Amahl and the Night Visitors

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Chet Allen Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann The Mother

Andrew McKinley King Caspar

David Aiken King Melchior

Leon Lishner King Balthazar