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Family Opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors (matinee #1)

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Music Center Recital Hall at UCSC
Presented by: 
Music Department

Audiences of all ages are invited to two free matinees of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Two shows: 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm

The opera is one of the most frequently performed in the repertoire and the first-ever opera written for television, it premiered live on NBC on December 24, 1951. Menotti's beautiful score will be played and sung by UCSC opera students and instrumentalists with special guests Jennifer Cass (harp) and Ron Miller (clarinet) with others appearing in the chamber orchestra. The shepherd’s chorus will be sung by the University Concert Choir. The 50-minute story of the imaginative child, Amahl, and his three royal visitors is sung in English.

Directed by Sheila Willey

ADMISSION
- Free and open to the public.
- Tickets are not required.
- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
- Two 50-minute performances: 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

PARKING
- Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event.
- Parking is by permit ($5 from attendant or ParkMobile app).
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