In this episode, Dave and Andrew explore the first repeat winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music. We covered Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul in Episode 8 and now he's back again with The Saint of Bleecker Street. We were generally favorable toward The Consul, finding it an effective, if derivative opera. Will Menotti score another hit with this story of a young woman who displays the stigmata?
If you're interested in The Saint of Bleecker Street, we recommend:
We also recommend exploring the Spoleto festival a bit more, both the Festival of Two Worlds held in Spoleto, Italy and the Spoleto Festival hosted in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Episode 52 - 1994: Gunther Schuller, Of Reminiscences and Reflections
Episode 51 - 1993: Christopher Rouse, Trombone Concerto
Episode 50 - 1992: Wayne Peterson, The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark
Bonus: An Interview with Howard Pollack
Episode 49 - 1991: Shulamit Ran, Symphony
Episode 48 - 1990: Mel Powell, Duplicates
Episode 47 - 1989: Roger Reynolds, Whispers Out of Time
Bonus: An Interview with William Bolcom
Episode 46 - 1988: William Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes
Bonus: An Interview with John Harbison
Episode 45 - 1987: John Harbison, The Flight Into Egypt
Episode 44 - 1986: George Perle, Wind Quintet IV
Episode 43 -1985: Stephen Albert, Symphony RiverRun
Episode 42 - 1984: Bernard Rands, Canti del Sole
Bonus: An Interview with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Episode 41 - 1983: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Symphony No.1 (Three Movements for Orchestra)
Episode 40 - 1982: Roger Sessions, Concerto for Orchestra
Episode 39 - 1981: No Winner
Episode 38 - 1980: David Del Tredici, In Memory of a Summer Day
Episode 37 - 1979: Joseph Schwantner, Aftertones of Infinity
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