Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 9 - Proximity

15 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Proximity World Premiere A trio of new American operas The Walkers, Four Portraits, and Night Curated by Renée Fleming & Yuval Sharon THE WALKERS Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain Libretto by Anna Deavere Smith CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Curtis Toler Issachah Savage + Arne Duncan Jeff Parker + Preacher Man Gordon Hawkins Chief’s Son #1 Ron Dukes • Chief’s Son #2 Kamari Saxon Very Loud Girl Lindsey Reynolds • Chief’s Daughter #2 Zoie Reams Chief’s Daughter #1 Kearstin Piper Brown + Bilal Norman Garrett Lil’ Bunchy Bates Jamion Cotten + Yasmine Miller Whitney Morrison •• Passenger 1 Kathryn Henry + • Passenger 2 Lindsey Reynolds • Passenger 3 Stephanie Sanchez + Passenger 4 Kathleen Felty •• Passenger 5 Cornelius Johnson + Passenger 6 Alejandro Luévanos • Passenger 7 Darren Drone + Passenger 8 Ron Dukes • Thomas Gaston Darren Drone + Uniting Voices Chicago CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE A John Holiday + B Lucia Lucas + Passenger 1 Kathryn Henry + • Passenger 2 Lindsey Reynolds • Passenger 3 Stephanie Sanchez + Passenger 4 Kathleen Felty •• Passenger 5 Cornelius Johnson + Passenger 6 Alejandro Luévanos • Passenger 7 Darren Drone + Passenger 8 Ron Dukes • GPS Corinne Wallace-Crane FOUR PORTRAITS Music by Caroline Shaw Libretto by Caroline Shaw & Jocelyn Clarke NIGHT Music by John Luther Adams Libretto by John Haines CAST Sibyl Zoie Reams