Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 3 Luisa Miller

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 42 DIANA NEWMAN At Lyric this season: Wellgunde/ Götterdämmerung and Das Rheingold (pictured here, 2016/17). Currently: The Magic Flute , The Dallas Opera. Recently: Die Fledermaus , Palm Beach Opera; concerts with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Alabama Symphony. My time in the Ryan Opera Center has been invaluable and transformational. The program has given me a safe environment to experiment and take the risks I needed to grow, while simultaneously pushing me to perform at the highest standard of which I was capable. I’ve had the opportunity to sing alongside some of the greatest talents in our industry and to learn from conductors and directors working at the premier level, and through them to begin to discover what my own voice can do. Most importantly, I have benefitted from the support of a legion of colleagues, administrators, and audience members whom I’m proud to consider my artistic family. Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world Todd Rosenberg Roy Cornelius Smith Peter Grimes National Theater Mannheim Marjorie Owens Turandot Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Takaoki Onishi Madama Butterfly Opera Philadelphia Administration Dan Novak Director , The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Craig Terry Music Director The Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Julia Faulkner Director of Vocal Studies Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Renée Fleming Advisor Faculty Julia Faulkner W. Stephen Smith Vocal Instruction The Robert and Ellen Marks Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair in honor of Gianna Rolandi Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Matthew A. Epstein Renée Fleming Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore Louisa Muller Patricia Racette Anne Sofie von Otter Guest Master Artists William C. Billingham Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Noah Lindquist Celeste Rue Eric Weimer Pedro Yanez Coaching Staff Irina Feoktistova Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Sharon Peterson Marina Vecci Alessandra Visconti Melissa Wittmeier Foreign Language Instruction Dawn Arnold Katie Klein Andrew Gordon Knox Laurel Krabacher E. Loren Meeker Acting and Movement Instruction Orit Carpenter Performance Psychology Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant Artistic/Production Personnel Michael Christie Ari Pelto Conductors Louisa Muller Patricia Racette Directors Donald Claxon Bill Walters Stage Managers Theresa Ham Wardrobe PROGRAM STAFF THIS SEASON