Talk:Gian Carlo Menotti

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Contents 1 Books by Menotti 2 Meaning? 3 Was he gay? 4 Laura Branigan's vocal coach

[edit] Books by Menotti

Should scores be listed as "books by Menotti"? I haven't seen this done in any other articles. If no one has objected in a day or so I'm going to remove them. Chris 19:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning?

He wrote the libretti to two Samuel Barber operas, Vanessa and A Hand of Bridge, as well as revising the latter for Antony and Cleopatra.

What does "the latter" refer to? JackofOz 21:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

"the latter" would be referring to the libretto. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Scottandrewhutchins (talk • contribs) 20:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC).

The reference to his "most famous" pupil being a Stanley Hollingsworth has been removed; it's a subjective assesment of no biographical importance to the biography of this important composer, and appears to be an attempt at "shilling"

[edit] Was he gay?

This article is in the GLBT category, but nowhere in the article is anything about his sexuality. I'm not an expert on Menotti, so perhaps someone else with knowledge (and references!) can fill in this info? --Dablaze 16:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

He and Samuel Barber were a couple. Most biographies allude to this without spelling it out. GLBTQ.com confirms that Menotti and Barber were an openly gay couple, and it was more or less accepted as artists' eccentricity. I hope he had enough money to get his body moved so he can be buried next to Barber. He was concerned it would not happen because he had no savings and was primarily living off royalties from Amahl and Globolinks. --Scottandrewhutchins 22:30, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Laura Branigan's vocal coach

There is another more plausible candidate for being Laura Branigan's vocal coach.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD9173EF932A0575BC0A965958260

Unless someone knows for a fact that Gian Carlo Menotti and not Carlo Lifavi Menotti was Branigan's vocal coach, this spectactularly interesting, but, sadly, misleading piece of trivia should be removed from the article

Agreed; it seems there are two Carlo Menottis, born two years apart, wavy black hair, unmarried, who studied classical theory and opera in Italy, came to the U.S. from Latin America, and ultimately taught on the East Coast...an astonishing coincidence, an understandably erroneous attribution. Abrazame 01:25, 9 February 2007 (UTC)