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.