Valerie Goertz Joined Production of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors'

2017 Nov 21

Valerie Goertz, of Hutchinson, KS, was part of the cast and crew of Kansas Wesleyan University's production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors," an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti. The show was staged Nov. 16-18 in Fitzpatrick Auditorium, Sams Hall of Fine Arts. Goertz played in the orchestra.

Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitor" was the first opera commissioned especially for television. The opera tells the story of a crippled shepherd boy, Amahl, who offers his crutch as a present to the Christ child, is healed and joins the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem. The opera was directed by Rebecca Copley, KWU Director of Vocal Studies, with Ken Hakoda, KWU Director of Choirs, conducting.