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| ''' 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]].
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| ==Abstract==
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| On their way to Bethlehem, the three Kings stop at the house of a poor crippled boy and his widowed mother.
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| ==Cast==
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| * [[Chet Allen]] as [[Amahl]]
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| * [[Rosemary Kuhlmann]] as ''Amahl's mother''
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| * [[Andrew McKinley]], [[David Aiken]], [[Leon Lishner]] as the [[Magi|Three Kings]]
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| ==Production==
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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.
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| ====Adaptations====
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951 Browning, Schippers / @1951 Menotti), TV film-opera]]
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (1952 Frost), novel]]
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (1955 Menotti), film-opera]]
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (1963 Browning, Grossman / @1951 Menotti), film-opera]]
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (1978 Brown, López Cobos / @1951 Menotti), film-opera]]
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| *[[Amahl and the Night Visitors (2002 Zambello / Menotti), film-opera]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amahl_and_the_Night_Visitors Wikipedia]
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| [[Category:1951| Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Fiction--1950s|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Fiction--English|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Music|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Operas|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:English language--1950s|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Gospels Studies--1950s|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Gospels Studies--English|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Gospels Studies--Fiction|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Journey of the Magi (event)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Magi (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Magi--fiction (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Magi--music (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Amahl (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Amahl--fiction (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Amahl--music (subject)|1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Top 1950s| 1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Fiction--Top 1950s| 1951 Menotti]]
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| [[Category:Early Christian Studies--Top 1950s| 1951 Menotti]]
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