Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 9 - Rising Stars

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 14 Program staff 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 Hugh Russell 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 Ryan Opera Center Board of Directors OFFICERS Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Honorary Co-Chairs Nasrin Thierer President John A. Nitschke * Vice President – Fundraising Salme Harju Steinberg Vice President – Fundraising, Co-Chair David S. Fox Vice President – Nominating Lafayette J. Ford Vice President – Nominating, Co-Chair Michael A. Oberman Vice President – Strategic Planning Amy Carbone Vice President – Strategic Planning, Co-Chair Gregory J. O’Leary Treasurer Julian A. Oettinger Secretary MEMBERS Queta Rodriguez Bauer Heidi Heutel Bohn Tanja Chevalier Juliana Y. Chyu Pamela Crutchfield Nancy Dehmlow Erika E. Erich Anthony Freud Mira J. Frohnmayer Melvin Gray Mary Ellen Hennessy Beatriz Iorgulescu Loretta Julian Chester T. Kamin Michael A. Leppen Philip G. Lumpkin Frank B. Modruson Cherilyn Murer Phyllis Neiman Susan Noel Kenneth R. Norgan Jane DiRenzo Pigott Ted Reichardt Richard O. Ryan Richard Warren Shepro Ross Slotten Gay K. Stanek Virginia Tobiason Cynthia Vahlkamp Donna Van Eekeren * Roberta L. Washlow Harriet Weinstein Jack Weiss Debbie K. Wright Joan Zajtchuk LIFE MEMBERS Katherine A. Abelson * Julie Baskes * Janet V. Burch Lawrence O. Corry Mrs. James W. Cozad Allan Drebin * Martha A. Hesse Susan R. Kiphart * Erma S. Medgyesy Keith A. Reed * Mrs. William D. Staley Howard A. Vaughan, Jr. * Former President