Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 6 - Champion

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 70 PROGRAM STAFF Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world MARTIN LUTHER CLARK (2020-2023) Appearances this season: Orderly/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , The Dallas Opera; Luis/ Champion , Lyric Opera of Chicago. “The Ryan Opera Center had been a dream since I was an undergraduate and being invited to join was the most incredible moment. Throughout my tenure, my mentors presented many high-standard challenges, but the most important was to become my most authentic self in my artistic expression. Through trial and error, self-discovery, and overcoming the fear of being vulnerable, I learned who I am as an artist and as a human being—and that has been tremendously valuable as I’ve launched my career. I’m deeply grateful for all the Ryan Opera Center did for me.” Denis Vélez (2020-2023) Florencia en el Amazonas Ópera de Bellas Artes (Mexico City) Will Liverman (2012-2015) X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X The Metropolitan Opera Emily Fons (2010-2012) The Tales of Hoffmann Palm Beach Opera THIS SEASON Kyle Flubacker Martin Luther Clark performing in Lyric’s The Factotum (2022/23). 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