One play explores the depths of darkness and tragedy. The other playfully undermines our expectations of love and war. To create music for both Oedipus Rex and Lysistrata, performed in the same evening, was both a challenge and a delight. Work on this project began in the summer of 2019, with careful readings of both plays and a bit of background research on music in ancient Greek theater. Our Heidelberg production made its debut in October of the same year. What do we know a