Martin's Lie

Martin's Lie
Chamber opera for television by Gian Carlo Menotti
The composer in 1944
Librettist	Menotti
Language	English
Premiere	3 June 1964 (1964-06-03) Bristol Cathedral

Martin's Lie is a chamber opera in one act with music and an English language libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by CBS, it was Menotti's third opera for television after Amahl and the Night Visitors and Labyrinth. Although not initially conceived as a work for the stage, the opera premiered in a live theatrical performance on 3 June 1964 at the Bristol Cathedral for the opening of the 17th annual Bath International Music Festival.^[1] The opera was subsequently filmed with the same cast for television under the direction of Kirk Browning. The production used sets and costumes by designer Anthony Powell, and was broadcast nationally by CBS for the opera's United States premiere on 30 May 1965.^[2]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 3 June 1964 (Conductor: Lawrence Leonard)
Martin	boy soprano	Michael Wennink
Stranger	baritone	Donald McIntyre
Naninge, a nurse	mezzo-soprano	Noreen Berry
Father Cornelius	tenor	William McAlpine
Sheriff	bass	Otakar Kraus
Christopher	boy soprano	Keith Collins
Timothy	boy soprano	Roger Nicholas
Executioner	silent role	Hugh Smith Marriott
Soldiers	silent roles
Orphans (children's chorus)

References

↑ Gene Baro (June 5, 1964). "Opera By Menotti Bows In England: Premiere of 'Martin's Lie' Sung in Bristol Cathedral". The New York Times.
↑ Howard Klein (May 31, 1965). "TV: New Menotti Opera; 'Martin's Lie' Given Belated U.S. Premiere by C.B.S. -- Meant for Church Groups". The New York Times.

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 – 2007)

Operas

Amelia Goes to the Ball (1937)
The Old Maid and the Thief (1939)
The Island God (1942)
The Medium (1946)
The Telephone (1947)
The Consul (1950)
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)
The Saint of Bleecker Street (1954)
The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore (1956)
Maria Golovin (1958)
Labyrinth (1963)
The Last Savage (1963)
Martin's Lie (1964)
Help, Help, the Globolinks! (1968)
The Hero (1976)
La Loca (1979)
The Boy Who Grew Too Fast (1982)

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