Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

55 mins | Drama, Family, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 24, 1951

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

55 mins | Drama, Family, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 24, 1951

Amahl and the Night Visitors
The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.
Producers NBC
Original title Amahl and the Night Visitors
Directors Kirk Browning, Gian Carlo Menotti
Writers Gian Carlo Menotti

Cast

Chet Allen

as Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann

as The Mother

Andrew McKinley

as King Caspar

David Aiken

as King Melchior

Leon Lishner

as King Balthazar

Francis Monachino

as The Page

Melissa Hayden

as Dancer

Glen Tetley

as Dancer