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Gian Carlo Menotti

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ComposerLyricistBook WriterDirector 1911–2007

Gian Carlo Menotti (; Italian: [ˈdʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian 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 and never officially became an American citizen. 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, Meno…

Also credited on3 works

Maria Golovin
The Consul
The Saint of Bleecker Street “A New Music Drama”

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In the literature8 passages

  • Besides the 1960 telecast, The Consul has been seen in other televised versions. Ken Wlaschin’s Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video lists seven more television productions: a May 28, 1951, British telecast on the BBC with Neway and Powers; a February 1952 version on the Cleveland Play…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • In his fascinating Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video , Ken Wlaschin reports that twelve versions of The Medium were televised between 1948 and 1981. There were two different telecasts in 1948, one on NBC on October 3 with Mary Davenport (who had performed the role of Madame Flora dur…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Wlaschin, Ken. Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen : Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Anna Maria Alberghetti, an Italian lyric soprano who had sung the lead in the film of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium , had also read for the role. In January Champion went to Philadelphia to see her nightclub act. When he saw how she handled the audience, he knew that he had his Lili.54ebooks/test/test - test.txt
  • The evening consisted of revivals of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s operas The Telephone and The Medium . The latter had first been presented by Columbia University at the Brander Matthews Theatre during May 8–11, 1946, with Claramae Turner creating the role of Madame Flora (for the 1956 film version of Carousel , Turner played the role of Nettie,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Ronnie (Ronny) Graham’s “Great American Opera” spoofed Gian-Carlo Menotti’s works and was later included in the 1952 Broadway revue New Faces of 1952 , where it was performed by Graham, Alice Ghostley, and other cast members. (Although the revue was recorded, the number wasn’t included on the cast album.) It’s About Time also included Gra…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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