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CURRENT SHOW
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
A short opera in English by Gian Carlo Menotti
The tender, heartwarming story of Amahl and the Night Visitors is one of the most popular American operas. It is performed internationally every Christmas season and remains one of the most frequently performed operas of the 20th century.
Only
an hour in length, the one act opera "Amahl"
with its beautiful score and touching libretto (the opera is sung in English)
is appealing to all ages and musical backgrounds. It was written
specifically for young imaginations which can easily relate to a child with a
head full of dreams. It remains an inspiring story of how faith, charity,
unselfish love and good deeds can work miracles.
Amahl and the Night Visitors was written by the Italian composer Gian Carlo Menotti who as a young boy became lame. The doctors had no cure for him. He was taken to be blessed at the holy Sanctuary of Sacro Monte and thereafter, miraculously, the young Menotti was cured of lameness.
In 1951 when NBC commissioned the 40 year old Menotti to write a Christmas opera he could not come up with a subject. He despaired until one day, while strolling through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he chanced upon and was inspired by the famous painting �The Adoration of the Magi.� The idea of the Night Visitors was born and in less than two months Menotti finished the score. He wrote into it some of the magical sounds he remembered from his youth during St. Nicholas's festive visits to his mountain village in Italy where he was born.
Performance Dates:
Opening Show: December 5, 2003, 7:00 p.m.
Other Shows: December 6, 12, 13, 2003, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Old Draper City Hall Auditorium (12411 South 900 East)
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