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February 8 - March 13, 2016
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• Production originated at
San Francisco Opera.
• Additional costumes by
Uber Costumes.
• Projected English titles © 2005
by Francis Rizzo.
• 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.
• Lyric Opera gratefully
acknowledges the support of
the Irma Parker German 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 four hours and
ten minutes.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Komödie für Musik
in three acts in German
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
First performed at the Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden, on January 26, 1911
First performed by Lyric Opera on September 25, 1970
Characters in order of vocal appearance:
Octavian
SOPHIE KOCH (February 8-20)
ALICE COOTE (March 4-13)
The Marschallin
AMANDA MAJESKI°°
(Princess von Werdenberg)
Mohammed
ZACH THOMAS*
The Marschallin’s Major-Domo
MINGJIE LEI*°
Baron Ochs
MATTHEW ROSE*
Leopold
MATTHEW COBB
CHRIS LYSY
The Marschallin’s Footmen
GEOFFREY AGPALO, RONALD WATKINS,
HOSS BROCK, KENNETH NICHOLS
Noble Orphans
HLENGIWE MKHWANAZI°,
LINDSAY METZGER°, ANNIE ROSEN°
Milliner
DIANA NEWMAN°
Animal Trainer
ALEC CARLSON°
Valzacchi
RODELL ROSEL°°
A Singer
RENÉ BARBERA°°
Notary
PHILIP KRAUS
Annina
MEGAN MARINO*
Faninal
MARTIN GANTNER
Marianne Leitmetzerin
LAURA WILDE°
Faninal’s Major-Domo
MATTHEW D
I
BATTISTA
Sophie von Faninal
CHRISTINA LANDSHAMER**
Innkeeper
JONATHAN JOHNSON°
Waiters
JESSE DONNER°,
ANTHONY CLARK EVANS°,
RICHARD OLLARSABA°,
BRADLEY SMOAK°
Police Commissioner
PATRICK GUETTI*°
Conductor
EDWARD GARDNER*
Director
MARTINA WEBER*
Set and Costume Designer
THIERRY BOSQUET
Lighting Designer
DUANE SCHULER
Chorus Master
MICHAEL BLACK
Wigmaster and Makeup Designer
SARAH HATTEN
Assistant Director
ELISE SANDELL
Stage Manager
JOHN W. COLEMAN
Stage Band Conductor
FRANCESCO MILIOTO
Musical Preparation
WILLIAM C. BILLINGHAM
JERAD MOSBEY
Prompter
SUSAN MILLER HULT
Fight Director
CHUCK COYL
Projected English Titles
FRANCIS RIZZO
* Lyric Opera debut
** American debut
°
Current member, Ryan Opera Center
°°
Alumnus, Ryan Opera Center