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DESCRIPTION:Aug 1-27\, 2026\nIn 1966\, in his early 40s\, the New York-born
  symphonist Tobias Picker transitioned to opera with the Santa Fe premiere
  of Emmeline\, a Civil War-era reboot of the myth of Œdipus. Talk about a
 uspicious. Handsomely crafted in a retro lingua franca contemporary audien
 ces warmed to\, that firstling paved the way for a half dozen other succes
 sful titles (Fantastic Mr. Fox\, Thérèse Raquin\, An American Tragedy &#
 8230\;). Branching into artistic administration\, Picker engineered a firs
 t of another sort at Tulsa Opera in 2019\, when he cast the transgender ba
 ritone Lucia Lucas as the eponymous rake in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. That 
 encounter\, in turn\, sparked Picker’s and Lucas’s new Lili Elbe\, bas
 ed on the life of the Danish painter Einar Wegener\, the first patient in 
 medical history to undergo gender-affirmation surgery. Following the 2023 
 world premiere in out-of-the-way St. Gallen\, Switzerland\, Lili Elba now 
 alights in—where else?—Santa Fe\, bringing Picker’s operatic odyssey
  full circle. No\, this isn’t just St. Gallen warmed over. James Robinso
 n is in charge of a new production\, with scenic design by Allen Moyer and
  costumes by Marco Piemontese. Lucas\, whose credits also include Wotan\, 
 Wagner’s tottering chieftain of the gods in Die Walküre\, repeats what 
 is sure to go down as her signature role\, opposite Sylvia D’Eramo\, fro
 m the St. Gallen cast\, as Gerda\, the wife who liberates Einar’s inner 
 Lili. Roberto Kalb conducts. Oh\, and in case you’re flashing on Tom Hoo
 per’s moody romance The Danish Girl\, starring an Oscar-nominated Eddie 
 Redmayne\, yes\, this is the same story—nominally minus the novelistic o
 verlays discernible in the movie. As Lucas told Picker when he approached 
 her about the opera\, “That’s my story.”
LOCATION:Santa Fe Opera\, 301 Opera Dr\, Santa Fe\, NM 87506\, USA
SUMMARY:Lili Elbe\, by Tobias Picker
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 icker
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