Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess | |
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Opera by Mark Adamo | |
Librettist | Mark Adamo |
Language | English |
Based on | Lysistrata by Aristophanes |
Premiere | March 4, 2005 |
Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess is an opera in two acts by composer Mark Adamo. The work is based on Aristophanes's fifth century BCE play Lysistrata.[1] The opera had its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera on March 4, 2005.[2] It was subsequently produced in March 2006 at the New York City Opera.[3]
Roles
[edit]Role | Voice type[4] | Premiere Cast,[5] 4 March 2005 (Conductor: – Stefan Lano) |
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Lysistrata (Lysia) | soprano | Emily Pulley |
Nikias (Nico) | tenor | Chad Shelton |
Kleonike | contralto | Myrna Paris |
Myrrhine | mezzo-soprano | Laquita Mitchell |
Lampito | contralto | Victoria Livengood |
Leonidas | bass-baritone | Joshua Winograde |
Kinesias | baritone | Joshua Hopkins |
Xanthe/Aphrodite | soprano | Marjorie Owens |
Sappho | mezzo-soprano | Jennifer Root |
Charito/Tisiphone | soprano | Heidi Stober |
Dika/Alecto | soprano | Susan Holsonbake |
Arete/Megaera | mezzo-soprano | Fiona Murphy |
Bion/First Geezer | baritone | Daniel Cilli |
Maron/Ares | tenor | Nicholas Phan |
Alpheus | tenor | Arturo Chacón Cruz |
Philo/Second Geezer | bass-baritone | Nikolay Didenko |
Meleagros | tenor | Norman Reinhardt |
References
[edit]- ^ Davis, Peter G. (April 2, 2006). "No Peace, No Sex". New York. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ^ Ross, Alex (March 28, 2005). "Kafka Sings Two new operas: Ruders's "Kafka's Trial," Adamo's "Lysistrata."". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (March 23, 2006). "City Opera in Adamo's 'Lysistrata,' About Making Love, Not War". New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ^ "Lysistrata at www.markadamo.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ Lysistrata at www.npr.org