Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 6 The Three Queens

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 18 Excerpts from operas by Gaetano Donizetti ANNA BOLENA (1830) Libretto by Felice Romani Overture Act Two, Scene Two — Finale Anne Boleyn Sondra Radvanovsky Hervey Eric Ferring • Lord Rochford Anthony Reed • Richard Percy Mario Rojas • Smeaton Lauren Decker • MARIA STUARDA (1835) Libretto by Giuseppe Bardari Overture Act Two, Scene Three Hannah Kennedy Kathleen Felty • Mary Stuart Sondra Radvanovsky Lord Cecil David Weigel • George Talbot Christopher Kenney • Robert, Earl of Leicester Mario Rojas • ROBERTO DEVEREUX (1838) Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano Overture Act Three, Scene Two Queen Elizabeth I Sondra Radvanovsky Lord Cecil Eric Ferring • Sarah, Duchess of Nottingham Kathleen Felty • Duke of Nottingham Ricardo José Rivera • Conductor Riccardo Frizza Director Matthew Ozawa Lighting Designer Sarah Riffle Projection Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black Assistant Director Rachel A. Tobias Stage Manager Rachel C. Henneberry Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Noah Lindquist Matthew Piatt Eric Weimer Prompter Susan Miller Hult Projected English Titles Francis Rizzo, Roger Pines Todd Rosenberg The Three Queens • Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Anna Bolena at Lyric, 2014|15 season.