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L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O
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February 8 - March 13, 2016
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From the General Director
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From the President
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Board of Directors
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Women’s Board/Guild Board/
Chapters’ Executive Board/
Ryan Opera Center Board
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Administration/Administrative
Staff/Production and Technical
Staff
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Dressing the Part: All About
Lyric’s Costumes
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Tonight’s Performance
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Synopsis
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Cast
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Artist Profiles
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Opera Notes
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Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus
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Artistic Roster
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Supernumeraries/Lyric Unlimited/
Education Corps
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Patron Salute
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Aria Society
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Breaking New Ground/
Look to the Future
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Major Contributors – Special
Events and Project Support
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Ryan Opera Center
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Ryan Opera Center Contributors
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Lyric Unlimited Contributors
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Planned Giving:
The Overture Society
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Annual Corporate Support
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Matching Gifts, Special Thanks
and Acknowledgements
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Annual Individual and
Foundation Support
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Commemorative Gifts
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Facilities and Services/Theater Staff
Table of Contents
Susan Mickey designed marvelously colorful costumes for Lyric’s new production of
The Marriage of Figaro
earlier this season.
IN THIS ISSUE
Der Rosenkavalier –
pp. 24-38
COSTUMES AT LYRIC
pp. 16-22
On the cover
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Hogarth, William (1697-1764). Marriage
A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête, about 1743.
Oil on canvas, 69.9 x 90.8 cm. Bought, 1824
(NG114). National Gallery
© National Gallery, London / Art Resource, NY
DAN REST
ROBERT KUSEL