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- Gian Carlo Menotti
Martin’s Lie (1964)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 1111/1210/timp.3perc/hp/va.vc.db
- treble chorus
- Mezzo soprano, 3 Trebles, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
- 50 min
- Libretto by the composer.
- English
Programme Note
Cast List:
MARTIN, a boy of about 12: Boy soprano
CHRISTOPHER, another boy, slightly older than Martin: Boy soprano
TIMOTHY: a very young boy: Boy soprano
NANINGA, a woman about 50: Mezzo-soprano
FATHER CORNELIUS: Tenor
THE STRANGER: Baritone
THE SHERIFF: Bass
THE ORPHANS: Children's chorus
THE EXECUTIONER: silent role
SOLDIERS: silent roles
Synopsis:
Set in the 14th century, Martin is an orphan in an asylum run by a loving housekeeper and a kind priest. Alone in the kitchen at night, Martin gives refuge to a stranger who claims to be his father. When Martin lies to the sheriff to protect the stranger, he is faced with torture and dies of fright.
MARTIN, a boy of about 12: Boy soprano
CHRISTOPHER, another boy, slightly older than Martin: Boy soprano
TIMOTHY: a very young boy: Boy soprano
NANINGA, a woman about 50: Mezzo-soprano
FATHER CORNELIUS: Tenor
THE STRANGER: Baritone
THE SHERIFF: Bass
THE ORPHANS: Children's chorus
THE EXECUTIONER: silent role
SOLDIERS: silent roles
Synopsis:
Set in the 14th century, Martin is an orphan in an asylum run by a loving housekeeper and a kind priest. Alone in the kitchen at night, Martin gives refuge to a stranger who claims to be his father. When Martin lies to the sheriff to protect the stranger, he is faced with torture and dies of fright.
Media
Martin's Lie: Martin my boy (Father Cornelius)
