Product: Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors (1955)
Rating: 5.0
Kudos for bringing back the 1950's version of Amahl and the Night Visitors
What a treat after so many years to be able to watch the television version of a most beloved opera. For those of us who waited each Christmas Eve to watch the production on our black and white televisions, watching this took me back to my younger years. I was as excited to watch the DVD as I was 50 years ago.The simplicity of costumes and scenery was refreshing - the opening notes brought all the emotions back. This is a DVD one must have if you want to start or continue a fabulous tradition of families sitting together and watching beautiful story.The story, about a poor family of a single mother and crippled son is set at the time of the birth of Christ with the three Wise men stopping for an evening at their stark cottage. Well worth purchasing with a fine interview 50 years later with the actress who played the single mother.