Amahl & The Night Visitors

December 13 & 14, 2024

December 13 - Salisbury Congregational Church

838 Maple Street, Salisbury Vermont 05733

December 14 - Williston Federated Church

44 N. Williston Road, Williston Vermont 05733

After proclaiming a tradition in 2019, BARN OPERA is delighted to return once again with the same production as our original, with the addition of welcoming our neighbors in Williston as well as Salisbury, being welcomed to the Williston Federated Church in addition to the Salisbury Congregational Church for the second year in a row!

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS was the first opera to be broadcast to a national television audience, which catapulted the work to national fame and recognition. The premiere was on December 24, 1951 and was broadcast by NBC. The story concerns a young handicapped boy and his mother, who live in a poor village that is on the route for the three kings to travel to meet the Christ-child after his birth. The kings arrive, weary from their journey and they stop for the night, enjoying the hospitality of Amahl and his Mother. There is a great disparity in the wealth of the kings and Amahl's mother, and socio-economic conflict ensues, with a beautiful and altruistic resolution at the end. 

The heartfelt one-act opera is one of the operas most produced by community organizations and churches throughout the country. Due to it being originally written in English, containing wonderful characters and a situation that most of us can identify with on varying levels.

Principal Cast:

Pianist - Kristen Carr

Amahl's Mother - Helen Lyons

Amahl - Ambrose Cusick

King Balthsazar - Cailin Marcel Manson

King Melchior - Liam Shannon

King Kaspar - Joshua Collier

Page - Cameron Wescott