Maxioms by Mark Adamo
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,
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.
I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those read more
I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those sopranos in nightgowns dying in Act 2. So what do I have in my first opera? A soprano in a nightgown dying in Act 2.
All of the movies brought the war into it,
All of the movies brought the war into it,
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.