The Saint of Bleeker Street

The Saint of Bleeker Street is an opera in three acts by Gian Carlo Menotti to an original English libretto by the composer. It was first performed at the Broadway Theatre in New York City in 1954.

Related Topics:
Opera - Gian Carlo Menotti - Libretto - Broadway Theatre - New York City - 1954

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The opera is through composed, and set in the intensely-Catholic Little Italy of New York City in 1954. It follows Annina, a young and simple woman who is blessed with the stigmata. She often hears voices and sees visions of the angels. Her brother, Michele, is an aetheist who is intensely protective of his sister; he believes she requires hospitalisation, but he cannot stop the rest of the neighborhood from believing her a saint.

Related Topics:
Catholic - Little Italy - Stigmata - Saint

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The Saint of Bleeker Street is not part of the standard operatic repertory. Recordings of it exist, and it is occasionally performed.

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