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Purchase Opera brings back Amahl and the Night Visitors – December 2016
By admin | December 4, 2016
Purchase Opera brings back Amahl and the Night Visitors: Friday December 9 at 7PM & Saturday December 10 @ 1PM
Call the Performing Arts Center for tickets – 914.251.6200 or visit the website at https://tickets.artscenter.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=6274
Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera commissioned for television, and was premiered by the NBC Television Opera Theatre in New York City on December 24, 1951. Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian-Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors is a retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy named Amahl, who, along with his widowed mother live in poverty among the shepherds near Bethlehem. One night, three kings stop for shelter at their crude and humble dwelling. They have traveled from far away following a wondrous star and bring with them treasures and gifts as homage for a child, born to be King. As the story unfolds, the true miracle and meaning of life is revealed, a gift far greater than gold.
THE STORY OF AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS In this production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, there has been no attempt made to reproduce a specific time period. We have simply indicated an ancient setting that we hope will enable modern audiences to feel more comfortable with this familiar story. It is, after all, through the story-telling devices of the ancients that our present sense of tradition and family exists so strongly. Far more important than setting and period, are the universal values of people of faith which continue touch lives today. Love, the search for spiritual identity, sacrifice and healing, and the resultant rites of passage will always exist. Myths and stories are told to remind us to be thankful for the grace that comes to us at the turning of every corner. – Jacque Trussel, Director
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