Mark Adamo: Lysistrata [World Premiere Recording] [Double Album]

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Odyssey Opera

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Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Gil Rose present the world premiere recording of Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, an opera by Mark Adamo. Far removed from the familiar outlines of Aristophanes’ ancient comedy, this daring reimagining reshapes a canonical text into something far more psychologically intricate and musically electrifying.

Set within a richly variegated score of shifting textures and mercurial transformations, the opera unfolds as a labyrinth of mirrored themes – where melodies change allegiance, identities blur, and every gesture carries double meaning. The familiar premise of women withholding intimacy to halt war becomes the starting point for a deeper exploration of desire, power, and identity. Adamo’s libretto dismantles classical certainties, replacing caricature with complexity, and recasts Lysistrata as a figure who must confront not only the politics of war, but the far more disquieting ambiguities of love itself.

Under the leadership of conductor Gil Rose, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project has become an unsurpassed advocate for 20th and 21st century American music. Alongside Adamo, this marks their collective return to PENTATONE, following their GRAMMY-nominated recording of John Corigliano’s The Lord of Cries (2023).

Odyssey Opera
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gil Rose, Conductor

Tracklist

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1.

Overture

04:12

2.

Act I, Invocation

01:27

3.

Act I, Prologos: No. 1: Peace Now!

01:07

4.

Act I, Prologos: No. 2: 'Being a bulletin...'

01:06

5.

Act I, Prologos: No. 3: Ares, Aphrodite (I)

01:07

6.

Act I, Prologos: No. 4: 'Imagine, then...'

00:16

7.

Act I, Prologos: No. 5: It's a Miracle! (I)

01:22

8.

Act I, Prologos: No. 6: It's a Miracle! (II)

01:21

9.

Act I, Prologos: No. 7: 'Had these been women...'

00:50

10.

Act I, Prologos: No. 8: Ares, Aphrodite (II)

02:57

11.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 9: 'Kleo...'

01:37

12.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 10: 'Lysia!' 'Nico!'

02:14

13.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 11: Peace Now! (II)

00:51

14.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 12: 'Madam.' 'General...'

00:23

15.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 13: Strategy is Everything

01:52

16.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 14: 'Hellion, tigress...'

01:04

17.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 15: You're Not My Own

02:20

18.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 16: 'Are you quite through?'

01:22

19.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 17: My Lips, Like So

06:06

20.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 18: 'WHAT?' 'I have to go.'

01:01

21.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 19: 'Enough. Enough.'

00:52

22.

Act I, Scene 1: Parados - No. 20: The Athenians Drill

00:42

23.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 21: Myrrhine's Letter (I)

00:32

24.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 22: Spartan Drill (I)

00:43

25.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 23: Peace Now (III)

00:29

26.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 24: Lysia's Letter

00:37

27.

Act I, Scene 1: No. 25: Finale

01:51

28.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 26: Peace Now! (IV)

00:44

29.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 27: 'Kleo! Wake up...'

00:41

30.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 28: Entrance of the Spartan Women

00:21

31.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 29: I, Lampito

01:14

32.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 30: A Simple Query

01:22

33.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 31: The Plan

01:38

34.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 32: Myrrhine's Letter (II)

00:39

35.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 33: 'We seize the Acropolis...'

01:28

36.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 34: Peace: yes! Of course...

02:49

37.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 35: 'Love?, Oh, yes, love!'

01:20

38.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 36: Lampito Decides

01:26

39.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 37: 'Kleo? Athenians?'

00:28

40.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 38: From This Day On (I)

03:26

41.

Act I, Scene 2: No. 39: 'That's our signal...'

01:35

42.

Act I, Scene 3: Introduction

00:20

43.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 40: 'War: sure. I know.'

03:17

44.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 41: The Capture

00:52

45.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 42: The Armies Gather

00:43

46.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 43: It's a Miracle! (III)

00:26

47.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 44: The Plan (II)

01:18

48.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 45: The Summit

01:16

49.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 46: The Spartan Strategy

00:53

50.

Act I, Scene 3: No. 47: From This Day On (II)

03:00

Total time: 01:11:37

Additional information

Label	Pentatone
SKU	PTC51875391
Qualities	DSD 128, DSD 512, DSD 64, DSD 256, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz
Channels	5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround
Artists	Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Odyssey Opera
Composers	Adamo
Genres	Classical, Opera
Conductors	Gil Rose
Original Recording Format	PCM 96k
Instruments	Opera Vocals, Orchestra
Recording Location	Fraser Studio, WGBH, Boston, USA
Recording Engineer	Antonio Oliart, Téa Mottolese
Producer	Gil Rose
Release Date	July 31, 2026

Mark Adamo: Lysistrata (Vol. 1)

Label	Pentatone
SKU	PTC51875391
Qualities	DSD 128, DSD 512, DSD 64, DSD 256, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz
Channels	5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround
Artists	Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera
Composers	Adamo
Genres	Classical, Opera
Conductors	Gil Rose
Original Recording Format	PCM 96k
Release Date	July 30, 2026

Mark Adamo: Lysistrata (Vol. 2)

Label	Pentatone
SKU	PTC51875392
Qualities	DSD 128, DSD 512, DSD 64, DSD 256, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz
Channels	5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround
Artists	Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera
Composers	Adamo
Genres	Classical, Opera
Conductors	Gil Rose
Original Recording Format	PCM 96k
Release Date	July 30, 2026

Press reviews

Gramophone

This strong-minded, entertainingly modernised adaptation of Ancient Greek theatre… has the high-traffic breeziness of Verdi’s Falstaff though in urbane, versified Sondheim-esque words. Never does he fall into the lumbering parlando that afflicts too many modern operas… The cast might not have recognisable names but they enliven their antiquity characters and constitute a tight ensemble. After the first hearing, one need not even follow the printed libretto, so easily does the opera reveal its charms.

Mark Adamo - Source

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