sentences:  He adapted his play, "Lilith" (1990), to use as a libretto for an opera with music by Anthony Davis).The chamber opera highlights the mythical first woman to accompany Adam in the Garden of Eden, who was thought to have had demonic, supernatural power; she is reimagined in a modern era.The world premiere concert recital was at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego on December 4, 2009.