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WILL
LIVERMAN
Metropolitan Opera
Marnie
STACEY
TAPPAN
Metropolitan Opera
Marnie; Suor Angelica
Alumni Perform at
Lyric — and Around
the World — in 2018/19
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago is recognized as one of the premier
professional artist-development programs in the world. To make a gift in support of the Ryan Opera Center’s efforts,
or for more information, please visit
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ELIZABETH
D
E
SHONG
LA Opera
La clemenza di Tito
ERINWALL
(Elettra/
Idomeneo
)
My time in the Ryan Opera Center was completely
transformative. I arrived for my first year straight out of
graduate school, never having set foot on a professional opera
stage. I needed intensive stage training, and the program
provided me with exactly that — working with world-class
directors, conductors, and teachers. It also gave me baptism by
fire, singing roles on the Lyric mainstage, beginning
with Second Nursemaid in
Street Scene
and ending with
Marguerite in
Faust
! Being fully immersed in the art form for
three years was a life-changing experience, for which I’ll always
be grateful.