Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 3- Fiddler #2

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 30 Opera Bastille, and the Salzburg Festival. His own directing work includes Csardasfürstin (Augsburg Theater, Magdeburg Theater), Hello, Dolly! (Linz Theater), Jekyll & Hyde , Jesus Christ Superstar, and Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time (Coburg Theater). He was co- director of West Side Story (Komische Oper Berlin). SILVANO MARRAFFA | REVIVAL CHOREOGRAPHER Lyric debut Marraffa has worked on numerous productions at the Komische Oper Berlin, including Kiss Me Kate , My Fair Lady , Candide , and Anatevka (the original title for Fiddler on the Roof ). He has also choreographed or danced at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Adelaide Festival, and in many productions in Italy. AUGUST TYE | BALLET MISTRESS Previously at Lyric: 42 productions since 1993/94 as dancer, choreographer, or ballet mistress, most recently Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22); Madama Butterfly , Don Giovanni (both 2019/20). The American dancer and choreographer’s operatic credits include remounting the choreography of Lyric’s Iphigènie en Tauride at San Francisco Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. She has presented a 20-year retrospective of her work at Chicago’s Vittum Theater and Ruth Page Dance Center, as well as in her hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. A graduate of Western Michigan University, Tye performed with the Kalamazoo Ballet, dancing leading roles in Sleeping Beauty , Cinderella , and The Nutcracker . In addition to Lyric and Joel Hall Dancers, she has performed in Chicago with Salt Creek Ballet, Second City Ballet, and Chicago Folks Operetta. Tye is artistic director at the Hyde Park School of Dance, which she founded in 1993. Four years later she founded Tyego Dance Project, which has performed at Steppenwolf, the Athenaeum, and throughout America in a revival of Spike Jones’s Nutcracker . SARAH HATTEN | WIGMASTER & MAKEUP DESIGNER Lyric’s wigmaster and makeup designer has worked in a wide repertoire at Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre (now known as Detroit Opera), 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 supported by the Marlys A.Beider Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Endowed Chair. ESTEBAN MUÑOZ | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Lyric debut Muñoz has worked with many directors around the world including Calixto Bieito, Michael Hampe, Emilio Sagi, KeithWarner, Balázs Kovalik, and Tobias Kratzer in productions of the Teatro Municipal, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Houston Grand Opera, Oper Köln, and the Opéra national du Rhin. His most recent engagements include Karl V with Carlus Padrissa at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the revival of Orphée aux enfers by Barrie Kosky at the Düsseldorf Opera, and Die Blume von Hawaii at the Komische Oper Berlin, where he currently works as staff director. CHICAGO CHILDREN’S CHOIR Previously at Lyric: 14 productions since 2000/01, most recently Tosca (2021/22); The Queen of Spades (2019/20). Chicago Children’s Choir (Josephine Lee, president and artistic director) is the nation’s preeminent youth choral organization, serving 5,200 students across the city of Chicago. Founded in Hyde Park in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, CCC has grown from one choir into a vast network of in- school and after-school programs driven by one mission: to inspire and change lives through music. CCC has impacted more than 50,000 diverse youth throughout its 62-year history. Since its founding, CCC has focused on building programs that reflect the racial and economic diversity of Chicago. Eighty percent of youth served are from low-moderate income homes, with over 4,000 students annually participating completely free of charge. All singers in CCC programs receive some level of subsidy. High school seniors enrolled in CCC have a 100%graduation and college acceptance rate. Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists, and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials, and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community, and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.