A Fall Arts Celebration Holiday Gift

“Amahl and the Night Visitors”

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 8 P.M.
FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH
24 FOUNTAIN STREET NE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Celebrate the holidays, in the magnificent acoustics of Fountain Street Church, with a performance of Gian Carlo Menottis beloved adaptation of the story of the nativity and the adoration of the magi. GVSU Music Department faculty members and students, along with guest artists, will present Amahl and the Night Visitors in concert version.

Composed specifically as the first opera to be written for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first U.S. network television Christmas special to become an annual holiday tradition.

One of the most popular operas of all time, it is the story of how a crippled, young shepherd boys life changes forever when he sees an amazing star as big as a window. When three foreign kings following the star in their search for a wondrous child encounter Amahl and his mother, the result is a timeless and inspiring message of how faith, charity, unselfish love, and good deeds can work miracles.

While the original 1951 NBC video has been lost, GVSU continues our Fall Arts tradition of offering a musical holiday gift by presenting this timeless story set to Menottis finest music.

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