Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 12 - Rising Stars

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 16 Scan this QR code to support the Rising Stars of the Ryan Opera Center. Kyle Flubacker The 2025/26 Ensemble, with Enrique Mazzola, greets the crowd after the triumphant performance in Millennium Park on September 7, 2025. Upcoming Ryan Opera Center events: Sunday in the Park with Lyric ,August 23, 2026 Ryan Opera Center Final Auditions , October 4, 2026 Rising Stars in Concert , January 9, 2027 Program staff Administration Dan Novak Director, The Ryan Opera Center Board Endowed Chair Craig Terry Music Director, The Jannotta Family Endowed Chair Julia Faulkner Director of Vocal Studies Logan Skirm Manager Annika Donnen Managing Librarian Faculty Julia Faulkner Vocal Instruction, Robert and Ellen Marks Ryan Opera Center Vocal Studies Program Endowment Deborah Birnbaum Renée Fleming Dame Jane Glover Enrique Mazzola Gerald Martin Moore Matthew Polenzani Sondra Radvanovsky Russell Thomas Anne Sofie von Otter Guest Master Artists William C. Billingham Dana Brown Alan Darling Laurann Gilley Susan Miller Hult Noah Lindquist Jerad Mosbey Celeste Rue Hugh Russell Eric Weimer Coaching Staff Isabelle Druc Julia Savoie Klein Derek Matson Klára Moldová Morgan Stinson Alessandra Visconti Foreign Language Instruction Paul Curran Peter McClintock Acting and Movement Instruction Orit Carpenter Beth Clayton Performance Psychology Katrina Bachus Louisa Muller Rachel A. Tobias Production Mentors Artistic/Production Personnel Enrique Mazzola Donald Paulmbo Conductors Kyle Lang Keturah Stickann Directors Daniel Sokalski Peggy Stenger Stage Managers Ryan Opera Center Board of Directors OFFICERS Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Honorary Co-Chairs Amy Carbone President Cherilyn Murer Vice President – Fundraising David S. Fox Vice President – Nominating Lafayette J. Ford Vice President – Nominating, Co-Chair Michael A. Oberman Vice President – Strategic Planning Queta Rodriguez Bauer Treasurer Gay K. Stanek Secretary MEMBERS Jonathan Becker Leslie Bertholdt Phoebe Boelter Heidi Heutel Bohn Tanja Chevalier Juliana Y. Chyu Pamela Crutchfield Nancy Dehmlow Fred L. Drucker Erika E. Erich Mary Ellen Hennessy Mary Lunz Houston Beatriz Iorgulescu Loretta Julian Chester T. Kamin Karen Kawashima Philip Lumpkin Frank B. Modruson Phyllis Neiman John A. Nitschke * Susan Noel Gregory J. O'Leary Julian A. Oettinger Carolyn Kae Phillips Jane DiRenzo Pigott Ted Reichardt Richard O. Ryan Judith Sawyier Richard Warren Shepro Lynne Shigley Ross Slotten Salme Harju Steinberg Nasrin Thierer * Virginia Tobiason Cynthia Vahlkamp Donna Van Eekeren * Roberta L. Washlow Harriet Weinstein Jack Weiss Debbie K. Wright Joan Zajtchuk LIFE MEMBERS Katherine A. Abelson * Julie Baskes * Janet V. Burch Lawrence O. Corry Mrs. James W. Cozad Melvin Gray Martha A. Hesse Susan R. Kiphart * Erma S. Medgyesy Keith A. Reed * * Former President