BigList
Login / Sign up
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)

Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)

Drama Family Music TV Movie
Release Date: 1951, December 24
Directors: Kirk Browning, Gian Carlo Menotti
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC
Cast: Melissa Hayden, Glen Tetley, Nicholas Magallanes, Chet Allen, Leon Lishner, Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken, Francis Monachino

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

christianity christmas opera nativity live broadcast