Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 2 The Barber of Seville

Did you know that you can apply this performance towards a Create Your Own subscription package? Lyric invites you to make a habit of enjoying beautiful music, stories that move you, and spectacle that captures your imagination. Choose just two other shows from a season that includes favorites like Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades, and the Broadway favorite 42nd Street. Enjoy discounts on your package and a great list of subscriber perks! Visit lyricopera.org/CYO or call us at 312.827.5600 where our audience services team is ready to help you build the perfect package that meets your budget, fits your calendar, and promises more extraordinary entertainment. Having fun? Join us again this season Lyric Opera of Chicago | 23 Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company); and at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Almeida Theatre, the National Theatre, Old Vic, Royal Court Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Sheffield Crucible, and English National Ballet. A two-time Tony Award nominee, he has been nominated nine times and has been twice awarded the Olivier Award for Best Lighting Designer. Howard Harrison is supported by the Mary-Louise and James S. Aagaard Lighting Director Endowed Chair . MICHAEL BLACK | CHORUS MASTER Previously at Lyric: Chorus master since 2013/14; interim chorus master, 2011/12 . The Australian chorus master held this position in Sydney at Opera Australia from 2001 to 2013. Black 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, the Philharmonia Choir, Motet Choir, Cantillation chamber choir, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Other activities include preparing the Damnation of Faust chorus at the 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 served as chorus master on four continents, and his work has been recorded and/or aired on ABC, BBC, PBS, for many HD productions in movie theaters, and on television. Michael Black is the Howard A. Stotler Chorus Master Endowed Chair . SARAH HATTEN | WIGMASTER & MAKEUP DESIGNER Previously at Lyric: 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. Todd Rosenberg