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• By arrangement with Foreign Music
Distributors for Baerenreiter-Verlag,
publisher and copyright owner.
• Scenery constructed by Adirondack
Studios and Bay Productions, Cardiff,
Wales, U. K.
• Costumes provided by Angelina Pieroni,
Karen Crichton, Sally Payne, Will
Skeet, Darcy Clothing, and Stephan
Harrington.
• Dyeing by Nicola Killeen Textiles.
Additional dyeing and distressing by
Laura Whitlock.
• Funeral cortege masks and Brünnhilde
shield by Robert Allsopp.
• The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts
are generously sponsored by The
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family,
The Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum
Family, and The John and Jacolyn
Bucksbaum Foundation.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago gratefully
acknowledges the support of the Irma
Parker German Opera Endowed Chair.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes to thank
its Official Airline, American Airlines.
• Projected English titles © Lyric Opera
of Chicago, 2017.
• This season’s projected English titles
are funded in part by a generous grant
from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E.
Deutsch Foundation.
New Production
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKÜRE
Music drama in three acts in German
Libretto by the composer
First performed at the Hof-und-National Theater, Munich, on June 26, 1870
First performed by Lyric Opera on October 20, 1956
Characters in order of vocal appearance:
Siegmund
BRANDON JOVANOVICH
Sieglinde
ELISABET STRID
*
Hunding
AIN ANGER
*
Wotan
ERIC OWENS
Brünnhilde
CHRISTINE GOERKE
Fricka
TANJA ARIANE BAUMGARTNER
Gerhilde
WHITNEY MORRISON
°
Helmwige
ALEXANDRA LoBIANCO
*
Waltraute
CATHERINE MARTIN
Schwertleite
LAUREN DECKER
°
Ortlinde
LAURA WILDE
°°
Siegrune
DEBORAH NANSTEEL
Grimgerde
ZANDA ŠVĒDE
Rossweisse
LINDSAY AMMANN
Actors:
Brian J. Barber, Jon Beal, David Corlew, Katherine Coyl,
Michelle Ford, Derek Garza, Rasell Holt, Joshua Lee,
David Lintzenich, Kelly Maryanski, Greg Poljacik,
Maggie Clennon Reberg, Todd Rhoades,
Stephan Scalabrino, Michael Turrentine, Kai Young
Conductor
SIR ANDREW DAVIS
Director
DAVID POUNTNEY
Original Scenery Designer
JOHAN ENGELS
Scenery Designer
ROBERT INNES HOPKINS
Costume Designer
MARIE-JEANNE LECCA
Lighting Designer
FABRICE KEBOUR
Choreographer
DENNI SAYERS
Wigmaster and Makeup Designer
SARAH HATTEN
Associate Director
ROB KEARLEY
Assistant Scenery Designer
MATT REES
Assistant Director
KATRINA BACHUS
Stage Manager
JOHN W. COLEMAN
Costume Supervisor
RACHEL DICKSON
Stage Band Conductor
ERIC WEIMER
Musical Preparation
WILLIAM C. BILLINGHAM
KEUN-A LEE
Prompter
SUSAN MILLER HULT
Fight Director
CHUCK COYL
Projected English Titles
COLIN URE
* Lyric debut
°
Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
°°
Alumna, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center