Sunday 28 January 2018

LYRIC OPERA, CHICAGO 2016 - 2017 season



1, 5, 9, 13, 16, 22 October 2016: DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Director David Pountney Original Set Designer Johan Engels Set Designer Robert Innes Hopkins Costume Designer Marie-Jeanne Lecca Lighting Designer Fabrice Kebour Choreographer Denni Sayers

                                              Wotan           Eric Owens
                                              Alberich          Samuel Youn
                                                 Loge          Stefan Margita
                                                Fricka          Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
                                                 Erda          Okka von der Damerau
                                                Fasolt          Wilhelm Schwinghammer
                                               Fafner          Tobias Kehrer
                                                Mime          Rodell Rosel 
                                                 Freia          Laura Wilde
                                                  Froh          Jesse Donner
                                              Donner          Zachary Nelson
                                            Woglinde          Diana Newman
                                          Wellgunde          Annie Rosen
                                            Flosshilde          Lindsay Ammann

15, 19, 23, 26, 29 October, 1, 6 November 2016: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Enrique Mazzola Director Graham Vick Set and Costume Designer Paul Brown Revival Production Designer Elena Cicorella Lighting Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black

                                         Normanno           Matthew DiBattista 
                                Lord Enrico Ashton          Quinn Kelsey
                               Raimondo Bidebent          Adrian Sâmpetrean
                                        Lucia Ashton          Albina Shagimuratova
                                                  Alisa          Lindsay Metzger
                     Sir Edgardo of Ravenswood          Piotr Beczała
                              Lord Arturo Bucklaw          Jonathan Johnson




13, 17, 21, 26 November, 3 December 2016: LES TROYENS (Berlioz): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Director Tim Albery Set and Costume Designer Tobias Hoheisel Lighting Designer David Finn Projection Design Illuminos Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer Helen Pickett

                              Priam, king of Troy           David Govertsen
                           Hecuba, wife of Priam          Catherine Martin
                  Cassandra, daughter of Priam          Christine Goerke
Ghost of Hector, son of Priam killed in the war      Bradley Smoak
                 Andromache, widow of Hector          Holly Curran
                            Helenus, son of Priam          Corey Bix
                         Aeneas, a Trojan warrior          Brandon Jovanovich
                         Ascanius, son of Aeneas          Annie Rosen
                        Panthus, a Trojan warrior          Philip Horst
                                       Trojan soldier          Takaoki Onishi
                   Chorebus, A Phrygian warrior          Lucas Meachem
                                     Greek Captain          Patrick Guetti
                        Dido, queen of Carthage          Susan Graham
                              Anna, sister of Dido          Okka von der Damerau
                           Narbal, Dido’s minister          Christian van Horn
                                       Iopas, a poet          Mingjie Lei
                                              Aeneas          Brandon Jovanovich
                                             Ascanius          Annie Rosen
                                             Panthus          Philip Horst
                            Hylas, a young Trojan          Jonathan Johnson
                                 First Trojan soldier          Kenneth Nichols
                             Second Trojan soldier          Nikolas Wenzel
                                    Ghost of Priam          David Govertsen
                                Ghost of Chorebus          Lucas Meachem
                                   Ghost of Hector          Bradley Smoak
                               Ghost of Cassandra          Christine Goerke
                                  Ghost of Hecuba          Catherine Martin

19, 23, 28 November, 1, 4, 7 December 2016: DON QUICHOTTE (Massenet): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Director Matthew Ozawa Set Designer Ralph Funicello Costume Designer Missy West Lighting Designer Chris Maravich Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer August Tye

                                               Pedro           Diana Newman
                                             Garcias           Lindsay Metzger
                                           Rodriguez          Jonathan Johnson
                                                  Juan          Alec Carlson
                                             Dulcinée          Clémentine Margaine
                                     Don Quichotte          Ferruccio Furlanetto
                                              Sancho          Nicola Alaimo
                                        First Servant          Takaoki Onishi
                                    Second Servant          Emmett O’Hanlon
                                        Bandit Chief          Bradley Smoak
                                              Bandits          William Combs
                                                                 Matthew Carroll
                                                                 John Concepcion
                                                                 Ronald Watkins




