Amahl
and the Night Visitors
With
full orchestra!
Music and Lyrics by Gian Carlo
Menotti
Sung in English
Suitable for all ages!
Stage Director: Francis
Menotti,
Gian Carlo Menotti’s son
Conductor: Victoria Bond
Friday, November 30, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 1, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 2:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center,
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 South State Street, Chicago, IL
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GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING
-Adults: $25
-Seniors/Students: $20
-Children:$10
12 and under
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Amahl
and the Night Visitors is one of the most
popular operas of all time, and Chamber Opera Chicago is
pleased to bring this holiday favorite back again! It tells
the heart-warming story of a crippled shepherd boy, his impoverished
mother and their encounter with the three kings…a
timeless and inspiring message of how faith, charity, unselfish
love and good deeds can work miracles. This production will
be directed by Francis Menotti, based on his father’s
stage direction of the original 1951 production. Make this
beloved Christmas classic a part of your holiday traditions!
“… a work that
few indeed could have seen and heard save through blurred eyes
and with emotions that were not easy to conceal.” - New
York Times
Here are raves from last year’s
highly rated production:
“The performance demonstrated
the careful attention to detail which Barbara Landis, Chamber
Opera Chicago’s General Director, bestows on all its
productions. The conductor, Victoria Bond, is first rate…The
setting was designed by Ann Davis and was also first-rate,
as was the stage direction…As Amahl, 11-year old Michael
Zajakowski Uhll displayed sweetness in the sound of his voice…in
his direct, natural acting. Barbara Landis…managed this
dramatically difficult role well, convincing in its progress
from a strict disciplinarian to a sympathetic young woman.
The parting of mother and son at the work’s close was
moving indeed. Patrick Blackwell was a standout among the kings.” -
Richard Covello, Arts Administrator, NIB Foundation; Reviewer
for Chicago Tribune and Opera Canada
“I loved it. It
gave me such a good holiday feeling…it lightened my
heart!” - Patron post-show comment, November, 2006
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