Composer: |
Mark Adamo
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Librettist: |
Mark Adamo
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Other Artistic Personnel: |
Christopher Larkin (conductor)
Peter Webster (director)
Constantinos Kritikos (set and costume designer)
Benjamin Pearcy (lighting designer)
Dotti Staker (wig and makeup designer)
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Original Cast: |
Stephanie Novacek (Jo)
Chad Shelton (Laurie)
Joyce DiDonato (Meg)
Laura A. Coker (Beth)
Jennifer Aylmer (Amy)
Daniel Belcher (John Brooke)
Katherine Ciesinski (Cecilia March)
Tiffany Jackson (Alma March)
Edward Scott Hendricks (Friedrich Bhaer)
Christopher Scott Feigum (Gideon March & Dashwood)
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Premiere Date: |
March 13, 1998
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Producing Company: |
Houston Grand Opera/Houston Opera Studio
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Description: |
The opera is adapted from Alcott's classic novel of a young woman's understandable but doomed struggle to prevent life from taking her beloved sisters away from her. The story focuses on Jo, the second of four teenaged daughters in a free-thinking New England family during the Civil War era. Energetic and headstrong, Jo cherishes her perfect family life and doesn't want it to ever change. However, as life progresses with its joys, tragedies, conflicts, and resolutions, Jo comes to realize that the only way to the future is to accept the past as the past, no matter how happy yesterday was, because it can never come again. As she accepts this sad wisdom, a romantic interest enters her life.
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Character List (Major): |
Jo (mz)
Laurie (t)
Meg (mz)
Beth (s)
Amy (coloratura s)
John Brooke (bar)
Aunt Cecilia (con/mz)
Friedrich Bhaer (bb)
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Character List (Minor): |
Alma March (mz)
Gideon March / Mr. Dashwood (bb)
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Chorus: |
Quartet of female voices
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Orchestration: |
1 fl(picc, afl), 1 ob(Eng Hrn), 1 cl (bcl), 1 bsn (cbn) - 1 hrn[opt], 1 tpt[opt] - hp, pf(cel, syn) - strings
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Musical Style: |
Lyric
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Contact: |
G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Address: |
257 Park Avenue South, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10010
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E-mail Address: |
pm@schirmer.com
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Phone: |
212-254-2100
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Composer Web Site: |
www.markadamo.com
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Schedule of Performances Listings
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Friday, March 28, 2014 - Opera on the James
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Friday, January 21, 2011 - Pensacola Opera
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Little Women
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 - Calgary Opera Association
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Friday, January 27, 2006 - Kentucky Opera
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Friday, September 16, 2005 - Skylight Music Theatre
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Little Women
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Friday, January 7, 2005 - Fort Worth Opera
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Little Women
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Friday, October 29, 2004 - Louisiana State University Opera
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Little Women
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Sunday, March 23, 2003 - New York City Opera
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Little Women
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Friday, August 2, 2002 - Chautauqua Opera
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Little Women
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Saturday, July 6, 2002 - Glimmerglass Festival
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Little Women
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Saturday, April 13, 2002 - Minnesota Opera
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Little Women
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Saturday, July 28, 2001 - Ash Lawn Opera Festival
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Little Women
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Saturday, June 30, 2001 - Central City Opera
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Little Women
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Friday, March 3, 2000 - Houston Grand Opera
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Little Women
( Adamo)
Friday, March 13, 1998 - Houston Grand Opera
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