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...Christmas Eve nine years ago, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors had its premiere on NBC television, has been a seasonal fixture ever since. Last week another Christmas opera, Golden Child, was displayed on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame. Composed by Philip Bezanson with a libretto by Paul Engle, the new work sounded a lot like Menotti gone western-and gone weak. The music kept attempting to soar melodically, but kept being dashed to the ground again by its own heaviness. Still, the score had its stirring, lyrical moments, and Golden Child deserved credit...
...Opera Company (NBC, 4-5 p.m.). Gian Carlo Menotti's nine-year-old Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors...
...Amahl and the Night Visitors (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). NBC Opera Company's annual Christmas performance of Gian Carlo Menotti's modern classic...
...Amahl and the Night Visitors (NBC, 5-6 p.m.). Gian Carlo Menotti's opera about the lame shepherd boy who pledges his crutch to the infant Jesus has been a yearly joy since 1951 and may well be one in 2051; with Kirk Jordan as Amahl, Rosemary Kuhlman as his mother...
Robert Montgomery Presents (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Menotti's Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors...