Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 5 - Le Comte Ory

21 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Le Comte Ory Lyric Premiere | Sung in French with English titles Music by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Raimbaud Joshua Hopkins Alice Lindsey Reynolds • Ragonde Zoie Reams Ory Lawrence Brownlee Tutor Mirco Palazzi + Isolier Kayleigh Decker •• Adèle Kathryn Lewek First Courtier Lunga Eric Hallam • Second Courtier Wm. Clay Thompson • + Conductor Enrique Mazzola Original Director Bartlett Sher Revival Director Kathleen Smith Belcher Set Designer Michael Yeargan Costume Designer Catherine Zuber Original Lighting Designer Brian MacDevitt + Revival Lighting Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer August Tye Wigmaster & Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Rachel A.Tobias Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Keun-A Lee Noah Lindquist Zoe Zeniodi French Diction Coach Jennifer Ringo Fight Director Chuck Coyl Intimacy Director Samantha Kaufman First performed by Le Peletier,Paris,France on August 20,1828. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 13,2022. + Lyric debut • Member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center •• Alumna,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center Actors Anthony Baldasare + , Harry Belden, Emerson Elias, Michelle Ford, Kenneth La’ron Hamilton II, Richard Manera, Joshua Moaney, Kirk Osgood, Skylar Sprague + , David von Ehrlicher