Iskender Savasir writes: >Is it true that Menotti passed away 2 days ago? Yep. >Would this be a good time to start a thread on him? Which of his works >are a good introduction to his work? I know of only The Consul and The >Medium, both of which work very well I think on the stage. In addition to the operas mentioned above, I've enjoyed the following: Amelia al ballo, The Old Maid and the Thief, The Telephone, The Saint of Bleeker Street (to me, his best opera), the madrigal-ballet The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore, The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Labyrinth, Missa O Pulchritudo, the piano concerto, violin concerto, Triplo Concerto a tre, Apocalypse, and Sebastian. I feel his viable work ended with the Missa. I don't care for the later operas, La Loca and Goya, at all. I think he just got tired. >What were the latest works he completed? I know of nothing after The Singing Child (1993), although I'm fairly certain he must have stuff later than that. Steve Schwartz