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. 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.
Works +Productions directed by Elkhanah PulitzerProductionYearCompany / TheatreNotesVasilisa and the Saga of Baba Yaga2000Sneaky Pete EnsembleVenus and Adonis2001Canadian Opera CompanyThe Cherry Orchard2003Columbia UniversityUntitled, A Play About Mark Rothko2004Schapiro Theater, New YorkDream of the Pacific2004Opera Theatre of St. LouisPulitzer also wrote the librettoLife Is a Dream2005Riverside Theater, Columbia UniversityColorado2006Impact TheatreJudas Maccabaeus2008Los Angeles OperaThe Tender Land2010West Edge OperaMahagonny Songspiel2012West Edge OperaThe Flying Dutchman2013San Francisco OperaLucia di Lammermoor2014Los Angeles OperaHydrogen Jukebox2014West Edge OperaLulu2015West Edge OperaPowder Her Face2016West Edge OperaChamberworks2016SF Opera LabNixon in China2017Los Angeles PhilharmonicThe Gospel According to the Other Mary2017San Francisco SymphonyQuartett2018West Edge OperaMass2018Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert HallAlso performed at the Mostly Mozart FestivalPrisoner of the State2019New York Philharmonic Premiere of David Lang opera based on Fidelio by BeethovenThe Threepenny Opera2019West Edge OperaDido and Aeneas2021Opera San JoseAntony and Cleopatra2025Metropolitan OperaPulitzer also consulted on the libretto
Personal life 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.
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