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Tobias Picker's Thérèse Raquin Opens Strong in New York Premiere

Mar. 06, 2007

Chamber Versions of Fantastic Mr. Fox as well as Emmeline and An American Tragedy Available Soon

Tobias Picker’s opera Thérèse Raquin saw its New York premiere on February 16, 2007 at Dicapo Opera Theatre in its chamber opera reduction, opening to strong reviews. The New York Times writes:

"[An] appropriate darkness emanates from Mr. Picker’s adroit music, of a sinister tonality. The vocal writing is sympathetic, particularly in the effective ensembles, while beneath it the orchestra outlines the unspoken tension in taut layerings of figures, turning the emotional screws to echo the increasingly dissonant plot."

The New York Post added:

"Inspired work…A worthwhile contemporary American opera. The music of Thérèse Raquin… has real merit, with its Parisian undertones and its fascinating Benjamin Britten-like interwoven ensembles standing out in a score that reveals intriguingly complex dissonance amid hints of atonality.“

Directed by Michael Capasso, Dicapo Opera Theatre’s production of Thérèse Raquin ran for six sold out performances through February 25, 2007. These performances marked the North American premiere of the opera in the reduced version. The European premiere took place at the Linbury Studio of the Royal Opera House in London in March 2006. The success and demand for the chamber version of Thérèse Raquin has prompted the composer to create reductions of his Fantastic Mr. Fox, Emmeline, and An American Tragedy all of which lend themselves perfectly to smaller theaters. For further details and information on availability please contact Norman Ryan at Schott Music.


Tobias Picker
Thérèse Raquin
opera in two acts
1(pic).1(ca).1(bcl.).1(cbn) - 2.0.1(btbn).0 - 1perc(timp, xyl, glock, mar, hh) - hp. pf - str(3.0.2.2.1)
Duration: 110'

For more information on Dicapo Opera Theater’s production of Thérèse Raquin please visit www.dicapo.com.

For more information on Tobias Picker, please visit www.schott-music.com or www.tobiaspicker.com.

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