Lincoln Center Theater has announced the complete cast and creative team for their upcoming new production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, presented in association with The Metropolitan Opera. Previews will begin December 16 at the company's Off-Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, with opening night set for December 18. The limited engagement runs through January 4, 2026.

Joining the previously announced Joyce DiDonato as Amahl's Mother will be Albert Rhodes Jr. as Amahl, Phillip Boykin as King Balthazar, Bernard Holcomb as King Kaspar, Todd Thomas as King Melchior, and Jonathan McCullough as the Page. The ensemble will include Jesse Barrett, Miastasha Gonzalez-Colón, Brian Jeffers, Kathryn McCreary, Manual Palazzo, Bryanna Strickland, Natalie Trumm, Miguel Ángel Vásquez, Olivia Vote, and Jason Zacher. Offstage understudies will include Patrick Bessenbacher, Tynan Davis, Kingston Nahm-Korn, and Madeline Wright.

Tony winner Kenny Leon will helm the production with music direction by Stephen Osgood, set design by Derek McLane, costume design by Emilio Sosa, lighting design by Adam Honoré, sound design by Marc Salzberg, and choreography by Ioana Alfonso. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Karyn Casl and Destiny Lilly, and Met Opera casting consultants Melissa Wegner and Brian Speck. Bonnie Panson is the stage manager.

Originally commissioned by NBC in 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera written for television. It premiered in a live telecast on Christmas eve, 1951, and had repeat performances for several years following. The family Christmas opera, with an original libretto by the composer, tells the story of a young boy named Amahl whose house is visited by three kings on their way to Bethlehem.

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