BUT THERE IS A STAR, AND IT HAS A TAIL: THIS LONG

Gian Carlo Menotti 1911-2007


Along with all the other Amahls out there, a salute to Gian Carlo. Everybody should have such a regret in their obit: “I used it as an excuse to work less. Now I regret it bitterly.” He was 95, and the Spoleto Festival he founded and ran for over fifty years made him feel as
though he never had enough time.


Telegraph

Bernard Holland, NYTimes

John Francis Lane, Guardian

BBC News

G. Schirmer