The Last Savage: He's Not The Last, And He's Not Savage

By George Walker

Published October 28, 2019 at 5:51 PM EDT

The fun of Gian Carlo Menotti's comic opera with its critique of early 60s trends in music, the arts and politics which escaped many in 1963 may have finally picked its time to shine.

We talk with the two 'savages,' Robert Gerold and Eric Smedsrud.