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Opera Profile: Tobias Picker’s ‘Lili Elbe’

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Photo Credit:  Edyta Dufaj/Opera Vision The latest opera by one of contemporary opera’s well-beloved figures, Tobias Picker, in only two acts Picker weaves a dynamic story about the real-life figure, Lili Elbe, one of the first but possibly most famous transgender women in history. Having started life as a painter with the given name Einar Wegener, in 1930 following a {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Tobias Picker’s ‘Awakenings’

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This is the second major opera based on the writings of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, whose case study “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” was adapted by Michael Nyman in 1986. “Awakenings,” by American composer Tobias Picker, is inspired by Sacks’ 1973 account of treating victims of encephalitis lethargica. Nicknamed the “sleeping sickness,” this coma-like condition is {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Lucia Lucas & Tobias Picker on Creating ‘Lili Elbe’

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Lili Elbe’s story is an important one, especially for the Transgender community. Born in 1882, Elbe became a noted painter (known as Einar Wegener) and married Gerda Gottlieb in 1904. By the 1920s, Elbe was presenting herself as a woman and took on the name of Lili and stopped painting. In 1930, she went to Germany for gender-affirmation surgery, changed {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Thea Musgrave & Tobias Picker Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences can stream works by three acclaimed contemporary composers. Here is a look at the new recordings. Opera Without Words Naxos will release a recording featuring one of Tobias Picker’s most performed symphonic works, “The Encantadas,” with narration by the composer, paired with Picker’s newest symphonic work, “Opera Without Words,” in its world-premiere recording. The recording features the Nashville {…}

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Composer Profile: Tobias Picker, Dynamic American Composer

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(Credit: Josh Huskin) Tobias Picker is known as one of the most famous American composers still working. His operas, such as “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Dolores Claiborne,” have become popular at opera houses across the country and the world. Picker was born July 18th, 1954 in New York City and showed an early penchant for composing. His first work was {…}

News

Tobias Picker & Aryeh Lev Stollman to Present Opening Night Spotlight on ‘Awakenings’

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Composer Tobias Picker and librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman will take part in an online Opening Night Spotlight event on Sunday, June 7 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. EDT. The showcase will highlight the real-life couple’s first opera together “Awakenings.” The work would have had its world premiere performance on that night as part of the Opera Theatre of {…}

News

Tulsa Opera to Stream Excerpts from Tobias Picker’s ‘Emmeline’ Next Week

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(Image Provided by Shumann Associates) Tulsa Opera is set to put Tobias Picker’s “Emmeline” front and center as part of its streaming options online. Starting on Monday, April 20 the company will dedicate three separate performances to the new opera, which was set to premiere in a new production on May 1, 2020. It has since been moved to the {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Composer Tobias Picker on Winning the Grammy & Why He Loves Opera

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(Credit: Josh Huskin) As Tobias Picker puts it, “It’s not something that happens every day.” The Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera is referring to the 2020 Grammy for “Best Opera Recording” bestowed on the 2014 recording of his opera “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” based on Roald Dahl’s 1970s children’s novel of the same name. The recording is also a nominee in {…}

News

Tobias Picker & Janacek Headline Boston University Opera Institute Spring 2019 Operas

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The Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre have unveiled their 2019 spring opera season. The institutions will kick things off with the New England Premiere of Tobias Picker and J. D. McClatchy’s “Dolores Claiborne” starting on Feb. 21, 2019. BU Opera Institute has had a lengthy relationship with Picker, producing such {…}