Mark Adamo is the Grammy-nominated composer-librettist of the operas Little Women, Lysistrata, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, and Becoming Santa Claus, which have been staged, recorded, and broadcast on six continents since 1998; he is also the librettist of The Lord of Cries, to a score by John Corigliano. Recent career highlights include his stage direction of a new production of Lysistrata for Odyssey Opera, recorded and set for release by Pentatone in August 2026; more performances of Last Year, his concerto for cello and orchestra, in Nashville, Las Vegas, Chicago, and New York; and the release, also on Pentatone, of Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s recording of The Lord of Cries, conducted by Gil Rose with a cast led by Anthony Roth Costanzo, which was nominated in 2024 for the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording of the year. His music is published exclusively by G. Schirmer. markadamo.com.