Organization

Admin

Huntsville Opera

Conductor

Charles Conner

Stage director

Sierra Hammond

Singer

Child vocalist

Jenny Bryant

Amahl

Soprano

Iris Fordjour Hankins

The Mother

Tenor

Shane Kennedy

King Kaspar

Baritone

Gordon Blodgett

King Melchior

Bass

Van-Arc Wright

King Balthzar

Silent

Joshua Ross

The Page

Shonda Devine

Orchestra

Huntsville Symphony Orchestra

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Cape Coral

United States

Faith Presbyterian Church

Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti

Public

Pallavi Pawar

Approved

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a family-friendly opera and has been enduringly popular since its premier in 1951. Commissioned by NBC as the first opera written for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors debuted on December 24, 1951 becoming the first network television Christmas special to become an annual tradition. Composer Gian Carlo Menotti drew inspiration for the opera from Hieronymus Bosch’s The Adoration of the Magi, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and from his childhood in Italy where gifts were brought at Christmas by the Three Kings instead of Santa Claus.
Amahl and the Night Visitors tells the story of Amahl, a shepherd boy who has a propensity to tell tall tales, and his mother. Amahl’s most recent story is about a star with a tail that moves across the sky like a chariot on fire. When three splendid strangers knock on the door and ask to rest in their tiny home, Amahl is thrilled and fascinated. When the visitors describe the miraculous child they are seeking, both Amahl and his mother are moved to give reverence to the child as well. Their humble faith conjures a miracle.

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Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti, From (2023/2023), Directed by Sierra Hammond,, Conductor Charles Conner, Shonda Devine, Faith Presbyterian Church, Cape Coral, United States

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