[DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti, Opera Composer, Dies at 95 - The New York ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2007 ... Gian Carlo Menotti wrote his first opera before he was 11 and went on to become 
... Yet Mr. Menotti's Christmas classic, Amahl and the Night Visitors, has been ... 
In a musical age in which controversy usually centered on the ... he was 5, and by 
11 he had written an opera, The Death of Pierrot, which was... [DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti - Long Biography - Music Sales Classical [PAR] At the age of 7, under the guidance of his mother, he began to compose songs, 
and four years later he wrote the words and music of his first opera, The Death of 
Pierrot. ... By far Menotti's best-known work is the Christmas classic Amahl and 
the Night ... If one has had the privilege of knowing Gian Carlo Menotti, it 
becomes... [DOC] [TLE] From the Archives: Gian Carlo Menotti, 95; opera composer and ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2007 ... Composer Gian Carlo Menotti and his son Francis. ... with his repeatedly 
televised Christmas work "Amahl and the Night ... It has taken so much time away 
from my composing," he told The Times in ... Gian Carlo began setting verse to 
music at age 5, and at 11 wrote his first opera, "The Death of Pierrot.". [DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti Biography - Childhood, Life And Timeline [PAR] Delve deep into his childhood, life and timeline in the biography below. ... the age 
of 11, he wrote two operas including 'The Death of Pierrot' and 'The Little ... This 
opera was premiered at Curtis in the year 1937 and was received with much 
adulation. ... One of his famous works 'AmahI and the Night Visitors', the 
Christmas... [DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti - Wikipedia [PAR] Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he 
often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. 
He wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, along ... It 
was at Curtis that Menotti wrote his first mature opera, Amelia Goes to the Ball... [DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti | Italian composer | Britannica.com [PAR] Menotti wrote his first opera, The Death of Pierrot, by the age of 11. He studied at 
the Milan Conservatory and in the late 1920s emigrated to the United States, ... It 
was followed by a one-act comic opera, The Telephone (1946). ... Amahl and the 
Night Visitors (1951), the first opera composed for television, is the story of a... [DOC] [TLE] Gian-Carlo Menotti facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Oct 5, 2016 ... At age eleven he had already written his first opera, The Death of Pierrot In ... 
1946; composed the first opera written for television, Amahl and the Night ... 
Barber had left school early, but came back to finish his degree in ... Bok, towards 
whom I have so much to be grateful for, Menotti said in his biography. [DOC] [TLE] Congressional Record, Volume 153 Issue 67 (Wednesday, April 25 ... [PAR] Apr 25, 2007 ... Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. ... 4 years later he 
wrote the words and music of his first opera, ``The Death of Pierrot. ... By 11 he 
wrote both the story line and music for his first opera, ``The Death of ... In 1951 Mr
. Menotti wrote his beloved Christmas opera, ``Amahl and the Night... [DOC] [TLE] Gian Carlo Menotti | The Independent [PAR] Feb 2, 2007 ... Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the most successful opera composers of the mid-
20th century. ... He was born in Cadegliano, on Lake Lugano, in 1911, the sixth of 
... five and by the age of 11 had written his first opera, The Death of Pierrot. ... 
Next came Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951), the Christmas story... [DOC] [TLE] Spotlight on

Question: He wrote his 1st opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11; the one about Amahl came much later
Answer: Gian Carlo Menotti