Amahl and the Night Visitors (1957 film)

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Amahl and the Night Visitors
Produced byChristopher Muir
Production
company
ABC
Release date
25 December 1957[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a 1957 Australian TV play. It was a filmed version of the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti. The ABC had previously televised Menotti's The Telephone and this was the second opera they broadcast.[2]

It was broadcast live in Melbourne, recorded, then shown in Sydney. It was presented by members of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust's Australian Opera Company and the Victorian Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Post.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. 29. 25 December 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/contributions/abc-tv-operas.htm
  3. ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 25, no. [?]. 27 November 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.