Elkhanah Pulitzer

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Elkhanah Pulitzer
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTheatre director

Elkhanah Pulitzer is an American stage director and librettist who primarily works in opera. She was an assistant director at San Francisco Opera from 2008 to 2013 and was the artistic curator for SF Opera Lab. [1] Since 2010, Pulitzer has worked extensively with West Edge Opera, an experimental opera company in the East Bay. She also serves as board vice president for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. [2]

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Works

Productions directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer
ProductionYearCompany / TheatreNotes
Vasilisa and the Saga of Baba Yaga2000Sneaky Pete Ensemble
Venus and Adonis 2001 Canadian Opera Company
The Cherry Orchard 2003 Columbia University
Untitled, A Play About Mark Rothko2004Schapiro Theater, New York
Dream of the Pacific2004 Opera Theatre of St. Louis Pulitzer also wrote the libretto [3]
Life Is a Dream 2005Riverside Theater, Columbia University
Colorado [4] 2006Impact Theatre
Judas Maccabaeus 2008 Los Angeles Opera
The Tender Land 2010West Edge Opera
Mahagonny Songspiel 2012West Edge Opera
The Flying Dutchman 2013San Francisco Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor [5] 2014Los Angeles Opera
Hydrogen Jukebox [6] 2014West Edge Opera
Lulu [7] 2015West Edge Opera
Powder Her Face [8] 2016West Edge Opera
Chamberworks2016SF Opera Lab
Nixon in China [9] 2017 Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Gospel According to the Other Mary2017 San Francisco Symphony
Quartett [10] 2018West Edge Opera
Mass 2018Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall Also performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival [11]
Prisoner of the State2019New York PhilharmonicPremiere of David Lang opera based on Fidelio by Beethoven [12]
The Threepenny Opera [13] 2019West Edge Opera
Dido and Aeneas [14] 2021 Opera San Jose
Antony and Cleopatra [15] 2025 Metropolitan Opera Pulitzer also consulted on the libretto

Personal life

Pulitzer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] She now lives in El Cerrito, California. [14] She is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "SF Opera Aims to Attract New Audiences with Multiplex Feel". KQED. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. 1 2 "SFOpera - Director Puts Her Stamp on New SF Opera Lab". sfopera.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. ↑ Page, Tim (2006-08-07). "In 'Dream of the Pacific,' a Trip for The Whole Family". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. ↑ Hurwitt, Lisa Drostova, Sam (18 October 2006). "Beyond the Fourth Wall". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2018-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Pasles, Chris (17 March 2014). "Review: L.A. Opera's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' sweeps away resistance - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  6. ↑ "Music review: 'Hydrogen Jukebox' pairs Glass, Ginsberg". SFGate. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  7. ↑ "West Edge's Edgy Lulu Entertains and Challenges". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ↑ "OPERA NEWS - Powder Her Face". www.operanews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  9. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. (5 March 2017). "L.A. Phil delivers a dazzling reimagining of 'Nixon in China' - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  10. ↑ "West Edge Opera's 'Quartett' puts a pitiless bravura spin on 'Dangerous Liaisons'". SFChronicle.com. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  11. ↑ "Bernstein's 'MASS' Receives a Galvanizing Performance at Mostly MozartZEALnyc". www.zealnyc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  12. ↑ "What to See in New York City This Spring". The New York Times. 2019-02-22. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  13. ↑ "West Edge on the Move Again: New Venue, New Operas". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  14. 1 2 Munson, Jim (November 5, 2021). "BWW Interview: Elkhanah Pulitzer of DIDO AND AENEAS at Opera San José Sees Opportunities for Renewal and Rejuvenation in the Pain of Tragedy". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Antony and Cleopatra". metopera. The Met Opera. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  16. ↑ Post-Dispatch, Michael D. Sorkin St. Louis. "'Jay' Pulitzer, former heir to newspaper empire, dies at 65". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.


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