The Gospel According to the Other Mary

The Gospel According to the Other Mary is an opera-oratorio by the contemporary American composer John Adams. The world premiere took place on May 31, 2012, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic[1] who also premiered the staged version on March 7, 2013, at the same venue.[2]

John Adams

The work focuses on the final few weeks of the life of Jesus, including his passion, from the point of view of "the other Mary", Mary of Bethany (sometimes mis-identified as Mary Magdalene), her sister Martha, and her brother, Lazarus.[1][2] The libretto by Peter Sellars draws its texts from the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible and from Rosario Castellanos, Rubén Darío, Dorothy Day, Louise Erdrich, Hildegard von Bingen, June Jordan, and Primo Levi.

The Gospel According to the Other Mary was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[3]

Roles
Roles, voice types, and premiere cast
RoleVoice typePremiere cast (31 May 2012)
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Marymezzo-sopranoKelley O'Connor
Martha, her sistercontraltoTamara Mumford
Lazarus, their brothertenorRussell Thomas
 3 countertenorsDaniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley
SATB choir (at least 40 voices)

See also

References
  1. "Composer's New Passion Unspooled" by Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times, June 1, 2012
  2. The Gospel According to the Other Mary, work details at Boosey & Hawkes
  3. "The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Music". The Pulitzer Prizes. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
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