Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 4 - Cavalleria

15 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Opera in Italian Cavalleria rusticana Music by Pietro Mascagni | Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Pagliacci Music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo November 1, 4, 7, 9 m , 12 m , 15, 20 m and 23 m , 2025 CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Turiddu SeokJong Baek + Mamma Lucia Lauren Decker •• Santuzza Yulia Matochkina + Alfio Quinn Kelsey •• Lola Camille Robles • A Woman Elise Hurwitz PAGLIACCI Tonio Quinn Kelsey •• Canio Russell Thomas Beppe Daniel Luis Espinal • Villagers Christopher Filipowicz Hoss Brock Nedda Gabriella Reyes Silvio Luke Sutliff + Uniting Voices Chicago Conductor Enrique Mazzola Original Director Elijah Moshinsky Revival Director Peter McClintock Set & Costume Designer Michael Yeargan Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Chorus Director Michael Black Children’s Chorus Director Josephine Lee Wig & Makeup Designer John Metzner Assistant Director Adam Da Ros + Stage Manager Alaina Bartkowiak Stage Band Conductor Stefano Sarzani Musical Preparation Michael Banwarth • Susan Miller Hult Chi-Yuan Lin • Jerad Mosbey Jacob Niemann^ Prompter Susan Miller Hult Fight & Intimacy Director Sheryl Williams Projected English Titles Francis Rizzo Cavalleria rusticana first performed at Teatro Costanzi,Rome on May 17,1890. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on November 11,1955. Pagliacci first performed at Teatro Dal Verme,Milan on May 21,1892. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on October 23,1957. + Lyric debut • Current Member, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center •• Alum, The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center ^ Solti Foundation U.S.Opera Residency Actors Miles Borchard, Eva Marguerite Duval, J.J. Gatesman, A Hermanson, Ryan Liddell, Eliana Payne,Austin Rambo These performances are dedicated to the memory of Sonia Florian, Lyric Life Director and production sponsor for Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci .