Lyric Opera 2018-2019 Issue 4 Siegfried
P R O F I L E S | L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O November 3 - 16, 2018 | 27 directing credits include new productions of Tosca (Toronto), West Side Story (Tel Aviv), and The Pearl Fishers (Tulsa); Rachel Portman’s The Water Diviner’s Tale and two Doctor Who concerts (all for the BBC Proms). Upcoming next year she will revival-direct Zambello’s Carmen in San Francisco and direct a new production of Don Giovanni (Tulsa Opera). Her work has also been seen at the Bregenz Festival and the leading opera houses of Sydney, Amsterdam, Berlin, and San Francisco. SARAH HATTEN (Wigmaster and Makeup Designer) Wigmaster and makeup designer since 2011/12. Lyric’s wigmaster and makeup designer has worked in a wide repertoire at Des Moines Metro Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre, as well as Columbus Opera, Toledo Opera, the Cabrillo Music Festival, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has also worked at the Glimmerglass Festival and the major opera companies of Los Angeles, Omaha, Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central City, as well as Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse. Sarah Hatten is the Marlys Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Endowed Chair. ROB KEARLEY (Associate Director) Previously at Lyric: Five productions since 2014/15, most recently Turandot, Die Walküre (both 2017/18); Das Rheingold (2016/17). The British director returned to the U. S. two seasons ago for his San Francisco Opera debut ( Rigoletto ). He has worked with companies across Europe and North America including English National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera North, Opéra de Lyon, Prague State Opera, Prague National Theatre, Teatro Comunale Bolzano, and the Bregenz Festival. Kearley has collaborated with numerous renowned directors, among them David Pountney, Christopher Alden, Tim Albery, Robert Carsen, Chen Shi-Zheng, and Yoshi Oida, among others. Recent engagements include Portraits de Manon at the Wexford Festival; revivals of The Passenger for Florida Grand Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, and Houston Grand Opera; directing at the Europa Cantat Festival in Turin; Judith Weir’s Miss Fortune at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; working with the Opéra Comique in Paris; Faust (new production) and Death in Venice for Opera North; The Magic Flute for the Bregenz Festival; and Peter Grimes for the Opéra de Lyon. PEOPLE OF LYRIC From artists to administrators, People of Lyric takes you behind the scenes and introduces you to the casts and characters who make up the Lyric family. Now, it’s your chance to take center stage! Whether you’re a donor, subscriber, or newly-minted opera fan, we want to hear from you. Submit your own video, photo, or Lyric story at lyricopera.org/PeopleOfLyric for the chance to win tickets, gift certificates, swag and more. LYRICOPERA.ORG/PEOPLEOFLYRIC
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