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Download Booklet 8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU:8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU 24-07-2011 21:32 Pagina 12 Also Available Gian Carlo MENOTTI Maria Golovin Violin Concerto LO M CAR EN N OT IA T G I 8.112023-24 8.111360-61 19 gs 54 din - 1958 Recor Franca Duval • Richard Cross • Patricia Neway • Herbert Handt Orchestra and Chorus • Peter Herman Adler Tossy Spivakovsky, Violin 8.111370 8.111364 Boston Symphony Orchestra • Charles Munch 8.111376-77 12 8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU:8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU 24-07-2011 21:32 Pagina 2 MENOTTI CENTENARY EDITION dancing with her relatives. He asks her if she will come opens the lid and takes out the gun and hides it in one to him that night. She says she will try to, and pressed of his pockets. by Donato, says she will come for a few minutes. She 9 Maria rushes into the room, greeting Donato. He cannot give a time as it will be her birthday. He insists asks her if she knows what time it is. She apologises Gian Carlo that she comes at midnight so that he can be the first to that she could not get away earlier. Donato, becoming kiss her on her birthday. She promises to see him at angrier, accuses her of being ashamed of their love, MENOTTI midnight. She goes to sit on the sofa and he places and of wanting to hide it, in case others found out (1911-2007) himself at her feet, burying his head in her lap. about it. Maria tries to quieten him, for Trottoló’s sake. 7 Donato presses Maria to speak to her husband, and He says that he too loves Trottoló. She accuses him of then says he would like her to die, so no-one else might refusing to understand, to which he responds by saying have her. She replies that there is no love unless one that they cannot go on like this any longer. Maria Maria Golovin dares to lose the thing one loves. confirms that they must say good-bye. She promises to Opera in Three Acts • Libretto by the Composer leave the following day and that he will never see her Scene 3 again. Donato brandishes the gun and, running to the It is past midnight on the same day. Donato is sitting in back wall, bars her from leaving. Terrified, Maria tries Maria Golovin . Franca Duval (soprano) the rocking- chair. The Mother is on the sofa knitting. to avoid the aim of the gun. Realising that Donato is Donato . Richard Cross (bass-baritone) Occasionally she looks at Donato. On a table is a small aiming the gun to the sound of her steps, she stands birthday cake, a bottle of champagne and two glasses. frozen, her back to the audience. Donato says that she The Mother . Patricia Neway (contralto) 8 Agata . Genia Las (mezzo-soprano) Donato asks the Mother what time is it. She replies will never leave him for another man. If he cannot have that it is not quite one o’clock. Donato kisses the rose her, no-one else will. He calls to the Mother to help The Prisoner . William Chapman (baritone) which Maria has given to him. Agata comes in with a him to find Maria. The Mother rushes in, horrified. She Dr. Zuckertanz . Herbert Handt (tenor) tray, as if to clear the table. She asks if she may go to motions Maria to step out of the gun’s range. She then Trottoló . Lorenzo Muti (boy soprano) bed, saying it is two o’clock, to which the Mother takes hold of his hand and guides his aim in front of impatiently agrees. Donato, annoyed by his Mother’s him. She encourages him to kill Maria. He fires the gun Orchestra and Chorus deception and becoming impatient, gets up and begins twice into the empty space. Exhausted he sinks to his (Nino Antonellini, chorus master) to pace about the room. The Mother suggests that he knees, leaning his head against the Mother, who says (Pietro Carapellucci, tenor soloist) should show some understanding – how could Maria that Maria is his for ever now, and hands him the rose Peter Herman Adler leave her party with her husband there? Donato lying on the floor near them. She tells him to cast the suggests that she go to bed, and she leaves the room. rose on her, which he does. She then leads him out of After pacing up and down, he opens the small door in the room, saying that they must leave immediately and Recorded in Rome, 1958 the back wall, and the music of a small jazz band can that he is free now. After they have