Question: Are Arnold Schoenberg and Gian Carlo Menotti both from Austria?

 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 with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. Gian Carlo Menotti (] ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. <SEP>  He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.  With the rise of the Nazi Party, Schoenberg's works were labelled degenerate music, because they were modernist, atonal and what even Paul Hindemith called "sonic orgies" and "decadent intellectual efforts".  He emigrated to the United States of America in 1934. Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg ( ; ] ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. <SEP> John Reardon (8 April 193016 April 1988) was an American baritone and actor who was noted for his performances on television, including many appearances on the PBS children's television show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood".  Reardon was a member of the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1965 until 1977, appearing in such operas as "Carmen" and "Jenufa".  In 1967, Reardon created the role of Orin Mannon (the equivalent of Orestes in Aeschylus' Oresteia) in the world premiere of Marvin David Levy's "Mourning Becomes Electra".  He co-starred with Phil Silvers on Broadway in the Jule Styne musical "Do Re Mi" introducing the standard song "Make Someone Happy."  He also appeared on Broadway in "New Faces of 1956" and Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Saint of Bleecker Street".  He performed the role of Schaunard in the famous 1956 recording of "La Boheme" conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.  In 1960 he created a main role of Mr. McC in a nine-minute opera "Introductions and Good-Byes" by Lukas Foss, premiered on May 5, 1960 in New York City with New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.  In 1969 he created the role of Dr. Stone in the premiere of Menotti's "Help, Help, the Globolinks! " at the Santa Fe Opera.  Reardon was chosen by Igor Stravinsky to sing the role of Nick Shadow on Stravinsky's second recording of his opera "The Rake's Progress".  Reardon also appears on several of Ben Bagley's "Painted Smiles" "Revisited" albums. <SEP> PierLuigi Samaritani (September 29, 1942, Novara - January 5, 1994, Rome) was a renowned opera director/production designer, who began his career at a young age, working alongside some of the greatest names in theatre, opera and ballet, such as Lila de Nobili, Giancarlo Menotti, Franco Zeffirelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev and many more.  Samaritani had an enormous talent, which allowed him to take on all the rolls the theatre, opera and ballet demanded, making sure to always be involved in all aspects of his productions even when delegating.  From the creation of his "sketches" of the set, which were more like works of art in and of themselves to the smallest change in an extra’s costume, he was a true perfectionist preoccupied with every detail.  His productions graced the stage of countless opera houses and theaters, amongst them La Scala di Milano, Teatro Regio of Parma, The Metropolitan Opera House, American Ballet Theatre and the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto (Festival dei Due Mondi), where he collaborated for many years, alongside his dear friend, Gian Carlo Menotti.  The Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto founded in 1947 in Spoleto, by Adriano Belli created a special award carrying the name of Pier Luigi Samaritani, awarded each year to the set designer with the best set design of the opera season.