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Gian Carlo Menotti (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ t i /, Italian: [ˈdʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American 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.
Gian Carlo Menotti (born July 7, 1911, Cadegliano, Italy—died Feb. 1, 2007, Monaco) was an Italian composer, whose operas gained wider popularity than any others of their time. His realistic operas on his own librettos represent a successful combination of 20th-century dramatic situations with the traditional form of Italian opera.
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Feb 2, 2007 · Gian Carlo Menotti, who wrote his first opera before he was 11 and went on to become perhaps the most popular and prolific opera composer of his time, winning two Pulitzer Prizes, died...
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May 23, 2018 · Gian Carlo Menotti (born 1911), Italian-born American composer, wrote highly melodramatic operas that mixed lyricism with atonality. Gian Carlo Menotti, born in Cadegliano, Italy, to Alfonso and Ines (Pellini) Menotti, was brought up in a musical atmosphere and started composing as a child.
Gian Carlo Menotti — composer, dramatist, and founder of two major music festivals — died today in a Monaco hospital at age 95. No cause of death has yet been reported; Menotti's son Francis...
Gian Carlo Menotti ( / məˈnɒti /, Italian: [ ˈdʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American 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.
Feb 3, 2007 · The Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who has died aged 95, was an all-rounder of musical theatre with an enduring respect for the expressive power of the human voice. He aimed to reach a...
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