Leon Lishner
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Leon Lishner was an American operatic bass-baritone. He was particularly associated with the works of Gian Carlo Menotti, having created parts in the world premieres of four of his operas. He performe
Photo of the Three Kings and Amahl from the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors. The kings are, from left-Andrew McKinley, Leon Lishner and David Aiken.
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
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…opera for television which was to be performed by the newly created NBC Opera Theatre (NBCOT). What resulted was the highly successful Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors which was premiered on Christmas Eve of 1951 in a national broadcast to millions. For this production, Menotti enlisted the forces of many of the singers…
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