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LLOYD E. RIGLER-LAWRENCE E. DEUTSCH FOUNDATION A graduate of the University of Illinois and life-long arts philanthropist Lloyd E. Rigler established the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation in 1977 in memory of his partner to provide major support to arts organizations in Los Angeles and nationwide. In 1994, the late Mr. Rigler established the Classic Arts Showcase in an effort to provide free arts programming to those who could not afford to attend live performances. Mr. Rigler’s nephew James Rigler now serves as President of the Foundation and continues the important legacy established by his late uncle. As Lyric strives to expand its reach and relevance, it is grateful to the Rigler-Deutsch Foundation for its support of the annual Operathon broadcast on 98.7WFMT. This season, the Rigler-Deutsch Foundation also generously cosponsors the Lyric’s company premiere of Les Troyens .

PRITZKER FOUNDATION The Pritzker Foundation is a leading supporter of arts and education philanthropies in Chicago. Lyric Opera of Chicago is truly grateful for the Pritzker Foundation’s generous support of the Breaking New Ground Campaign to underwrite the Pritzker Family Concert Shell, designed by renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang architects. Lyric Opera is honored to have Life Member Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker and M. K. Pritzker serve on its esteemed Women’s Board. PwC A world-wide leader in professional services, PwC is a prominent member of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Business Ensemble. PwC has staunchly supported Lyric’s Annual Campaign for over three decades, underwriting such special projects as production sponsorship, the Board of Directors, Annual Meeting, and Lyric Signature Events. PwC has provided a leadership gift to the Breaking New

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PATRICK G. RYAN and SHIRLEY WELSH RYAN

Lyric cherishes the enduring friendship and dedication of Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan. Since 1966 when they first subscribed to Lyric as newlyweds, they have shared their leadership, talents, vision, and resources to advance Lyric’s mission. Over the past four decades, the Ryans have contributed generously to the Annual Campaign, the Great Opera Fund, Wine Auctions

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Ground Campaign, having previously supported the Campaign for Excellence. Lyric is fortunate to receive generous in-kind consulting services from Strategy&, part of the PwC network. Lyric Opera is proud to have several PwC representatives as members of the Lyric family: John Oleniczak, PwC’s Midwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive, and Finance Committees, and as Chairman of the Audit Committee; Vinay Couto, Principal, Strategy&, part of the PwC network, serves on Lyric’s Board of Directors and Lyric Unlimited Committee; Maggie Rock Adams, Director and Client Relationship

(which Mrs. Ryan initiated in 1988), and the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign for which Lyric named the Pat and Shirley Ryan Family Rehearsal Center located backstage to honor their major contribution. In recognition of his leadership role in the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, Pat Ryan was a recipient of the 1994 Carol Fox Award. For many seasons, they have sponsored Lyric Opera Commentaries, underwriting this special project to honor the memory of their parents. The Ryans are sponsors of the Renée Fleming Initiative, and supported the 60th Anniversary Concert and Diamond Ball. This season they are a Diamond Record Sponsor of the Chicago Voices Gala Benefit Concert. In recognition of their extraordinary gift to the Campaign for Excellence, Lyric’s premier artist development program was renamed The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. Pat and Shirley serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Ryan Opera Center. Lyric is deeply grateful for their major leadership gift to the Breaking New Ground Campaign in support of the Innovation Initiative. A Vice President and a member of the Executive, Nominating, and Innovation Committees of Lyric’s Board of Directors and a distinguished former President of the Women’s Board, Shirley Welsh Ryan was awarded the 2008 Carol Fox Award, Lyric’s most prestigious honor, in recognition of her many years of devoted service to the opera company.

Executive, is a dedicated member of Lyric’s Guild Board; and Tamara Conway, Director at Strategy&, part of the PwC network (formerly Booz & Company), is a committed member of the Ryan Opera Center Board.

PROTIVITI Protiviti, represented by Managing Director Tom Andreesen and President and CEO Joe Tarantino, is a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. They help solve problems in finance and transactions, operations, technology, litigation, governance, risk, and compliance. Their highly trained, results-oriented

DR. SCHOLL FOUNDATION Since 1983, the Dr. Scholl Foundation’s commitment to children, families and educational enrichment through the arts has led it to provide essential support for one of Lyric’s most popular cultural engagement opportunities available to young Chicagoans, the Student Matinees. Each year, these widely accessible performances at the Civic Opera House reach audiences of junior high and high school students, many of whom are experiencing

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professionals provide a unique perspective on a wide range of critical business issues for clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Protiviti and its independently owned Member Firms serve clients through a network of more than 70 locations in over 20 countries. The company’s more than 3,800 professionals provide a host of consulting and internal audit solutions to over 60 percent of FORTUNE 1000 ® and 35 percent of FORTUNE Global 500 ®

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companies. Protiviti is proud to provide in-kind consulting services to Lyric Opera of Chicago this season.

opera for the first time. The Foundation has generously supported family presentations of The Magic Victrola (2014/15) and The Family Barber (2013/14). Lyric Opera is deeply grateful to the Dr. Scholl Foundation for its generous ongoing support of Student Matinees/Performances for Students, commemorating Catherine A. and Jack E. Scholl, who championed cultural and institutional education.

J. CHRISTOPHER and ANNE N. REYES Anne and Chris Reyes are prominent members of the Lyric family. Immediate past President of Lyric’s Women’s Board, Anne was recently elected to serve on Lyric’s Board of Directors, Executive and Lyric Unlimited Committees; Chris is also a valued member of the Board of Directors, and serves on its Nominating/ Governance and Finance Committees. Together they

EARL and BRENDA SHAPIRO FOUNDATION Prominent members of the Lyric family for many seasons, Brenda Shapiro and her late husband Earl provided vital support to the Annual Campaign, the Building on Greatness Capital Campaign, the Campaign for Excellence, and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. The Foundation has cosponsored several mainstage productions, most recently The Passenger (2014/15) and this season’s presentation of Norma . Lyric is honored to have Brenda Shapiro serve on the Board of Directors as well as the Executive,

have made important contributions to Lyric as cosponsors of several mainstage productions, most recently Carousel (2014/15) and this season’s My Fair Lady . They have staunchly supported Wine Auctions 2009, 2012, and 2015, Lyric’s 60th Anniversary Concert and Diamond Ball, and are major supporters of the Annual Campaign. In addition, they provided significant and much appreciated gifts to the Campaign for Excellence and the Breaking New Ground Campaign. Chris and Anne Reyes provided leadership support for Lyric Unlimited’s world premiere of Second Nature (2015/16), and Lyric deeply appreciates their leadership gift for this season’s new opera for youth, Jason and the Argonauts .

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Production Sponsorship, and Lyric Unlimited Committees.

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