Menotti: The Consul / Hickox, Bullock, Spoleto Festival

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Chandos
Release Date
February 1, 1999
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO
    • PERFORMER
      Austin, Manci, Broadbent
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: Tu reviendras et voudras m'enfermer dans tes bras (Voice on record, John, Magda, Mother)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    2. Act I Scene 1: Quick, John! The Police! (Mother, Magda, Police Agent)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Charles Robert Austin, Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer

    3. Act I Scene 1: Don’t move yet (Magda, Mother, John)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    4. Act I Scene 1: Now, O lips, say goodbye (Magda, Mother, John)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    5. Act I Scene 2: Interlude

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    6. Act I Scene 2: Next. Yes … What can I do for you? (Secretary, Mr Kofner)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Herbert Eckhoff, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    7. Act I Scene 2: Next. Next! (Secretary, Magda, Foreign Woman, Mr Kofner)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Herbert Eckhoff, Victoria Livengood, Giovanna Manci

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    8. Act I Scene 2: Next. Hello. Oh! It's you! (Secretary, Magda)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    9. Act I Scene 2: I beg your pardon, Madam (Magician, Vera Boronel, Magda, Foreign Woman, Mr Kofner)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    10. Act II Scene 1: Tu reviendras et voudras m'enfermer dans tes bras (Voice on record, Mother, Magda)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    11. Act II Scene 1: I shall find for you shells and stars (Mother)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Jacalyn Kreitzer

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    12. Act II Scene 1: John, John, why did you bring me … (Magda, John, Mother)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    13. Act II Scene 1: It is the signal! (Magda, Mother, Police Agent, Assan)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Charles Robert Austin, Graeme Broadbent, Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    14. Act II Scene 1: Mother, why are you so still, Mother! (Magda, Mother)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    15. Act II Scene 1: Interlude

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    16. Act II Scene 2: What did you say your name was? (Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Magda, Magician)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    17. Act II Scene 2: My charming Ma’moiselle (Magician, Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Magda, Foreign Woman)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    18. Act II Scene 2: Any news for me? (Magda, Secretary)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    19. Act II Scene 2: To this we've come (Magda, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Secretary)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Herbert Eckhoff, Malin Fritz, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    20. Act II Scene 2: You're being very unreasonable, Mrs Sorel! (Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Herbert Eckhoff, Malin Fritz, Victoria Livengood, Robin Blitch Wiper

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    21. Act III Scene 1: How often must I tell you, Mrs Sorel (Secretary, Vera Boronel, Assan, Magda)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Graeme Broadbent, Susan Bullock, Malin Fritz, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    22. Act III Scene 1: Don’t forget to sign (Secretary, Vera Boronel, Magda, Assan)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Graeme Broadbent, Susan Bullock, Malin Fritz, Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    23. Act III Scene 1: Oh, those faces! All those faces! (Secretary)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    24. Act III Scene 1: Who are you? How did you get in? (Secretary, John)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Victoria Livengood, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    25. Act III Scene 1: You cannot arrest him here (Secretary, Police Agent, John)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Charles Robert Austin, Victoria Livengood, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    26. Act III Scene 1: Don’t be afraid, Mr Sorel! (Secretary) - Interlude

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Victoria Livengood

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    27. Act III Scene 2: I never meant to do this (Magda)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    28. Act III Scene 2: Lo, Death's frontiers are open (Foreign Woman, Anna Gomez, Secretary, Vera Boronel, Mother, John, Mr Kofner, Magda, Voice,

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    29. Act III Scene 2: No! Wait! Wait! … I'm coming with you (Magda, Mother, John, Magician, Others)

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Performer: Susan Bullock, Jacalyn Kreitzer, John Horton Murray, Louis Otey

      Conductor: Richard Hickox


Gian Carlo Menotti was sent by his mother from Italy to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and achieved nearly immediate success following his schooling: when he was just twenty-two, 'Amelia Goes to the Ball' was performed at the Metropolitan Opera. 'The Consul' followed several years (and operas) later, and was greeted with critical acclaim, both for its musical and dramatic strengths, but for its topical nature. The story of a young family yearning for freedom from oppression had great resonance in 1950.
Menotti writes both words and music for most of his operas, resulting in an extraordinarily well-suited marriage of words and music. His sense for setting the English language--particularly for a non-native speaker--is finely tuned, and his vocal lines are always sensitive to both the notes and the words, rather than the music dragging the text along.
This recording of 'The Consul' comes from a production produced and directed by Menotti at the Spoleto Festival in 1998. The presence of the composer and the keen musical and dramatic aspects of the conductor and performers make this an excellent set.