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

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 44 CHRIS KENNEY At Lyric this season: Chester/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones . Previously with Lyric: Five roles since 2018/19, most recently Official Registrar/ Madama Butterfly and Motorcycle Cop/ Dead Man Walking (both 2019/20). Also this season: Figaro/ Il barbiere di Siviglia , Cincinnati Opera; Young Emile/ Champion , Boston Lyric Opera. The Ryan Opera Center was one of the most formative and beneficial experiences in my life as an opera singer. The lessons I learned and the people I met helped propel me into the highest ranks of the field—and gave me a deep appreciation for detail, dedication, and artistry. Being able to work with master artists like Renée Fleming and Patricia Racette especially opened for me the unbounded artistic ideas to be explored. I cherish my time in Chicago, and I’m truly grateful to have been a part of an institution with such a storied history as Lyric and the Ryan Opera Center. Ann Toomey Tosca Sarasota Opera Jonathan Johnson Harvey Milk Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Emily Pogorelc Le nozze di Figaro Glyndebourne Festival 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 Susanna McNatt Manager Annika Donnen Associate Librarian Faculty Julia Faulkner W. Stephen Smith Vocal Instruction Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Vocal Studies Program Endowment, in memory of Gianna Rolandi Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Nathalie Doucet Renée Fleming Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore Stefano Sarzani Guest Master Artists Emanuele Andrizzi William C. Billingham Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Jonathan Gmeinder Celeste Rue Eric Weimer Coaching Staff Irina Feoktistova Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Klára Moldová Sharon Peterson Alessandra Visconti Melissa Wittmeier Foreign Language Instruction Omer Ben Seadia Louisa Muller Todd Rhoades Acting and Movement Instruction Orit Carpenter Beth Clayton Performance Psychology Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant Artistic/Production Personnel Enrique Mazzola Donald Palumbo Conductors Omer Ben Seadia Kristine McIntyre Directors Kristen Barrett Bill Walters Stage Managers PROGRAM STAFF THIS SEASON Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world