Francis "Chip" Menotti (born Francis Phelan in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States in 1938) is an actor and former figure
skater who was the president and artistic director of Festival dei Due
Mondi.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. The two developed a
relationship, and in 1974, Gian Carlo Menotti legally adopted Phelan,
known as Chip, as his son. 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
(1960â€"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.
Pennsylvania, United States in 1938) is an actor and former figure
skater who was the president and artistic director of Festival dei Due
Mondi.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. The two developed a
relationship, and in 1974, Gian Carlo Menotti legally adopted Phelan,
known as Chip, as his son. 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
(1960â€"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.
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