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MENOTTI, G.C.: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Sebastian Suite (Schippers, Mitropoulos) (1946, 1951)
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MENOTTI, G.C.: Amahl and the Night Visitors / Sebastian Suite (Schippers, Mitropoulos) (1946, 1951)
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The reception for the first television broadcast of Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors (also available in an acclaimed modern recording on Naxos 8.669019) was overwhelming: an estimated five million viewers, the NBC switchboard jammed with congratulatory calls and an unprecedented front-page review in The New York Times. Quickly recorded for RCA Victor, the album became a best-seller and the opera remains a Christmas evergreen, brimming with memorable tunes for both soloists and chorus. Set in 17th-century Venice, Menotti’s ballet Sebastian, the concert suite from which is heard here, was applauded by The New York Times as an ‘unblushing melodrama…brilliantly effective’.
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Menotti, Gian Carlo
Menotti, Gian Carlo, lyricist(s)
Amahl and the Night Visitors
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Amahl! Amahl! (The Mother, Amahl)
00:03:42
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What was keeping you outside (The Mother, Amahl)
00:03:26
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Don't cry, Mother dear (Amahl, The Mother)
00:02:09
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From far away we come and farther we must go (King Kaspar, King Melchior, King Balthazar)
00:02:33
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Amahl, go and see who's knocking at the door (The Mother, Amahl)
00:02:42
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Good evening! (King Kaspar, King Melchior, King Balthazar, Amahl, The Mother)
00:02:45
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Are you a real King (Amahl, King Balthazar, King Kaspar, The Mother, King Melchior)
00:04:35
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Have you seen a child (King Melchior, The Mother, King Balthazar, King Kaspar)
00:04:03
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Shepherds! Shepherdesses! (Shepherds, The Mother, King Melchior, King Kaspar, King Balthazar)
00:02:41
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Shepherds' Dance
00:03:20
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Thank you, good friends (King Balthazar, Shephards, Amahl, King Kaspar)
00:02:38
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All that gold! All that gold! (The Mother, The Page, King Melchior, King Balthazar, King Kaspar, Amahl)
00:03:47
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Oh, woman, you may keep the gold (King Melchior, The Mother, Amahl, King Kaspar, King Balthazar)
00:03:30
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Look, mother, I can dance (Amahl, King Kaspar, King Melchior, King Balthazar, The Mother, Shepherds)
00:04:34
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Menotti, Gian Carlo
Sebastian Suite (excerpts)
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I. Introduction
00:01:59
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II. Barcarolle
00:03:38
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III. Street Fight
00:01:17
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V. Sebastian's Dance
00:02:04
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Total Playing Time:
01:03:06
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Composer(s):
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Lyricist(s):
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Conductor(s):
Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Schippers, Thomas
Orchestra(s):
Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra; Studio orchestra
Choir(s):
Studio chorus
Artist(s):
Aiken, David; Allen, Chet; Kuhlmann, Rosemary; Lishner, Leon; McKinley, Andrew; Monachino, Frank
Label: Naxos Historical Series: Great Opera Recordings Genre: Opera; Orchestral Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No:
8.111364
Barcode:
747313336425
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions.
Physical Release: 03/2011
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