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On This Island
(Papermill Playhouse),
and
Carousel
(Glimmerglass Festival). In
2015 selections from Jahn’s work were
exhibited by the National Opera Center
in New York City. She is an adjunct
costume design professor with Brandeis
University’s theatre arts department.
DUANE SCHULER
(
Lighting Designer
)
Previously at Lyric:
More than 130
productions since
1977, most recently
Bel Canto
(2015-16,
world premiere);
Tosca
,
Capriccio
(both 2014-15).
Former resident lighting designer for
Lyric, the renowned Wisconsin-born
designer has created lighting for such
prestigious organizations as the Opéra
National de Lyon (
Eugene Onegin
,
Mazeppa
), San Francisco Opera (
Werther
,
The Makropulos Case
), London’s Royal
Opera House (
Fidelio
,
Cinderella
), and
La Scala (
Lulu, Turandot
). Schuler has
designed more than 20 productions at the
Metropolitan Opera, ranging stylistically
from
Otello
and
Boris Godunov
to
La
rondine
and
The Great Gatsby
. His current
season is highlighted by productions at
the Met (
Fidelio
), LA Opera
(Tosca
), and
Seattle Opera (
The Magic Flute
). Further
opera credits include such prestigious
venues as Glyndebourne (
Béatrice et
Bénédict),
Salzburg (
Benvenuto Cellini
,
Elektra
), Amsterdam (
Tannhäuser
,
Henze’s
Die Bassariden
,
Turandot
),
Barcelona (
Parsifal
), Paris (
La fanciulla del
West
), Berlin (
Manon
,
Der Rosenkavalier
),
Dresden (
Dead Man Walking
), Santa Fe
(
Alceste
,
Katya Kabanova
,
The Letter
,
Don
Pasquale
), Seattle (
Don Giovanni
,
Porgy
and Bess
), and Japan’s Saito Kinen Festival
(
Falstaff
). Schuler has also designed
lighting for Broadway (
The Importance
of Being Earnest
), New York’s American
Ballet Theatre (
Swan Lake
,
Pillar of
Fire
), and numerous television and film
productions. He is a founding partner of
Schuler Shook, a theater planning and
architectural lighting design firm.
MICHAEL BLACK
(
Chorus Master
)
Previously at Lyric:
Chorus master since
2013-14; interim
chorus master,
2011-12.
Chorus master from 2001 to 2013 at
Opera Australia in Sydney, during his
tenure Black prepared the OA chorus for
more than 90 operas and many concert
works. At Opera Australia he progressed
from rehearsal pianist to assistant chorus
master and children’s chorus master,
before his appointment as chorus
master. He has served in that capacity
for such distinguished organizations as
the Edinburgh International Festival,
Opera Holland Park (London), and,
in Australia, the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra (including Rachmaninoff’s
The
Bells
, led by Vladimir Ashkenazy), and
Philharmonia Choir, Motet Choir, and
Cantillation chamber choir. His recent
activities include preparing
The Damnation
of Faust
chorus, continuing his association
with the Grant Park Music Festival. As
one of Australia’s most prominent vocal
accompanists, Black regularly performed
for broadcasts and recordings (he has
been heard numerous times in Australian
Broadcast Corporation programs), and
has chorus mastered on four continents.
His work has been recorded and/or aired
on ABC, BBC, PBS, and for many HD
productions in movie theaters as well as
on television. He has also been a lecturer
at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music,
of which he is an alumnus. Black holds a
master’s degree in musicology from the
University of New South Wales.
SARAH HATTEN
(
Wigmaster and Makeup
Designer
)
Previously at Lyric:
Wigmaster and makeup
designer since 2011-12.
Lyric’s wigmaster and
makeup designer has worked in a wide
repertoire at Des Moines Metro Opera
and Michigan Opera Theatre, as well as
Columbus Opera, Toledo Opera, the
CabrilloMusic Festival, and the University
of Cincinnati College-Conservatory
of Music. She has also worked at the
Glimmerglass Festival and the major
opera companies of Los Angeles, Omaha,
Cleveland, Sarasota, and Central City,
as well as Wisconsin’s American Players
Theatre and, in Los Angeles, the Pantages
Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse. Hatten
earned a B.A. in music at Simpson College.
Supernumeraries
(
Norma
)
Children
Hannah Jones
Rodney Jones
Alexander Santos
Adults
Jonathan Beal*
Brian Rivera Bruno*
Henry “Hank” Mandziara
Daniel Pyne*
*Regular supernumerary