Amahl and the Night Visitors: Christmas Opera at Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101)
- Full Price:
- $49.00 - $75.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $37.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Amahl and the Night Visitors have expired.
The last date listed for Amahl and the Night Visitors was Sunday December 11, 2011 / 7:00pm.
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Nice casual
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Multiple $5 lots nearby.
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28 Goldstar Member Reviews
Joseph C.
It was a wonderful experience,seeing the very first musical production I happened to be a part of while in my last year of high school. Inspired by that, I went on to get my degree in Music(solo voice)at CSULA,and studied with the same teacher as Guzman(Mona Paulee). I found this out when I happened to talk to her at the end of the final performance. Just great knowing that!Written on Dec 23 2011
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Kathleen O'Nan
This was a wonderful opera, acted so well and sung so beautifully. The story was touching, even for a non-believer like myself. And Malcolm McDowell was magnificent reading Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales"! What a terrific pairing of the opera and the reading! I am now an Opera Posse fan for life, thanks to Goldstar.Written on Dec 12 2011
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Goldstar Member
Wonderful little opera! beautiful voices, beautiful music, lively dances, wonderful costumes. Thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Instrumental music and voices not in balance. Voices in danger of being drowned out at times. but overall good show.Written on Dec 13 2011
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What a joy it was to see this production. Voices were excellent, costuming, choreography fine, set design good - I hope it becomes a lasting Pasadena tradition.Written on Dec 12 2011
PS - last year we paid about $50 apiece for tix to take 10 people. Our matinee performance had the "alternate" cast (an unadvertised disappointment) whose voices weren't quite as good as the evening principals.This year, I got one of the free tix ($9 handling). Super bargain.
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More Information About Amahl and the Night Visitors
Website
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Description
No child growing up in the 1950s or 1960s could consider his or her Christmas complete without an annual viewing of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl And The Night Visitors, the first opera specifically composed for American television. This fifteen-year tradition ended in 1966, when the rights to a 1963 taping reverted to Menotti, who refused to allow this version (one which he disapproved of) ever to be shown again, thereby depriving later generations of one of the most extraordinary of holiday memories. An imperfect VHS-to-DVD transfer of a 1955 black-and-white kinescope is currently the only in-print version available to parents wanting to share the Amahl experience with their children, or boomers wishing to relive childhood memories.
Amahl, a shepherd, tries to tell his mother about what he has seen outside; an enormous star with a long tale. His mother, used to his habitual lying, grows angry; she is even angrier when Amahl tells he that a knock at the door is three kings come to visit them. The kings enter and tell the two peasants that they have come to find a king, and they show the rich gifts they have brought him. While Amahl's mother is out gathering wood for the fire, Amahl asks the kings questions about their lives. The mother returns with her neighbors, and the villagers present their gifts to the visitors. That night, Amahl's mother tries to steal some of the kings' gold to use to help her child; she is caught, and when the kings offer to let her keep the gold, explaining that the king they seek will need nothing but love to rule his kingdom, she returns it. Amahl offers his staff as an additional gift, and suddenly finds that he can walk. He leaves with the kings to pay homage to the child who has healed him.
This show runs 90 minutes with no intermission, and is recommended for ages 7 and older.