Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 9 - Proximity

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 32 (Lieutenant Gordon/ Silent Night ), and the Bayerische Staatsoper (Larkens/ La fanciulla del West ), and made his Lyric debut as Jake/ Porgy and Bess (2014/15). KAMARI SAXON | CHIEF’S SON #2 | THE WALKERS Previously at Lyric: Young Robert/ Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021/22). Saxon attended The Theatre School at DePaul University for Acting. He recently starred in The Queen of In nite Space as Thomas Digges with Proboscis Theatre Company and in We Are Proud to Present as Actor 4 at Butler University. At DePaul, he played Father Tuyeshame in Our Lady of Kibeho (2019) as well as Oedipus in King Oedipu s (2018). RON DUKES | CHIEF’S SON #1 | THE WALKERS PASSENGER 8 | FOUR PORTRAITS Previously at Lyric: Sam/ The Factotum and Jago/ Ernani (both 2022/23). A rst-year Ryan Opera Center member, the bass completed his master’s degree in opera at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. While there, he served as Associate Instructor of Voice and performed numerous featured roles with IU Opera Theatre, among them Bartolo/ The Marriage of Figaro , Don Basilio/ The Barber of Seville , and Simone/ Gianni Schicchi . He has extensive experience with start-up opera companies in Bloomington, including Bloomington Chamber Opera, where he portrayed Sarastro/ The Magic Flute , and A Little Knight Music Opera Company, where he was heard as Oroveso/ Norma . Originally from Indianapolis, Dukes is a former Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera (Truffaldino/ Ariadne auf Naxos ) and The Glimmerglass Festival (Old Gypsy/ Il trovatore , Second Priest and Second Armored Man/ The Magic Flute ). He recently concluded a residency with Pensacola Opera for the company’s 39th season, singing Basilio/ The Barber of Seville and Sarastro/ The Magic Flute . Ron Dukes is sponsored by The Thierer Family Foundation. KATHRYN HENRY | PASSENGER 1 | FOUR PORTRAITS Lyric debut An Ensemble member of the Ryan Opera Center, the soprano began the season performing in Sunday in the Park with Lyric at Millennium Park. Also this season, she reprised the role of Lucy Harker/ The Lord of Cries for the East Coast premiere performance and world premiere studio recording of the cast album through the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera, and Pentatone Records. She also presented a recital of women composers with the Green Lake Festival of Music. This summer she joins the Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist, where she will sing Roxane Coss/ Bel Canto . Last season, she worked with Fleming in Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio. Other recent highlights include Micaëla/ La tragédie de Carmen and the title role in Viardot’s Cendrillon with Florentine Opera Company. Henry made debuts with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera ( Norma ), Walla Walla Symphony (Beethoven 9), and Racine Symphony Orchestra (Fauré Requiem ). In the summer of 2021, she joined the Santa Fe Opera as Lucy Harker in the world premiere of John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s The Lord of Cries . Henry was a nalist in the 2015 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the 2018 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers at Houston Grand Opera, the 2021 Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, the 2021 National Opera Association Carolyn Bailey and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition, and the 2022 Vincerò World Singing Competition. Kathryn Henry is sponsored by Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory J. O’Leary and Karen Petitte. LINDSEY REYNOLDS | VERY LOUD GIRL | THE WALKERS PASSENGER 2 | FOUR PORTRAITS Previously at Lyric: Alice/ Le Comte Ory and Voice from Above/ Don Carlos (both 2022/23). A rst-year member of the Ryan Opera Center Ensemble, in 2021/22 the New Orleans native 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. Reynolds has been awarded rst place in many competitions, among them the Camille Coloratura Awards, James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, Young Patronesses of the Opera/Florida Grand Opera Competition, Hal Leonard Art Song Competition, and National Association of Negro Musicians Competition. She is also the recipient of an Emerging Artist Award from Opera Index, and this summer debuts with the Grant Park Music Festival. Lindsey Reynolds is sponsored by an Anonymous Donor, Fred & Phoebe Boelter, and Donna Van Eekeren & Dale Connelly. KATHLEEN FELTY | PASSENGER 4 | FOUR PORTRAITS Previously at Lyric: Third Lady/ The Magic Flute (2021/22) and Laura/ Luisa Miller (2019/20). A Ryan Opera Center alumna from Lubbuck, Texas, Felty’s repertoire includes Charlotte/ Werther , Angelina/ La Cenerentola , Unulfo/ Rodelinda , Miss Jessell/ Turn of the Screw , Geneviève/ Impressions de Pelléas , Dinah/T rouble in Tahiti , Komponist/ Ariadne auf Naxos , and Paula/ Florencia en el Amazonas . Felty is a former Santa Fe Opera apprentice artist, and also has participated in Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and the Solti Accademia di Bel Canto fellowship program. She recently appeared in the Harris