Word: amahl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hall of Fame (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors...
...long association with Paul Tripp in the production of Mr. I. Magination, the entertaining children's show that ran for a too short three years on CBS-TV. The Thirteen Clocks is al most certain to be repeated in years to come and should take its place with Amahl and the Night Visitors as a perennial holiday TV favorite. This week Thurber fans may get another treat on Omnibus (Sun. 5 p.m., CBS-TV), which is presenting Elliott Nugent in The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl...
...finally gave the go-ahead to the industry's new compatible color-TV system (TIME, Oct. 26). Within minutes of the FCC decision, the big networks were on the air with color programs; both NBC and CBS announced plans to start beaming regular programs soon. Among the first: Amahl & the Night Visitors on Christmas Day, the Rose Bowl Parade...
Still smarting from the critical response of his native Italy to his Medium and Consul in the past three seasons, Composer Gian-Carlo Menotti tried again last week; he staged his little Christmas TV opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, in Florence's Pergola Theater. Standing in the wings, Menotti felt reasonably confident this time: Leopold Stokowski conducted with a sure hand, a dressy international audience admired the handsome settings, stopped the show after a flashing dance sequence, and cheered up ten curtain calls for the cast at the end. Even the stage electrician admitted he liked...
...were given to Horatio), rather than make internal cuts in the speeches. Only one of Hamlet's soliloquies ("How all occasions do inform against me . . .") landed in the wastebasket. Twelve minutes were devoted to commercials for Sponsor Hallmark Cards, which has twice sponsored Menotti's Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors...