| Amahl and the Night Visitors | |
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| Television opera by Gian Carlo Menotti | |
 Menotti in 1944 | |
| Librettist | Menotti |
| Language | English |
| Based on | Hieronymus Bosch's The Adoration of the Magi |
| Premiere | December 24, 1951 NBC Opera Theatre, New York |
| External videos | |
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 You may watch the premier televised broadcast of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors in 1951 here |
Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer.[1] It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast live on television from that venue as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It was the first opera specifically composed for television in the United States.[2]
- ^ Menotti, Gian-Carlo: Amahl and the Night Visitors (piano-vocal score), G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997.
- ^ Obituary: Gian Carlo Menotti, The Daily Telegraph, February 2, 2007. Accessed December 11, 2008.