The Hero (opera)
| The Hero | |
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| Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti | |
The composer in 1944
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| Librettist | Menotti |
| Language | English |
| Premiere | June 1, 1976 Philadelphia Academy of Music |
The Hero is a two-act opera by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the work premiered at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on June 1, 1976. At this point of his career, Menotti's style of composition, which rejected the avant-garde, was out of favor with the classical music world. Time stated in its review of the opera, "Most of Menotti's music is passable Puccini: melodic, easy to take—and totally beside the point in 1976."
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