We will be interviewing the St. Mel Music Ministry Director over the next few weeks. Visit this blog often for the continuing series we'll call "Francesco's Notes".
Q: Why did you decide to bring Amahl and the Night Visitors to St. Mel?
Francesco: The music started going through my head while I was sitting on a beach in Maui! It was about 2 years ago. About a month after I returned home, I heard on the radio that the composer, Gian Carlo Menotti, had died. Somehow I felt really compelled to do this opera. I mentioned it to several people and they told me that AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS had never been done here at St. Mel.
Q: What were your previous experiences with this opera?
Francesco: My first performance of AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS was while I was in school at Mount St. Mary’s College. I was a dancer and shepherd! Since then I have conducted, choreographed, and staged several productions of it, including one for an Opera Co. in Portland, OR.
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