AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS

Directed by Gian Carlo Menotti, Kirk Browning

1951 / 55min

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.