Amahl and the night visitors
- Title
- Amahl and the night visitors / by Gian Carlo Menotti ; Showcase Productions, Inc. ; G. Schirmer, Inc. ; producer, Samuel Chotzinoff ; produced for DVD by Allan Altman ; director, Kirk Browning ; conductor, Thomas Schippers.
- Published by
- Pleasantville, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [2007]
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964.
- Altman, Allan.
- Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008.
- Schippers, Thomas.
- McIver, Bill.
- Kuhlmann, Rosemary.
- McKinley, Andrew.
- Aiken, David.
- Lishner, Leon, 1913-1995.
- Monachino, Francis.
- Butler, John, 1920-1993.
- Tetley, Glen.
- Gutiérrez, Carmen.
- Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
- Showcase Productions (New York, N.Y.)
- G. Schirmer, Inc.
- Symphony of the Air.
- Columbus Boychoir.
- Video Artists International.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A disabled shepherd boy and his mother are visited by three men on their way to see the birth of Baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
- Uniform title
- NBC Opera Theatre.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Television program.
- Musical television program.
- Musical – Television special.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Special features: An exclusive 2007 interview with Rosemary Kuhlmann, who created the role of the Mother in the premiere of Amahl (28 min.); Christmas carols sung by the Columbus Boychoir, from the original 1955 telecast (6 min.).
- Credits (note)
- Choreographer, John Butler ; music and libretto, Gian Carlo Menotti ; music and artistic director, Peter Herman Adler ; designer, Eugene Berman.
- Event (note)
- Live telecast, originally broadcast on December 25, 1955 on NBC Opera Theatre.
- System details (note)
- DVD, region 0, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish subtitles.