Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 7 Fire Shut Up My Bones

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 26 DANIELA CANDILLARI | CONDUCTOR Previously at Lyric: An American Dream (2018/19); Fellow Travelers (2017/18) The much-acclaimed conductor made her Metropolitan Opera debut earlier this season conducting a performance of Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin. Her 2019/20 season featured several important debuts, including the world premiere of Hannah Lash’s Desire at New York City’s Miller Theatre; her New York Philharmonic debut conducting Thomson’s The Mother of us All at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and her mainstage debut at Arizona Opera in November conducting Fellow Travelers , which she led previously at Lyric and The Minnesota Opera. Following her acclaimed performances of Acquanetta with the PROTOTYPE Festival, Candillari returned for Rev. 23 . She spent the summer of 2019 conducting the West Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain at the Music Academy of the West and returned to the Manhattan School of Music in April for performances of Martha . Recent engagements include her debut with Opera Philadelphia in a new production of Rene Orth’s Empty the House ; her Boston conducting debut in the world premiere of PermaDeath ; and her Asian debut in Hong Kong conducting Du Yun’s Pulitzer-Prize- winning opera Angel’s Bone . JAMES ROBINSON | CO-DIRECTOR Lyric debut In 2009 the American director became Artistic Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he has directed such productions as Nixon in China , The Death of Klinghoffer , Street Scene , Miss Havisham’s Fire , The Golden Ticket , La traviata , Alice in Wonderland , Champion, and “27” . He directed the world premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the production of it at the Metropolitan Opera which Lyric has coproduced. He has created new productions for the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, and the major houses of Seattle, Houston, San Diego, San Francisco, Dallas, and Santa Fe, as well as for the Baltimore Symphony, Hollywood Bowl, and Minnesota Orchestra. Internationally, he has mounted new productions for the Canadian Opera Company, Royal Swedish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera Australia, the Wexford Festival, and the London Symphony Orchestra. Recent productions include Porgy and Bess (Met), Champion (Washington National Opera), Vanessa (The Santa Fe Opera), Dolores Claiborne (San Francisco Opera, world premiere), Nixon in China (San Diego Opera), Eugene Onegin (Seoul Arts Center), and Dr. Sun Yat-sen (The Santa Fe Opera, American premiere). CAMILLE A. BROWN | CO-DIRECTOR AND ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHER Lyric debut The choreographer, Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers, was co-director of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones . She is reclaiming the cultural narratives of African American identity by tapping into both ancestral stories and contemporary cultures. Among her numerous honors are a Guggenheim Award, a Bessie Award, a Dance Magazine award, and Tony, Drama Desk, and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. Broadway, Off-Broadway, and television credits include Choir Boy , Once On This Island , Jesus Christ Superstar Live on NBC , Broadway’s A Streetcar Named Desire , and Much Ado About Nothing , among many other productions. Brown, who choreographed the Metropolitan Opera’s Porgy and Bess , made her feature-film debut in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix). She will direct the Broadway revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf , and Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Westport Country Playhouse. ALLEN MOYER | SET DESIGNER Lyric debut Among the distinguished designer’s recent Broadway credits are The Lyons , Lysistrata Jones , After Miss Julie , Grey Gardens (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood , The Little Dog Laughed , The Constant Wife , and Twelve Angry Men . He has designed many off-Broadway productions and both Carousel and Show Boat for the New York Philharmonic. Moyer has also been resident scenic designer for the Encores! series at New York City Center since 2017, and has designed for every major regional theater nationwide. His extensive opera credits include productions for the Metropolitan Opera, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City Opera, and the major companies of Houston, Dallas, Toronto, St. Louis, Washington, Seattle, and Santa Fe, as well as London’s English National Opera and the Tanglewood, Wexford, and Glimmerglass Festivals, among many other companies. His work in dance includes productions for San Francisco Ballet and the Mark Morris Dance Group. He received an Obie Award for sustained excellence in 2006.