Gian Carlo Menotti’s *Amahl and the Night Visitors* is a one-act classical opera in English, now presented at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. It follows Amahl, a poor boy, and his mother as they encounter the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem, and it turns a domestic scene into a moral test about charity and dignity. The work carries a specific New York City history: it was first performed and broadcast live from NBC’s Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in 1951, marking an early union of opera and American television. Its direct storytelling is part of why it endures.
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