from Act 2, Scene 4 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Amy March, The youngest March daughter. In love with Laurie.

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: A letter (Read by Jo on the path in front of the March house).

Synopsis: Amy relates her happiness upon discovering that Laurie returns the love she has for him.

from Act 2, Scene 3 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Beth March, One of the March daughters. Often ill. Dies of scarlet fever.

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric soprano

Setting: Beth's bedroom in the March house.

Synopsis: Jo has returned upon hearing that Beth is not doing well. Beth has accepted that she will die soon and tries to prepare Jo.

from Act 2, Scene 2 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Friedrich Bhaer, A German professsor that lives across the hall from Jo in New York. He is in love with her.

Voice Part: bass-baritone       Fach: bass-baritone

Setting: A corridor in Jo's boarding house.

Synopsis: After reciting "Kennst du das Land" for Jo, she says that she still wishes she could understand the words. He repeats it for her in English. It is not just a recitation but a hidden confession of love.

from Act 2, Scene 2 of the German opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Friedrich Bhaer, A German professsor that lives across the hall from Jo in New York. He is in love with her.

Voice Part: bass-baritone       Fach: bass-baritone

Setting: A corridor in Jo's boarding house.

Synopsis: Brooke recites a passage from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre" when Jo asks what constitutes "proper" art.

from Prologue of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Jo March, One of the March daughters. Loved by Laurie, later loved by Bhaer. Against change, wishes things could remain "perfect as they are".

Voice Part: mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo

Setting: The attic of the March house.

Synopsis: Laurie suggests returning to the friendship that he and Jo used to share. An angry Jo envisions the impossibility of undoing all that has happened, including fights, marriages, and even death, in order to return to that point.

from Act 1, Scene 1 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Jo March, One of the March daughters. Loved by Laurie, later loved by Bhaer. Against change, wishes things could remain "perfect as they are".

Voice Part: mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo

Setting: The attic of the March house.

Synopsis: Laurie has just told Jo that John Brooke has Meg's missing glove. The implication that Jo may lose Meg to marriage upsets Jo. In this aria, she alternates between reviewing the draft of her potboiler and arguing against change with a now absent Laurie.

from Act 1, Scene 2 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: John Brooke, Laurie's tutor. Suitor and then husband to Meg.

Voice Part: baritone       Fach: lyric baritone

Setting: The path in front of the March house.

Synopsis: Brooke professes his love for Meg hidden in a story during "Rigmarole", a game played by the March sisters.

from Act 1, Scene 2 of the English opera Little Women by Mark Adamo

Libretto: Mark Adamo

Role: Meg March, The oldest March daughter. Marries John Brooke.

Voice Part: mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo

Setting: The hall in the March house.

Synopsis: Meg tries to explain to Jo that her marriage to Brooke is not a betrayal of her sister.