Work Information
| Publisher |
G Schirmer Inc |
Category |
Opera and Music Theatre |
| Year Composed |
1968 |
Duration |
1 Hour, 10 Minutes |
| Solo Voice(s) |
S, S, high Bar, Bar, T, Mz, Bar, B |
Solo Instrument(s) |
12 children, globolinks |
| Orchestration |
2121/2221/timp.perc/pf/str; tp
alt.: 1(pic)11(bcl)0/1101/perc/pf.hp/str; tp |
Languages |
English, Dutch, French |
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| Vocal Score(s): |
50338550 |
Vocal Score(s): |
GS33855 |
Programme Note
Cast List:
EMILY, 14 years old: Soprano
MADAME EUTERPOVA, the Music Teacher: Soprano
DR. STONE, Dean of St. Paul's School: High Baritone
TONY, the Bus Driver: Baritone
TIMOTHY, the School Janitor: Tenor
MISS PENELOPE NEWKIRK, the Mathematics Teacher: Mezzo-Soprano
MR. LAVENDER-GAS, the Literature Professor: Baritone
DR. TURTLESPIT, the Science Professor: Bass
12 CHILDREN (some of whom are required to sing small solo parts)
GLOBOLlNKS
Synopsis:
A busload of children becomes stranded when the vehicle breaks down. It is soon surrounded by unearthly globolinks, who are repulsed by musical sounds. A child goes off to get help and the children are saved by the intervention of good music.
Reviews
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"A smash hit of unqualified proportions."
Paule Hume, Washington Post
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"Everybody loved it, everybody entered into the spirit of the message...Menotti has come up with a hit"
Harold C. Schonbeg, New York Times
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"The Wizard of the Opera has done it again...'Help, Help, The Globolinks' is an irresistable delight"
Lynn Buckingham, Albuquerque Tribune
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