Royce Vavrek | |
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 Vavrek after the premiere of Proving Up, 2018 | |
| Born | Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Concordia University (BFA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | librettist, bookwriter, lyricist, filmmaker |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Notable work | Dog Days, 27, Breaking the Waves, JFK, Angel's Bone |
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson, Ricky Ian Gordon, Paola Prestini and Du Yun, soprano Lauren Worsham, producers Beth Morrison and Lawrence Edelson, and conductors Steven Osgood, Julian Wachner and Alan Pierson.
He has been called "the indie Hofmannsthal", a "Metastasio of the downtown opera scene", "an exemplary creator of operatic prose", and "one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world".[1][2][3][4]
His opera Angel's Bone with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[5]
- ^ Osnos, Evan (January 2016). "Fully Committed". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ Midgette, Anne. "At an opera festival, tales of drug cartels. At opera houses, same old song". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony; Woolfe, Zachary; Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna da; Smith, Steve; Oestreich, James R.; Schweitzer, Vivien (January 3, 2014). "Critics Weigh In on Standout Operas of Recent Decades". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Far from the farm, Albertan carves out opera niche in New York City".
- ^ "Du Yun". pulitzer.org. Retrieved January 20, 2018.