Lyric Opera 2024-2025 Issue 1 - Rigoletto

19 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Rigoletto Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Opera in three acts in Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave September 14, 18m, 22m, 25, 28, and October 1, 6m, 2024 CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Duke of Mantua Javier Camarena + Borsa Travon D.Walker + • Countess Ceprano Adia Evans + • Rigoletto Igor Golovatenko Marullo Sankara Harouna • Count Ceprano Christopher Humbert, Jr. + • Monterone Andrew Manea + Sparafucile Soloman Howard Gilda Mané Galoyan + Giovanna Maire Therese Carmack + Page Gemma Nha + • Usher Vince Wallace Maddalena Zoie Reams Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Mary Birnbaum + Set Designer Robert Innes Hopkins Costume Designer Jane Greenwood Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Chorus Director Michael Black Wig Master and John Metzner + Makeup Designer Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Alaina Bartkowiak Stage Band Conductor Francesco Milioto Musical Preparation Kyrian Friedenberg^ Keun-A Lee Noah Lindquist Francesco Milioto Jerad Mosbey Fight Director Samantha Kaufman Intimacy Director Samantha Kaufman Projected English Titles Francis Rizzo First performed at La Fenice,Venice,on March 11,1851. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 1,1955. + Lyric debut • Current Member, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center ^ Solti Foundation U.S.Opera Residency Actors Susie Griffith Sheena Laird