she debuted reviving Linda Dobell’s movement
for
Eugene Onegin
(2008). She has subsequently
worked as movement director for
The Gambler
,
Il tabarro
,
Suor Angelica
and Philip Venables’s
4.48 Psychosis
, and on the revivals of
Rigoletto
and
Gianni Schicchi
, and as revival director for
Il tabarro
and
Suor Angelica
. Movement credits
include
Peter Grimes
(La Scala),
Rodelinda
and
Don Giovanni
(English National Opera, Bolshoi
Theatre),
Der Rosenkavalier
(Glyndebourne),
Rumpelstiltskin
(Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group),
Don Giovanni
(Bergen National
Opera and Northern Ireland Opera),
Capriccio
(Grange Park Opera),
Hänsel und Gretel
,
Semele
and The Skating Rink
(Garsington Opera),
Aida
(Royal Albert Hall),
La traviata
and
La bohème
(Opera Holland Park),
The Bartered Bride
(Mid
Wales Opera) and, in theater,
The Trial
(Young
Vic). Credits as revival director include
Der
Rosenkavalier
and
Falstaff
(Glyndebourne) and