Giancarlo Menotti: "Amelia al ballo" . Opera buffa in one act [2]
Amelia: Valentina Valente;
The husband: Paul Whelan;
The lover: François Soulet;
The friend: Adrienne Mille;
The chief of Police: Christoph Fel;
Two chambermaids: Claire Lauby, Rosalind Elliman;
Cond.: Bruno Ferrandis;
Dir.: Pier Paolo Pacini;
Performed at the Opéra de Nantes.
The Husband reads the letter and is crushed. Amelia bursts into tears. The Husband promises to take Amelia to the Ball, if she tell him the name of her lover...
dating from 1939, Amelia is the FIRST .......and LAST Menotti modest masterpiece......although promissing none of his future operas has held the stage, the least said about such trite efforts as THE ISLAND GOD ,THE LAST SAVAGE, MARIA GOLOVIN , GOYA and others, the better.
papoocanada 1 year ago