Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray ]
Release Date: Friday 1 December 2023
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Suitable for General Audiences
Filmed on 17 and 18 December 2022 at Museums Quartier, Hall E, MusikTheater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria
Premiered in 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera specifically composed for television, though Gian Carlo Menotti admitted that he had conceived it for the stage. The magical story tells of Amahl, a disabled boy who befriends the Three Kings when they stop at his house on their journey to see the newborn Jesus. Amahl decides to give his crutch to Jesus, at which point his leg is miraculously healed.
Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love.
Subtitles: German, English, Japanese, Korean
"Your reaction will depend upon whether you're ready to respond to the opera as tearjerking tragedy rather than feel-good family treat…Regardless, it's all done with the highest possible production values and the commitment and artistry of company and cast are beyond question, with Tempu Ishijima quite wonderful as Amahl." Gramophone
"The cast under Magnus Loddgard's baton is good. Boy soprano Tempu Ishijima is outstanding in the title role, incredibly touching but not mawkish, and as his mother, Dshamilja Kaiser has a strong mezzo." Opera Now
