Porgy and Bess

L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O

The Patrick G and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center

Lyric Unlimited Opera in the Neighborhoods: The Brothers Grimm Michael La Tour, Director Codrut Birsan, Music Supervisor Sandra Zamora, Stage Manager The Magic Victrola David Kersnar, Director Matthew Ozawa, Assistant Director Rachel A. Tobias, Stage Manager Jodi Gage, Jayme O’Hara, Amy C. Thompson, Assistant Stage Manager s The Property Eric Einhorn, Director Tara Faircloth, Assistant Director Kristen Barrett, Stage Manager Donald Claxon, Assistant Stage Manager El Pasado Nunca Se Termina Leonard Foglia, Director Elise Sandell, Assistant Director Rachel C. Henneberry, Stage Manager Kristen Barrett, Derek Matson, Anya Plotkin, Assistant Stage Managers

Bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba Lois B. Siegel

Dan Novak Director The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Craig Terry Music Director Renée Fleming Advisor Ensemble & Sponsorship Support Sopranos Tracy Cantin The C. G. Pinnell Family Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi

Derek Matson Marina Vecci Claudia Vining Alessandra Visconti Eric Weimer Foreign Language Instruction Erik Friedman Anne Libera Matthew Ozawa Danny Pelzig August Tye Acting and Movement Instruction Roger Pines Guest Lecturer and Consultant Artistic/Production Personnel Carrie-Ann Matheson Conductor Matthew Ozawa Director Sarah Hatten Wigs and Makeup Peggy Stenger Bill Walters Stage Managers

Drs. Joan and Russ Zajtchuk Bass Bradley Smoak The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Pianist Maureen Zoltek Anonymous Faculty Julia Faulkner W. Stephen Smith Voice Instruction Robert and Ellen Marks Vocal Studies Program Endowed Chair in honor of Gianna Rolandii Stephanie Blythe William Birden Sir Andrew Davis Matthew A. Epstein

Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Drs. Funmi and Sola Olopade Laura Wilde Mrs. J. W. Van Gorkom Mezzo-sopranos J’nai Bridges Anonymous Julie Miller Maurice J. and Patricia Frank Tenors Jesse Donner Anne Gross Robert C. Marks John Irvin Stepan Company Jonathan Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance Baritones Anthony Clark Evans Sanfred and Nancy Koltun Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Will Liverman Anonymous Debbie K. Wright

Kathleen Kelly Renée Fleming

Ana María Martínez Gerald Martin Moore Peter Rose Anne Sofie von Otter Guest Master Artists Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Philip Morehead

Theresa Ham Lucy Lindquist Wardrobe Maureen Reilly Wardrobe Administration Laura Chambers Wendy Skoczen Staff Librarian

Celeste Rue Eric Weimer Pedro Yanez

Administrative Coordinator

Coaching Staff

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Education Corps Howard & Mary Robins Co-chairs Marilyn Ablan Carol Abrioux *Neil Adelman Catherine Alexander Evelyn Alter Joyce Altman *Michael Altman

Supernumeraries (Porgy and Bess) Men Issac Clark Melvin Crawford Royce Jade Garland Jones* Allen Payne John Riggins, Jr. Christopher Vaughn* Travis Whitlock Mario Solis Women Torri Lynn Ashford Lois Crawford NK Gutiérrez Lisa Pilot-Livingston

Boys Blake Crawford Jahkil Jackson Zeke Johnson Jahbril P. Ollarvia* Davu Smith Girls

Mary DeCresce *Charlie DeWitt Megan Donahue Ingrid Dubberke Frances Dutton Gerry Ellensohn Michael Fish Roy Fisher Margaret Fournier Maggie Galloway Karen Genelly *Marian Goldberg Jerry Goodman Randy Green Katy Hall Mary Hobein Mary Houston Diana Hunt King Marie Ifollo Virginia Jach Charlene Jacobsen Karen Jared

Barbara Joabson Jean Joslyn Suzanne Jozwiak Kip Kelley Rochelle Klapman John Kohlmeier Elizabeth Kurella Larry Lapidus Barbara Lieber Babs Lieberman Dan Lome Helen Magid Nina Maimonis Judith Marshall

John Piepgras Kathrine Coffin Piepgras Joanne Poder Belinda Potoma John Rammel Heather Refetoff Maria Rigolin Barbara Roseman Arn Schenk

Judaéa Brown Madisyn Burke Amaya Certain-Ollison Isis Clark Grace Johnson Nia Smart Sanaa Amaris Stigall Policemen Bill DuBois Michael Koenigsknecht Robert Gallagher

Dora Schenk Peggy Shake

Karen Andreae Kathleen Banks Julie Anne Benson David Blecher Lindy Bloom Ann Boyle Sandra Broughton Gerald Budzik Christine Casey Estelle Chandler Lisa Cleveland Sharon Conway

Jeffrey Sherman Joseph Sjostrom Joan Solbeck *Carla Thorpe Caroline Wheeler Roberta Whitworth Claudia Winkler Florence Winters Richard Wright

*Sue McCandless Claudia McCarthy Don McVicker Liz Meenan George Meschel Michelle Murff-Arrington Penny Pagenkopf Noel Perlman

Danielle Rennalls Ebony R. Stigall Nyketa Marshall*

*Regular supernumerary

*Coordinator

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