Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 6 - Carmina Burana

15 | Lyric Opera of Chicago CHORUS DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF MUSIC Michael Black The Howard A. Stotler Endowed Chair REGULAR CHORUS Soprano Angela De Venuto Cathleen Dunn Desirée Hassler Rachael Holzhausen Kimberly McCord Heidi Spoor Stephani Springer Sherry Watkins Kelsea Webb Tara Wheeker Mezzo-Soprano Marianna Kulikova Ola Rafalo Yvette Smith Marie Sokolova Maia Surace Corinne Wallace-Crane Pamela Williams Michelle K. Wright Tenor Geoffrey Agpalo Timothy Bradley Hoss Brock William M. Combs John J. Concepción Kenneth Donovan Jared V. Esguerra Joseph A. Fosselman Cullen Gandy Cameo T. Humes Tyler Samuel Lee Joseph Shadday Bass David DuBois Christopher Filipowicz Robert Morrissey Rafael W. Porto Craig Springer Nicholas Ward Ronald Watkins Nikolas Wenzel Max Wier Jonathan Wilson CORE SUPPLEMENTARY CHORUS Soprano Cara Collins Megan Fleischmann Emily Mwila Mezzo-Soprano Christina G. Adams Carla Janzen Emily Price Tenor Joshua Benevento Ace Gangoso Bass Michael Cavalieri David Govertsen Nicolai Janitzky Ian R. Prichard SUPPLEMENTARY CHORUS Soprano Nicole Besa Alexandra Burch Regina Ceragioli Anna Donnelly Elizabeth Fisher Hayley Fox Julia Frodyma Elise Hurwitz Mackenzie Jacquemin Alexandra Kassouf Courtney San Martin Taylor See Emlynn Shoemaker Alannah Spencer Diana Stoic Ariana Strahl Mezzo-Soprano Emily Amesquita Robin G. Bradley Leah Dexter Elizabeth Frey Miya Higashiyama Georgia Jacobson Samantha McGonigal Quinn Middleman Sarah Ponder Marissa Simmons Tenor Jerek Fernández Klaus Georg Jianghai Ho Ernest C. Jackson Jr Nathan Oakes Steven Michael Patrick Brett Potts Brian Skoog Ryan Townsend Strand Tristan Tournaud Bass Evan Bravos Chris DiMarco Dimitri German Stephen Hobe Brian Hupp Joseph Lodato Dorian McCall Wilbur Pauley Douglas Peters William Powell III Dan Richardson Aaron Wardell CHILDREN’S CHORUS Members of Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) Sienna Arango Frida Charriez Scarlett Colon Ben Corbett Isis Culbert Aiden Dawson Kennedy Grooms Sofia Gutierrez-Uribe Emily Herrera Marlin Hortillo ChiNasa Jones Ayla Kaynor Joslyn Kaynor Emily Kirkpatrick Eleanor Koss Avery Levitt Alana Mack Sahana Malkani Simone Marino-Beard Pearl Marino-Beard Abraham Monge Frances Mulcahey Elizabeth Neveu Naomi Nobles-Vincent Charli Oldham Eunice Rodriguez Anthony Rosario Rebecca Saucedo Emilia Schuele-Bermeo Shreya Sharma Helena Sheikh Esme Siegelin Naava Stein Nowa Thomas Luke Wallace Katelynn Walters Olivia Warren Madison Williams Sydney Zamora Josephine Lee, Chorus Director Elisabeth Baker, Associate Conductor Jackie Johnson, Program Assistant