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The first opera specifically composed for television in America was broadcast on 24 December 1951, at the NBC studios, and became immediately a popular Christmas classic, widely performed on stage and television. The original cast included Ched Allen (Amahl), and Rosemary Kuhlmann (Amahl’s mother). The NBC Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Schippers. The composer Menotti directed himself the production and briefly introduced it.
The first opera specifically composed for television in America was broadcast on 24 December 1951, at the NBC studios, and became immediately a popular Christmas classic, widely performed on stage and television. The original cast included Ched Allen (Amahl), and Rosemary Kuhlmann (Amahl’s mother). The NBC Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Schippers. The composer Menotti directed himself the production and briefly introduced it.


====Adaptations====
In the following ten years the opera was staged live every Christmas on NBC, with only slight modifications in the cast and the staging,


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*[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (2002 Zambello / Menotti), film-opera]]
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Revision as of 12:15, 27 November 2015

Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951) is the premiere and first filmization of Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951 Menotti), opera, by Gian Carlo Menotti (mus. and libr.). Directed by Kirk Browning and Gian Carlo Menotti, and conducted by Thomas Schippers.

Abstract

On their way to Bethlehem, the three Kings stop at the house of a poor crippled boy and his widowed mother.

Cast

Production

The first opera specifically composed for television in America was broadcast on 24 December 1951, at the NBC studios, and became immediately a popular Christmas classic, widely performed on stage and television. The original cast included Ched Allen (Amahl), and Rosemary Kuhlmann (Amahl’s mother). The NBC Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Schippers. The composer Menotti directed himself the production and briefly introduced it.

In the following ten years the opera was staged live every Christmas on NBC, with only slight modifications in the cast and the staging,

External links

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