December 1st, 7th, and 8th at 8:00pm
December 2nd and 9th at 2:00pm

Amahl is a young  shepherd, he tries to tell his mother about what he has seen outside; an enormous star with a long tale. His Mother does not believe him when he says that 3 kings are at the door. The kings enter and tell the two peasants that they have come to find a king, and they show the rich gifts they have brought him. While Amahl's mother is out gathering wood for the fire, Amahl asks the kings questions about their lives. The mother returns with her neighbors, and the villagers present their gifts to the visitors. That night, Amahl's mother tries to take  the kings' gold to use to help her child; she is caught, but when the kings offer to let her keep the gold, she returns it. Amahl offers his staff as a gift to the child and suddenly finds that he can walk. He leaves with the kings to pay homage to the child who has healed him.

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 December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast live on television as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It was the first opera specifically composed for television in America.

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS

Directed by Bob Healy

CAST LIST

AMAHL:                                Mary Galstian
MOTHER:                             Pat Lawrence
KING KASPAR:                    Jonathan Wright
KING MELCHIOR:               Thaddeus Bell
KING BALTHAZAR:             David Bonneau
THE PAGE:                          Bill McGrath
Dancers:                               Hadley Crane
                                             Michael Marcello

SHEPHERDS:                     Monica Bourgault    Nancy King               
                                            Meredith Heimo       Michael Marcello                                            
                                            Doreen Croteau       Hadley Crane
                                            Lela Male                 Danielle Storm
                                            Nicole Wright           Emily Bechtholdt
                                            Abrianna Breault      Mary Bechtholdt
                                            Brandon Ciccolini    Julia Ciccolini
                                            Stacy Ciccolini         Jane Granata
                                            Tracy Morrison         Emily Stephens
                                                            Charlotte Weldon

Pianist:                                Kris Layton