Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 3- Fiddler #2

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 28 DREW LEWIS | DANCER Lyric debut Originally from Oak Park, Illinois, Lewis performed extensively with Sidra Bell Dance New York from 2016 to 2019, during which time he guest lectured at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Additional performance credits include C-LS, Project 44, Attack Theatre, The Joel Hall Dancers, and Lucy Riner. MICHAEL FRANCIS M c BRIDE | DANCER Previously at Lyric: Florencia en el Amazona (2021/22) McBride joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2009 while finishing his BFA at Fordham University. From 2009 to 2019 with the Ailey Company, McBride performed over 65 ballets in 15 countries by choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Ronald K. Brown, Garth Fagan, George Faison, Geoffrey Holder, Bill T. Jones, Jiˇrí Kylián, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, David Parsons, Paul Taylor, and Twyla Tharp. He appeared in Santa Fe Opera’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2021, and recently performed in Bucks County Playhouse’s production of Kinky Boots . ALEX MEETH | DANCER Lyric debut Meeth appeared in the Boston Early Music Festival’s Orlando generoso (2019), and recently understudied with the Mark Morris Dance Group for their 2022 restaging of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato . He holds a BFA in contemporary dance performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. TYLER OKUNSKI | DANCER Lyric debut The California native’s credits include Monty in Violet and Boy/Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher . He holds a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University. OZ SHOSHAN | DANCER Lyric debut Shoshan appeared in the national tours of Bandstand and Elf . Regional credits include A Chorus Line , Kinky Boots, and The Little Mermaid ; International appearances include Hair , West Side Story , Cabaret , and Fiddler on the Roof in Israel. MATEUS SOBRAL BARBOSA DA SILVA | DANCER Lyric debut Recent performing credits include the national tours of Fiddler on the Roof and Spamalot , West Side Story at The Guthrie Theatre, South Pacific at Theatre Under the Stars, Catch Me If You Can at The REV, On Your Feet! at North Carolina Theatre, La Cage Aux Folles and Mamma Mia! at Short North Stage, Mary Poppins at Virginia Musical Theatre, and numerous performances at The Fireside Theatre. JAMES MONROE ŠTEVKO | DANCER Previously at Lyric: 6 productions since 2009/10, most recently Tannhauser (2014/15) and Rusalka (2013/14). The New York-based actor and dancer appeared in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish as Mendl, and is a featured soloist on the cast album. Other credits include The Metropolitan Opera, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Met Gala with Katy Perry, and Milwaukee Ballet. KIMBERLY GRIGSBY | CONDUCTOR Lyric debut The New York-based music director and conductor has enjoyed a 24-year Broadway career which has included collaborations with composers David Byrne, Adam Guettel, and Stephin Merritt and with directors James Lapine, Kathleen Marshall, Michael Mayer, Bartlett Sher, Leigh Silverman, and Julie Taymor, among numerous others. Her credits include the original productions of To Kill A Mockingbird ; Caroline, or Change ; Spring Awakening ; Coraline ; The Light in the Piazza ; Head Over Heels ; The Full Monty ; Amélie ; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ; Songs From an Unmade Bed ; The Fortress of Solitude ; Here Lies Love ; and last season’s Flying Over Sunset . Other collaborations include The Light In The Piazza with Renée Fleming; the premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s The Lion , The Unicorn and Me for Washington National Opera; Susan Botti’s Telaio: Desdemona ; and most recently, an appearance with The Grant Park Music Festival, conducting the 2022 Lights On Broadway performances. BARRIE KOSKY | DIRECTOR Previously at Lyric: Original Director/ The Magic Flute (2021/22). The Australian director recently completed his tenure as Intendant and Chief Director of the Komische Oper Berlin. Among the highlights of Kosky’s productions there, including Fiddler on the Roof, was The Magic Flute, which has been seen by more than a quarter of a million people on three continents. Kosky’s many awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production and the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Opera and Music Theatre. In 2016 he was named Director of the Year by Opernwelt . Kosky has directed for the Glyndebourne and Bayreuth festivals, as well as the major houses of London, Munich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Zurich, Madrid, Barcelona, Vienna, and numerous German theaters. Recent highlights among new productions include Prince Igor (Opéra National de Paris) and Salome (Oper Frankfurt). Born in Melbourne, Kosky was Artistic Director of Gilgul Theatre Company from 1990 to 1997 and Artistic Director of the 1996 Adelaide Festival, and from 2001 to 2005 he was co-Artistic Director of the Vienna Schauspielhaus.