Lyric Opera 2024-2025 Issue 2 - Fidelio

19 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Fidelio New-to-Chicago production Music by Ludwig van Beethoven | Opera in two acts in German Libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke September 26, 29m and October 2m, 5, 10, 2024 CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Jaquino Daniel Espinal + • Marzelline Sydney Mancasola + Rocco Dimitry Ivashchenko Leonore Elza van den Heever Don Pizarro Brian Mulligan 1st Prisoner Travon D.Walker • 2nd Prisoner Christopher Humbert, Jr. • Florestan Russell Thomas Don Fernando Alfred Walker Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Matthew Ozawa Set & Projection Designer Alexander V. Nichols + Costume Designer Jessica Jahn Lighting Designer Yuki Nakase Link + Chorus Director Michael Black Wigmaster and John Metzner Makeup Designer Associate Director Melanie Bacaling Assistant Director Katrina Bachus Stage Manager Rachel A.Tobias Stage Band Conductor Tess Jackson Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Susan Miller Hult Tess Jackson Chi-Yuan Lin • Noah Lindquist Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight Director Nick Sandys Intimacy Director Samantha Kaufman Projected English Titles Christopher Bergen First performed at Theater an der Wien,Vienna,on November 20,1805. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 13,1961. + Lyric debut • Current Member, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center