Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 3 Luisa Miller

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 18 New-to-Chicago Production | Opera in three acts in Italian Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe ( Intrigue and Love ) by Friedrich von Schiller CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Laura Kathleen Felty + • Miller Quinn Kelsey •• Luisa Miller Krassimira Stoyanova Rodolfo Joseph Calleja Wurm Soloman Howard + Count Walter Christian Van Horn •• Federica, Duchess of Ostheim Alisa Kolosova A Peasant Hoss Brock Actors Jacob Bates Erik Dohner + Nicolas Harazin Bobby Wilhelmson + Kai Young Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Francesca Zambello Set Designer Michael Yeargan Costume Designer Dunya Ramicova Lighting Designer Mark McCullough Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer August Tye Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Associate Director Katrina Bachus Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager John W. Coleman Stage Band Conductor Francesco Milioto Musical Preparation Jerad Mosbey Eric Weimer Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight Director Chuck Coyl Projected English Titles Philip Kuttner + First performed on December 8, 1849, at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on December 1, 1982 Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera + Lyric debut • Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center •• Alumnus, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Luisa Miller