Amahl and the Night Visitors Dec 6-8 & Dec
13-15 and Jan 9 - 11 2014
One-act
opera, 'Amahl and the Night Visitors,' staged at NOVA
Jaci
Webb
“Amahl and the Night Visitors,” Gian Carlo
Menotti’s Christmas opera, will be performed in English at NOVA
Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. and
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2014 at 2 p.m.
This one-act opera
is the holiday story of Amahl, a precocious disabled boy; his
loving, care-worn mother; and the regal visitors who arrive one
night and change Amahl’s life forever. With its beautiful score
and touching libretto, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” is
appealing to all ages and musical backgrounds and is an
inspiring story of how faith, charity, unselfish love and good
deeds can truly work miracles.
This will be NOVA’s second
presentation of Amahl. Returning in this year’s production,
directed by William Mouat, are Amy Logan as the mother; her son,
Jacob Logan, as Amahl; and Shawn Rasch as Kaspar, one of the
travelling kings.
The other kings will be portrayed by
Mouat and Harlan Reidmohr, a baritone soloist from the Bozeman
area who will be making his NOVA debut.Travis Kuehn, a veteran
of many Venture Theatre and NOVA productions (The Who’s “Tommy”
and “Little Shop of Horrors”) will play the servant to the
kings. Sandi Rabas will serve as music director and accompanist,
and Krista Marshall will choreograph the dancers.
The
ensemble of shepherds will include Mitch Harmon, Travis Kuehn,
Emma King, Lynn Laubach, Alonzo D. Marquez, Aimee Papa, Mady
Rose and Hannah Leigh Wambolt. Dancers will include Eliza Krogh,
Abbey Bentson, Kennedy Kimball, Jessie Amstutz, Harmony Green,
Preslie Ball, Brynn Barriger and Iyana Fawcett.
Tickets
are available online at www.NOVAbillings.org or through their
box office at 406-591-9535. The Public can also visit the NOVA
Box Office at 2317 Montana Ave. from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays
through Fridays.
Tickets are $21 for adults and $16 for
students, seniors and active military, all with a valid ID
(prices include a $1 facility fee). Groups of 10 or more get 10
percent off and groups of 20 or more get half-price tickets and
a free ticket for the group leader.Gian Carlo Menotti’s beloved one-act Christmas
opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, will be performed in
English, at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts Dec. 6-8 & Dec
13-15, 2317 Montana Ave., Billings MT.
This one act
Menotti opera, is a wonderful holiday story of Amahl, a
precocious, disabled boy; his loving, care-worn mother; and the
regal visitors who arrive one night and change Amahl’s life
forever.
With its beautiful score and touching libretto
Amahl and the Night Visitors is appealing to all ages and
musical backgrounds and is an inspiring story of how faith,
charity, unselfish love and good deeds can truly work miracles.
Amahl
Production Team:
NOVA Opera Artistic
Committee
Craig Huisenga –Interim Managing Producer
Darci Hertz –
Finance Director
Amber Felker – Technical Director
Gary Treglown –
Costumes
Dodie Rife – Director
Darin Niebuhr – Music Director,
accompanist and performance pianist
Branden Martinez -Chorus Master
The cast
includes:
Peter
Hall – Amahl
Angie Langeliers – Mother
Amy Logan
-Mother
Jacob
Logan -Amahl
Shawn
Rasch – Kaspar -King
Jacob Scharbrough – Servant
Daniel Struckman Balthazaar -King
Gary Treglown –
Melchior-King
Harley Heefle – Amahl Cover
Keatin
Hertz – Amahl Cover
Janie Rife Sutton – Mother Cover
If you are able, please contribute a little extra with the
purchase of your tickets during this holiday season. Thank you
for supporting NOVA and our opera productions.
Don’t miss
this wonderful holiday show, produced by NOVA Center for the
Performing Arts (a merger of Rimrock Opera and Venture Theatre).
For more information visit
www.NOVAbillings.org, find NOVA Center for the Performing
Arts on Facebook, or call 406. 591.9535. Group rates are
available.
Local
Performance History of Amahl and the Night Visitors
Gazette Review:
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Hello Montana: Interview with Director, Dodie Rife
One Act Amahl Opera Staged at NOVA
Amahl Before His Voice Changed
