Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess | |
Composer: | Mark Adamo |
Librettist: | Mark Adamo |
Language: | English |
Premiere Location: | Houston Grand Opera |
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]
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 |