NAXOS Historical MENOTTI: The Consul • Amelia al ballo 8.112023-24 Time Playing 2:24:19 MONO Act 1Act 1I 31:18 37:43 Act IIIComplete Opera 52:02 23:16 ADD 9 ( 8 ¤ - - - - 8.112023-24 CD 1The Consul 1 0 CD 2 69:01 The Consul 1 9 75:18 Amelia al ballo , cast a month Broadway was made with the original (Amelia goes to the Ball) was an instant hit.(Amelia goes of This recording critic Harold Taubman as possessing ‘the style and glitter of the ‘the style as possessing Taubman critic Harold The Consul Gian Carlo Gian (1911 – 2007) (1911 MENOTTI The Consul The Amelia al ballo Amelia al ballo The New York Times York The New Recorded in New York City in April 1950 City in York in New Recorded Orchestra under the direction of Lehman Engel under the direction Orchestra Recorded in the Teatro alla Scala, 1954 Teatro Milan in March in the Recorded Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala,Chorus and Orchestra Milan • Nino Sanzogno www.naxos.com Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer:Reissue Producer Obert-Thorn Mark photo:Cover Gian Carlo Menotti (Private Collection) after the work’s Philadelphia première in 1950, Philadelphia première after the work’s CD début. its make and here This 2-CD set is the first in a series devoted to Gian Carlo Menotti’s compositions on the to Gian Carlo Menotti’s first in a series devoted This 2-CD set is the occasion of his centenary before in 2011. never which have will include several The recordings on CD,appeared fifty years. nearly for form in any not been available and some that have Described by operatic composers of his native land... his native operatic composers of but the essential vitality, the and laughter are ingenuity own’, composer’s Menotti’s first full-length opera, Menotti’s Magda Sorel...... Patricia Neway The Mother...... Marie Powers SorelJohn ...... Cornell MacNeil Amelia...... Carosio Margherita The Husband...... Rolando Panerai The Lover ...... Prandelli Giacinto
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