Gil Rose showed his versatility of style and sophistication in Tobias Picker’s “Awakenings”

“Composer Tobias Picker with his (life and opera) partner, librettist and neuroradiologist Aryeh Lev Stollman together with Gil Rose, Artistic and General Director, and the production team of Odyssey Opera in partnership with Boston Modern Orchestra Project artistically created a piece with compelling characters that expresses relevance on many levels: The elegant score amplifies the human condition by including timely topics such as medicine, workplace politics and sexual identity in an artistically engaging manner. Themes of rebirth, hope amidst loss, love amidst uncertainty resonate deeply as we all continue to grapple with the long twilight of our current pandemic, whose long-term effects—physical and neurological—remain unknown. Like all the brave healthcare professionals and resilient patients embarking on new therapies, art needs courageous experimentation as well. Gil Rose, quite comfortable with experimentation, showed his versatility of style and sophistication.”