Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 5 - Le Comte Ory

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 26 Margret/ Wozzeck (Des Moines Metro Opera), and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1: Jeremiah (Staatstheater Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra). She has also been heard as Maddalena/ Rigoletto (Wolf Trap Opera), in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (National Symphony Orchestra), and in Handel’s Messiah (Las Vegas Philharmonic). An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Reams has been heard in HGO productions of La traviata , Elektra , West Side Story , Nixon in China , and in world premieres of Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Laura Kaminsky’s Some Light Emerges . Other notable appearances include the leading role of Clarice/ La pietra del paragone (Wolf Trap Opera), Tituba/Robert Ward’s The Crucible (The Glimmerglass Festival), the Sandman/ Hansel and Gretel (Opéra Louisiane), and on the concert stage, Bruckner’s Te Deum (Houston Symphony Orchestra). Her awards include second place at Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition (2016), rst place in the Emerging Artist division of the Classical Singer Competition (2015), and second place of the Gulf Coast Region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2016). JOSHUA HOPKINS | RAIMBAUD Previously at Lyric: Four roles since 2014/15, most recently Belcore/ The Elixir of Love (2021/22) and Guglielmo/ Così fan tutte (2018/19). This season, the Canadian baritone’s engagements include returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Papageno/ The Magic Flute and Belcore/ The Elixir of Love , as well as a series of performances of Songs for Murdered Sisters —a collaboration between composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood, conceived by Hopkins in remembrance of his sister, Nathalie Warmerdam—with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. Last season, he returned to Santa Fe Opera for his signature role of Figaro/ Il barbiere di Siviglia , sang Orpheus in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice at the Metropolitan Opera, and made his house debut at Seattle Opera as Count Almaviva/ Le nozze di Figaro . In the 2020/21 season, Hopkins made his house debut at Palm Beach Opera as Papageno/ Die Zauber öte and Silvio/ Pagliacci . Highlights of recent seasons include performances as Count Almaviva/ Le nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival, Verbier Festival, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Washington National Opera; Figaro/ Il barbiere di Siviglia at Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Norwegian National Opera, and Opera Lyra Ottawa; and Guglielmo/ Così fan tutte in his company debut at Oper Frankfurt. Hopkins made his San Francisco Opera debut as Harry Bailey in Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life . At Lyric in 2015/16, Hopkins sang Mercutio/ Romeo and Juliet , and in 2014/15 he appeared as Tadeusz/ The Passenger . His portrayal of Athanaël/ Thaïs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis conducting, was recently released on CD. MIRCO PALAZZI | TUTOR Lyric debut The Italian bass made his professional debut as Don Giovanni in 2001. Since then, he has appeared throughout Europe and beyond, including for Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Barcelona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Danish Opera, Bordeaux, Marseille, Rome, La Scala, Turin, Naples, Florence, and Parma. He has also appeared at the BBC Proms, and the Edinburgh and Wexford Festivals. His repertory includes Figaro ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Don Giovanni and Leporello ( Don Giovanni ), Don Basilio ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Alidoro ( La Cenerentola ), Maometto II , Lord Sidney ( Il viaggio a Reims ), Assur ( Semiramide ), Raimondo ( Lucia di Lammermoor ), Alfonso ( Lucrezia Borgia ), Giorgio Talbot ( Maria Stuarda ), Enrico VIII ( Anna Bolena ), Sir Giorgio ( I puritani ), Count Rodolfo ( La sonnambula ), Roger ( Jérusalem ), and Banquo ( Macbeth ). Palazzi has appeared widely in concert (including at La Scala, the Barbican, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Amsterdam Concertgebouw) in repertory including Mozart’s Requiem , Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, and Verdi’s Requiem . LINDSEY REYNOLDS | ALICE Previously at Lyric: Voice from Above/ Don Carlos (2022/23). A rst-year member of the Ryan Opera Center Ensemble, the New Orleans native will appear at Lyric later this season in Proximity . In 2021/22 she portrayed Despina/ Così fan tutte and Betty/Marc Blitzstein’s Triple-Sec (a lm adaptation) with Curtis Opera Theatre. She was also an Emerging Artist with Opera Philadelphia, where she sang the Page/ Rigoletto . The soprano’s repertoire includes Zerlina/ Don Giovanni , Adina/ The Elixir of Love , Giulietta/ I Capuleti e i Montecchi , Miss Wordsworth/ Albert Herring , and Monica/ The Medium . She has appeared in concert with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin and with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stéphane Denève. She is also the recipient of an Emerging Artist Award from Opera Index. Lindsey Reynolds is sponsored by an Anonymous Donor, Fred & Phoebe Boelter, and Donna Van Eekeren & Dale Connelly. LUNGA ERIC HALLAM | FIRST COURTIER Previously at Lyric: Adult Nathan/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). A third-year Ryan Opera Center tenor, Hallam is from Khayelitsha, South Africa. There, he founded a nonpro t organization called Phenomenal Opera Voices. He received his diploma and postgraduate (with honors) degrees in music training from the University of Cape Town College of Music. Recent engagements as a Young Artist at Cape Town Opera include Tebaldo/ I Capuleti e i Montecchi , Edgardo/ Lucia di Lammermoor , and Roberto/ Maria Stuarda , as well as Ramiro/ La Cenerentola at Cape Town Conservatory. He was featured as part