Amahl and the Night Visitors
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55mins
Directed by
Kirk Browning,
Gian Carlo Menotti,
Starring
Chet Allen,
Rosemary Kuhlmann,
Andrew McKinley,
David Aiken
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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.