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The pairing of the comic opera The Telephone with the sinister music-drama The Medium proved to be a big hit for composer Gian Carlo Menotti when they opened together on Broadway in 1947. The double bill ran for over 200 performances, and enjoyed similar success in London during 1948. This original 1947 cast recording of The Medium, made by the American Columbia company, was first released in the UK in 1961, when The Gramophone wrote enthusiastically “its effectiveness as a musical work for the stage is beyond argument”.
Reissue Producer and Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium
Act I: Introduction
Act I: Where, oh, where (Monica)
Act I: How many times I've told you not to touch my things! (Baba, Monica)
Act I: Good evening, Madame Flora (Mrs. Gobineau, Mr. Gobineau, Baba, Mrs. Nolan)
Act I: It happened long ago (Mrs. Gobineau, Mr. Gobineau, Baba)
Act I: You must be very silent (Mr. Gobineau, Baba, Monica, Mrs. Nolan)
Act I: Mother, mother, are you there? (Monica, Mr. Gobineau, Mrs. Nolan, Mrs. Gobineau)
Act I: What is it? Who is it? (Baba, Mr. Gobineau, Mrs. Gobineau, Mrs. Nolan)
Act I: Baba, what has happened? (Monica, Baba)
Act I: The sun has fallen and it lies in blood (Monica, Baba)
Act II: Introduction
Act II: Bravo! (Monica)
Act II: Monica, Monica, can't you see (Monica)
Act II: Where is Monica? (Baba)
Act II: Good evening, Madame Flora (Mrs. Gobineau, Mrs. Nolan, Mr. Gobineau, Monica)
Act II: Don't stand there like a fool! (Baba, A Voice)
Act II: Afraid, am I afraid? (Baba)
Act II: Who's there? Who's there? (Baba, Monica)
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Telephone
Introduction
Oh! just what I wanted (Lucy, Ben)
That was Margaret (Lucy, Ben)
It is four-fifteen (Lucy, Ben)
Try again and again (Ben, Lucy)
Hello, this is Lucy (Lucy, Ben)
Hello? … Hello? (Lucy, Ben)
October 2011
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“Celebrated Broadway double-bill of melodramatic tragedy and domestic comedy, the latter stolen by sparkling coloratura of soprano Marilyn Cotlow”
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Act I: Introduction
