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Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. [1]
This is a list of compositions by Samuel Barber sorted by genre, opus number, date of composition, and title. Genre ... The Lovers: for baritone, chorus and orchestra:
1992 Samuel Barber: The Lovers – Samuel Barber, composer ; Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical. 1962 Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 – Lewis W. Layton, engineer; Fritz Reiner, conductor
Vanessa is an American opera in three (originally four) acts by Samuel Barber, opus 32, with an original English libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti.It was composed in 1956–1957 and was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 15, 1958 under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos in a production designed by Cecil Beaton and directed by Menotti.
Samuel Barber (1928–1970) Gian Carlo Menotti ( / m ə ˈ n ɒ t i / , 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.
On September 12, 2012 Harmonia Mundi released Samuel Barber: An American Romantic (HMU 807522), [28] choral music by Samuel Barber. The CD featured new chamber versions of The Lovers and Easter Chorale written especially for Conspirare by Robert Kyr. Featuring David Farwig, baritone, and Chamber Orchestra.
He lived with Pauline Kael in Berkeley, California. [3] [4] He was part of the "Activist" group.[5] [6] He was lovers with Gian Carlo Menotti, and he stayed with Menotti and Menotti's long-term lover, Samuel Barber, at "The Capricorn", at Mount Kisco, New York.
A Hand of Bridge, opus 35, is an opera in one act composed by Samuel Barber with libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, and is possibly the shortest opera that is regularly performed: it lasts about nine minutes.