Mark Adamo

They are all changing, and Jo is resisting,

They are all changing, and Jo is resisting,

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

This is a love story with six protagonists, ... And it's about a girl on the cusp of womanhood, a read more

This is a love story with six protagonists, ... And it's about a girl on the cusp of womanhood, a girl who is smart enough to realize she's happy, but not smart enough to know that everything must change.

All of the movies brought the war into it,

All of the movies brought the war into it,

When I finally found that notion of Jo, I found the structure of the opera,

When I finally found that notion of Jo, I found the structure of the opera,