Organization

Conductor

J Bradley Baker

Stage director

Alex Paul

Jen Stephenson

Soprano

Nadia Marshall

Letitia

Laura Bumgardner

Mrs Pinkerton

Mezzo-soprano

Hannah Wheeler

Miss Todd

Baritone

Brian Fenderson

Contralto

Nicole Rivera

Madame Flora (Baba)

Gilda Parlatto

Mrs Nolan

Mr Gobineau

Silent

Toby

Anne Marie Carden

Mrs Gobineau

Rebecca Castillo

Monica

Chicago Summer Opera

English

One Act Series: Operas by Menotti

One Act Series: Operas by Menotti: The Medium Menotti (+1 More)

Public

The Medium

The Old Maid and the Thief

Approved

One Act Series: The Medium & Old Maid and the Thief

Beloved operas by Italian-American composer, Gian Carlo Menotti

The Medium:

Madame Flora, with the help of her daughter Monica and Toby, a mute servant, tries to cheat her clients through faked seances. She is touched herself by a hand during one of them, an occurrence she cannot explain and which drives her to insanity and murder.

Old Maid and the Thief: Originally written for NBC radio, The Old Maid and the Thief exposes the gossips and secrets of a seemingly quiet town. The middle-aged spinster Miss Todd, who spends most of her days simply knitting and gossiping with fellow spinster Miss Pinkerton, has her world turned upside-down when a beggar knocks at her door one rainy afternoon. A fast-paced and melodramatic opera buffa, The Old Maid and the Thief shows exactly how “the devil couldn’t do what a woman can: make a thief of an honest man!”

One Act Series: Operas by Menotti by Menotti, From (2019/2019), Directed by Alex Paul, Jen Stephenson,, Conductor J Bradley Baker

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