[1] Some of these works included the first modern revival of Adam de la Halle's 13th century medieval drama Robin and Marion,;[2] the United States premieres of Francesco Cavalli's Giasone,[3] Loreto Vittori's La Galatea,[4] and Jacques Offenbach's Les bavards;[5] and the New York premiere of John Blow's Venus and Adonis.
Echols created several pastiche for the opera stage based around both popular and court music and poetry and drama of the medieval period.
This work utilized music composed by Guillaume Du Fay and Gilles Binchois and combined with Pizan's allegory, was staged in a style reminiscent of a mystery play with conventions of opera mixed in.
[9] Splicing together music compositions from the 14th and 15th centuries by multiple composers containing a 'rose theme', the work was constructed to form a narrative based on the medieval Old French epic poem Roman de la Rose.
[8][9] This opera premiered at the Mannes College of Music in 1988 and was subsequently revived in New York following Echols death in 1994.