THE SANTA FE OPERA OPENING NIGHTS BROADCASTS ON KHFM ARE ENDOWED BY
THE JAMES R. SEITZ, JR. FUND FOR BROADCASTING AND PRESENTED IN HIS MEMORY.

Lili Elbe

Music by Tobias Picker
Libretto by Aryeh Lev Stollman
Premiered October 22, 2023, Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland
American premiere and a new co-production with Seattle Opera
Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Helicon Music Corporation, New York, NY

5 performances — August 1, 5, 14, 18 & 27, 2026
Sung in English with opera titles in English and Spanish
Approximately 2 hours 25 minutes; includes a 25-minute intermission

Production support generously provided by
Anonymous
Wyncote Foundation, as recommended by Frederick R. Haas & Rafael Gomez
TAWANI Foundation
David A. Kaplan and Glenn A. Ostergaard – Brautigam-Kaplan-Ostergaard Foundation
Robert L. Turner

Additional artistic support provided by
The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation
Henry R. Muñoz III
The Stark Family

The General Director’s Premiere Fund in honor of Richard Gaddes
Carol Franc Buck Foundation
Michael Hormel

The engagement of Roberto Kalb is supported by
Roma Wittcoff

The performances of Lucia Lucas are supported by
The Bob Ross Foundation

The performances of Sylvia D’Eramo are supported by
The Peter B. Frank Principal Artist Fund

Creative Team
Composer Tobias Picker
Librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman*
Conductor Roberto Kalb
Director James Robinson
Scenic Design Allen Moyer
Costume Design Marco Piemontese*
Lighting Design Marcus Doshi
Projections Greg Emetaz
Wig & Makeup Design David Zimmerman
Chorus Director Susanne Sheston
Choreographer Seán Curran
Fight & Intimacy Director Andrew Kenneth Moss
Dramaturgy Lucia Lucas+

Cast
Lili Elbe Lucia Lucas+*
Gerda Wegener Sylvia D’Eramo+
Claude LeJeune Josh Lovell
Mother Wegener Lindsay Ammann
Professor Warnekros Andrew Harris+
Dagmar Deanna Ray Eberhart^
Matron Alexis Seminario^*
Hélène Allatini Anna Kelly^*
Orpheus/Anna Larssen Lindsay Martin^*
Eurydice/Young Woman Audrey Welsh
Eric Allatini Kyle White^
Marius Wegener Ryan Wolfe^
Major Fernando Porta Joshua Klein^*
Danish Countess Lauryn Davis^
Christian X Drew Comer+
Art Critic Evan Lazdowski^

The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra & Chorus

*Santa Fe Opera Debut, ^Current Santa Fe Opera Apprentice, +Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice, ~American Debut