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L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O
December 7, 2015 - January 17, 2016
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• Opera published by
FILARMONIKA Music
Publishing.
• Scenery constructed by
Ravenswood Studio, Inc., Chicago.
• Costumes by Paul Chang, Uber
Costumes, and Donna Langman.
• Military uniforms and accessories
supplied by Jim Korn and
Kaufman’s Army and Navy,
New York.
• Projected titles © by Lyric Opera
of Chicago, 2015.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts
are generously sponsored by
The Hurvis Family Foundation,
with matching funding provided by
The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum
Family, The John and Jackie
Bucksbaum Family, and Richard P.
and Susan Kiphart.
•
Steingraeber & Söhne is the Official
Piano of Lyric’s new production of
Bel Canto
, in partnership with the
Grand Piano Haus, Skokie, Illinois.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully
acknowledges the support of the
Robert and Ellen Marks
American Opera Endowed Chair.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes
to thank its Official Airline,
American Airlines.
• This season’s projected English titles
are funded in part by a generous
grant from the Lloyd E. Rigler-
Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation.
• The performance will last
approximately three hours.
World Premiere
BEL CANTO
Music by Jimmy López
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Opera in two acts in Spanish, English, Japanese,
Russian, German, French, Latin, and Quechua
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago
Curated by Renée Fleming
World premiere at Lyric Opera on December 7, 2015
Characters in order of vocal appearance:
* Lyric Opera debut
°
Current member, Ryan Opera Center
°°
Alumna/Alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center
Edith Thibault
ANNIE ROSEN°
Simon Thibault,
ANTHONY CLARK EVANS°
her husband,
the French ambassador
Victor Fyodorov,
RÚNI BRATTABERG
a Russian diplomat
German Diplomat
KIMBERLY McCORD
Father Arguedas,
TAKAOKI ONISHI*°
a Catholic priest
Spanish Ambassador
HOSS BROCK
to Peru
Gen Watanabe,
ANDREW STENSON*
Hosokawa’s translator
Rubén Iglesias,
WILLIAM BURDEN
vice president of Peru
Katsumi Hosokawa,
JEONGCHEOL CHA*
chairman of a Japanese
electronics corporation
Actors:
Jonathan Beal, Eduardo Xavier Curley-Carrillo,
Kevin Matthew Reyes, Jorge Santos, Kai Young
Conductor
SIR ANDREW DAVIS
Director
KEVIN NEWBURY
Set Designer
DAVID KORINS*
Costume Designer
CONSTANCE HOFFMAN*
Lighting Designer
DUANE SCHULER
Projection Designer
GREG EMETAZ*
Chorus Master
MICHAEL BLACK
Wigmaster and
SARAH HATTEN
Makeup Designer
Dramaturg
JANICE PARAN*
Assistant Director
ELISE SANDELL
Stage Manager
CHELSEA ANTRIM DENNIS*
Musical Preparation
VLADIMIR KULENOVIC*
KEUN-A LEE
MATTHEW PIATT
MAURO RONCA
Prompter
SUSAN MILLER HULT
Fight Director
NICK SANDYS
Projected English Titles
DEREK MATSON
Spanish Diction Coach
DEREK MATSON
Roxane Coss,
DANIELLE
DE
NIESE
an American soprano
Christopf,
JOHN IRVIN°°
Roxane’s accompanist
General Alfredo,
RAFAEL DAVILA*
leader of the MRTA
terrorist organization
General Benjamín
,
second
BRADLEY SMOAK
in command of MRTA
°
Carmen
{ } J’NAI BRIDGES°°
Ismael
{ } ALEC CARLSON°
Beatriz
{ } DIANA NEWMAN°
César
{ } ANTHONY ROTH
COSTANZO*
Joachim Messner
,
JACQUES IMBRAILO*
a
representative
of the Red Cross
Soldier of the Peruvian Army
MATTHEW CARROLL
In 2016, the
Bel Canto
performances on January 5, 7:30 p.m. and January 8, 2:00 p.m, are being
recorded by Lyric Opera of Chicago and THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET for future
national PBS telecast on
Great Performances
.
Major support for the
Great Performances
broadcast of
Bel Canto
from Lyric is provided by
Ethel and William Gofen, Nancy W. Knowles, Dr. David G. Knott and Ms. Françoise Girard,
and Liz Stiffel.
Major support for
Great Performances
is provided by the Irene Diamond Fund, the Anna-
Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation,
the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Rosalind P. Walter, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Starr
Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Lenore Hecht Foundation, The Philip and
Janice Levin Foundation, and PBS.
Terrorists