Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe is an opera in two acts based on the life of Lili Elbe (1882-1931) one of the first persons to undergo gender affirmation surgery. Lili before transition was known as the acclaimed Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener. Lili was happily married to Gerda Wegener (1886-1940), herself an important artist considered the Danish pioneer of Art Deco and a sought-after portraitist.

Awakenings

Thousands lived to sleep…it’s not a fairy tale, but the incredible true story of Dr. Sacks, a young neurologist faced with treating victims of a mysterious sleeping-sickness epidemic of the early 20th century, a phenomenon of history nearly forgotten. Awakenings visits Sacks’ journey of perseverance and compassion that brought his ‘frozen’ patients back to being – but not to the world they left behind. With our current trials, this distinct retelling of the possibility of new life is even more resonant today.

Join Odyssey Opera in partnership with Boston Modern Orchestra for the East Coast premiere of Awakenings, a moving tale of hope, loss, and transformation.

Awakenings

June 24th at 7:30pm, 2022

A true story of a medical miracle…and its consequences.

Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, Awakenings is a moving story of memories, loss, and life rediscovered. For more than forty years, thousands succumbed to a mysterious sleeping sickness, rendering them as immobile and voiceless as living statues. Decades later, a brilliant young doctor discovered a revolutionary treatment to bring his patients back to life...but with the challenge of finding their place in a now-unfamiliar world.

Awakenings

June 18th at 7:30pm

A true story of a medical miracle…and its consequences.

Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, Awakenings is a moving story of memories, loss, and life rediscovered. For more than forty years, thousands succumbed to a mysterious sleeping sickness, rendering them as immobile and voiceless as living statues. Decades later, a brilliant young doctor discovered a revolutionary treatment to bring his patients back to life...but with the challenge of finding their place in a now-unfamiliar world.

Awakenings

June 11th at 12:30pm

A true story of a medical miracle…and its consequences.

Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, Awakenings is a moving story of memories, loss, and life rediscovered. For more than forty years, thousands succumbed to a mysterious sleeping sickness, rendering them as immobile and voiceless as living statues. Decades later, a brilliant young doctor discovered a revolutionary treatment to bring his patients back to life...but with the challenge of finding their place in a now-unfamiliar world.

Thérèse Raquin

March 3rd at 7:30pm; March 4th at 7:30pm; March 6th at 3:00pm (2020).

Married Parisian couple Thérèse and Camille Raquin are reunited with an old friend, Laurent. It soon becomes clear that Thérèse and Laurent are more than old friends as heated confessions of undying love abound between the two. The two conspire to murder the sickly Camille and succeed in dumping him into the Seine to make possible the consecration of their love. The guilty couple soon become the object of torment by both their own guilty consciences and the ghost of Camille.

Thérèse Raquin

January 10th, 13th, 17th, 20th at 7:00pm (2022).

Married Parisian couple Thérèse and Camille Raquin are reunited with an old friend, Laurent. It soon becomes clear that Thérèse and Laurent are more than old friends as heated confessions of undying love abound between the two. The two conspire to drown the sickly Camille in the Seine to make possible the consecration of their love. The guilty couple soon become the object of torment by both their own guilty consciences and the ghost of Camille.

Music Director Jonathan Palmer Lakeland conducts. Christian Thausing directs.

Celebrating Tobias Picker

Works by Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, and Tobias Picker

Tickets are $16 with advance reservation, $20 at the door.