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Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

8.0

0h 55m

1951

Synopsis

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.

Director

Gian Carlo Menotti

Kirk Browning

MusicDramaFamilyTV Movie

operachristianitylive broadcastnativitychristmas

Cast & Crew

Chet Allen

as Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann

as The Mother

Andrew McKinley

as King Caspar

David Aiken

as King Melchior

Leon Lishner

as King Balthazar

Francis Monachino

as The Page

Melissa Hayden

Melissa Hayden

as Dancer

Nicholas Magallanes

as Dancer

Glen Tetley

as Dancer

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