"AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS"
Sir,-I was aware that your reviewer J.C.R. had seen a television performance of this Menotti opera while overseas. In fact, it was his glowing account of it some time ago which made mé so keen to listen to it on Christmas Day. Listening again, he believes it to be a work of rare beauty, of true simplicity. He still found it engaging. Listening for the first time, I found it unutterably boring, disjointed, and for the most part confusing. It appeared to me to be pastiche modern, and not very well done at that. Indeed, so boring did it seem that the only true adjective to describe this disappointing work is
"Menottinous,"
D.
G.
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 810, 4 February 1955, Page 5
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