The Saint of Bleecker Street is a full-length serious work. Unlike several of Menotti's earlier dramas The Saint of Bleecker Street is more characteristic of a traditional opera. The Saint of Bleecker Street received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play the Music Critics Circle Award for best opera and the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1955.
From Amahl and the Night Visitors-Gian Carlo Menotti (July 7 1911 February 1 2007) was an Italian-born American composer and librettist who wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal topopular taste.
This heartbreakingly tragic lament by the Mother from Gian-Carlo Menotti's Consul would be most suitable for a high voice because of the intensity required at the top of the range.
Now available for the first time in print this popular one-act opera by the composer of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' explores the moral dilemmas that arise when an orphan gives refuge to a stranger claiming to be his father.Instrumental parts available for rental.
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 air) and was premiered by the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Years later, Menotti adapted a theme from the opera's third scene, transforming and expanding it into an advanced two-movement work for solo piano. …
10 Arias from 7 Operas-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 Old Maid and the Thief: Steal me sweet thief ? The Saint of Bleecker Street: Oh sweet Jesus; Be good to her ? The Telephone: Hello! Oh Margaret it's you.
Full Score-These remarkable cantatas from Menotti's later period spring from his profound devotion to the Catholic tradition and feature texts by two of the Church's best-loved poets St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. Includes“Muero porque no muero” (for soprano chorus and orchestra) and “Oh llama de amor viva” (for baritone chorus and orchestra).
From Amahl and the Night Visitors-Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera to be commissioned especially for television. Having its premiere in 1951 it has since become a holiday classic with an enduring story and unforgettable music.This setting of Shepherd's Dance presents the charm and character of the original in an exceptional adaptation for concert band. (Grade 3) (3:00)
