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Composer of the Week Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

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Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti. With Overture (Amelia Goes to the Ball). The Medium: Monica's Waltz. Errand into the Maze. The Death of Orpheus.

Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti - a composer who stood apart from his age, creating delightful operas when the genre had pretty much been pronounced dead. Right from his childhood puppet shows, Menotti's musical talents were hard-wired to the theatre. But the huge success in America of Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball had one slight cloud: his partner, Samuel Barber, composer of the now much more famous Adagio for Strings, felt that their relationship might be threatened by Menotti's sudden acclaim.

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Mon 4 Jul 2011 18:30

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Gian Carlo Menotti

Amelia al ballo - opera buffa in 1 act

Conductor: Thomas SCHIPPERS
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- MHK-62837.
Gian Carlo Menotti

The Old Maid and the Thief

Conductor: David ZINMAN Performer: Dawn UPSHAW(Soprano) Performer: St Luke's Orchestra
- Elektra-Nonesuch.
- 7559-79187-2.
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The Medium - opera in 2 acts

Performer: Renee FLEMING(Soprano) Performer: James LEVINE(Piano) Performer: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- London.
- 289 460-567-2.
Gian Carlo Menotti

The Telephone - opera buffa

Conductor: Stephen Rogers RADCLIFFE Performer: Jeanne OMMERLE(Soprano) Performer: New York Chamber Ensemble
- ALBANY.
- TROY-173.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Errand into the maze - ballet

Conductor: Andrew SCHENK Performer: Atlantic Sinfonietta
- KOCH.
- 3-7051-2.
Gian Carlo Menotti

For the death of Orpheus for tenor, chorus and orchestra

Conductor: Richard HICKOX Performer: Jamie MACDOUGALL(Tenor) Performer: Spoleto Festival Orchestra Performer: Spoleto Festival Choir
- CHANDOS.
- chan-9979.
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Heavenly Father from Martin's Lie

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- Chandos.
- Chan 9605.