Lili Elbe (opera)

Lili Elbe
Opera by Tobias Picker
LibrettistAryeh Lev Stollman
LanguageEnglish
Based onMan into Woman: An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex
Premiere
October 23, 2023 (2023-10-23)

Lili Elbe is an opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker, with a libretto by Aryeh Lev Stollman, starring Lucia Lucas as Lili Elbe.[1][2][3][4] Based on the life of Lili Elbe and the book Man into Woman: An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex,[5][6] the opera premiered on 22 October 2023,[2] and received "Best World Premiere" in the 2023 Oper! Awards.

  1. ^ "Lili Elbe: Oper von Tobias Picker und Aryeh Lev Stollman". tobiaspicker.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Lili Elbe: Oper von Tobias Picker und Aryeh Lev Stollman". konzertundtheater.ch. 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ Charles Shafaieh. "Living Authentically". Opera News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ^ Hall, George. "Lucia Lucas: The BBC Music Magazine Interview". BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ Worthen, Meredith (n.d.). "Lili Elbe – Painter". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. ^ Elbe, Lili (2020). Caughie, Pamela; Meyer, Sabine (eds.). Man Into Woman: A Comparative Scholarly Edition. Bloomsbury. Introduction. ISBN 978-1-350-02149-5.