] Martin's Lie is a chamber opera in one act with music and an English language libretto by an Italian-American composer who kept his what?
Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti (] ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) 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 with over two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste.
Mauro Montalbetti Mauro Montalbetti (born 11 October 1969 in Brescia, Italy) is an Italian composer. He studied by Antonio Giacometti and his opera "Lies and Sorrow" won the 2006 international J. J. Fux Opera Prize.