Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 1 Macbeth

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 27 At Lyric, your safety is our priority. As you enjoy this performance, we appreciate your cooperation in wearing your face mask properly over your nose and mouth for the duration of your time in the opera house. Additionally, please know that among the steps that we have taken to promote the highest standards in health and safety are: • A mandatory vaccination policy for our administrative sta and members of all of our partner unions. • The installation of upgraded air filters, and airflow which has been shied to decrease recycled air and increase fresh air exchange. Ventilation systems have been thoroughly cleaned, including fogging of hard-to-reach surfaces. • Enhanced, hospital-grade cleaning practices throughout the opera house. • New touchless fixtures and hand-sanitizing stations. • We kindly request that you do not bring food or drink into the theater. For details, visit lyricopera.org/safety. Thank you for being our partner in promoting safety during these unusual times -- and thank you for being a part of our Lyric family! SARAH HATTEN | WIGMASTER & MAKEUP DESIGNER 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. LEAH HAUSMAN | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Previously at Lyric: Three productions since 2001/02, most recently Il trovatore (2018/19, 2014/15, 2006/07), Rusalka (2013/14). The American director/choreographer is closely associated with London’s Royal Opera House, where she debuted in 2001 with Rigoletto , directed by Sir David McVicar. She has since returned to the ROH to work on productions by McVicar, Charles Edwards, Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. She regularly directs revivals for the Royal Opera. With Terry Gilliam she has co-directed and choreographed Benvenuto Cellini (London’s English National Opera, also Amsterdam, Barcelona, Rome, Paris) and The Damnation of Faust (ENO, Antwerp, Palermo, Berlin). Selected movement credits include The Rake’s Progress (Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam); The Elixir of Love , Gianni Schicchi , and La bohème (Glyndebourne); La clemenza di Tito (ENO, Copenhagen, Bremen, Aix-en-Provence); Les Troyens (Vienna, La Scala, San Francisco); and Giovanna d’Arco (La Scala). Her extensive American credits include Norma , Tosca , Roberto Devereux , Maria Stuarda and Il trovatore (all for the Metropolitan Opera); Rusalka (San Francisco); Lohengrin (San Francisco, Houston); and Don Giovanni (San Francisco). Hausman has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, London’s National Theatre, and the Old Vic, among other theater companies.