Gian Carlo Menotti
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Gian Carlo Menotti (, Italian: [ˈdʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. One of the most frequently performed opera composers of the 20th century, he wrote his most successful works in the 1940s and 1950s. Highly influenced by Giacomo Puccini and Modest Mussorgsky, Menotti further developed the verismo tradition of opera in the post-World War II era. Rejecting atonality and the aesthetic of the Second Viennese School, Menotti's music is characterized by expressive lyricism which carefully sets language to natural rhythms in ways that highlight textual meaning and underscore dramatic intent.
Like Wagner, Menotti wrote the libretti of all his operas. He wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), along with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. Many of Menotti's operas enjoyed successful runs on Broadway, including two Pulitzer Prize winning works, The Consul (1950) and The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955). While all of his works used English language libretti, three of his operas also had Italian language libretti penned by the composer: Amelia Goes to the Ball (1937), The Island God (1942), and The Last Savage (1963). He founded the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) in Spoleto in 1958 and its American counterpart, Spoleto Festival USA, in 1977. In 1986 he commenced a Melbourne Spoleto Festival in Australia, but he withdrew after three years.
Menotti also wrote music for several ballets, many choral works, chamber music, orchestral music of varying kinds including a symphony, and stage plays. Notable among these are his cantata The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, written in 1963, and the cantata Landscapes and Remembrances in 1976 – a descriptive work of Menotti's memories of America written for the United States Bicentennial. Also worthy of note is a small Mass commissioned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, entitled Mass for the Contemporary English Liturgy.
Menotti taught music composition on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 1948 to 1955. He also served as the artistic director of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma from 1992 to 1994, and directed operas periodically for notable organizations such as the Salzburg Festival and the Vienna State Opera.
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- A Streetcar Named Desire, Act III: I Want Magic (Version for Voice and Piano) - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Act I: Green Finch and Linnet Bird (Version for Voice and Piano) - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Old Maid and the Thief: What a Curse for a Woman - Steal Me, Thief (Version for Voice and Piano) - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: No. 1, Puisque tout passe - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 7, Le colibri - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Le Rossignol des lilas - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- 3 Chansons, M. 69: No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (Version for Voice and Piano) - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Chansons pour les oiseaux: No. 1, La colombe poignardée - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Métamorphoses, FP 121: No. 1, Reine des mouettes - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
- La Dame de Monte-Carlo, FP 180 (Version for Voice and Piano) - Oiseaux de passage - Gian Carlo Menotti
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- The Medium: Prologue - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: Where, Oh Where - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: How Many Times Have I Told You Not to Touch My Things ! - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: Good Evening Madame Flora - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: It Happened Long Ago - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: You Must Be Very Silent - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: Mother Mother Are You There? - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: What Is It? Who Is It? - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: Baba, What Has Happened - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 1: the Sun Has Fallen and It Lies in Blood - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Introduction - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Bravo! - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Monica, Monica - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Where Is Monica? - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Good Evening Madam Flora - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Don't Stand There Like a Fool - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Afraid, Am I Afraid? - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Medium, Act 2: Who's There? Who's There? - The Medium - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: I. Amahl! Amahl! - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: II. What Was Keeping You Outside? - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: III. from Far Away We Come - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: IV. Amahl! - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: V. It Is Nice, Here - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: VI. Amahl I Told You Not to Be a Nuisance! - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: VII. the Shepherds Are Coming - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: VIII. Interlude - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: IX. Thank You Good Friends - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Amahl and the Night Visitors: X. Thief! Thief! - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Telephone - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, the Telephone - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100: I. Andante - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100: II. Allegro marcato - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100: III. Adagio - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100: IV. Allegro giocoso - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Prologue. Once There Lived a Man in a Castle - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (1) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 1, Every Sunday Afternoon - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (2) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 2, One Sunday Afternoon the Proud Man of the Castle - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 3, Unicorn! Unicorn! - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 4, Why Are You Sad, My Darling? (1) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (3) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 5, Behold the Gorgon - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 6, Wicked Is Man - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 7, Why Are You Sad, My Darling (2) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (4) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 8, Do Not Caress the Lonely Manticore - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 9, And What Is That? This Is the Manticorn - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (5) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 10, Why Are You Sad, My Darling (3) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: Interlude (6) - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 11, Have You Noticed the Man in the Castle Was Seen No More - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: The March to the Castle - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
- The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore: No. 12, Oh, Foolish People - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 - Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti
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