Lysistrate / Lysistrata
Comic opera in one act written between 1997 and 1998
Music by Carl Unander-Scharin
Libretto by Magnus Carlbring
Based on Aristofanes
First performance June 6, 1998 at the Folkoperan Stockholm.
Commissioned by The Stockholm Academy for Opera.
Music published by Gehrmans Muskförlag (www.gehrmans.se), contact Roland Horovitz (roland.horovitz@gehrmans.se)
Lysistrata was performed in Oslo by the Norwegian Opera Academy April 17, 20, 21, 2002.
Audio Samples (from the first staging in Stockholm):
Cast:
Lizz (S): Miriam Treichl, My (S): Lotta Lindqvist, Luma (S): AnnMarie Backlund, Irene (S): Madelaine Wibom, Alfa (A): Tuula Paavola, Kleo (Mz): Tove Nilsson, Macho (T): Jesper Kemi, Biceps/ Chico (T): Niklas Björling-Rygert, Triceps/Zeppo (Bar): Jesper Taube, Fallos (Bass): Jens Malmqvist.