Mark Adamo

Adamo's first opera, Little Women, was an immediate success, and has been produced more than a dozen times by smaller companies around the U.S. His second, based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata, was originally scheduled to premiere in Houston in 2002, then postponed; it finally premiered on March 4, 2005 and has received similarly good notices. With only two evening-length operas behind him, Adamo is already considered a major composer, with Playbill calling him "the Gian Carlo Menotti of his time."

Adamo was composer in residence at New York City Opera from 2001 through 2006. He is the partner of composer John Corigliano. He has said that he has two more operas "in process," but no further details are available.

• Little Women, opera in two acts
  Libretto by the composer after the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
  March 13, 1998, Houston Opera Studio, Houston, Texas
• Avow, chamber opera (1999)
• Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess
  Libretto by the composer after the Lysistrata of Aristophanes.
  March 4, 2005, Houston Grand Opera

Discography

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Mark Adamo Little Women Houston Grand Opera 2 CD / Ondine 998 (2001)

Bibliography

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"Have peace, Jo" from Little Women "Joy beyond measure, Mother!" from Little Women in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Soprano G. Schirmer 2004	Mark Adamo Little Women (Piano-vocal score) G. Schirmer 2001
Mark Adamo "I am not my own" (for soprano and piano) G. Schirmer 2006	"Couldn't I unbake the breads" from Little Women "Perfect as we are" from Little Women "Things change, Jo" from Little Women in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Mezzo-Soprano G. Schirmer 2004
Mark Adamo "Have Peace, Jo," (Piano reduction) Hal Leonard 2003	Mark Adamo "Peace: Yes! Of Course..." (for mezzo-soprano and piano) G. Schirmer 2006
"Kennst du das Land" ("Do you know the land") from Little Women "There was a knight" from Little Women in G. Schirmer American Opera Anthology: Baritone/Bass G. Schirmer 2004	Mark Adamo "War: Sure! I Know..." (for mezzo-soprano and piano) G. Schirmer 2006
Mark Adamo "Kennst du das Land" (Piano reduction) Hal Leonard 2003	Mark Adamo Nico's Credo (for tenor and piano) G. Schirmer 2006
Mark Adamo "Too late in the day, sir " (for bass-baritone and piano) G. Schirmer 2006	Mark Adamo "You're not my own" (for soprano and piano) G. Schirmer 2006
Mark Adamo Little Women (libretto) G. Schirmer 2001

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Last update: January 1, 2009