Summary Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.' View more details
Directed : Gian Carlo Menotti
Written : Gian Carlo Menotti
Stars : Leopoldo Savona Marie Powers Belva Kibler Beverly Dame
Genres : Drama Music
Release date : Sep 4, 1951
Countries of origin : United States Italy
Language : English
Filming locations : Scalera Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : Transfilm
Summary Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.' View more details
Genres : Drama Music
Release date : Sep 4, 1951
Countries of origin : United States Italy
Language : English
Filming locations : Scalera Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : Transfilm
