Description
Menotti – Amahl And The Night Visitors / Original cast of the NBC telecast, Christmas Eve, 1951. / RCA Gold Seal Audio CD / 6485-2-RG
UPC 078635648522
Product Features:
- Artist: Various Artists (featuring Chet Allen, Rosemary Kuhlman, Leon Lishner, David Aiken, and others)
- Format: CD
- Label: RCA Gold Seal – 6485-2-RG
- Released: 2001
- Genre: Classical, Opera
- Style: Modern Opera
- UPC: 078635648522
Overview:
Gian-Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors is a timeless Christmas opera, originally broadcast live on NBC on Christmas Eve in 1951. This audio CD features the original cast, including Chet Allen as Amahl, Rosemary Kuhlman as his mother, and Leon Lishner, David Aiken, and Andrew McKinley as the Three Kings. Menotti’s enchanting score and poignant story of a poor shepherd boy and the Three Wise Men are captured in this historical recording. This reissue offers a beautiful glimpse into one of the most cherished holiday traditions.
Track Listing:
- Amahl! Amahl – 3:41
- Oh, Mother, You Should Go Out And See! – 1:41
- Stop Bothering Me! – 0:58
- Poor Amahl! – 0:42
- Don't Cry, Mother Dear – 2:27
- From Far Away We Come – 2:15
- Amahl...Yes, Mother – 2:39
- Good Evening! Good Evening! – 1:00
- Come In, Come In! – 1:47
- Are You A Real King? – 1:53
- This Is My Box – 1:32
- Amahl, I Told You Not To Be A Nuisance! – 0:25
- Oh, These Beautiful Things – 0:31
- Have You Seen A Child – 4:04
- Shepherds! Shepherdesses! – 0:20
- Emily, Emily – 1:21
- Olives And Quinces – 1:01
- Shepherds' Dance – 3:20
- Thank You, Good Friends – 2:55
- All That Gold! – 2:44
- Thief! Thief! – 0:17
- Don't You Dare! – 0:48
- Oh, Woman, You Can Keep The Gold – 1:56
- Oh, No, Wait – 0:38
- I Walk, Mother – 2:08
- Do You Really Want To Go? – 1:29
- Shepherds, Arise! – 1:54
Key Credits:
- Composed By: Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Libretto By: Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Conductor: Thomas Schippers
- Engineer: Lewis Layton
- Producer: John Pfeiffer, Richard Mohr
- Reissue Producer: Nathaniel S. Johnson
- Remastered By: James Nichols
- Baritone Vocals [Balthazar]: Leon Lishner
- Baritone Vocals [Melchior]: David Aiken
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [The Mother]: Rosemary Kuhlman
- Tenor Vocals [Kaspar]: Andrew McKinley
- Soprano Vocals [Amahl]: Chet Allen
