Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 4 - Jenufa

19 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Jenu˚fa New-to-Chicago production Music by Leoš Janáˇcek | Opera in three acts in Czech Libretto by Leoš Janáˇcek and Gabriela Preissová November 12m, 15m, 18, 21, & 26m, 2023 CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Jen ˚ufa Lisa Davidsen + Grandmother Buryja Marianne Cornetti + Laca Pavel Černoch + Jana Kathryn Henry • Foreman Laureano Quant • Kostelniˇcka Nina Stemme Števa Richard Trey Smagur + Barena Lindsey Reynolds • Shepherdess Sophia Maekawa + • Mayor Wayne Tigges •• Mayor’s Wife Katherine DeYoung •• Karolka Lucy Baker + • Conductor Jakub Hrůša + Original Director Claus Guth + Revival Director Axel Weidauer Set Designer Michael Levine Assistant Set Designer Clíona Ní Mhocháin + Costume Designer Gesine Völlm + Lighting Designer James Farncombe + Video Designer rocafilm + Chorus Director Michael Black Choreographer Teresa Rotemberg + Ballet Mistress Noelle Kayser Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director Katrina Bachus Stage Manager Rachel A.Tobias Stage Band Conductor Francesco Milioto Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Susan Miller Hult Noah Lindquist Francesco Milioto Eric Weimer Prompter Susan Miller Hult Ballet Accompanist Greg Smith Czech Diction Coach Klára Moldová Fight & Intimacy Samantha Kaufman Director First performed at Mahen Theatre,Brno,Czechia on January 21,1904. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 2,1959. + Lyric debut • Current Member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center •• Alumni,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center Dancers: Chase Buntrock, Sam Crouch,Adeline “A” Else + , Katy Fedrigon + , Kara Hunsinger, Maddy Joss + , Morgan Reed McDaniel, Martín Ortiz Tapia, Ashley Rivette + , Brandon Talbott + e •