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6 From the General Director 8 From the President 10 Board of Directors 12 Women’s Board/Guild Board/ Chapters’ Executive Board/ Ryan Opera Center Board 14 Administration/Administrative Staff/ Production and Technical Staff 16 Why I Love Opera … and Why I Love Lyric – Part 1 24 Tonight’s Performance 25 Synopsis 27 Cast 28 Artist Profiles 35 Opera Notes 38 Director’s Note 40 After the Curtain Falls 42 Musical Staff/Orchestra/Chorus 43 Backstage Life 44 Artistic Roster/Supernumeraries 45 Lyric and Social Media 47 Patron Salute48
Production Sponsors
51 Aria Society 60 Breaking New Ground/ Look to the Future 62 Major Contributors – Special Events and Project Support 63 Lyric Unlimited Contributors 64 Lyric Unlimited Programs 65 Ryan Opera Center 66 Ryan Opera Center Alumni Around the World 67 Ryan Opera Center Contributors 68 Planned Giving: The Overture Society 69 Commemorative Gifts 70 Annual Corporate Support 71 Matching Gifts, Special Thanks and Acknowledgements 72 Annual Individual and Foundation Support 79 Facilities and Services/Theater StaffTable of Contents
LYRIC'S AUDIENCE SPEAKS pp. 16-22On the cover:
Marie-Jeanne Lecca's costume
sketch for the three Norns, who function as fates,
weaving the rope of destiny. As such, although
they actually sing only in the last opera of the
Ring
cycle,
Götterdämmerung,
in Lyric's new
Ring
cycle they will be onstage in all four operas.
IN THIS ISSUE Das Rheingold – pp. 24-38