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- Gian Carlo Menotti
Help, Help, the Globolinks! (1968)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 2121/2221/timp.perc/pf/str; tp
- 1(pic)11(bcl)0/1101/perc/pf.hp/str; tp
- S, S, high Bar, Bar, T, Mz, Bar, B; 12 children, globolinks
- 1 hr 10 min
- Libretto by the composer.
- Dutch, English, French, German
Programme Note
Cast List:
EMILY, 14 years old: Soprano
MADAME EUTERPOVA, the Music Teacher: Soprano
DR. STONE, Dean of St. Paul's School: High Baritone
TONY, the Bus Driver: Baritone
TIMOTHY, the School Janitor: Tenor
MISS PENELOPE NEWKIRK, the Mathematics Teacher: Mezzo-Soprano
MR. LAVENDER-GAS, the Literature Professor: Baritone
DR. TURTLESPIT, the Science Professor: Bass
12 CHILDREN (some of whom are required to sing small solo parts)
GLOBOLlNKS
Synopsis:
A busload of children becomes stranded when the vehicle breaks down. It is soon surrounded by unearthly globolinks, who are repulsed by musical sounds. A child goes off to get help and the children are saved by the intervention of good music.
EMILY, 14 years old: Soprano
MADAME EUTERPOVA, the Music Teacher: Soprano
DR. STONE, Dean of St. Paul's School: High Baritone
TONY, the Bus Driver: Baritone
TIMOTHY, the School Janitor: Tenor
MISS PENELOPE NEWKIRK, the Mathematics Teacher: Mezzo-Soprano
MR. LAVENDER-GAS, the Literature Professor: Baritone
DR. TURTLESPIT, the Science Professor: Bass
12 CHILDREN (some of whom are required to sing small solo parts)
GLOBOLlNKS
Synopsis:
A busload of children becomes stranded when the vehicle breaks down. It is soon surrounded by unearthly globolinks, who are repulsed by musical sounds. A child goes off to get help and the children are saved by the intervention of good music.
Scores
Reviews
"A smash hit of unqualified proportions."
"Everybody loved it, everybody entered into the spirit of the message...Menotti has come up with a hit"
"The Wizard of the Opera has done it again...'Help, Help, The Globolinks' is an irresistable delight"
Discography
- LabelNewport Classic
- Catalogue Number85633
- ConductorJohn DeMain
- EnsembleMadison Symphony Orchestra / Madison Opera
- SoloistDavid Small, Erin Windle, Kenneth Church, Bert Adams, Terry Kiss Frank, Mark Schmandt, Paul Radulescu, Rachel Joselson
- LabelArthaus Musik
- Catalogue NumberDVD 101281
- ConductorMatthias Kuntzsch
- EnsembleHamburg Philharmonic Staatsorchestre
- SoloistFranz Grundheber, Ursula Boese, Raymond Wolansky, Kurt Marschner, William Workman, Arlene Saunders, Edith Mathis, Noël Mangin
Menotti at 100
