Comcast Discount
Comcast Digital Cable Customers receive a $5 discount off the regular ticket price to Amahl and the Night Visitors. Call our box office at 678.528.1500 and mention Comcast!
Amahl and the
Night Visitors
December 13 – 23, 2009
Composed and Written by
Gian Carlo Menotti
Produced in association with the Georgia State University School of Music
Amahl and the Night Visitors was comissioned by NBC and first performed December 24, 1951 at Rockefeller Center as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It was the first network televsion holiday special to become an annual tradition and continued to air on NBC every year until 1966. Additionally, Amahl was the first opera composed specifically for television in America, holding the largest audience ever to see a televised opera of five million people.
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti found inspiration for Amahl while he was walking through the Metropolitan Museum on Art in New York and experienced The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch: a triptych painting that features kings and common-people congregating to honor the Christ child. In Menotti’s interpretation, a crippled boy, Amahl, is mesmerized by a bright star in the sky. Known for telling stories and lies, his mother refuses to believe him, when it is in fact true. What follows is a beautiful account of fatih in miracles, hope for a better tomorrow and finding comfort in the love and support of neighbors.
Show Prices
Tickets $25 for adults and $15 for reserved student tickets. Discounts for our subscribers.
Box Office Hours:
Tuesday – Friday
12 – 6 pm
Group and student discounts available by calling Whitney Rusert 678.528.1497
Educational Programming Sponsor:
Student Matinee Sponsor:
Performance Times
- Evening Performances at 7:30 pm: Thursday, December 17; Friday, December 18; Saturday, December 19; Tuesday, December 22
- Matinee Performances at 2:30 pm: Sunday, December 13; Saturday, December 19; Sunday, December 20, Wednesday, December 23
- $15 Seniors Matinee: Wednesday, December 16 at 2:30 pm
Talent
Director — W. Dwight Coleman
Musical Director — Daniel E. Solberg
Cast
This production is double cast and features students and alumni from Georgia State University. The character of Amahl will be played by 3 members of the Georgia Boy Choir.
Designers
Costume Designer — Kathryn Hartgrove
Lighting Designer — Cristopher P. Kettrey
Hair & Wig Designer — Monty Schuth
Stage Manager — Susan Maddox
Call the box office for ticket information at 678-528-1500.
