Kristine Tornquist

Austrian librettist, director and sculptor

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Kristine Tornquist (born 1965, Graz) is an Austrian librettist, director and visual artist.^[1] She and her partner Jury Everhartz [de] co-founded the sirene Operntheater [de] in Vienna.^[2]^[3]

She was born in Graz, grew up in Linz, and trained as a goldsmith. She has a diploma (1994) from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she studied under Ron Arad.^[1]

She has written about 50 opera librettos.^[1] She began to work with Jury Everhartz [de] in 1998 and in 2002 they founded the sirene Operntheater [de] which has since premiered 73 new works.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kristine Tornquist: Autorin, Künstlerin und Regisseurin". www.sirene.at (in German). sirene Operntheater. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Was bisher geschah". www.sirene.at (in German). sirene Operntheater. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Tornquist/Everhartz: Das kostbare Leben". Die Presse (in German). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Home page". www.sirene.at (in German). sirene Operntheater. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

External links

"Librettist / Literary source: Kristine Tornquist". Opening Night: Opera & Oratorio Premieres. Stanford Libraries. List of Tornquist's opera librettos