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Chamber Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
Directed by Ognyan Draganov
Conductors Viktor Krumov and Petar Tuleshkov
Set and costume design Teodora Dzhambazova
Arrangement for string quartet by Viktor Krumov and Petar Tuleshkov
Piano Elena Stanchovska
Stara Zagora State Opera Chamber Orchestra
Monica - Neli Necheva
Toby - Ina Andreeva
Madame Flora (Grandmother) - Teresa Bracalova
Miss Gobineau - Yanitsa Nesheva
Mr Gobineau - Theodore Petkov
Miss Nolan - Lili Hodjeva
"The Medium" is a short /one hour/ dramatic opera in two acts based on text and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. The opera's first professional production was a joint performance with The Telephone in February 1947 in New York by the Ballet Society. In 1951, the Ballet premiered a new work. Menotti directed, with the help of director Alexander Hamid, a film version resembling a "black cinema", starring Anna Maria Albergetti. On 12 December 1948, a television production starring Marie Paurs also appeared on the Studio 1 television channel.
Running time: 40 min.
Performed in English with Bulgarian subtitles.
Premiered: 16.11.2018 together with "The Telephone"