10, 12, 14 December 2016, 6, 8, 12, 12, 14, 22, 25, 27 January 2017: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor  Rory MacDonald Director Neil Armfield Set and  Costume Designer Dale Ferguson Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer Denni Sayers

                                              Tamino          Andrew Staples
                                                                 Matthew Polenzani (12, 14, 22, 25, 27 Jan)
                                            First Lady          Ann Toomey
                                        Second Lady          Annie Rosen
                                          Third Lady          Lauren Decker
                                           Papageno          Adam Plachetka
                         The Queen of the Night          Kathryn Lewek
                                           First Slave          Ronald Watkins
                                       Second Slave          William Combs
                                          Third Slave          Matthew Carroll
                                        Monostatos          Rodell Rosel
                                              Pamina          Christiane Karg
                                         Three Genii          Casey Lyons
                                                                 Parker Scribner
                                                                 Asher Alcantara
                                       The Speaker          David Govertsen
                                             Sarastro          Christof Fischesser
                                          First Priest          Alec Carlson
                                       Second Priest          Emmett O’Hanlon
                                    Speaking Priest          Christopher Filipowicz
                                           Papagena          Diana Newman
                                First Armored Man          Jesse Donner
                            Second Armored Man          Patrick Guetti

28 January, 1, 5, 9, 13, 18, 24 February 2017: NORMA (Bellini): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Riccardo Frizza Director Kevin Newbury Set Designer David Korins Costume Designer Jessica Jahn Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Chorus Master Michael Black

                                             Oroveso          Andrea Silvestrelli
                                                 Flavio          Jesse Donner
                                              Pollione          Russell Thomas
                                              Norma          Sondra Radvanovsky
                                            Adalgisa           Elizabeth DeShong
                                              Clotilde          Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi

11, 15, 19, 22, 28 February, 3, 6, 16, 19, 22, 25 March 2017: CARMEN (Bizet): NEW PRODUCTION: Conductor Harry Bicket/Ainārs Rubiķis (16, 19, 22, 25 Mar) Director and Choreographer Rob Ashford Set Designer David Rockwell Original Costume Designer Julie Weiss Lighting Designer Donald Holder Chorus Master Michael Black

                                             Moralès          Takaoki Onishi
                                              Micaëla          Eleonora Buratto
                                            Don José          Joseph Calleja
                                                                 Brandon Jovanovich (16, 19, 22, 25 Mar) 
                                               Zuniga          Bradley Smoak
                                             Carmen          Ekaterina Gubanova
                                                                 Anita Rachvelishvili (16, 19, 22, 25 Mar) 
                                            Frasquita          Diana Newman
                                           Mercédès          Lindsay Metzger
                                            Escamillo          Christian Van Horn
                                         Lillas Pastia          Alec Carlson
                                            Dancaïre          Emmett O’Hanlon
                                        Remendado          Mingjie Lei




26 February, 1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 March 2017: EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky): Conductor Alejo Pérez Director Robert Carsen Revival Director Paula Suozzi Set and Costume Designer Michael Levine Assistant Production Designer Victoria Wallace Lighting Designer Christine Binder Chorus Master Michael Black Choreographer Serge Bennathan

                                              Tatiana          Ana María Martínez
                                                 Olga          Alisa Kolosova
                                    Madame Larina          Katharine Goeldner
                                            Filipyevna          Jill Grove
                                           A Peasant          John Concepcion
                                   Vladamir Lensky          Charles Castronovo
                                    Eugene Onegin          Mariusz Kwiecień
                                           A Captain          Takaoki Onishi
                                  Monsieur Triquet          Keith Jameson
                                            Zaretsky          Patrick Guetti
                                      Prince Gremin          Dmitry Belosselskiy