Mark Adamo Makes NYCO Proposal
Mark Adamo, the contemporary opera composer of LITTLE WOMEN and LYSISTRATA, has made a proposed wish list of productions that ought to be staged for the incoming artistic director, whomever that'll be. Frankly, I think he makes some pretty great choices.
Eötvös: Angels in America (dir. Sam Helfrich: New York première; new production)
Breuer/Telson: The Gospel at Colonus (dir. Spike Lee: new production)
Vivaldi: Ercole s’ul Termodonte (dir. John Pascoe: Spoleto Festival Production, 2006: New York stage première)
Bizet/Brooke: La Tragedie de Carmen (co-production, English National Opera/Wexford Festival Opera)
Catán, Florencia en el Amazonas (dir. Francesca Zambello: co-production, Houston Grand opera, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera: New York première)
Schwartz, Séance on a Wet Afternoon (dir. Scott Schwartz: New York première; co-production, Opera Santa Barbara)
Double Bill: (dir./chor. Christopher Wheeldon: new production)
-Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (new orchestration by Mason Bates for electronics and Baroque ensemble)
-Mason Bates: Eros and Psyche (lib. Michael Korie: world première: NYCO commission)
Knussen, Where the Wild Things Are (dir. & puppets, Basil Twist: new production; family concert)
