THE MEDIUM

a chamber operas by Gian Carlo Menotti

Conductors Viktor Krumov and Petar Tuleshkov
Director Ognyan Draganov
Scenography and Costumes Teodora Dzhambazova
Arrangement for a string quintet Viktor Krumov and Petar Tuleshkov
Piano Elena Stanchovska
Chamber Orchestra of the Stara Zagora State Opera

Monica – Neli Necheva
Toby – Ina Andreeva
Madame Flora (grandma) – Tereza Brakalova
Mrs Gobineau – Yanitsa Nesheva
Mr Gobineau – Teodor Petkov
Mrs Nolan – Lilyana Hodjeva

The Medium is a short /one-hour/ dramatic opera in two acts to text and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. The first professional production of the opera was a joint presentation with the opera The Telephone in February 1947 in New York by the Ballet Society. In 1951 Menotti directed with the help of director Alexander Hammid a film version, resembling “film noir”, with the participation of Anna Maria Albeghetti. On 12 December 1948 there was a TV production with the participation of Marie Powers on the TV Channel Studio One.

Duration: 1 hour minutes with out interval
Performed in English with titles in Bulgarian
Premiere: 16 November 2018 – Chamber Stage „In the Pocket 234”