Kristine Tornquist
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Kristine Tornquist (born 1965 in Graz) is an Austrian librettist, director and visual artist.[1] She and her partner Jury Everhartz co-founded the sirene Operntheater 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 in 1998 and in 2002 they founded the sirene Operntheater which has since premiered 86 new works (2025).[4]
