Opera North's AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS Opens at CCA, Today

Gian Carlo Menotti's beloved children's opera Amahl and the Night Visitors will be performed at the historic Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord on Tuesday, December 13 at 11AM. This performance is part of the CCA's Lincoln Financial School Series and is open to opera fans of all ages. Tickets are $7 pp.

This will be third year in a row that Opera North has produced the family-friendly opera. One of the most popular holiday classics of all time, Amahl and the Night Visitors tells the story of a miraculous encounter between Amahl, a boy with a lame leg, and the Three Kings. The moving tale is a timeless and inspiring message of how faith, charity, unselfish love, and good deeds can work miracles. This family-friendly holiday classic is a one-act, 45-minute opera, sung in English, and performed with a chamber orchestra and professional soloists.

This year, local favorite mezzo-soprano Erma Mellinger returns in the role of Amahl's mother. Dr. Mellinger has been a faculty member of Dartmouth College since 1996 and has been a principal artist with many major opera companies. The Three Kings will be played by baritone Trevor Neal, tenor Martin Clark, and baritone Javier Ortiz. Mr. Neal and Mr. Ortiz are returning from last year's production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. Mr. Neal, Mr. Clark and Mr. Ortiz also had roles in mainstage productions of Opera North's Summerfest 2016.

Tickets for the December 13 performance may be ordered by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at (603) 225-1111 or online at www.ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the CCA's box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11AM to 6PM and Saturdays from 11AM to 2PM. Opera North is also providing financial assistance to make it more affordable for school groups to attend this performance; contact them at www.operanorth.org for details.

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About the Capitol Center for the Arts

The award-winning Capitol Center for the Arts (www.ccanh.com) inspires, educates, and entertains audiences by providing a quality venue for the performing arts as well as an eclectic variety of professional-level, artistically-significant presentations. The Center is conveniently located off Rt. 93 in downtown Concord, New Hampshire and is close to several quality restaurants, shopping boutiques, and other area attractions. The facility first opened in 1927 as the Capitol Theatre, a prime stop on the Vaudeville circuit; it later became Concord's premier movie house and concert hall. After closing in 1989, it underwent a multi-million dollar renovation / modernization and reopened in 1995 as the Capitol Center for the Arts. Today, the Capitol Center is home to the 1304-seat Chubb Theatre, the Spotlight Café, The Governor's Hall ballroom, and the Kimball House, a stately Victorian mansion.

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