COMPOSER

Gian Carlo Menotti

1911 - 2007

Photo of Gian Carlo Menotti

Icon of person Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti (, Italian: [ˈdʒaŋ ˈkarlo meˈnɔtti]; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. One of the most frequently performed opera composers of the 20th century, he wrote his most successful works in the 1940s and 1950s. Highly influenced by Giacomo Puccini and Modest Mussorgsky, Menotti further developed the verismo tradition of opera in the post-World War II era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gian Carlo Menotti is the 171st most popular composer (up from 891st in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,921st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Gian Carlo Menotti by language

Loading...

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gian Carlo Menotti ranks 171 out of 1,451. Before him are Adrian Willaert, William Byrd, Karol Szymanowski, Hugo Wolf, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Michel Legrand, Luciano Berio, Henri Vieuxtemps, Max Reger, and Giuseppe Torelli.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Gian Carlo Menotti ranks 35. Before him are Tennessee Williams, William Alfred Fowler, Niels Kaj Jerne, Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, and Wilhelm Mohnke. After him are Max Frisch, Klaus Fuchs, Trygve Haavelmo, Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, and Richard Baer. Among people deceased in 2007, Gian Carlo Menotti ranks 25. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, Aden Adde, Albert Ellis, Paul Cohen, Theodore Maiman, and Ralph Asher Alpher. After him are István Sándorfi, Barry Nelson, Jerry Falwell, Deborah Kerr, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Arthur Kornberg.

Others Born in 1911

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2007

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gian Carlo Menotti ranks 825 out of 5,161. Before him are William II of Sicily (1153), Pisanello (1395), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), and Joachim of Fiore (1135). After him are Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), and Margherita of Savoy (1851).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Gian Carlo Menotti ranks 32. Before him are Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Nicola Porpora (1686), Gregorio Allegri (1582), and Ottorino Respighi (1879). After him are Luciano Berio (1925), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), and Ferruccio Busoni (1866).

Italian born Composers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous