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Giancarlo Menotti (1911-2007)

The Death of Pierrot, opera (1922)                                                                                                   Menotti  Links
The Little Mermaid, opera (libretto by Don Rimoldi, after Hans Christian Andersen (1923, lost)
Variations on a Theme of Schumann, piano (1930)
Arrangement of Bach's Works for Carillon (1931)
Improvisation for Carillon (1931)
Intermezzo for Carillon (1931; later incorporated into Six Compositions)
Variations and Fugue for string quartet (1932)
Pastorale and Dance for strings and piano (1934)
Six Compositions for Carillon (formerly Intermezzo) (1931; f.p.1934)
Italian Dance for string quartet (1935)
Trio for a Housewarming Party for piano, cello, and flute (1936)
Amelia al ballo [Amelia Goes to the Ball], opera buffa in one act (1937)
Poemetti (12), piano
The Old Maid and the Thief, radio opera buffa in fourteen scenes (1939)
Ilo e Zeus [The Island God], tragic opera in one act (1942)
The Catalogue, terzetto with libretto from the Curtis Instutite of Music, 1943-44 (1943)
Sebastian, ballet (1944; Suite, 1945)
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra (1945)
The Medium, tragic opera in two acts (1946)
The Telephone, or L'amour à trios, comic opera in one act (1947)
Errand into the Maze, modern dance choreographed by Martha Graham (1947)
The Bridge, unproduced screenplay (1947)
A Happy Ending, or The Beautiful Snowfall, unproduced screenplay (1947)
A Copy of Madame Aupic, comedy drama in three acts (1947)
Á l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, ballet from Proust's “Within a Budding Grove” (1947, never staged)
Irene and the Gypsies, opera (1949)
The Consul, opera in three acts (1950)
The Empty Handed Traveler for voice and piano (1950)
A Little Cancrizan for Mary for voice and piano (comic song based on "Happy Birthday to You"
Apocalisse [Apocalypse], symphonic poem (1951)
Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief (1951)
Amahl and the Night Visitors, opera in one act (1951)
The Hero for voice and piano (1952)
Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra (1952)
The Saint of Bleecker Street, music drama in three acts (1954)
Ricercare su nove toni for piano (1956)
The Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore: Three Sundays of a Poet (madrigal fable for chorus of
                twenty-four, ten dancers, and nine instruments (1956)
Vanessa, four act opera libretto for Samuel Barber (1958)
Maria Golovin, opera in three acts (1958)
Le Poète et sa muse, incidental music for Jean Cocteau's play for strings, piano, and percussion (1959)
A Hand of Bridge, one act opera libretto for Samuel Barber (1959)
Album Leaves (pseudonymous sketches for early Spoleto festivals, 1959-1962)
Introductions and Goodbyes, miniature opera, with prologue and epilogue by Lukas Foss (1960)
A Chance for Aleko, unproduced teleplay for "The Robert Herridge Theatre" (1961)
Canti della lontananza, song cycle for voice and piano (1961; f.p. 1967)
The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi (cantata for chorus, children's chorus, mez-sop, bass and orch (1963)
Le Dernier sauvage [L'Ultimo selvaggio or The Last Savage], comic opera in three acts (1963)
Labyrinth television opera (1963)???
Martin's Lie, church opera in one act (1964)
Lewisohn Stadium Fanfare for brass, timpani, and percussion (1965)
Médée, incidental music for Jean Anouilh's play (1966)
Romeo and Juliet, incidental music for Mihalis Kakogiannis’ production (1968)
Help, Help, The Globolinks!, opera in one act for children and those who like children (1968)
Triple Concerto in A Tre (1968; f.p. 1970)
The Leper, play in two acts (1970)
The Most Important Man, opera in three acts (1971)
La Donna immobile, opera (1972)
Suite for two cellos and piano (1973)
Tamu-Tamu or The Guests, chamber opera in two acts (1973)
The Days of the Shepherd, ballet in four seasons (1974)
Fantasia for cello and orchestra (1976)
Fanfare for Charleston (opening for first Spoelto U.S.A. festival in Charleston, South Carolina, May 25, 1976)
Landscapes and Remembrances, cantata in nine movements (1976)
The Hero, comic opera in three acts (1976)
The Egg, An Operatic Riddle, church opera in one act (1976)
Symphony No. 1 in A Minor, “The Halcyon” (1976)
Shadows (modern dance for Martha Graham, aka Cantilena e scherzo for harp and string quartet (1977)
The Trial of the Gypsy, dramatic cantata in one act for four boy soloists, boys' chorus and piano (1978)
Lullaby for Alexander, marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale [Menotti's godson] (1978)
Miracles (eight musical miniatures based on poetry written by children) for voice and piano (1979)
Chip and his Dog, opera for children in one act, to be performed by children (1979)
Missa "O Pulchritudo" in Honarem Sancratissimi Cordo Jesus (1979)
Juana La Loca, opera in three acts (1979)
A Song of Hope - An Old Man's Soliloquy for baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1980)
Moans, Groans, Cries Sighs (A Composer at Work), madrigal for six voices, a capella (1981)
Five Songs for tenor and piano (1981)
A Bride from Pluto, chamber opera for children in one act (1982)
The Boy Who Grew Too Fast, opera for children in one act (1982)
Muero porqué no muero, lyrics by St. Teresa of Avila (1571), cantata for soprano, chorus and orch (1982)
Nocturne for soprano, string quartet, and harp (1982)
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1983)
Mary's Mass for choir and congregation according to the new English liturgy (1984)
Ricercare for organ (1984)
Goya, opera (1986; rev. 1991)
My Christmas for chorus (1987)
The Wedding [Giorno di nozze, aka The Marriage], opera (1988)
(Dirge) for the Death of Orpheus for chorus (1990)
Llama de amov viva, cantata for baritone and chorus (1991)
The Singing Child, opera (1993)
Gloria for chorus (1995)
Trio for violin, clarinet, and piano (1996)
Jacob's Prayer from the book of Genesis for chorus (1997)


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