Even though no sensation-hungry opera director has tampered with Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul to “update” the work in today’s all-too-common effort to make opera “relevant” to modern audiences, this half-century-old opera has not lost one iota of such relevancy.
Arizona Opera's 'The Consul' a haunting depiction of cruelty
Dimitri Drobatschewsky [Arizona Republic, 20 Apr 05]
Even though no sensation-hungry opera director has tampered with Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul to "update" the work in today's all-too-common effort to make opera "relevant" to modern audiences, this half-century-old opera has not lost one iota of such relevancy.