Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 6 - Hansel and Gretel

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 2 8 WELCOME TO YOUR LYRIC 10 A letter from the Chair and the General Director 12 Board of Directors 14 Final Auditions for The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center make for an exhilarating day. In this issue Final Auditions for the Ryan Opera Center take place in front of an enthusiastic live audience. | pp.14-17 All is not as it appears in Lyric’s Hansel and Gretel . | pp. 18-35 Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Kyle Flubacker 18 TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE 21 Title page and cast 22 Synopsis 24 Artist profiles 28 Orchestra and Chorus 30 Englebert Humperdinck used Wagnerian style to create his vivid and unsettling fairy tale world. 34 Director’s note 36 BEYOND THE STAGE 38 Lyric’s Learning and Creative Engagement team revives its popular program that brings students to dress rehearsals. 40 RYAN OPERA CENTER 42 Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world 42 Program staff 44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 46 Bravissimi 48 Production sponsors 50 Supporting our future— endowments at Lyric 52 Ardis Krainik Society 56 Corporate partnerships 58 Annual individual and foundation support 68 Commemorative gifts 69 Artistic roster 70 Lyric staff 72 People of Lyric