Elkhanah Pulitzer | |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Theatre 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]
Vasilisa and the Saga of Baba Yaga | 2000 | Sneaky Pete Ensemble | ||
Venus and Adonis | 2001 | Canadian Opera Company | ||
The Cherry Orchard | 2003 | Columbia University | ||
Untitled, A Play About Mark Rothko | 2004 | Schapiro Theater, New York | ||
Dream of the Pacific | 2004 | Opera Theatre of St. Louis | Pulitzer also wrote the libretto[3] | |
Life Is a Dream | 2005 | Riverside Theater, Columbia University | ||
Colorado[4] | 2006 | Impact Theatre | ||
Judas Maccabaeus | 2008 | Los Angeles Opera | ||
The Tender Land | 2010 | West Edge Opera | ||
Mahagonny Songspiel | 2012 | West Edge Opera | ||
The Flying Dutchman | 2013 | San Francisco Opera | ||
Lucia di Lammermoor[5] | 2014 | Los Angeles Opera | ||
Hydrogen Jukebox[6] | 2014 | West Edge Opera | ||
Lulu[7] | 2015 | West Edge Opera | ||
Powder Her Face[8] | 2016 | West Edge Opera | ||
Chamberworks | 2016 | SF Opera Lab | ||
Nixon in China[9] | 2017 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | ||
The Gospel According to the Other Mary | 2017 | San Francisco Symphony | ||
Quartett[10] | 2018 | West Edge Opera | ||
Mass | 2018 | Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall | Also performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival[11] | |
Prisoner of the State | 2019 | New York Philharmonic | Premiere of David Lang opera based on Fidelio by Beethoven[12] | |
The Threepenny Opera[13] | 2019 | West Edge Opera | ||
Dido and Aeneas[14] | 2021 | Opera San Jose |
Pulitzer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She now lives in El Cerrito, California. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer.[15]