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...They think they have learned my formula and can now do away with my presence," taunted Menotti in 1991. Ciao, Gian Carlo: they have, they did, and now they are getting along very nicely without you. Indeed, as painful as it was, Menotti's departure is probably the best thing that could have happened to the festival, which is currently in the midst of its 1995 edition. Under its formidable new general manager, Milton Rhodes, a native South Carolinian and former president of the American Council for the Arts, and with enthusiastic support from Charleston's feisty mayor, Joseph...
Still, Spoleto's future in the post-Menotti era appears to be secure. "The 'recipe,' as Gian Carlo used to call it, is intact," says Riley. Now it's time for the real home cooking to begin...
...creative heyday, Gian Carlo Menotti, 83, was noted more for his dark, neo-Puccini operas, such as The Saint of Bleecker Street and The Medium, than for comedy or farce. In later years, however, the aging composer more than made up for it. The setting was the antebellum-in-aspic city of Charleston, South Carolina, where in 1977 Menotti founded an American counterpart to his annual Spoleto Festival in Italy. Two years ago, Menotti resigned in a huff after a petulant, embarrassing two-year power struggle with the festival's board and management. First the board insisted on including...
...first 100% Breakfast! release was aseven-inch single by Betty Please, a bandconsisting of Jake S. Krielkamp and Alex J.LeVine, both juniors, along with Gian Neffinger'93 and Oliver Strauch '94. The record found itsway across the country; it was received warmly atBU, BC, Princeton, Columbia and even as far awayas Berkeley. Then someone sent a copy to Europe.The music pioneer John Peel, of "Peel Sessions"fame, played it on BBC radio, and suddenly BettyPlease started receiving fan mail from England andScotland. The record then made its way to Germany,where it also met with success...
...House squash court despite its echoes, whileothers find themselves forced to use the hot,cramped Lowell practice room. "I'm melting,"groans Martinez, "that's how I lose weight."Oh, please... Betty Please, Harvard'sgrungiest rock band, are (1 to r):singer/guitarist Jake, drummer A1,singer/guitarist Oliver and bassist Gian...