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 38 | November 3 - 16, 2018 Sopranos Maria Agresta Emily Birsan Janai Brugger Tracy Cox Adrienne Danrich Danielle de Niese Renée Fleming Susan Foster Christine Goerke Alexandra LoBianco Angela Mannino Anya Matanovic Whitney Morrison Marie-Eve Munger Anna Netrebko Diana Newman Emily Pogorelc Brenda Rae Albina Shagimuratova Siobhan Stagg Nina Stemme Heidi Stober Ann Toomey Elza van den Heever Erin Wall Tamara Wilson Mezzo-Sopranos Jamie Barton Elizabeth Bishop Angela Brower Ariana Chris Alice Coote Kayleigh Decker Michaela Martens Julie Miller Ronnita Miller Deborah Nansteel Mary Phillips Zoie Reams Annie Rosen Krysty Swann Contralto Lauren Decker Countertenors Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Iestyn Davies Tenors Noah Baetge Giorgio Berrugi Robert Brubaker Jonathan Burton Michael Fabiano Eric Ferring Burkhard Fritz Allan Glassman Clay Hilley Jonathan Johnson Matthias Klink Josh Lovell Matthew Polenzani David Portillo Mario Rojas Russell Thomas Baritones Weston Hurt Christopher Kenney Zeljko Lučić Andrew Manea Zachary Nelson Ricardo José Rivera Artur Ruciński Reginald Smith, Jr. Daniel Sutin Bass-Baritones Kyle Albertson Jake Gardner Alan Higgs Philip Horst Kyle Ketelsen Eric Owens Iain Paterson David Weigel Derek Welton Samuel Youn Basses Patrick Guetti Adrian Sâmpetrean Roberto Tagliavini Conductors Marco Armiliato Harry Bicket Michael Christie Sir Andrew Davis Domingo Hindoyan Francesco Milioto Donald Runnicles Dancers Django Allegretti Jaime Borkan Kristian Brooks Jourdan Epstein Andrew Harper Joseph A. Hernandez Demetrius McClendon Antonio Montalvo Jimi Loc Nguyen Ela Olarte Andrea Pugliese Michelle Reid Jacqueline Stewart Luis Vazquez Benjamin Holliday Wardell Directors Arin Arbus Benjamin Davis Richard Jones David Kneuss Sir David McVicar Laurent Pelly Jean-Pierre Ponnelle David Pountney Roy Rallo Nick Sandys Associate Directors Benoît de Leersnyder Simon Iorio Rob Kearley Set and Costume Designers Barbara de Limburg Charles Edwards Johan Engels Riccardo Hernandez Robert Innes Hopkins Stewart Laing Marie-Jeanne Lecca John Macfarlane Cait O’Connor Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Brigitte Reiffenstuel ULTZ Lighting Designers Marcus Doshi Fabrice Kebour Chris Maravich Duane Schuler Mimi Jordan Sherin Jennifer Tipton Projection Designer Christopher Ash Puppetry Director Finn Caldwell Puppet Designers Nick Barnes Finn Caldwell Chorus Master Michael Black Children’s Chorus Master Josephine Lee Choreographers and Movement Directors Lucy Burge Sarah Fahie Karine Girard Austin McCormick Denni Sayers Laura Scozzi Danielle Urbas Ballet Mistress August Tye Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Sarah Hatten Fight Choreographers Chuck Coyl Nick Sandys Translators for Projected English Titles Kenneth Chalmers Roger Pines Colin Ure The American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO (AGMA), is the union that represents the singers, dancers, actors, and staging personnel at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Artistic Roster DAVID H. FISHMAN Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005), whose 100th birthday was commemorated worldwide this year, is pictured in the Lyric premiere of Siegfried as Brünnhilde, one of the Swedish soprano’s signature roles.