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FULL LYSISTRATA (various composers) Toronto 2024 Ellita Gagner, Teresa Tucci, Lissy Meyerowitz, Aemilia Moser
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Lysistrata
- Composer: Aaron Joseph Claude Gascon, Joseph Sehyeok Park, Homa Samiei, Danial Sheibani, Chiara Urban, Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu, Yike Zhang, Yuhan Zhou
- Libretto: Michael Patrick Albano Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: |Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada, U of T Opera Student Composers Collective:
- Recorded: January 21, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Ellita Gagner, Teresa Tucci, Lissy Meyerowitz, Aemilia Moser, Alex Sorensen, Chihiro Yasufuku, Kcenia Koutorjevski, Jordana Goddard, Ana Isabella Castro, Cameron Mazzei, Lyndon Ladeur
- Conductor: Sandra Horst
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Mabel Wonnacott
- Stage Designer: Gabriel Cropley
- Costume Designer: Alessia Urbani, Andrew Nasturzio
- Lighting Designer: Gabriel Cropley
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, Lysistrátē, “Army Disbander”) is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying all the men of the land any sex, which was the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata persuades the women of the warring cities to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes.
The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society. Additionally, its dramatic structure represents a shift from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author’s career. It was produced in the same year as the Thesmophoriazusae, another play with a focus on gender-based issues, just two years after Athens’ catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition.
Quoted from Wikipedia