Gian Carlo Menotti

Birth Year: 1911
Death Year: 2007
Notes: Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, along with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste.

Compositions:

Title Alternate Title(s)
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Have You Seen a Child?
The Shepherds' Chorus
The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore The Three Sundays of a Poet

Poems/Lyrics:

Title Alternate Title(s) Composer(s)
The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore The Three Sundays of a Poet Menotti, Gian Carlo