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• Don Quichotte
is a production of
San Diego Opera.
• Sets for
Don Quichotte
executed by
San Diego Opera Scenic Studio.
• Costumes for
Don Quichott
e
executed by San Diego Opera
Costume Shop.
• Additional choral costumes by
Seams Unlimited.
• 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.
• The performance will last
approximately two hours
and forty-five minutes.
New-to-Chicago Production
Jules Massenet
DON QUICHOTTE
(DON QUIXOTE)
Opera in five acts in French
Libretto by Henri Cain, after Jacques Le Lorrain’s stage adaptation
of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes
First performed at the Opéra de Monte Carlo on February 24, 1910
First performed at Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 22, 1974
Characters in order of vocal appearance:
Pedro
DIANA NEWMAN°
Garcias
LINDSAY METZGER°
Rodriguez
JONATHAN JOHNSON°
Juan
ALEC CARLSON°
Dulcinée
CLÉMENTINE MARGAINE*
Don Quichotte
FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO
Sancho
NICOLA ALAIMO*
First Servant
TAKAOKI ONISHI°
Second Servant
EMMETT O’HANLON°
*
Bandit Chief
BRADLEY SMOAK°
Bandits
WILLIAM COMBS
MATTHEW CARROLL
JOHN CONCEPCION
RONALD WATKINS
Conductor
SIR ANDREW DAVIS
Director
MATTHEW OZAWA
Set Designer
RALPH FUNICELLO*
Costume Designer
MISSY WEST*
Lighting Designer
CHRIS MARAVICH
Chorus Master
MICHAEL BLACK
Choroegrapher
AUGUST TYE
Wigmaster and Makeup Designer
SARAH HATTEN
Assistant Director
ELISE SANDELL
Stage Manager
CHELSEA ANTRIM DENNIS
Stage Band Conductor
ROBERT TWETEN
Musical Preparation
WILLIAM C. BILLINGHAM
KEUN-A LEE
Fight Director
CHUCK COYL
* Lyric Opera debut
°
Current member of The Patrick G.
and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center