Mark Adamo Little W O Men Little Women

Mark Adamo Little W O Men Little Women

NBD0007fb Little Women EU:2110520fb Tuscany 26/8/10 3:13 PM Page 1 NAXOS Mark Adamo (b. 1962) Little Women Mark Adamo Opera in Two Acts • Libretto by Mark Adamo Mark Adamo Based on Louisa May Alcott’s enduringly popular novel about the adventures of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Little Women in civil-war era New England, Mark Adamo’s opera Little Women has been performed in more than 70 national and international engagements since its 1998 première by Houston Grand Opera and has achieved the status of an American classic. This recording, with a superb cast expertly directed for television, vividly brings to life an opera that The New Yorker hailed as “A beautifully crafted work, brilliantly molding Alcott’s tale into operatic form,” and The New York Times dubbed a “masterpiece”. Jo . Stephanie Novacek Meg . Joyce DiDonato Laurie . Chad Shelton Beth . Stacey Tappan Amy . Margaret Lloyd John Brooke . Daniel Belcher Little Women Friedrich Bhaer . Chen-Ye Yuan Cecilia March . Katherine Ciesinski Gideon March . James Maddalena Alma March . Gwendolyn Jones Mr Dashwood . Derrick Parker Houston Grand Opera Orchestra • Conductor: Patrick Summers Stage Production Director: Peter Webster • Directed for Television by Brian Large Set Designer: Christopher McCollum • Costume Designer: Melissa Graff Lighting Designer: David M. Plevan TELEVISION PRODUCTION Recorded at the Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, Texas, 17–18 March 2000 Producer: Michael Bronson • Coordinating Producer: Elaine Warner Audio Director: Marlan Barry • Editor: Gary Bradley • Engineer: Mark Schubin A co-production of Houston Grand Opera and Thirteen/WNET New York © 2001 Educational Broadcasting Corporation and Houston Grand Opera STEPHANIE NOVACEK • JOYCE DiDONATO • CHAD SHELTON Sung in English • Subtitles in English STACEY TAPPAN • MARGARET LLOYD • DANIEL BELCHER Cover photo: George Hixson and Houston Grand Opera CHEN-YE YUAN • KATHERINE CIESINKI • JAMES MADDALENA Total Running Time: 114:53 www.naxos.com HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA NBD0007 NTSC: No Region Coding • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 • PCM Stereo 2.0 Conductor PATRICK SUMMERS DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 • Made in Germany ൿ & Ꭿ 2010 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Director PETER WEBSTER DTS & the DTS-HD Master Audio Logo are the trade-marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Directed for Television by BRIAN LARGE Blu-ray discs are not compatible with DVD or CD players C M Y K.

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