Lyric Opera 2018-2019 Issue 3 Idomeneo

L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O October 13 - November 2, 2018 | 23 • Production owned by the Metropolitan Opera Association. is production was originally directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on October 14, 1982. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by e Metropolitan Opera Shops. • Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Bärenreiter- Verlag, publisher and copyright owner. • Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully acknowledges the support of the Regenstein Foundation Mozart Endowed Chair in memory of Ruth Regenstein. • Projected English titles 1997 by Francis Rizzo. • is season’s projected English titles are funded in part by a generous grant from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes to thank its Official Airline, American Airlines. • Additional costumes provided by Uber Costumes. Ilia JANAI BRUGGER Idamante ANGELA BROWER * Elettra ERIN WALL °° Arbace DAVID PORTILLO °° Idomeneo MATTHEW POLENZANI °° Women of Crete WHITNEY MORRISON ° KAYLEIGH DECKER *° Trojan Men JOSH LOVELL ° ALAN HIGGS ° High Priest NOAH BAETGE * Voice of Neptune DAVID WEIGEL *° Conductor SIR ANDREW DAVIS Original Production JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLE Revival Director DAVID KNEUSS* Set and Costume Designer JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLE Lighting Designer CHRIS MARAVICH Chorus Master MICHAEL BLACK Wigmaster and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN Assistant Director DAVID CARL TOULSON Stage Manager RACHEL C. HENNEBERRY Recitative Harpsichordist KEUN A LEE Stage Band Conductor JENNIFER CONDON* Musical Preparation KEUN-A LEE MAUREEN ZOLTEK Prompter WILLIAM C. BILLINGHAM Projected English Titles FRANCIS RIZZO * Lyric debut ° Current member, e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center °° Alumni, e Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center New-to-Chicago Production Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart IDOMENEO Dramma per musica in three acts in Italian Libretto by Giambattista Varesco, after Antoine Danchet’s Idomenée Edited for the New Mozart Edition (Neue Mozart-Ausgabe) by Daniel Heartz First performed at the Residenztheater, Munich, January 29, 1781 First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on October 5, 1977 Characters in order of vocal appearance: