Calgary Opera’s Amahl & the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors is a charming retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy, Amahl. Amahl lives in poverty with his widowed mother near Bethlehem. One night he sees a bright star in the sky and tells his mother to go look, but she wearily brushes him off. That same evening, three kings bearing gifts for a holy child visit Amahl’s meagre hut and seek shelter. Amahl has no treasure of his own to share, but offers his crutch to baby  Jesus – and finds himself suddenly cured of his disability.

This production will be featuring Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artists.

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