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The Telephone

The Telephone (or L’Amour à trois) is a comic opera written and composed by Giancarlo Menotti. It was first staged at the Heckscher Theatre in New York in 1947.

The story, narrated in a single act, begins when Ben arrives at Lucy’s apartment to ask her for her hand in marriage. However, Lucy is constantly on the phone and Ben can’t seem to find enough time between calls to pop the question. Ben, who’s going away and doesn’t want to miss the train, leaves without proposing, but decides to makes one final attempt: he calls Lucy from a telephone booth and asks her to marry him. She accepts and, before saying goodbye, makes sure that her fiancé remembers her phone number.