Kristine Tornquist

{{short description|Austrian librettist, director and sculptor}}

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Kristine Tornquist (born 1965, Graz) is an Austrian librettist, director and visual artist.{{cite web |title=Kristine Tornquist: Autorin, Künstlerin und Regisseurin |url=https://www.sirene.at/kuenstler/tornquist-kristine/ |website=www.sirene.at |publisher=sirene Operntheater |access-date=22 January 2021 |language=de}} She and her partner {{ill|Jury Everhartz|de}} co-founded the {{ill|sirene Operntheater|de}} in Vienna.{{cite web |title=Was bisher geschah |url=https://www.sirene.at/archiv/ |website=www.sirene.at |publisher=sirene Operntheater |access-date=22 January 2021 |language=de}}{{cite news |title=Tornquist/Everhartz: Das kostbare Leben |url=https://www.diepresse.com/5105167/tornquisteverhartz-das-kostbare-leben |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=Die Presse |date=20 October 2016 |language=de}}

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.

She has written about 50 opera librettos. She began to work with {{ill|Jury Everhartz|de}} in 1998 and in 2002 they founded the {{ill|sirene Operntheater|de}} which has since premiered 73 new works.{{cite web |title=Home page |url=https://www.sirene.at/ |website=www.sirene.at |publisher=sirene Operntheater |access-date=22 January 2021 |language=de}}