tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124578729166191.post1692149532205325634..comments2024-02-12T15:59:26.609-05:00Comments on Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Christmas Traditions: Amahl and the Night VisitorsBPL Refhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07206148409183653691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124578729166191.post-59060148479707286972011-12-16T12:44:47.494-05:002011-12-16T12:44:47.494-05:00I need to get to a computer with better sound, so ...I need to get to a computer with better sound, so I can hear it. I do like the visuals! You have an inventive way with them. I was looking for your bob-eared cat! I did see that your dog likes the bagpipes, at least from the way his tail was wagging.<br /><br />And how neat that you sang in Amahl! While reading the history of the opera I realized for the first time how odd it would seem now to have an opera on prime time on a major network, even odder back then where there were but three. As I said, I don't think we even considered it an opera; perhaps it's just the word that scares everyone off, or they assume it's going to be in Italian or German or French, anything except English.<br /><br />Obviously, Mignotti is the Americanized verison of Menotti. Ellis Island, and all that. ;-)BPL Refhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206148409183653691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124578729166191.post-21542681172442980122011-12-15T13:05:01.291-05:002011-12-15T13:05:01.291-05:00How wonderful to read about your Amahl memories! I...How wonderful to read about your Amahl memories! I sang the role back in 1967 at Bryan College in Dayton, TN. I just found a text-only digitized version of their yearbook, which has this to say: "The music and speech departments produced Mignotti's one-act operetta AMAHL AND THE NIGHT <br />VISITORS. Jud Barry from Chattanooga and Miss <br />Virginia Seguine sang the roles of Amahl and his <br />mother." Mignotti!!!!!<br /><br />Speaking of things Italian and Xmas memories, I made this last weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIs4Xp03KLIjudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577412842208893445noreply@blogger.com