Menotti, Gian Carlo b. July 7, 1911 d. February 1, 2007 Composer, Librettist, Theatre and Festival Director. Probably 20th Century America's most successful creator of opera. His eclectic but dramatically effective style united contemporary drama with traditional Italian operatic form. Menotti's most famous work is the short Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (1951). He won Pulitzer Prizes in music for "The Consul" (1950) and "The Saint of Bleecker Street" (1954), and wrote the libretto for Samuel Barber's opera "Vanessa" (1958). Born...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Yester Kirk, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
b. July 7, 1911 d. February 1, 2007