Amahl and the Night Visitors

December 13, 2019 - December 14, 2019

Produced by BARN OPERA @ Salisbury Congregational Church

853 Maple St, Salisbury, VT 05769, USA

Behind the scenes

Gian Carlo Menotti (Composer & Librettist), Joshua Collier (Director), & Kristin Carr (Music Director / Pianist)

Starring

Helen Lyons, Martin Schreiner, Joshua Kafumbe, Jonathan Kafumbe, Nicholas Tocci, Cailin Marcel Manson, & Tobias Duke

Performance Type

Theater

ABOUT THE SHOW

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS was the first opera to be broadcast to a national television audience, which catapulted the work to national fame and recognition. The premiere was on December 24, 1951 and was broadcast by NBC. The story concerns a young handicapped boy and his mother, who live in a poor village that is on the route for the three kings to travel to meet the Christ-child after his birth. The kings arrive, weary from their journey and they stop for the night, enjoying the hospitality of Amahl and his Mother. There is a great disparity in the wealth of the kings and Amahl's mother, and socio-economic conflict ensues, with a beautiful and altruistic resolution at the end. 


The heartfelt one-act opera is one of the operas most produced by community organizations and churches throughout the country. Due to it being originally written in english, containing wonderful characters and a situation that most of us can identify with on varying levels.

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