| And the 1964 version which was preserved on video.... |
| Last Edit: Teacher64 10:00 pm EST 12/25/18 |
| Posted by: Teacher64 09:56 pm EST 12/25/18 |
| In reply to: re: Thank you so much for posting. - Snowgrace 01:30 pm EST 12/25/18 |
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....oddly this one is very rare because Menotti was out of the country when it was filmed and was angry that it was done without his input. Up to this point the show had always aired live, but this time they used the new innovation of video tape to save the show, and this version was rebroadcast three or four times after its initial airing. After the rights reverted back to the composer he took this version and it was never seen again....until now. I know that Martha King (Mother) was very interested in viewing it. I have tried to contact her but it appears that her voice/singing school in CT is not longer in operation and she has not posted on her FB page for several years. I hope she is okay I would love for her to get to see this version of the show, which, despite the composer's protests, I find quite lovely.
BTW, that is Kurt Yaghjian as AMAHL, who appeared in the original Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar from 12 October 1971 to 30 June 1973 as a leper, a reporter and as understudy to Ben Vereen as Judas Iscariot. He was also in the film version. |
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