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8.112023-24 rr Menotti Amelia_EU 26-03-2010 9:43 Pagina 1 NAXOS Historical NAXOS Historical NAXOS Gian Carlo 8.112023-24 Playing Time MENOTTI ADD MONO 2:24:19 (1911 – 2007) ൿ of this compact disc prohibited. and copying Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting All rights in this sound recording, artwork, texts and translations reserved. & Ꭿ The Consul CD 1 69:01 2010 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Made in Germany Magda Sorel . Patricia Neway The Consul 1 9 The Mother . Marie Powers - Act 1 31:18 MENOTTI: Neway • MacNeil Carosio Panerai John Sorel . Cornell MacNeil 0-( Act 1I 37:43 Orchestra under the direction of Lehman Engel Recorded in New York City in April 1950 CD 2 75:18 Amelia al ballo The Consul • Amelia al ballo Amelia . Margherita Carosio The Consul The Husband . Rolando Panerai 1-8 Act III 23:16 The Lover . Giacinto Prandelli Amelia al ballo Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan • Nino Sanzogno 9-¤ Complete Opera 52:02 Recorded in the Teatro alla Scala, Milan in March 1954 This 2-CD set is the first in a series devoted to Gian Carlo Menotti’s compositions on the occasion of his centenary in 2011. The recordings will include several which have never before appeared on CD, and some that have not been available in any form for nearly fifty years. Described by The New York Times critic Harold Taubman as possessing ‘the style and glitter of the operatic composers of his native land... but the essential vitality, ingenuity and laughter are the composer’s own’, Amelia al ballo (Amelia goes to the Ball) was an instant hit. This recording of Menotti’s first full-length opera, The Consul, was made with the original Broadway cast a month after the work’s Philadelphia première in 1950, and here make its CD début. 8.112023-24 8.112023-24 Reissue Producer and Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn Cover photo: Gian Carlo Menotti (Private Collection) www.naxos.com.

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8.112023-24 Bk Menotti Amelia EU 26-03-2010 9:41 Pagina 16
8.112023-24 bk Menotti Amelia_EU 26-03-2010 9:41 Pagina 16 Gian Carlo MENOTTI Also available The Consul • Amelia al ballo LO M CAR EN N OT IA T G I 8.669019 19 gs 50 din - 1954 Recor Patricia Neway • Marie Powers • Cornell MacNeil 8.669140-41 Orchestra • Lehman Engel Margherita Carosio • Rolando Panerai • Giacinto Prandelli Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan • Nino Sanzogno 8.112023-24 16 8.112023-24 bk Menotti Amelia_EU 26-03-2010 9:41 Pagina 2 MENOTTI CENTENARY EDITION Producer’s Note This CD set is the first in a series devoted to the compositions, operatic and otherwise, of Gian Carlo Menotti on Gian Carlo the occasion of his centenary in 2011. The recordings in this series date from the mid-1940s through the late 1950s, and will feature several which have never before appeared on CD, as well as some that have not been available in MENOTTI any form in nearly half a century. The present recording of The Consul, which makes its CD début here, was made a month after the work’s (1911– 2007) Philadelphia première. American Decca was at the time primarily a “pop” label, the home of Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, and did not yet have much experience in the area of Classical music. Indeed, this recording seems to have been done more because of the work’s critical acclaim on the Broadway stage than as an opera, since Decca had The Consul also recorded Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman with members of the original cast around the same time.
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