New Mark Adamo Opera Commission Announced
- January 26, 2009
- By Michael Kaulkin
- Friends, Musical Theater
- 2 comments
San Francisco Opera has announced plans to commission a new work by Mark Adamo for a scheduled premiere in 2013. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, in Mark’s words, “draws on the Gnostic gospels, the canonical gospels and fifty years of new Biblical scholarship to reimagine the loves and conflicts of the New Testament through the eyes of its leading female character.”
Mark’s previous works, Little Women and Lysistrata, are both adaptations of existing works. I’m looking forward to seeing what he comes up with in this work, where it appears he’ll be creating something out of whole cloth, to say nothing of the ambitious and potentially controversial subject matter.
I’m already in danger of this becoming a Mark Adamo fan site, but I must congratulate my friend, and share this major announcement here. More information is buried in this press release (pdf) from San Francisco Opera, and in time, you’ll surely see more about this on Mark’s own site.
The press release also contains welcome news of commissions for Jennifer Higdon and Christopher Theofanidis, both of whom I admire greatly.
Fredosphere
If he wants to make something up out of whole cloth, shouldn’t his opera be about St. Veronica?
Michael Kaulkin
No, no, no… that’ll be my next opera: A Face in the Shroud, assuming I can make headway with Elia Kazan’s people.