
Gian Carlo Menotti’s wittily satirical and sharp comedy of suburban manners and forbidden desire was originally written for radio in 1939. This masterful one-act work has since gone on to be one of the most performed of 20th-century operas, full of the kinds of dramatic and musical bravura that made Menotti arguably the most successful composer of opera in English of the past century.
A fast-paced opera buffa, it cleverly exposes the secret desires of two residents of a small town whose world is unexpectedly turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Their once rock-solid concern for social propriety quickly falls away in the presence of this object of desire. But who exactly is he?
Delivered by a cast of rising operatic talent, including Saskia Mascitti, Teresa Ingrilli, Nick Beecher and Lisette Bolton.
Hours 
Date | Times |
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Thu 18 Sep |
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Sat 20 Sep |
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Location 
Theatre Two
Athenaeum Theatre
188 Collins St
Melbourne 3000
Price and bookings
Adult / general $69 |
Student / concession $49 |
Children $39 |
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