The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois is an English-language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti's The Medium at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February 18-20, 1947. The Broadway production took place on May 1, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Metropolitan Opera presented it once, on July 31, 1965.
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Synopsis
Ben, bearing a gift, comes to visit Lucy at her apartment; he wants to propose to her before he leaves on a trip. Despite his attempts to get her attention for sufficient time to ask his question, Lucy is occupied with interminable conversations on the telephone. Between her calls, when Lucy leaves the room, Ben even takes the risk of trying to cut the telephone cord, though his attempt is unsuccessful. Not wanting to miss his train, Ben leaves without asking Lucy for her hand in marriage. But Ben makes one last attempt: He calls Lucy from a telephone booth outside on the street and makes his proposal. She consents, and the two join in a romantic duet over the phone line, at the end of which Lucy makes sure that Ben remembers her phone number.
The Telephone is a 1988comedy-drama film starring Whoopi Goldberg as an out-of-work actress who starts doing some prank phone calls which creates a chain of events. Actor Rip Torn makes his directorial debut with this film, with Elliott Gould and John Heard in supporting roles. It was released on January 22, 1988 and was distributed by New World Pictures.
Plot
Vashti Blue is an out-of-work actress who we watch make a series of prank calls throughout the night, that causes a chain of events. She is eventually revealed as being medically unstable, as a telephone contractor turns up to her home to confiscate the handset due to arrears with her phone bill. It is revealed that her telephone line was disconnected some time ago, much to her denial. As he struggles to take the handset, she strikes him in the head and stabs him with a knife.
The Telephone was produced by Hawkeye, a company formed by screenwriters Terry Southern and Harry Nilsson. According to Southern, "We had this idea about an out-of-work actor who gets so into hallucinatory-type improvisations that he even makes up phone calls to himself." Nilsson and Southern wrote the screenplay with Robin Williams in mind for the main character, and attempted to get the comedian a copy of the script, but Williams' manager did not want him to make the film. After viewing Whoopi Goldberg's standup performances, Nilsson and Southern thought that she would be right for the part. After seeing Rip Torn's direction of stage plays, the writers felt that Torn would be ideal to direct the film.
Before the invention of electromagnetic telephones, mechanical acoustic devices existed for transmitting speech and music over a distance greater than that of normal direct speech. The earliest mechanical telephones were based on sound transmission through pipes or other physical media. The acoustic tin can telephone, or lover's phone, has been known for centuries. It connects two diaphragms with a taut string or wire, which transmits sound by mechanical vibrations from one to the other along the wire (and not by a modulated electric current). The classic example is the children's toy made by connecting the bottoms of two paper cups, metal cans, or plastic bottles with tautly held string.
Among the earliest known experiments were those conducted by the British physicist and polymath Robert Hooke from 1664 to 1685. An acoustic string phone made in 1667 is attributed to him.
Words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947
Lucy: Mathilde Salmi Marjavara
Ben: Aleksander Nohr
Dancer: Maria Wulcan
Director: Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad
Conductor: Christian Kluxen
Pianist: Yegor Shevtsov
Scenography/costumes: Gjermund Andresen
Editing, video and audio recording: Håvard Bilsbak
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TELEPHONE "Un autre monde", clip extrait de l'album "Un autre monde"
Réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Interprète : TELEPHONE
Auteurs : Jean-Louis Aubert
Compositeur : TELEPHONE
(P) 1984 Warner Music France
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Words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947
Lucy: Mathilde Salmi Marjavara
Ben: Aleksander Nohr
Dancer: Maria Wulcan
Director: Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad
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Words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947
Lucy: Mathilde Salmi Marjavara
Ben: Aleksander Nohr
Dancer: Maria Wulcan
Director: Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad
Conductor: Christian Kluxen
Pianist: Yegor Shevtsov
Scenography/costumes: Gjermund Andresen
Editing, video and audio recording: Håvard Bilsbak
Words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947
Lucy: Mathilde Salmi Marjavara
Ben: Aleksander Nohr
Dancer: Maria Wulcan
Director: Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad
Conductor: Christian Kluxen
Pianist: Yegor Shevtsov
Scenography/costumes: Gjermund Andresen
Editing, video and audio recording: Håvard Bilsbak
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TELEPHONE "Un autre monde", clip extrait de l'album "Un autre monde"
Réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Interprète : TELEPHONE
Auteurs : Jean-Louis Aubert
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TELEPHONE "Un autre monde", clip extrait de l'album "Un autre monde"
Réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Interprète : TELEPHONE
Auteurs : Jean-Louis Aubert
Compositeur : TELEPHONE
(P) 1984 Warner Music France
TELEPHONE "Un autre monde", clip extrait de l'album "Un autre monde"
Réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Interprète : TELEPHONE
Auteurs : Jean-Louis Aubert
Compositeur : TELEPHONE
(P) 1984 Warner Music France
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Words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947
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Ben: Aleksander Nohr
Dancer: Maria Wulcan
Director: Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad
Conductor: Christian Kluxen
Pianist: Yegor Shevtsov
Scenography/costumes: Gjermund Andresen
Editing, video and audio recording: Håvard Bilsbak
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Réalisation : Jean-Baptiste Mondino
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Auteurs : Jean-Louis Aubert
Compositeur : TELEPHONE
(P) 1984 Warner Music France
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The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois is an English-language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti's The Medium at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February 18-20, 1947. The Broadway production took place on May 1, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Metropolitan Opera presented it once, on July 31, 1965.
Roles
Synopsis
Ben, bearing a gift, comes to visit Lucy at her apartment; he wants to propose to her before he leaves on a trip. Despite his attempts to get her attention for sufficient time to ask his question, Lucy is occupied with interminable conversations on the telephone. Between her calls, when Lucy leaves the room, Ben even takes the risk of trying to cut the telephone cord, though his attempt is unsuccessful. Not wanting to miss his train, Ben leaves without asking Lucy for her hand in marriage. But Ben makes one last attempt: He calls Lucy from a telephone booth outside on the street and makes his proposal. She consents, and the two join in a romantic duet over the phone line, at the end of which Lucy makes sure that Ben remembers her phone number.
I've tried and tried to run and hide To find a life that's new But wherever I go I always know I can't escape from you A jug of wine to numb my mind But what good does it do? The jug runs dry and still I cry I can't escape from you These wasted years are souvenirs Of love I thought was true Your memory is chained to me I can't escape from you There is no end, I can't pretend That dreams will soon come true A slave too long to a heart of stone I can't escape from you