Menotti

American  

[muh-not-ee, me-nawt-tee] / məˈnɒt i, mɛˈnɔt ti /

noun

1. Gian Carlo 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.

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Menotti British  

/ məˈnɒtɪ, meˈnɔtti /

noun

1. Gian Carlo (dʒan ˈkarlo). 1911–2007, Italian composer, in the US from 1928. His works include the operas The Medium (1946), The Consul (1950), Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), and Giorno di Nozze (1988)

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Example Sentences

His detractors would often recall a photo in which Menotti, after the World Cup victory, shook hands with Jorge Rafael Videla, head of the military junta.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

This is the story of the man who has followed in the footsteps of Cesar Menotti and Carlos Bilardo, by bringing the World Cup home to Argentina.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2022

At the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he spent a year studying with Gian Carlo Menotti, at the time America’s most popular opera composer.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

In 1958, the 27-year-old McGrath began working as an assistant to the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, helping organize the inaugural Spoleto Festival in Umbria, Italy.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

If the boy I brought you last evening is still here," he began, "Mrs. Menotti requests that you will send him over to her.

From Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children by Spyri, Johanna