Lyric Opera 2018-2019 Issue 4 Siegfried

L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O November 3 - 16, 2018 | 23 • Specialty inflatable scenery and props provided by Signs & Shapes International, Inc. • Scenery constructed by Adirondack Studios, Ravenswood Studio Inc, and Bay Productions, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. • Costumes provided by: Will Skeet, Roxy Cressy, Angelina Pieroni, Robert Allsopp, Sally Payne, Karen Crichton and Trevor Collins. Dyeing by Nicola Killeen Textiles. Additional dyeing and distressing by Laura Whitlock. • Erda's blanket specialty painting by Iris Color Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Puppet Adviser: Brandon Kirkham. • Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully acknowledges the support of the Irma Parker German Opera Endowed Chair and the Wagner Endowed Chair - a gift from an Anonymous Donor. • Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes to thank its Official Airline, American Airlines. • Projected English titles © Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2018. • This season’s projected English titles are funded in part by a generous grant from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. Mime MATTHIAS KLINK* Siegfried BURKHARD FRITZ** The Wanderer (Wotan) ERIC OWENS Alberich SAMUEL YOUN Fafner PATRICK GUETTI°° Forest Bird DIANA NEWMAN°° Erda RONNITA MILLER* Brünnhilde CHRISTINE GOERKE Conductor SIR ANDREW DAVIS Director DAVID POUNTNEY Original Scenery Designer JOHAN ENGELS Scenery Designer ROBERT INNES HOPKINS Costume Designer MARIE-JEANNE LECCA Lighting Designer FABRICE KEBOUR Choreographer DENNI SAYERS Wig and Makeup Designer SARAH HATTEN Associate Director ROB KEARLEY Assistant Scenery Designer MATT REES Assistant Director KATRINA BACHU S Stage Manager JOHN W. COLEMAN Costume Supervisor RACHEL DICKSON Stage Band Conductor ERIC WEIMER Musical Preparation JERAD MOSBEY MADELINE SLETTEDAHL ° Prompter SUSAN MILLER HULT Projected English Titles COLIN URE * Lyric debut ** American operatic stage debut ° Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center °° Alumni, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center New Production Richard Wagner SIEGFRIED Music drama in three acts in German Libretto by the composer First performed at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany on August 16, 1876 First performed by Lyric Opera on October 31, 1973 Characters in order of vocal appearance: Actors: BRIAN J. BARBER, JON BEAL, NICHOLAS HARAZIN, CHRIS LAFFERTY, JOSHUA LEE, JOHN B. LEEN, DAVID LINTZENICH, RICHARD MANERA, JOSHUA MOANEY, MICHAEL SAUBERT, JR., LAURENCE STEPNEY, KAI YOUNG; KATHERINE COYL, MICHELLE FORD, KELLY MARYANSKI, MAGGIE CLENNON REBERG, SARAH SAPPERSTEIN