Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 5 - Cinderella

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 Lawrence Brownlee Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore 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 Stefano Sarzani Conductors Katherine M. Carter Patricia Racette Directors Rachel Garoon Stage Manager PROGRAM STAFF Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world KATHERINE BECK (2020-2022) Appearances this season: Elizabeth Lavenza/ Frankenstein , Arizona Opera (world premiere); Lola/ Cavalleria rusticana , Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. “I am so grateful to have been a part of the Ryan Opera Center. It was a truly ideal experience for me. We were expected to work hard and show our best, and, in turn, we were given incredible support and respect. I was inspired by the way the team pushed me to take risks and show my true self, and I have carried those skills and lessons with me as I entered the profession. I found a family here in Chicago, and I feel incredibly blessed to be a part of it.” Lunga Eric Hallam (2020-2023) Il barbiere di Siviglia Pittsburgh Opera Annie Rosen (2015-2017) Das Rheingold Dallas Symphony Orchestra Matthew Polenzani (1995-1997) Medea Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) THIS SEASON Kyle Flubacker Katherine Beck performed at the 2021 Rising Stars in Concert .