Amahl and the Night Visitors
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Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on
Menotti in 1944
Menotti was inspired by the painting The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch.
Willis Patterson, John McCollum, Richard Cross as the Three Kings, with Kurt Yaghjian as Amahl and Martha King as his mother in the 1963 production
Rosemary Kuhlmann
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Rosemary Kuhlmann was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and Broadway musical actress best known for originating the role of the Mother in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first
Amahl and the Night Visitors
…Roles Role Voice type Premiere cast, December 24, 1951 (Conductor: Thomas Schippers) Amahl boy soprano Chet Allen The Mother soprano or mezzo-soprano Rosemary Kuhlmann King Kaspar tenor Andrew McKinley King Melchior baritone David Aiken King Balthazar bass Leon Lishner The Page bass Francis Monachino Dancing Shepherds…
Kuhlmann in 1955