Gian Carlo Menotti Born: 7 July 1911, Cadegliano, Italy Emigrated 1928

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Operas

• Amelia al Ballo, opera buffa in one act (1 April 1937; Philadelphia.) [premiered in English as Amelia Goes to the Ball,]
• The Old Maid and the Thief, radio opera; libretto by the composer (April 1939) [radio opera]
• The Island God, tragedy in one act; libretto by the composer (20 Feb. 1942; NY Met, 3 perfs.)
• The Medium, tragedy in two acts; libretto by the composer (8 May 1946; New York)
• The Telephone, or L'Amour á trois, comedy in one act; libretto by the composer (18 February 1947; New York, Hecksher Theater)
• The Consul, musical drama in three acts; libretto by the composer (1 March 1950; Philadelphia)
• Amahl and the Night Visitors, opera in one act; libretto by the composer. Inspired by the painting The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymous Bosch (24 December 1951; NBC Television. Stage premiere 21 Feb. 1952, Indiana U., Bloomington) [written for television]
• The Saint of Bleeker Street, musical drama in three acts; libretto by the composer (27 December 1954; New York, Broadway Theater)
• Maria Golovin, opera in three acts; libretto by the composer (20 August 1958; Brussels World's Fair)
• Labyrinth, television opera (1963)
• The Last Savage, opera in 3 acts; libretto by the composer (21 October 1963; Opéra-Comique, Paris, as Le dernier sauvage)
• Martin's Lie (1964)
• Help, Help, the Goloblinks!, science fiction opera (1968)
• The Most Important Man (1971; NY City Opera)
• Tamu-Tamu (1973)
• The Egg (1976)
• The Hero (1976)
• The Trial of the Gypsy (1978)
• Chip and his Dog (1979)
• Juana la Loca (1979)
• A Bride from Pluto (1982)
• The Boy Who Grew Too Fast (1982)
• Goya (1986) [television opera]
• The Wedding (Giorno da Nozze) (1988)
• Goya [rev.] (1991)
• The Singing Child, opera in one act (1993)

Other Stage Works

• The Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore, or Three Sundays of a Poet, madrigal fable for chorus, ten dancers, and nine instruments (1956)
• The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi, dramatic cantata (1963)

About Gian-Carlo Menotti

• The Medium, The Telephone, Excerpts from Amelia al Ballo, etc. Powers, Schippers 1951. DVD. VAI.

• The Medium, The Telephone, Excerpts from Amelia al Ballo, etc. Historic recordings. Compact disc (2 discs). Pearl 122.

  
  The recordings of The Medium and The Telephone on this Pearl set are a rerelease of:
• The Medium and The Telephone (first complete recordings; Columbia called these the "first American operas ever to be recorded in their entirety"). The Ballet Society/Balaban, 1949. LP. Columbia OSL-154.

• Amahl and the Night Visitors. Original production recording, Schippers 1951. Compact disc: RCA 6485.

• Amahl and the Night Visitors. Dobson/Maxwell/Watson/Haywood, Covent Garden/Cyrus, 1987. Compact disc: MCA MCAD-6218.

• Amelia al ballo. Amadini/Campi/Panerai/Zanolli/Mazzoni, La Scala/Sanzogno 1954 (rel. 2000). Compact disc: Testament 1179.

• The Boy Who Grew Too Fast. Bainvridge et al 1995. Compact disc: That's Entertainment Recording 1125.

• The Consul. John Horton Murray 1999. Compact disc: Chandos 9706.

• Goya (complete opera; first recording) Spoleto/Mercurio, 1978; Nuova Era 7060/61

• Martin's Lie (premiere recording). Burrowes/Stephen, Hickox 1998. Compact disc: Chandos 9605.

• The Medium. Powers, Schippers 1951. Compact disc: VAI 1162.

• The Medium. Bedi, Castle/Rapchak 1999. Compact disc: Cedille 34.

• The Saint of Bleecker Street. Spoleto, Hickox 2002. Compact disc: Chandos 9971.

• The Telephone, on Happy Endings: Comic Chamber Operas. New York Chamber Ensemble/Radcliffe 1995. Compact disc: Albany 173.

• The Telephone. Banks/Costanzo/Ricci, Vaglieri 1992. Compact disc: Nuova Era 7122.

• "To this we've come" from The Consul, on Eileen Farrell Sings Opera Arias & Songs Eileen Farrell, rel. 1996. Compact disc: Testament 1073.

• Monica's Waltz from The Medium, on I Want Magic! American Opera Arias Renee Fleming 1998. Compact disc: Polygram 460567.

• Mother's Aria from The Consul, on When Night Falls Angelika Krichschlager 1999. Compact disc: Sony 64498.

• Monica's Waltz from The Medium, on Introducing Patrice Michaels Patrice Michaels 2000. Compact disc: Cedille 5004.

• "While I Waste These Precious Hours" from Amelia Goes to the Ball, on Leontyne Price: The Prima Donna Collection. Compact disc: Price, New Philharmonia/Santi, 1978; (Also on LP Prima Donna, Vol. 4, RCA ARL1-2529) Telephone Aria from The Telephone, on Eleanor Steber In Concert 1956-1958. Eleanor Steber, re. 1994. Compact disc: VAI 1005. "What a curse for a woman is a timid man" from The Old Man and the Thief, on Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Dawn Upshaw 1990. Compact disc: Nonesuch 79187. last update: 3 Dec. 2002