Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 5 - Le Comte Ory

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 28 Opera for Porgy and Bess , La bohème , and Rigoletto . Recent seasons include company debuts directing Gianni Schicchi at La Scala, Rigoletto for Kentucky Opera, a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia for Chautauqua Opera, and assisting on James Robinson’s new production of Porgy and Bess at ENO and Michael Mayer’s new production of La traviata at the Metropolitan Opera as well as Baseball: A Musical Love Letter and La bohème for Lyric Opera of Kansas City. MICHAEL YEARGAN | SET DESIGNER Previously at Lyric: Ten productions since 1991/92, most recently Luisa Miller (2019/20) and Rigoletto (2017/18) . Michael Yeargan has created sets (and sometimes costumes) for many major American companies, among them the Metropolitan Opera (12 productions to date) and the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, and Washington opera companies, as well as The Glimmerglass Festival, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Frankfurt Opera, and Opera Australia. At Lyric, he also designed Romeo and Juliet and Nabucco (both 2015/16). Since 1990/91 he has designed for London’s Royal Opera. Last season Yeargan designed the Metropolitan Opera’s new Porgy and Bess , and his work appeared also at the Berlin State Opera ( Rigoletto ) and Tulsa Opera ( Madama Butter y ). He has designed many Broadway productions, winning Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza (2005) and South Paci c (2008). Yeargan has also designed numerous productions off-Broadway and for regional U.S. theaters. He is resident set designer at the Yale Repertory Theatre and Professor of Stage Design at the Yale School of Drama. CATHERINE ZUBER | COSTUME DESIGNER Previously at Lyric: The Barber of Seville (2019/20, 2013/14) and Romeo and Juliet (2015/16). The British-born designer’s operatic work includes eight Metropolitan Opera productions, as well as Intimate Apparel (Lincoln Center Theater), La forza del destino (Washington), Carmen (London), Romeo and Juliet (Salzburg), Faust (Baden-Baden), and the Ring cycle (Washington, San Francisco). She has been equally successful on Broadway in musicals ( Moulin Rouge! , Mrs. Doubt re , My Fair Lady , War Paint , Fiddler on the Roof , Gigi , The King and I , The Bridges of Madison County , South Paci c , The Sound of Music , and The Light in the Piazza , among others), comedy ( Born Yesterday , The Royal Family , Dinner at Eight , Twelfth Night ), and drama ( The Coast of Utopia , The Father , Oslo , Joe Turner’s Come and Gone , Oleanna , A Man for All Seasons , Mauritius , Doubt , and Ivanov ). She also designed the live NBC/Universal broadcast of The Sound of Music and the lm Oslo produced by HBO. Zuber has won eight Tony Awards, most recently for Moulin Rouge! (2020). In addition, she has received the Olivier, Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes, Ovation, and Obie awards. Catherine Zuber is supported by the Richard P.and Susan Kiphart Costume Designer Endowed Chair. BRIAN MACDEVITT | ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER Lyric debut MacDevitt’s designs for the Metropolitan Opera include The Enchanted Island , Doctor Atomic , Armida , and Le Comte Ory . He has designed more than 75 shows on Broadway, including The Music Man , Plaza Suite , and The Minutes , receiving Tony Awards for The Book of Mormon , The Coast of Utopia , Joe Turner’s Come and Gone , The Pillowman , and Into the Wood s. Other awards include an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a Bessie Award, and more. He has designed for dance performances with The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon, and many others. MacDevitt directed Between Riverside and Crazy for Studio Theatre in D.C., Proof for Theatre Three in New York, and Spring Awakening at The Clarice Smith Center in Maryland. He is a member of the Naked Angels theater company. CHRIS MARAVICH | REVIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER Lyric’s lighting director served in the same position from 2006 to 2012 at San Francisco Opera, where he created lighting for many productions including The Gospel of Mary Magdalene , Così fan tutte , Turandot , Cyrano de Bergerac , Il trittico , Tosca , Simon Boccanegra , Don Giovanni , Nixon in China , and Attila . He has collaborated on the lighting designs for Wozzeck (Finnish National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève), Doktor Faust at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Tannhäuser for Greek National Opera, and La fanciulla del West , The Makropulos Case , The Daughter of the Regiment , Il trovatore , Samson et Dalila , and Macbeth for San Francisco Opera. Maravich has also designed lighting for LA Opera, Opera Colorado, San Diego Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Florida Grand Opera, Madison Opera, Cal Performances, and Opera San José. He currently serves as lighting supervisor for The Joffrey Ballet. Chris Maravich is supported by The Mary-Louise and James S.Aagard Lighting Director Endowed Chair .