#mark adamo

[yourdailyqueer]

Mark Adamo

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: Born 1962

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Composer, songwriter, professor

[laurajustynaabby]

Does anyone know if it's possible to see or buy this whole opera somewhere?

[aeide-thea]

anyway this is not the video in question but it is the piece i was thinking of (“let me look at you,” from mark adamo’s 1998 opera little women), and it’s Good and you should listen to it probably!

[composersdoingnormalshit]

Mark Adamo, Robert Spano, John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Steve Reich and John Mackey kicking it in a bathtub.

[operarox]

I saw you recommend an aria from Little Women. Do you know where one could find a recording?

Hey beneboo!

I’ve had trouble getting my hands on a copy of the recording myself.  I think there might be a CD floating around out there of the original cast.  Also, I know that someone has a video version of it.  I don’t think it’s on YouTube, but there might be some sections.  I know for sure that some of the major arias (“Things change, Jo” for sure) are on YouTube, performed by different people.  You can definitely get your hands on a vocal score; a few of my friends have it.

If anyone else has more information than me, please pipe in.

[fishandfock-blog]

Holy lord, 2:11 - 2:25. Joyce, you kill me. 

[fishandfock-blog]

I swear I'm not giving up on this Opera-per-week thing!

I was just too busy for words last week! So, this week I'll watch two! Tonight, I saw Mark Adamo's Little Women and dlajfdkljak. I loved it. The music was different. Certainly not Mozart or Rossini. But awesome nonetheless. The recording I watched was Houston Grand Opera's production in 2000 (the premiere!). So the music was amazing and the singing was great. But what really got me was the story line. Which I know is credited to Louisa May Alcott (I'm a bad seed and I didn't finish the book before I saw the opera, I couldn't wait), but seeing it in opera-form was truly magical! It scared me a bit, how I identified with characters.

The most heartbreaking scene, for me, wasn't Beth's death (surprisingly). But it was the last scene, when the girls come out of the chests for the second time and Jo starts reliving the past all over again. My god. The tears. 

So last time was Barbiere, this time Little Women, next time: Ernani! Wednesday, hopefully!

Disclaimer: My opinion is not valid and I'm aware. #harshandtrue