Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 9 The Queen of Spades

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 18 New-to-Chicago Production Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Opera in three acts in Russian Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the novella of the same name by Alexander Pushkin CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Child Captain Katherine Talmers + Chekalinsky Kyle van Schoonhoven + Sourin David Weigel • Count Tomsky Samuel Youn Gherman Brandon Jovanovich Lisa Sondra Radvanovsky Countess Jane Henschel + Prince Yeletsky Lucas Meachem Pauline Elizabeth DeShong •• Governess Jill Grove Masha Emily Pogorelc • Major-domo Mario Rojas • Chaplitsky Eric Ferring • Narumov Anthony Reed • Puppeteers Taylor Bibat + Sean Garratt + Tom Lee + Chris Pirie + Amy Rose + Chicago Children’s Choir Actors Philip Christian David von Ehrlicher Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Original Director Richard Jones Revival Director Benjamin Davis Set (other than Front Cloths) and Costume Designer John Macfarlane Original Lighting Designer Jennifer Tipton Revival Lighting Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black Children’s Chorus Master Josephine Lee Original Choreographer Linda Dobell Revival Choreographer Anjali Mehra + Puppetry Director Chris Pirie + Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director David Carl Toulson Stage Manager John W. Coleman Stage Band Conductor Eric Weimer Musical Preparation Noah Lindquist Jerad Mosbey Tatiana Vassilieva + Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight Director Nick Sandys Projected English Titles Christopher Bergen + Michael Cooper / Canadian Opera Company The Queen of Spades ( Pikovaya Dama ) First performed at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, on December 19, 1890 First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on September 23, 2000 + Lyric debut • Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center •• Alumna, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center