Carmen

L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O

February 11 - March 25, 2017

• Coproduction of Lyric Opera

of Chicago and Houston Grand

Opera.

• Additional costumes by Seams

Unlimited and Paul Chang.

• Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts

are generously sponsored by The

Caerus Foundation, Inc., with

matching funding provided by

The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum

Family, The John and Jacolyn

Bucksbaum Foundation, and

The Richard P. and Susan Kiphart

Family.

• Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully

acknowledges the support of the

W. James and Maxine P. Farrell

French 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.

New Lyric Opera Coproduction

Georges Bizet

CARMEN

Opéra comique

in four acts in French

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy,

after the novella

Carmen

by Prosper Mérimée (1845)

First performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris, on March 3, 1875

First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 16, 1954

Characters in order of vocal appearance:

Moralès

TAKAOKI ONISHI°

Micaëla

ELEONORA BURATTO*

Don José

JOSEPH CALLEJA (Feb. 11-March 6)

BRANDON JOVANOVICH (March 16-25)

Zuniga

BRADLEY SMOAK°

Carmen

EKATERINA GUBANOVA (Feb. 11-March 6)

ANITA RACHVELISHVILI* (March 16-25)

Frasquita

DIANA NEWMAN°

Mercédès

LINDSAY METZGER°

Escamillo

CHRISTIAN VAN HORN°°

Lillas Pastia

ALEC CARLSON°

Dancaïre

EMMETT O’HANLON°

Remendado

MINGJIE LEI°

Dancers:

Shannon Alvis, Judson Emery*, Alejandro Fonseca*, Ashley Elizabeth Hale*,

Shanna Heverly*, Marissa Lynn Horton*, Jeffrey B. Hover, Jr., Jessica Wolfrum Raun*,

Todd Rhoades, Abigail Simon, Malachi Squires, JP Tenuta

CHICAGO CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Conductor

HARRY BICKET (Feb. 11-March 6)

AINĀRS RUBIĶIS* (March 16-25)

Director and Choreographer

ROB ASHFORD

Set Designer

DAVID ROCKWELL*

Original Costume Designer

JULIE WEISS*

Lighting Designer

DONALD HOLDER*

Chorus Master

MICHAEL BLACK

Children’s Chorus Master

JOSEPHINE LEE

Wigmaster and Makeup Designer

SARAH HATTEN

Associate Director

LOUISA MULLER

Associate Choreographer

SARAH O’GLEBY

Ballet Mistress

ASHLEY ELIZABETH HALE*

Assistant Director

JODI GAGE

Stage Manager

RACHEL A. TOBIAS

Stage Band Conductor

STEVEN MOSTELLER

Musical Preparation

KEUN-A LEE

JERAD MOSBEY

Ballet Accompanist

VALERIE MAZE

Fight Director

CHUCK COYL

Projected English Titles

SCOTT F. HEUMANN*

PAUL HOPPER*

ROGER PINES (

spoken dialogue

)

* Lyric Opera debut

Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

°°

Alumnus, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center