Amahl and the Night Visitors (Sung in German)

Composer: Menotti, Gian Carlo

Librettist/Text Author: Menotti, Gian Carlo

Librettist/Text Author: Honolka, Kurt

Conductor: Loddgard, Magnus

Orchestra: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Chorus: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Chorus Master: Ortner, Erwin

Amahl: Ishijima, Tempu

Amahl's Mother: Kaiser, Dshamilja

King Balthazar: Schwinghammer, Wilhelm

King Kaspar: Schweinester, Paul

King Melchior: Borchev, Nikolay

Set Designer: Ellrich, Sebastian

Lighting Designer: Wiedemann, Karl

Choreographer: Vollack, Beate

Stage Director: Herheim, Stefan

Television Director: Filenius, Gotz

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Date of Production: 12-2022

Venue: MuseumsQuartier, Halle E, Vienna

Playing Time: 00:54:59

Catalogue Number: 2.110763

UPC: 747313576357

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Premiered in 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera specifically composed for television, though Gian Carlo Menotti admitted that he had conceived it for the stage.

The magical story tells of Amahl, a disabled boy who befriends the Three Kings when they stop at his house on their journey to see the newborn Jesus. Amahl decides to give his crutch to Jesus, at which point his legs is miraculously healed. Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love.