Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 1 - The Flying Dutchman

23 | Lyric Opera of Chicago The Flying Dutchman New-to-Chicago production Music & Libretto by Richard Wagner | Opera in three acts in German CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Daland Mika Kares Steersman Ryan Capozzo • The Dutchman Tomasz Konieczny Mary Melody Wilson + Senta Tamara Wilson Erik Robert Watson + Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Christopher Alden Set & Costume Designer Allen Moyer Lighting Designer Anne Militello + Chorus Director Michael Black Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Rachel A.Tobias Stage Band Conductor Patrick Furrer Musical Preparation Patrick Furrer Susan Miller Hult Noah Lindquist Jerad Mosbey Eric Weimer Dean Whiteside^ Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight & Intimacy Samantha Kaufman Director Projected English Titles Gunta Dreifelds First performed by Königliches Hoftheaater Dresden on January 2,1843. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 13,1959. + Lyric debut • Current Member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center ^ Solti Foundation U.S.Opera Residency Michael Cooper/Canadian Opera Company Johan Reuter as the Dutchman in the Canadian Opera Company’s 2022 production of The Flying Dutchman.