Menotti: Amahl & the Night Visitors / Loddgard, Vienna Symphony

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Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
December 15, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Gian Carlo Menotti
    • PERFORMER
      Amahl, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Dshamilja Kaiser, Gotz Filenius, Magnus Loddgard, Nikolay Borchev, Pa
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 15, 2023
    • UPC
      730099017565
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NBD0175V
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Amahl and the Night Visitors

      Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

      Ensemble: Vienna Symphony, Arnold Schoenberg Choir

      Performer: Tempu Ishijima (Boy Soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser (Mezzo-Soprano), Paul Schweinester (Tenor), Nikolay Borchev (Baritone), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Bass)

      Conductor: Magnus Loddgard


Premiered in 1951, ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ was the first opera specifically composed for television, though Gian Carlo Menotti admitted that he had conceived it for the stage. The magical story tells of Amahl, a disabled boy who befriends the Three Kings when they stop at his house on their journey to see the newborn Jesus. Amahl decides to give his crutch to Jesus, at which point his leg is miraculously healed. Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love.

REVIEW:

...the cast under Magnus Loddgard’s baton is good. Boy soprano Tempu Ishijima is outstanding in the title role, incredibly touching but not mawkish, and as his mother, Dshamilja Kaiser has a strong mezzo.

-- Opera Now