![]() ![]() ![]() We all want to treat these people with the utmost respect, because what they went through is so tremendous,” said Susana Phillips, who appears in the opera as Rose, an encephalitis lethargica patient. “There's a large weight of responsibility that falls upon all of us involved in the project. Sacks tried an experimental therapy, which temporarily roused them from slumber. The mysterious disease had left them functionally asleep for decades. “Awakenings” chronicles Sacks’ time with encephalitis lethargica patients at a hospital in the Bronx. James Robinson is the opera’s director, and Roberto Kalb conducts members of the St. But he had a different qualification on his resume: A neuroradiologist, he works at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Stollman is an acclaimed novelist who had never written a libretto before. Picker wrote the opera with his husband, Aryeh Lev Stollman, who also knew Sacks. That became integral to telling the story.” “He wanted the world to know who he really was, as much as possible. The fact that he came out meant that we could really write about him, as we knew him personally,” said composer Tobias Picker. ![]() Picker and Stollman have adapted the Oliver Sacks book "Awakenings" about his experiences treating patients with encephalitis lethargica. Louis Public Radio Composer Tobias Picker, left, and his husband librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman on Tuesday at the Opera Theatre of St. ![]()
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