Amahl And The Night Visitors

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Album Info

Release Date: 1952

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal

Cover artwork showcases "Adoration of the Magi" (c. 1475) by Hieronymus Bosch.

1st pressing with solid maroon label and silver text. LP housed in a company RCA logo sleeve. Box includes a inner cardboard thickener.

Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed on December 24, 1951 in New York City, at NBC studio 8H in Radio City Music Hall, where it was broadcast live on television as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It was the first opera specifically composed for television in America.

Includes Info Pamphlet with lyrics and credits.

Label: LM 1701
Spine: LM 1701 (1)