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Portrait of Gian Carlo Menotti

Composer

Gian Carlo Menotti

181 works in the index

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Biography

The Italian-American opera and ballet composer Gian Carlo Menotti was once praised by critic Virgil Thomson, in the New York Herald Tribune, for a “frankly Italianate treatment of ordinary human beings as thoroughly interesting in every way.”

His best known opera is a one-act work that has become part of the Christmas season, Amahl and the Night Visitors. This was the first opera ever specifically commissioned for a television broadcast. Amahl was first performed December 24, 1951, at an NBC Studio in Rockefeller Center. Menotti’s works also include a notable broadcast opera from a dozen years before that, The Old Maid and the Thief, a 1939 opus composed for radio broadcast. This helped establish this Italian immigrant’s career in the United States, and it proved musically influential due to two particular arias, “What curse for a woman, is a timid man (Steal me, sweet thief),” and “When the air sings of summer.”

In the 1980s, Menotti was still composing operas, including Goya (1986) and The Wedding (1988).

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Choir
Genres represented
Classical, pop
Works with composition dates
0 of 181

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 2 of 4

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
The Help, Help Globolinks! Menotti — —— —Classical 3
Overture — —— —Classical 3
Amahl...Yes, Mother? — —— —Classical 3
Shepherds! Shepherdesses! — —— —Classical 2
Thief! Thief! — —— —Classical 3
Mother: "Shall we ever" — —— VoiceClassical 3
Act Three — —— VoiceClassical 3
Scene Two "I never meant to do this" — —— VoiceClassical 3
Gloria — —— ChoirClassical 2
Benedictus — —— ChoirClassical 2
ACT I — —— —Classical 3
What Is It? Who Is It? — —— —Classical 3
But Why Be Afraid? — —— —Classical 3
The Sun Has Fallen — —— —Classical 3
ACT II — —— —Classical 3
Baba's Entrance — —— —Classical 3
Toby, You Know That I Love You — —— —Classical 3
But First You Must Tell Me — —— —Classical 3
And You, You Too Get Out — —— —Classical 3
O God, Forgive My Sins — —— —Classical 3
The Eternal Prisoner — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
The Idle Gift — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
The Longest Wait — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Mattinata Di Neve — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 3
Nocturne (Driving At Night Through the Desert) (Gian Menotti) — —— Harp, ChoirClassical 2
Fu di notte come in sogno from Amelia al ballo — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
It All Began On A Sunday — —— —Classical 2
Amahl! Amahl! — —— —Classical 2
Oh, Mother, You Should Go Out And See! — —— —Classical 1
Stop Bothering Me! — —— —Classical 2
Poor Amahl! — —— —Classical 2
Good Evening! Good Evening! — —— —Classical 2
Do You Really Want To Go? — —— —Classical 2
Shepherds, Arise! — —— —Classical 2
Act One — —— VoiceClassical 2
Scene One "Tu reviendras" — —— VoiceClassical 2
Interlude — —— VoiceClassical 2
Secretary:"Next!" — —— VoiceClassical 2
Magda: "Any news?" — —— VoiceClassical 2
Secretary: "Oh, those faces" — —— VoiceClassical 2
Kyrie — —— ChoirClassical 1
Sanctus — —— ChoirClassical 1
Agnus Dei — —— ChoirClassical 0
Get Ready! Hurry! — —— —Classical 2
You Must Be Very Silent — —— —Classical 2
Send My Son To Me — —— —Classical 2
What Is The Matter Toby? — —— —Classical 2
Not To Know My Daughter's Own Voice? — —— —Classical 2