Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 3 - Daughter of the Regiment

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 66 Administration Dan Novak Director, The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Craig Terry Music Director, The Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Julia Faulkner Director of Vocal Studies Renée Fleming Advisor at Large Susanna McNatt Manager Annika Donnen Associate Librarian Faculty Julia Faulkner Vocal Instruction, Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Vocal Studies Program Endowment Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore Anne So e von Otter Guest Master Artists William C. Billingham Alan Darling Brent Funderburk Laurann Gilley Noah Lindquist Celeste Rue Eric Weimer Coaching Staff Isabelle Druc Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Klára Moldová Alessandra Visconti Foreign Language Instruction Nicola Bowie Leila Gorstein Sayjal Joshi Katie Klein Peter McClintock Nick Sandys Acting and Movement Instruction Orit Carpenter Beth Clayton Performance Psychology Katrina Bachus Rachel A. Tobias Production Mentors Artistic/Production Personnel Louis Lohraseb Conductor Katherine M. Carter Director Rachel Garoon Stage Manager PROGRAM STAFF Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world MARK S. DOSS (1984-1986) Appearances this season: Giorgio Germont/ La traviata , Welsh National Opera; Zurga/ Les pêcheurs de perles , Vlaamse Opera. “My rst mainstage role while in the Ryan Opera Center was the Herald in Handel’s Rinaldo, alongside Marilyn Horne and Sam Ramey, who sang Argante and was the inspiration for my own portrayal of the role at Teatro alla Scala (see photo), just after my debut there as Escamillo in Carmen (whose aria I rst sang for Sherrill Milnes in an Opera Center master class). Also during my tenure, I agreed to take on an extra understudy assignment, and this led to my rst contract with the Metropolitan Opera. Thanks to the marvelous opportunities presented to me by Lyric’s exceptional training program, I have been able to achieve great career successes—and for that, I am very thankful.” Susanna Phillips (2005–2007) Don Giovanni Boston Baroque Craig Irvin (2008–2011) The Shining The Atlanta Opera Lauren Decker (2016–2020) Der iegende Holländer Deutsche Oper Berlin THIS SEASON Marco Brescia / Teatro alla Scala Doss as Argante in Teatro alla Scala’s Rinaldo (2005).