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Francis "Chip" Menotti (born Francis Phelan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1938)〔(Spoleto Festival - Festival dei Due Mondi - Storia )〕 is an actor and former figure skater who was the president and artistic director of Festival dei Due Mondi. ==Early years and personal life== A son of Francis J. Phelan of Philadelphia, Phelan studied at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, and with Lee Strasberg in New York, and participated in the American Shakespeare Festival.〔 In the mid-1960s, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti began working frequently with Phelan, then a young actor and figure skater. Phelan began to appear in many of Gian Carlo Menotti's performances. He appeared as a mime in such Menotti operas as ''The Medium'', ''The Saint of Bleecker Street'' and ''The Egg''.〔(Malinda Murphy Weds in Scotland - New York Times )〕 The two developed a relationship, and in 1974, Gian Carlo Menotti legally adopted Phelan, known as Chip, as his son.〔(Gian Carlo Menotti Biography - Discography, Music, Lyrics, Album, CD, Career, Famous Works, and Awards )〕 Francis Phelan took the last name of Menotti. On August 24, 1985, at Yester Parish Church, in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, Francis Menotti married Malinda Fitler Murphy (1960–2005), the youngest daughter of Dr. James S. Murphy and his former wife, Happy, the widow of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.〔 Gian Carlo Menotti's nearby home, Yester House, was given to the couple as a wedding present.〔(Welcome to AccessAtlanta! | AccessAtlanta )〕 The Menottis had two sons, Claudio (born 1987) and Cosimo (born 1991).〔(Maestro's milestone: 3/24/96 )〕 Malinda Menotti died on 24 October 2005.〔(Paid Notice: Deaths MENOTTI, MALINDA - New York Times )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Menotti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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