14 Aug 2011

Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/arts/music/last-savage-and-wozzeck-at-santa-fe-opera-review.html?ref=music

By Anthony Tommasini [NY Times, 14 August 2011]

SANTA FE, N.M. — When Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Last Savage” had its American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in early 1964, after its introduction at the OpĂ©ra Comique in Paris, its poor reception was explained by defenders as a case of bad timing.