Special offer. Menotti: Amahl And The Night Visitors
Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother), Bill McIver (Amahl), Andrew McKinley (King Caspar), David Aiken (King Melchior), Leon Lishner (King Balthazar), Francis Monachino (Servant), John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez (Dancing Shepherds)
Members of the Symphony of the Air, Thomas Schippers
Special offer. Menotti: Amahl And The Night Visitors
Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother), Bill McIver (Amahl), Andrew McKinley (King Caspar), David Aiken (King Melchior), Leon Lishner (King Balthazar), Francis Monachino (Servant), John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez (Dancing Shepherds)
Members of the Symphony of the Air, Thomas Schippers
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The yearly live telecasts of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitorswere a cherished Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s. In addition, since its premiere in 1951, Amahl has been performed regularly by community groups and small opera companies throughout the US, making it the single most popular American opera. This production, staged by the composer himself and originally telecast on Christmas Day, 1955, is a testament to the work’s enduring power to move the heart and stir the soul.
Also on the DVD, from the same broadcast, is The Columbus Boychoir performing Christmas carols. The DVD also includes an exclusive 2007 interview with Rosemary Kuhlmann, who played the Mother in the premiere and all the subsequent telecasts.
55 minutes (plus 30 min. bonus), black & white, mono, all regions
Live telecast, 25th December, 1955Contents and tracklist
- Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother), Bill McIver (Amahl), Andrew McKinley (King Caspar), David Aiken (King Melchior), Leon Lishner (King Balthazar), Francis Monachino (Servant), John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez (Dancing Shepherds)
- Members of the Symphony of the Air
- Thomas Schippers
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