Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti (, Italian: [dʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, along with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. He won a Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Consul (1950) and for The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955). 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 died on February 1, 2007, at the age of 95 in a hospital in Monte Carlo, Monaco, where he had a home. He was buried in East Lothian, Scotland. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born July 7, 1911 (Cadegliano-Viconago), Died February 1, 2007 (Monte Carlo)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 76629 | 4/10/1950 | Act I, Scene 1, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76630 | 4/10/1950 | Act I, Scene 1, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76631 | 4/10/1950 | Act I, Scene 1, part 3 & Scene 2, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76632 | 4/10/1950 | Act I, Scene 2, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76633 | 5/1/1950 | Act I, Scene 2, part 3 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76634 | 4/11/1950 | Act II, Scene 1, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76635 | 4/11/1950 | Act II, Scene 1, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76636 | 4/11/1950 | Act II, Scene 1, part 3 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76637 | 5/9/1950 | Act II, Scene 2, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76638 | 5/9/1950 | Act II, Scene 2, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76639 | 5/16/1950 | Act II, Scene 2, part 3 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76640 | 4/11/1950 | Act II, Scene 2, part 4 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76641 | 5/16/1950 | Act III, Scene 1, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76642 | 4/14/1950 | Act III, Scene 1, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76643 | 5/16/1950 | Act III, Scene 2, part 1 | Lehman Engel | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76644 | 5/16/1950 | Act III, Scene 2, part 2 | Lehman Engel | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Menotti, Gian Carlo," accessed June 4, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108000.
Menotti, Gian Carlo. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 4, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108000.
"Menotti, Gian Carlo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 4 June 2023.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Gian Carlo Menotti
Discogs: Gian Carlo Menotti
Allmusic: Gian Carlo Menotti
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79125116
Wikidata: Gian Carlo Menotti - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q270662
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/113106540
MusicBrainz: Gian Carlo Menotti - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1b60091-96a3-49d5-a2c9-563a24ea8840
ISNI: 0000 0001 2103 9017 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000121039017
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