Amahl and the Night Visitors
★★★★★
English / 55 MIN. / 1951
The Genres
The Synopsis
The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.