Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 7 - Carmen

19 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Carmen Opera in four acts in French Music by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Moralès Ian Rucker • Micaëla Golda Schultz + Don José Charles Castronovo Zuniga Wm. Clay Thompson • Carmen J’Nai Bridges •• Frasquita Denis Vélez • Mercédès Katherine DeYoung • Escamillo Andrei Kymach + Lillas Pastia Alejandro Luévanos • Dancaïre Laureano Quant • Remendado Ryan Capozzo + • Uniting Voices Chicago Conductor Henrik Nánási Director Marie Lambert-Le Bihan Set Designer Robin Don Costume Designer Robert Perdziola Lighting Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black Children’s Chorus Master Josephine Lee Choreographer Stephanie Martinez ++ Assistant Choreographer Noelle Kayser + Ballet Mistress August Tye Wigmaster & Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Directors Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Sandra Zamora Stage Band Conductor Stefano Sarzani Musical Preparation Susan Miller Hult Keun-A Lee Jerad Mosbey Stefano Sarzani Ballet Accompanist Greg Smith Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight Director Nick Sandys Intimacy Director Samantha Kaufman Projected English Titles Scott A. Heumann Paul Hopper Roger Pines (spoken dialogue) First performed by National Theater of the Opéra Comique,Paris,France on March 3,1875. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 16,1954. + Lyric debut ++ Lyric Choreographer Debut • Member,The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center •• Alumna,The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Dancers Chase Buntrock + Zachary Gonder + Vernon Gooden + Kara Hunsinger + Noelle Kayser + Brian Josiah Martinez + Morgan Reed McDaniel + Jude M. Perry-Evans Amanda Sachs + Taylor Yocum +