Mark Adamo Born: Philadelphia, 1962

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• Little Women, opera in two acts. Libretto by the composer after the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Houston Opera Studio, 13 Mar. 1998.
• Lysistrata, or, The Nude Goddess. Libretto by the composer after the Lysistrata of Aristophanes. Houston Grand Opera, Mar. 2002, but unperformed.

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, more controversial opera, based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata, was originally scheduled to premiere in Houston in 2002, then postponed; it is now scheduled to premiere on March 4, 2005. Adamo has been composer in residence at New York City Opera since 2002.

Little Women. Piano-vocal score. G. Schirmer 2001.

Little Women. Libretto. G. Schirmer 2001.

"Have Peace, Jo" from Little Women. Piano reduction. Hal Leonard 2003.

"Kennst Du Das Land" from Little Women. Piano reduction. Hal Leonard 2003.

Mark Adamo. Little Women. Houston Grand Opera 2001. Compact disc: Ondine 988.