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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Gian Carlo Menotti, Kirk Browning

1951

  • Music
  • Drama
  • Family
  • TV Movie
8.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Gian Carlo MenottiDirector
  • Kirk BrowningDirector
  • Chet AllenAmahl
  • Rosemary KuhlmannThe Mother
  • Andrew McKinleyKing Caspar
  • David AikenKing Melchior
  • Leon LishnerKing Balthazar
  • Francis MonachinoThe Page
  • Melissa HaydenDancer
  • Nicholas MagallanesDancer

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