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Karen Slack

Karen Slack (Soprano) - Aida

Lyric Debut

Recently

  • Luisa Miller, Metropolitan Opera
  • Jeanne d'Arc, San Francisco Opera
  • Otello, Melbourne Opera (Australia)
  • Turandot, Metropolitan Opera
  • Jeanne d'Arc, Collegiate Chorale

 

 

Listen as Karen talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist

 

Jane Dutton

Jane Dutton (Mezzo-Soprano) - Amneris

Lyric Debut: Dorabella, Così fan tutte, 1999

Recently

  • Hamlet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
  • Madama Butterfly, Gran Teatre Del Liceu (Barcelona)
  • Cavalleria rusticana, Virginia Opera

Upcoming

  • Aida, English National Opera (London)
  • Die Walküre, Gran Teatre Del Liceu (Barcelona)
Listen as Jane talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist

 

Luis Ledesma (Baritone) - Amonasro

Lyric Debut

Recently

  • La bohème, Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City)
  • Pagliacci, Opera Carolina

Upcoming

  • Tosca, San Antonio Opera
  • Samson et Dalila, Nashville Opera
  • Carmen, Austin Opera
  • Andrea Chenier, Mobile Opera
Listen as Luis talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist

 

Arnold Rawls

Arnold Rawls (Tenor) - Radames

Lyric Debut

Recently

  • Turandot, Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • Il Trovatore, Bregenz Festival (Austria)

Upcoming

  • Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • Tosca, Nabucco, Florida Grand Opera
  • Manon Lescaut, Metropolitan Opera
  • Il Trovatore, Seattle Opera
Listen as Arnold talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist

 

Luis-Ottavio Faria

Luiz-Ottávio Faria (Bass) - Ramfis

Lyric Debut

Recently

  • Nabucco, Baltimore Opera
  • Florencia en Amazonas, Seattle Opera
  • Die Zauberflöte, Palm Beach Opera

Upcoming

  • Macbeth, La Scala (Milan)
  • I Vespri Siciliani, Teatro Carlo Felice (Genova)

 

Listen as Luiz-Ottávio talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist

 

David Soxman

David Soxman (Bass/Baritone) - King of Egypt

Lyric Debut: Wig Maker, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1995

Recently

  • Wild Boy (World Premiere), Carlsen Center, JCCC
  • Billy Budd, H.M.S. Pinafore, Carmen, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto, Springfield Regional Opera

 

 

Thaddeus Strassberger

Thaddeus Strassberger - Director & Scenic Designer

Lyric Debut: Director, Hamlet, 2006

Recently

  • Abduction From the Seraglio, IVAI in Tel Aviv
  • Hamlet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
  • La Cenerentola, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Germany)
  • La Gazzetta, Rossini in Wildbad Belcanto Opera Festival

Upcoming

  • Orfeo ed Euridice, Theater Augsburg
Listen asThaddeus talks with the Lyric's Artistic Director Ward Holmquist
Mary Traylor

Mary Traylor - Costume Designer

Lyric Debut: Costume Coordinator, Rigoletto, 2003

Recently

  • Hamlet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
  • Romeo and Juliet, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
  • Oklahoma, New Theatre Restaurant
  • Everlasting, Civic Opera of Kansas City

Upcoming

  • John Brown, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Aaron Black

Aaron Black - Lighting Designer

Lyric Debut

Recently

  • Orphée, Glimmerglass Opera
  • Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Chicago Opera Theatre
  • Madama Butterfly, Ópera en Bilbao (Spain)

Upcoming

  • Don Giovanni, Chicago Opera Theatre
  • Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death, Black Nativity, Classical Theatre of Harlem

 

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