A Grotesque Opera in 14 scenes.
English Only - Cloth Score.
Italian-American composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti composed his first opera in English, The Old Maid and the Thief, in 1939. It was commissioned by NBC as a radio opera (to be performed on ai...
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911--2007) is best remembered as an opera composer and founder of three international performing arts festivals. Menotti has left behind a lasting legacy of lyrical and accessible...
1997 edition with both French and English text.
Menotti is best known for his operas, but he has written some wonderful chamber music, among which this piece deserves special notice. It was composed for and has been recorded by the Verdehr Trio as...
Menotti is best kown for his operas, but he also excelled in other forms. The Suite for two cellos and piano is part of the standard repertoire for cello duos and contains a stately Introduction, a an...
10 arias: Amelia al ballo: Vola intanto l'ora insonne / The Consul: The Foreign Woman's Aria / To this we've come / The Labyrinth: The Bride's Song / The Medium: The Black Swan; Monica's Waltz / The O...
Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911 -)
First performed in 1950 at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia, The Consul was a phenomenally successful opera dealing with 20th century bureaucracy and socio-political issues. It is set in a totalit...
