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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.
Author
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
Publication
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [2007]

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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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television program.
  • Musical television program.
  • Musical – Television special.
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.
LCCN
089948440093
OCLC
  • ocn174555194
  • 174555194
  • SCSB-9054259
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries