Amahl and the Night Visitors (1952 Frost, Duvoisin / @1951 Menotti), children's book

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Amahl and the Night Visitors (1952) is a children's novel by Gian Carlo Menotti and Frances Frost, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Based on Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951 Menotti), opera.

Abstract

Very popular narrative adaptation of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera by American poet and novelist preserves the exact dialogue of the libretto.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: 1952.

Reissued in the 1980s, with illustrations by Michele Lemieux.

• Amahl and the Night Visitors (1986 Menotti, Frost / Lemieux), children's novel

Translations

Translated into French, German and Spanish.

• Micha und die Könige = Amahl and the Night Visitors (1953 Mutzenbecher / @1952 Menotti, Frost, Duvoisin), book (German ed.)

• Amahl en de drie koningen = Amahl and the Night Visitors (1962 Messelaar / @1952 Menotti, Frost, Duvoisin), book (Dutch ed.)

• Amahl en die wyse manne = Amahl and the Night Visitors (1970 Human / @1952 Menotti, Frost, Duvoisin), book (Afrikaans ed.)