Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, December 24, 1951 (Conductor: Thomas Schippers) |
|---|---|---|
| Amahl | boy soprano | Chet Allen |
| The Mother | soprano or mezzo-soprano | Rosemary Kuhlmann |
| King Kaspar | tenor | Andrew McKinley |
| King Melchior | baritone | David Aiken |
| King Balthazar | bass | Leon Lishner |
| The Page | bass | Francis Monachino |
| Dancing Shepherds | Melissa Hayden; Glen Tetley; Nicholas Magallanes | |
| Shepherds and Villagers | ||
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Famous quotes containing the word roles:
“It was always the work that was the gyroscope in my life. I don’t know who could have lived with me. As an architect you’re absolutely devoured. A woman’s cast in a lot of roles and a man isn’t. I couldn’t be an architect and be a wife and mother.”
—Eleanore Kendall Pettersen (b. 1916)
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other’s participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.”
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