Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 7 - A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness

3 | Lyric Opera of Chicago 4 WELCOME TO YOUR LYRIC 6 A warm welcome from the Board Chair and General Director 7 Board of Directors 8 What’s New? Lyric’s General Director, President & CEO discusses the origins of the Mellon Collie project and other innovative offerings on the horizon. In this issue The instantly recognizable iconography for the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness recording prominently featured the Stargirl. | pp. 11-35 11 TODAY’S PERFORMANCE 13 Title page and cast 14 The Smashing Pumpkins’ third release, a smash-hit double album, embodied a beginning, an end, and a cultural moment that resonates 30 years later. 26 Costumes for the vocal soloists were designed by Chloé Mendel Corgan and her House of Gilles — bringing a haute couture sensibility to the operatic stage. 31 Artist profiles 34 Orchestra and Chorus 36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 38 Bravissimi 40 Production sponsors 42 Supporting our future — endowments at Lyric 45 Ardis Krainik Society 48 Corporate partnerships 50 Aria Society 54 Annual individual and foundation support 60 Commemorative gifts 61 Artistic Roster 62 Lyric staff 64 People of Lyric: Want to see a show? It literally won’t happen without the expertise of the company’s Assistant Lighting Designer.