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The Old Maid and the Thief. Gian Carlo Menotti. Voice sheet music.
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Old Maid in Thief. Gian Carlo Menotti. Voice note.
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The Old Maid and the Thief. A Grotesque Opera in 14 Scenes. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti. 1911-. For 4 vocals soloists. Masterworks. Vocal. Opera. Score. Belwin Edition. Opera, 20th Century and Italian. Vocal score. Composed 1939. 192 pages. Published by Belwin Music. AP.FC01282. ISBN 0769245919. Opera, 20th Century and Italian. 9x12 inches. This one act opera, divided into 14 scenes, is about an old maid, Miss Todd, who is a busybody in her small town. Though she is of high standing in her community, her love life has been bare for over forty years. Her housemaid Laetitia is a young catty, eavesdropper who is wary of becoming an Old Maid like her employer. Bob, a wanderer. bum. , comes to Miss Todd's door one afternoon while the town gossip, Miss Pinkerton is visiting. Enamored of his beauty, Laetitia easily convinces Miss Todd to let him stay. Intending to leave the next morning Bob sings "When the Air Sings of Summer". Bob's Bedroom Aria. , Laetitia convinces him to stay for the rest of the week. The next day Miss Todd learns from Miss Pinkerton of an escaped convict matching Bob's description is in the area. Undeterred, she leaves money out for Bob to "steal". Eventually unable to continue financing Bob, she resorts to stealing from her neighbors. Meanwhile, Laetitia is falling in love with the wanderer and sings "Steal Me Sweet Thief" an aria of her love for him, asking him to steal her away before time ravages and withers her looks. Miss Pinkerton, encounters Miss Todd and warns her to "Keep all the doors locked, keep all the windows closed" because the thief is in town and has stolen from the neighbors. Laetitia once again finds Bob preparing to leave and he will only stay if he can "have something to drink. " Miss Todd, being a good prohibitionist, doesn't have any in the house and would scandalize the town if she was seen buying liquor, forms a plan with Laetitia to break into a liquor store. The next day Miss Pinkerton visits Miss Todd at home and informs her that the liquor store has been violated and the owner attacked. A drunken Bob interrupts their conversation, singing loudly upstairs. She also says that the police are going to search every house to find the thief. Forcing Miss Pinkerton out the door, Miss Todd and Laetitia confront Bob about his true identity. Explaining the police were on their way, Miss Todd plans to run away with Bob. Bob refuses to runaway because he has done nothing wrong. Miss Todd "Is your love for me so small that you would see me in prison. " Bob "Small. I don't love you at all" Miss Todd rages and leaves saying she would call the police and blame all the theft on him. Glumly, Bob and Laetitia duet on whether to stay and face the charges or leave, Laetitia winning the argument. They steal all Miss Todd's valuables including car and rided off together. Miss Todd returns to find everything stolen and collapses in grief.
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Old Maid in Thief. Grotesque Opera v 14 Prizorišča. Sestavljajo ga Gian Carlo Menotti. 1911 -. Za 4 vokalnih solistk. Mojstrovine. Vocal. Opera. Ocena. Belwin Edition. Opera, 20th Century in italijanski. Vokalna ocena. Sestavlja 1939. 192 strani. Izdala Belwin Glasba. AP.FC01282. ISBN 0769245919. Opera, 20th Century in italijanski. 9x12 cm. Ta akt opera, razdeljen v 14 prizorih, je pa stara devica, gospodična Todd, ki je Trčkaralo v svojem malem mestu. Čeprav ji je velikim ugledom v svoji skupnosti, se je njena ljubezen življenja je bilo golo že več kot štirideset let. Njena služkinja Laetitia je mlada Maliciozan, Prisluškivač ki je pozorna postaja Old Maid kot njen delodajalec. Bob, popotnik. bum. , Gre za Miss Todd vrata enem popoldnevu, medtem ko mestece gossip, gospa Pinkerton je na obisku. Očarati svoje lepote, Laetitia zlahka prepriča, gospodična Todd, da naj mu ostanejo. Namerava oditi zjutraj Bob poje "Ko Air Sings of Summer". Bob Spalnica Aria. , Laetitia ga prepriča, da ostanejo do konca tedna. Naslednji dan gospodična Todd uči iz gospa Pinkerton, ki je pobegnil obsojenec ustreza opisu Bob je v območju. Pogumno, odide denar ven na Bob da bi "ukradel". Na koncu poti ne morejo nadaljevati financiranje Boba, ona zateče k kradejo od svojih sosedov. Medtem, Laetitia se zaljubi z wanderer in poje "Steal Me Sweet Thief" arijo iz ljubezni do njega, ga prosi, da jo ukradem pred časom zob in vihra njen videz. Gospa Pinkerton, naleti gospodična Todd in jo opozarja, da "Naj vsa vrata zaklenjena, da vsa okna zaprta", ker je tat je v mestu in bil ukraden od sosedov. Laetitia spet najde Bob pripravlja na dopust in bo ostal le, če bo lahko "imajo kaj za popit. »Gospodična Todd, da dober prohibitionist, nima vsaka v hiši in bi scandalize mesto, če je bila videti odkup alkoholnih pijač, oblikuje načrt s Laetitia vdreti v alkoholnih pijač. Naslednji dan gospa Pinkerton obišče gospodična Todd doma in jo obvesti, da je bila kršena alkoholnih pijač in lastnik napadli. Pijani Bob prekine pogovor, petje glasno gor. Prav tako pravi, da je policija bodo iskati vsako hišo, da bi našli lopova. Vsiljevanje gospa Pinkerton skozi vrata, gospodična Todd in Laetitia soočiti Boba o svoji pravi identiteti. Pojasnjujejo policija so na poti, gospodična Todd načrtuje, da bo pobegnil z Bobom. Bob noče Runaway, ker je naredil ničesar narobe. Miss Todd "Je tvoja ljubezen do mene, tako majhna, da bi me videli v zaporu. "Bob" Small. Jaz te ne ljubim sploh "Miss Todd divja in liste si ji rekel da bi poklical policijo in krivijo vse kraje na njem. Glumly, Bob in Laetitia duet o tem, ali naj ostanejo in se soočiti z obtožbami ali dopust, Laetitia zmagovalni argument. Kradejo dragocenosti vseh gospodične Todd je tudi avto in rided off skupaj. Gospodična Todd vrne, da bi našli vse ukradene in propade v žalosti.
