Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 6 - Hansel and Gretel

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 42 MINGJIE LEI 2022/23 Season appearances include: Ernesto/ Don Pasquale , Staatsoper Hamburg and Opernhaus Zürich; Fenton/ Falstaff , Staatsoper Stuttgart. “The Ryan Opera Center (2015-2017) gave me so much support during my time in the program. I was able to improve a great deal by working with the outstanding faculty, and the opportunity to coach with guest artists such as alumnus Matthew Polenzani was incredible. It was a very special experience to perform on Lyric’s mainstage in such a nurturing environment, and that experience, together with all of the training I received, prepared me to launch my career successfully. I’ll always be grateful for everything the Ryan Opera Center did for me.” Marjorie Owens Der fliegende Holländer Vancouver Opera Ensemble member 2006-2008 Rodrick Dixon The Death of Klinghoffer Het Concertgebouw Ensemble member 1992-1994 Amber Wagner Tannhäuser Opera Australia Ensemble member 2007-2010 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 Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Renée Fleming Advisor Susanna McNatt Manager Annika Donnen Associate Librarian Faculty Julia Faulkner Vocal Instruction Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Vocal Studies Program Endowment, in memory of Gianna Rolandi Deborah Birnbaum Sir Andrew Davis Renée Fleming Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore Patricia Racette Anne Sophie von Otter Guest Master Artists William C. Billingham Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Jonathan Gmeinder Noah Lindquist Celeste Rue Eric Weimer Coaching Staff Emanuele Andrizzi Conducting Instruction Isabelle Druc Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Klára Moldová Sharon Peterson Alessandra Visconti Foreign Language Instruction August Tye Movement Instruction Orit Carpenter Beth Clayton Performance Psychology Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant Katrina Bachus Rachel A. Tobias Production Mentors Artistic/Production Personnel Roberto Kalb Stefano Sarzani Conductors Crystal Manich Kristine McIntyre Directors Peggy Stenger Bill Walters Stage Managers PROGRAM STAFF THIS SEASON Ryan Opera Center alumni around the world Martin Sigmund Simon Pauly Tenor Mingjie Lei as Don Ottavio in Staatsoper Stuttgart’s Don Giovanni.