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Menotti: Amahl And The Night Visitors / Mciver, Schippers

Menotti / Kuhlmann / Mciver / Schippers
Release Date: 10/09/2007 
Label:  Video Artists International   Catalog #: 4400  
Composer:  Gian Carlo Menotti
Performer:  Bill McIver,  Andrew McKinley,  Davis Aiken,  Rosemary Kuhlmann,   ... 
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Symphony of the Air
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Mono 
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The yearly live telecasts of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitorswere a cherished Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s. In addition, since its premiere in 1951, Amahl has been performed regularly by community groups and small opera companies throughout the US, making it the single most popular American opera. This production, staged by the composer himself and originally telecast on Christmas Day, 1955, is a testament to the work’s enduring power to move the heart and stir the soul. Starring Rosemary Kuhlmann as the Mother and Bill McIver as Amahl. Members of the Symphony of the Air are under the direction of Thomas Schippers. Also on the DVD, from the same broadcast, is The Columbus Boychoir performing Christmas carols. Read more The DVD also includes an exclusive 2007 interview with Rosemary Kuhlmann, who played the Mother in the premiere and all the subsequent telecasts.

55 minutes (plus 30 min. bonus), Black & White, Mono, All regions.

Music and Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti

Amahl: Bill McIver
Mother: Rosemary Kuhlmann
King Caspar: Andrew McKinley
King Melchior: David Aiken
King Balthazar: Leon Lishner
Servant: Francis Monachino
Dancing Shepherds: John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez

Members of the Symphony of the Air
Thomas Schippers, conductor

Live telecast, December 25, 1955
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Works on This Recording

1. Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performer:  Bill McIver (Voice), Andrew McKinley (Tenor), Davis Aiken (Baritone),
Rosemary Kuhlmann (Soprano), Leon Lishner (Bass), Frank Monachino (Baritone)
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Symphony of the Air
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
 Date of Recording: 12/25/1955 

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