Amahl and the Night Visitors (Off-Broadway, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, 2025) | Playbill

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Off-Broadway
Opera
One Act
Revival

This holiday season, multi-Grammy® Award winner and Olivier® Award-winning opera star Joyce DiDonato will bring her singular voice to a brand-new production of the beloved family opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first seasonal family offering in LCT history, and in association with The Metropolitan Opera.

Helmed by acclaimed Tony® Award-winning director Kenny Leon, this fresh and acoustically intimate take on the classic captures every aching emotion in composer Gian Carlo Menotti’s score. Amahl and the Night Visitors celebrates the wonder and joy of the season for audiences, young and old.



SYNOPSIS:

In the desert lands of the first century, a young boy catches the sight of a giant star. Later that evening, as his mother prays for the family’s future, they are visited by three mysterious kings on a journey to visit a newborn child. This is the tale of how a simple gift can become a miracle that transforms the world.



Directed by Kenny Leon

Starring Joyce DiDonato, Albert Rhodes Jr., Phillip Boykin, Bernard Holcomb, Todd Thomas, Johnathan McCullough