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Menotti: The Consul
Gian Carlo Menotti, Joel Revzen, Arianna Zukerman
Menotti: The Consul
Genre: Classical
 
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  •  Track Listings (13) - Disc #2


     
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Consul a Hit
Good Stuff | 12/28/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"For years and years there was only one mouldering LP recording of the great Menotti work available, and although it features the "original" Broadway cast with Pat Neway and Marie Powers, the recording was compromised by many little cuts (perhaps to accomodate LP timings?) and, of course, poor fidelity.
Now, suddenly there are two, one from the Spoleto Festival with an English conductor and this excellent offering from Newport Classic with an all-American cast performing at white heat, with the gifted Joel Revzen conducting.
Mezzo Joyce Castle has graced many a contemporary American opera production in and out of New York over the years and she delivers the goods here as the weary Grandmother, as does Beverly Lee Reagan as Magda Sorel. Kudos to the uniformly excellent supporting cast and Revzen's insightful direction and Newport's good, clean sound. This is terrific stuff. The now-aged composer (is he 90?) must be delighted to have this attention finally accorded him. Menotti's an American treasure."