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Arts writing by Thomas May

Portrait of an Artist, Evolving: ‘Lili Elbe’ at Santa Fe Opera

Lucia Lucas (Lili Elbe), The Santa Fe Opera Chorus, by Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera

My review of Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe, which is receiving its American premiere this summer at Santa Fe Opera, is now up at Musical America Worldwide. Picker’s opera, with a libretto by Aryeh Lev Stollman, tells the story of the Danish painter Lili Elbe, one of the first people known to have undergone gender-affirming surgery, while placing her relationship with the artist Gerda Wegener at the heart of the drama.

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Filed under: American opera, new opera, review, Santa Fe Opera, Tobias Picker

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