Amahl and the Night Visitors

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music,

Drama,

Family,

TV Movie

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

1951

Director:

Kirk Browning

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Company:

NBC

Cast:
Chet Allen

Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann

The Mother

Andrew McKinley

King Caspar

David Aiken

King Melchior

Leon Lishner

King Balthazar

Crew:
Kirk Browning

Director

Gian Carlo Menotti

Director

Gian Carlo Menotti

Lyricist

Samuel Chotzinoff

Producer

Charles Polachek

Associate Producer