Amahl and the Night Visitors (1957 film)

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a 1957 Australian TV play.^[1] It was a filmed version of the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti. The ABC had previously televised Menotti's The Telephone and this was the second opera they broadcast.^[2][3][4]

Amahl and the Night Visitors
Based on	Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Christopher Muir
Production company	ABC
Original release
Release	25 December 1957 (1957-12-25)

It was broadcast live in Melbourne, recorded, then shown in Sydney. It was presented by members of the Elizabethan Theatre Trust's Australian Opera Company and the Victorian Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Post.^[5]

See also

• List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)