Gian Carlo Menotti


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[details ←] Shepherd’s Dance ,concert band,
[details ←] Shepherd’s Dance (from Amahl and the Night Visitors) orchestra,
[details ←] The Boy Who Grew Too Fast Vocal,
[details ←] Martin’s Lie Vocal,
[details ←] Apocalisse
[details ←] Amahl and the Night Visitors Piano,
[details ←] Landscapes & Remembrances Vocal, choral
[details ←] The Medium
[details ←] Amahl and the Night Visitors
[details ←] Amahl and the Night Visitors choral
[details ←] Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl And The Night Visitors - Vocal Score , 2 sopranos, tenor, baritone, 2 basses and piano, choral
[details ←] Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul - Vocal Score , 12 solo voices and piano accompaniment,
[details ←] The Medium Vocal,
[details ←] Gian Carlo Menotti: The Telephone - Vocal Score , soprano voice, baritone voice and piano,
[details ←] Amahl and the Night Visitors Piano,
[details ←] Lullaby (from The Consul) Piano, Vocal,
[details ←] The Black Swan (from The Medium) Piano, Vocal,
[details ←] Steal Me Sweet Thief Voc Vocal,

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Born: 7 July 1911 — Cadegliano — Italy
Died: 1 February 2007 — Monte Carlo — Monaco
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Operas

In total he wrote 25 operas. Menotti also wrote his own libretti, and often also staged his own works.

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Life

Gian Carlo Menotti is seen by many, and saw himself an American composer, but he never gave up his Italian citizenship. He studied composition with Scalero at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Menotti has written librettos of his own operas and of Barber’s Vanesa. Samuel Barber also was Menotti’s companion for life. He also founded the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto, Italy.

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22 April 1939: Premiere of The Old Maid and the Thief, on NBC radio, USA.
8 May 1946: Premiere of The Medium, in New York, USA.
18 February 1947: Premiere of The Telephone, in New York, USA.
1 March 1950: Premiere of The Consul, in Philadelphia, USA.
24 December 1951: Premiere of Amahl and the Night Visitors, on NBC radio, USA.

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