The Old Maid and the Thief is a one act opera by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti, written and premiered in 1939. It was one of the earliest operas composed specifically for performance on the radio. The opera was premiered on NBC on April 22, 1939, and was first staged in Philadelphia on February 11, 1941.
It wouldnt be opera without the drama. LOL. Nice production!
CarlosSaenzBaritone 5 months ago
indianabuki- as the assistant director on this show, I assure you there was no plagiarism. Im sure anyone who stages this as a radio play will have similar blocking, since there are notes in the original score from the 1939 production. I spent many long hours with Koran coming up with the characters in this production "on" and "off" stage, and the performers created a lot of the blocking through improvisation. To claim plagiarism, check your spelling, is insulting to everyone involved.
morgankelli 8 months ago
You people are AMAAAAAZING !!!! FAAAAN-TAAAAS-TIC !!!! BRAAAVOOO From Paris FRANCE !!!
fadyjb 1 year ago
Que pena que é em ingês!!!
ZemArte 2 years ago
thank you very much!
BenianoVolli 2 years ago
here is the deal- i do understand that this idea is not new BUT the staging was almost step by step, entrance by entrance-MINE I got out my score just to make sure and by golly, the stage manager could have used my book and staged the show. So while it is not new- it is total plagerism by Koran
indianabucki 2 years ago
I'm sure someone else would have invented the wheel if the caveman had not.
Ya dig?
: )
Jmillzx 2 years ago
Is this the way we're going to stage it this summer then? I like it.
pritsch2 2 years ago
Odd, when I was Noel Koran's GTA at Ohio State i directed Old Maid with the same concept and I watched and was amazed at just how similar my production was to his. HMMMMM Too bad he cannot come up with something new and fresh and perhaps HIS!
ohiostatetenor 2 years ago
That's so funny, I did 'Old Maid' with the same radio show concept about 3 yrs ago at Texas State University - San Marcos...complete with radio commercial jingles written by the music theory class as an extra credit contest...lol...We had so much fun with it and it really looks like you guys did too!
DA1055 3 years ago