Dec 18 2023
Amahl & the Night Visitors - Dec 18 on KZYX

Amahl & the Night Visitors - Dec 18 on KZYX

Presented by KZYX at Online/Virtual Space

Photo by Nicholas Wilson, Poster & program image by Charles Stevenson. 

Tune in & listen to a magical piece of local history Monday, December 18 on KZYX.


Originally, written by Gian-Carlo Menotti for NBC television & aired first Dec 24, 1951.

In Menotti’s own words:
“This is an opera for children because it tries to capture my own childhood… When I was a child I lived in Italy, there was no Santa Claus…Our gifts were brought by the three Kings— It didn’t matter how hard my brother & I tried to keep awake, we would always fall asleep before they arrived. But I do remember them. I remember the wierd cadence of their song in the dark distance. I remember the brittle sound of their camel’s hooves crushing the frozen snow; and I remember the mysterious tinkling of their silver bridals…”

Below is cast & musician info:

Amahl and the Night Visitors – performed in the Helen Schoeni Theatre at the Mendocino Art Center, Dec 12 – 21, 1975

Joel Ginsberg – Amahl

Judy Mayhan – Mother

Three Kings: Harold Robinson, Otak, AKA Steven Jump, Robert Greenway (Casper)

Page to the Kings: Clifford Sanders

Musical Director: Roberta Paskos

Director: Robert Boler

Set Design & poster: Charles Stevenson

Chorus: Yo-Te-He (aka Helene Eve), Arlene Ortner, K Rudin (& others)

Orchestra: Virginia Cross – Flute; Jane Gardner – Violin; Tony Miksak – Cello; Steve Gray – piano.

Dates & Times

2023/12/18 - 2023/12/18

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space