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Gian Carlo Menotti : The Most Important Man


Publisher G Schirmer Inc
Category
Opera and Music Theatre
Year Composed 1971
Solo Instrument(s)
Dramatic Baritone, Dramatic Tenor, Mezzo soprano, Lyric Soprano, Dramatic Soprano, 2 Baritones, 2 Tenors, Bass, Buffo Bass
Orchestration 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.2perc/hp.pf.org/str
Languages
English
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Synopsis:
Set in 20th-century colonial Africa, Toimé Ukamba hopes to become the ‘most important man’ with his discovery of a formula to change the world. He is thwarted by the ‘white state’ and by the scientist who is his mentor. He dies in disgrace.

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