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The Telephone & The Old Maid and the Thief By Gian Carlo Menotti Opera Pro Cantanti’s first foray into the realm of comic opera. This double-bill of hilarious and charming works by the American twentieth-century composer, Gian Carlo Menotti is a treat for everyone. The Telephone is a love story set emphatically in the modern era. Ben has to leave on an important business trip, and hopes to propose to Lucy before he goes. There is only one problem—Lucy simply will not get off the telephone. Even Ben’s desperate attempt to cut the telephone cord can’t sever the relationship between Lucy and her true love. If Ben means to win Lucy’s hand, he needs to think of another approach—and quickly. OPC’s production of The Telephone stars soprano Susannah Britnell as Lucy and baritone Christopher Kovarik as Ben, with Juan Wang at the piano. The Old Maid and the Thief tells the story of Miss Todd, a respectable but lonely woman who spends her days gossiping over tea with her neighbour, Miss Pinkerton about the men who “wrecked” both women’s lives—forty years ago. Miss Todd’s maid, Laetitia, is young and beautiful, but fears more than anything that she will end up a lonely old maid like her employer. So when Bob—a handsome young wanderer with a dubious past—appears on thedoorstep, both Miss Todd and Laetitia prove that they are willing to do almost anything to avoid the terrible fate of dying as “old maids.” This opera features Laetitia’s beautiful aria, “Steal me, sweet thief,” one of the most beloved English arias for soprano. Starring Felicia Klingenberg as Miss Todd, Stephanie Manchulenko as Miss Pinkerton, Susannah Britnell as Laetitia, and Christopher Kovarik
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