The Consul

Album by Gian Carlo Menotti & Spoleto Festival Orchestra & Richard Hickox & Susan Bullock

The Consul is an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, premiered in 1950. Musically it combines lyrical vocal writing with dramatic, mid-20th-century orchestration and a largely tonal idiom to convey a tense, bureaucratic narrative, representing a significant stage in Menotti's development as an opera composer.
First released: 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 1. "Tu reviendras et voudras m'enfermer dans tes bras" (Voice on record, John, Magda, Mother)
    5:28
  2. 2.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 2. "What did you say your name was?" (Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Magda, Magician)
    3:21
  3. 3.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 2. "My charming Ma'moiselle" (Magician, Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Magda, Foreign Woman)
    10:52
  4. 4.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 1. "Quick, John! The Police!" (Mother, Magda, Police Agent)
    7:19
  5. 5.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 1. "Don't move yet" (Magda, Mother, John)
    5:01
  6. 6.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 2. "Any news for me?" (Magda, Secretary)
    2:47
  7. 7.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 2. "To this we've come" (Magda, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner, Secretary)
    8:43
  8. 8.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 1. "Now, O lips, say goodbye" (Magda, Mother, John)
    5:41
  9. 9.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 1. Interlude
    2:37
  10. 10.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 2. "You're being very unreasonable, Mrs. Sorel" (Secretary, Anna Gomez, Vera Boronel, Mr Kofner)
    3:31
  11. 11.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "How often must I tell you, Mrs. Sorel" (Secretary, Vera Boronel, Assan, Magda)
    5:44
  12. 12.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 2. "Next. Yes... What can I do for you?" (Secretary, Mr Kofner)
    3:21
  13. 13.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 2. "Next. Next!" (Secretary, Magda, Foreign Woman, Mr Kofner)
    4:38
  14. 14.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "Don't forget to sign" (Secretary, Vera Boronel, Magda, Assan)
    2:50
  15. 15.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "Oh, those faces" (Secretary)
    2:23
  16. 16.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 2. "Next. Hello. Oh! It's you!" (Secretary, Magda)
    5:58
  17. 17.
    The Consul: Act I, Scene 2. "I beg your pardon, Madam" (Magician, Vera Boronel, Magda, Foreign Woman, Mr Kofner)
    4:43
  18. 18.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "Who are you? How did you get in?" (Secretary, John)
    1:59
  19. 19.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "You cannot arrest him here" (Secretary, Police Agent, John)
    0:53
  20. 20.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. "Tu reviendras et voudras m'enfermer dans tes bras" (Voice on record, Mother, Magda)
    3:46
  21. 21.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 1. "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Sorel!" (Secretary) / Interlude
    3:21
  22. 22.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. "I shall find for you shells and stars" (Mother)
    2:49
  23. 23.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. "John, John, why did you bring me..." (Magda, John, Mother)
    5:07
  24. 24.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 2. "I never meant to do this" (Magda)
    2:57
  25. 25.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. "It is the signal!" (Magda, Mother, Police Agent, Assan)
    6:16
  26. 26.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 2. "Lo, Death's frontiers are open" (Foreign Woman, Anna Gomez, Secretary, Vera Boronel, Mother, John, Mr Kofner, Magda, Voice, Magician)
    7:06
  27. 27.
    The Consul: Act III, Scene 2. "No! Wait! Wait... I'm coming with you" (Magda, Mother, John, Magician, others)
    4:37
  28. 28.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. "Mother, why are you so still, Mother!" (Magda, Mother)
    4:49
  29. 29.
    The Consul: Act II, Scene 1. Interlude
    2:23

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