The Telephone (opera)

The Telephone
Comic opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
The composer in 1944
Librettist	Menotti
Language	English
Premiere	February 18, 1947 (1947-02-18) Heckscher Theater, New York City

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 Company presented it once, at the Lewisohn Stadium, on July 31, 1965.^[1][2]