Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 8B - Aida

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 Daniel Sokalski Stage Managers PROGRAM STAFF Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world MEREDITH ARWADY (2005-2008) Appearances this season: Kathy Hagen/ Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago; The Nightingale and Other Fables , Adelaide Festival (Australia). “During my three years in the Ryan Opera Center (2005-2008), we were treated as professionals, yet still given the space to learn and grow—we were protected but also actively participated and made to feel vital to the success of the company. I performed nearly 100 times during my three Lyric seasons, in everything from bit parts sung off-stage to leading roles, from recitals to gala concerts. The entire Lyric family—administration, faculty, and our wonderful sponsors—contributed in providing us with incredible preparation for careers in this business, and I will always be proud of, and grateful for, my time in the Ryan Opera Center.” David Weigel (2018-2021) Carmen Sarasota Opera Nicole Cabell (2002-2005) Don Giovanni Royal Swedish Opera (Stockholm) Mario Rojas (2017-2020) La Rondine Teatro Regio di Torino THIS SEASON Evan Zimmerman/The Glimmerglass Festival Meredith Arwady (at left) as Old Lady,with Katrina Gulka as Cunegonde, in the 2023 Glimmerglass Festival production of Candide .