Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess is an opera in two acts by composer Mark Adamo. The work is based on Aristophanes's fifth century BCE play Lysistrata. The opera had its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera on March 4, 2005. It was subsequently produced in March 2006 at the New York City Opera.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere Cast,Lysistrata at www.npr.org 4 March 2005(Conductor: – Stefan Lano)Lysistrata (Lysia)sopranoEmily PulleyNikias (Nico)tenorChad SheltonKleonikecontraltoMyrna ParisMyrrhinemezzo-sopranoLaquita MitchellLampito contralto Victoria LivengoodLeonidasbass-baritoneJoshua WinogradeKinesiasbaritoneJoshua HopkinsXanthe/AphroditesopranoMarjorie OwensSapphomezzo-sopranoJennifer RootCharito/TisiphonesopranoHeidi StoberDika/AlectosopranoSusan HolsonbakeArete/Megaera mezzo-sopranoFiona MurphyBion/First Geezer baritoneDaniel CilliMaron/ArestenorNicholas PhanAlpheustenorArturo Chacón CruzPhilo/Second Geezerbass-baritoneNikolay DidenkoMeleagrostenorNorman Reinhardt
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