Amahl and the night visitors

Item

Record ID

68

Identifier

9619

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Amahl and the night visitors

Uniform Title

Amahl and the night visitors

Program/Series Title

NBC Opera Theatre

Composer

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-

Text Author

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911- (libretto)

Production Year

1963

Transmission/Release Date

1963-12-25 ; 1964-12-20 (repeat) ; 1965-12-12 (repeat) ; 1966-12-25 (repeat)

Transmission/Release Year

1963

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

NBC

Conductor/Music Director

Grossmann, Herbert

Orchestra

NBC Opera Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

NBC Opera Chorus

Soloists

Kurt Yaghjin (Amahl) ; Martha King (Mother) ; John McCollum (King Caspar) ; Richard Cross (King Melchior) ; Willis Patterson (King Balthazar) ; Jullian Patrick (Page) ; Dancers: Donald McKayle ; Sylvia Waters ; Louanna Gardner

TV/Film Director

Browning, Kirk, 1921-

Sets

Skinner, Frank

Costumes

Brown, Lewis

Choreography

McKayle, Donald

Production Company

NBC

Producer

Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Technical Information

Taped studio production ; color

Other Information

Peter Herman Adler (music and artistic diector). New production - cast, sets, costumes. Series recieved l963 Emmy Award ; Commissioned by NBC. In a 15 year run on NBC, the series was listed under three titles: NBC Opera Theatre, NBC Opera Company, and NBC Opera.

Duration

ca. 47'

Company

NBC Opera Company

Archive

Motion Picture/TV Reading Room, Library of Congress

Sourcemat

PRINTCAT (X)

Memo1

American composer