Gian Carlo Menotti - The Old Maid and the Thief (Opera Buffa for Radio)

Gian Carlo MENOTTI (1911-2007)

The Old Maid and the Thief - Opera Buffa for Radio in 14 Scenes (1939)

Libretto by the composer

 

Natalie Arduino (mezzo-soprano)

Lynn Parr Mock (soprano)

Nicole Franklin (soprano)

Blake Davidson (baritone)

Jon Morehouse (narrator)

Lone Spring Arts Orchestra

Victoria Bond

Recorded at Northaven United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, 26 February 2007

Gian Carlo Menotti - Tha Saint of Bleecker Street

Gian Carlo MENOTTI (1911-2007)

The Saint of Bleecker Street

Musical Drama in Three Acts (1954)

Annina…………Julia Melinek (soprano)

Michele………..Timothy Richards (tenor)

Desideria………Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)

Don Marco…….John Marcus Brindle (bass-baritone)

Carmela………..Sandra Zeltzer (soprano)

Assunta………...Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano)

Salvatore……….Vitali Rozynko (baritone)

Spoleto Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded live at the Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy, 7, 10, 14 July 2001 DDD

Gian Carlo Menotti - The Medium; The Telephone

Gian Carlo MENOTTI (1911-2007)

The Medium 

The Telephone 

Elizabeth Hertzberg (Lucy), Marily Santoro (Monica), Julija Samsonova-Khayet (Madame Flora), Chiara Isotton (Mrs Gobineau), Lorenzo Grante (Mr Gobineau, Ben), Roxana Herrera Diaz (Mrs Nolan), Arianna Manganello (voice off-stage)

Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana

Flavio Emilio Scogna

rec. 2018, Teatro Communale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena, Italy

Gian Carlo Menotti - The Consul

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Consul

Opera in Three Acts

Libretto by the Composer

Susan Bullock (Magda Sorel)

Louis Otey (John Sorel)

Jacalyn Kreitzer (Mother)

Charles Austin (Secret Agent)

Victoria Livengood (Secretary); others

Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Gian-Carlo Menotti - Violin Concerto; The Death of Orpheus

Gian Carlo Menotti (b. 1911)

Concerto for violin and orchestra; The Death of Orpheus; Muero porque no muero

Julia Melinek soprano

  Jamie MacDougall tenor

  Stephen Roberts baritone

  Jennifer Koh violin

 

Spoleto Festival Choir

  Spoleto Festival Orchestra

  Richard Hickox