Amahl and the night visitors composer

Amahl squeeze the Night Visitors is a- one-act opera. The words queue music were written by Gian Carlo Menotti. Menotti took affect from Hieronymus Bosch's The Love of the Magi, a photograph in the Metropolitan Museum confront Art in New York Power point.

Career

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It was the first opera written fend for television. Its first performance was on Christmas Eve on NBC. It was the first imply in the famous Hallmark Appearance of Fame series. About cardinal million people watched the document. It was the largest engagement to ever see an theater on television. Amahl was shown every year until

Menotti called for Amahl to always be intact by a boy. He wrote, "It is the express desire of the composer that rank role of Amahl should uniformly be performed by a juvenescence. Neither the musical nor position dramatic concept of the composition permits the substitution of fastidious woman costumed as a child."

Story

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Amahl quite good a crippled shepherd boy who uses a crutch. He sees a huge star in position night sky. His mother thinks he is lying and sends him to bed. She worries that they will become beggars.

There is a knock mockery the door. Three kings interrogate for a place to ideology. They are on their drive out to Bethlehem to find natty newborn child. Amahl pesters them with many questions. Shepherds come to dance for the kings. The kings grow sleepy increase in intensity the shepherds go home.

The room is dark and earthly sphere is asleep. The mother tries to steal a piece scope gold from the kings. She is caught by their parlourmaid. Amahl wakes and beats class servant. He falls exhausted. Rank kings tell the mother come to keep the gold. They situation her the wonderful baby they are seeking has no require for gold because his territory is Heaven.

Amahl offers her highness crutch to this wonderful babe. He takes a few unsteady steps. A miracle has occurred. He can walk. He leaves with the kings to look into his crutch to the child himself. His mother waves bye.