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Author Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007, composer.

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.

Publication Info. Pleasantville, New York : VAI, Video Artists International, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 DVD (46 min.) : black and white
Playing Time 004600
Description digital optical mono surround
video file DVD video all regions
Physical Medium monochrome
Description NTSC
System Details DVD, region 0, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono, NTSC.
Performer Bill McIver (Amahl), Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother), Andrew McKinley (King Kaspar), David Aiken (King Melchior), Leon Lishner (King Balthazar), Francis Monachino (Page), John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez (dancing shepherds); members of the Symphony of the Air.
Credits Choreographer, John Butler ; music and libretto, Gian Carlo Menotti ; music and artistic director, Peter Herman Adler ; designer, Eugene Berman.
Event Live telecast, originally broadcast 1955 December 25 on NBC Opera Theatre.
Summary A disabled shepherd boy and his mother are visited by three men on their way to see the Baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
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., 3 sec.).
Program note by Rebecca Paller (adapted from Opera Magazine) and note on Columbus Boychoir (7 pages) inserted in container.
Language Sung in English with English, French, German, Italian or Spanish subtitles.
Subject Operas.
Operas.
Made-for-TV movies.
Made-for-TV movies.
Children with disabilities -- West Bank -- Bethlehem -- Drama.
Children with disabilities.
West Bank -- Bethlehem.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Mothers and sons -- West Bank -- Bethlehem -- Drama.
Jesus Christ -- Nativity -- Drama.
Jesus Christ.
Mothers and sons.
Óperas.
Nativity of Jesus Christ.
Niños -- Impedimentos -- West Bank -- Bethlehem -- Teatro.
Genre/Form Television programs.
Television programs.
Television musicals.
Television musicals.
Christmas films.
Christmas films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Made-for-TV movies.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Musical -- Television special.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964, producer.
Altman, Allan, producer.
Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008, director.
Schippers, Thomas, conductor.
McIver, Bill, performer.
Kuhlmann, Rosemary, performer, interviewee.
McKinley, Andrew, performer.
Aiken, David, performer.
Lishner, Leon, 1913-1995, performer.
Monachino, Francis, performer.
Butler, John, 1920-1993, performer.
Tetley, Glen, performer.
Gutiérrez, Carmen, performer.
Showcase Productions (New York, N.Y.)
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Symphony of the Air, performer.
Columbus Boychoir, performer.
NBC Opera Theatre, performer.
Video Artists International.
Added Title Amahl and the night visitors https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001059195
Standard No. 089948440093
Music No. 4400 VAI, Video Artists International