left, Maria picks up First issued on RCA Victor LM-6142 be heard. He listens and then closes the door. After the rose, holds it to her lips and bursts into sitting at the piano he goes back to the door and opens uncontrolled weeping. The voice of Zuckertanz is Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn it again. The music can be heard. He shuts the door and heard from upstairs calling for her. Still weeping, leans against it, overcome with frustration and despair. Maria slowly moves towards the stairway. Special thanks to Maynard F. Bertolet and James Miller for providing source material He asks God to help him. Rushing to the piano, he David Patmore 8.111376-77 2 11 8.111376-77 8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU:8.111376-77 bk Menotti_Golovin_EU 24-07-2011 21:32 Pagina 10 Aldo. She realises what has happened, and admits her of the composers whom he likes most in music. The CD 1 77:38 & Maria … Yes, Donato 3:21 guilt. She calls for Agata to join them. Donato pleads Mother asks him to sing a song and he walks to the (Donato, Maria, Mother) with her to leave him alone; she agrees that they must piano reluctantly. He asks Maria to join them. He Act 1 * You know, I feel like a girl again 6:05 part but only after he learns how foolish and cruel he hands the music to the Mother to play, and sings with Scene 1 (Maria, Donato, Mother, Agata) has been. Maria hands Agata the open letter and asks Maria. 1 3 Introduction 2:09 Scene 2 her to read it aloud. Agata reads the letter, from Aldo While they are doing this, Agata appears in the ( who complains of Maria not responding to his letters. doorway, holding a telegram. They stop singing and (Orchestra) There you are! 3:21 2 One … two … three … Good heavens! 1:49 (Mother, Maria, Zuckertanz, Donato) Donato dismisses Agata. As she departs, Maria breaks the Mother asks Agata what she has: she replies that ) down in tears. the telegram is for Maria. Maria opens the telegram (Agata) Yes, I must leave you, Donato 3:43 ¡ Donato runs to Maria pleadingly, kneels at her feet and is obviously shaken by what she reads. She makes 3 This way, come in, come in! 3:07 (Maria, Donato, Agata) and embraces her. He asks for her forgiveness. As a great effort to hide her emotions. She tells them that (Mother, Zuckertanz, Donato, Maria) ¡ Maria. Forgive me 3:05 fireworks explode he tells her that she must never lie to her husband has been released. Donato gets up with a 4 This is a sad place to take a little boy! 2:17 (Donato, Maria, Prisoner) him. He urges her to kiss him but she breaks away, and start. Unaware of the significance of what has (Agata, Donato) ™ No, I do not understand a man like you 4:47 runs into the house. Alone on the terrace, lost and happened, Zuckertanz goes upstairs to tell Trottoló. 5 … and eight and nine and ten and hop la la! 1:48 (Prisoner, Donato) dejected, Donato gropes on his knees for his cane. The Realising that Donato wishes to be alone with Maria, (Mother, Agata) Prisoner appears and scornfully watches him. As he the Mother leaves the room. Maria and Donato 6 Who is there? Is there someone? 3:09 CD 2 65:55 moves towards the steps to the garden, Donato starts embrace. He asks her if she will tell him. She does not (Donato, Maria) and calls Maria’s name. The Prisoner identifies know. 7 Tell me the truth 4:33 Act 3 himself. ™ (Donato, Maria) Scene 1 The Prisoner sings contemptuously of Donato’s Scene 2 8 1 self-absorption while others suffer around him. Donato The same, a week later. It is late afternoon. Donato is I will pose for you as long as you like 3:22 Introduction 3:20 (Donato, Maria) (Orchestra) says that he is also in a prison. A searchlight rakes the standing alone on the terrace. Inside the room the 9 2 terrace, and whenever it does so the Prisoner hides Mother and Maria are unfolding a large table-cloth. … you must be careful not to play near the lake 4:02 I’m afraid this is all we have 3:25 himself until it passes. He tells Donato that it is the Behind them a manservant is placing napkins and (Mother, Zuckertanz, Maria, Donato) (Mother, Zuckertanz, Maria) searchlight from the prison camp. As he decides to glasses in a basket. From the open window the Scene 2 3 Quando di fuoco si fa la laguna 3:37 flee, the Prisoner gives Donato his gun. He departs into prisoners may be heard singing.
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