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NYC Unveils Holiday Entertainment: Rockettes to Opera

12/23/2025

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New York City is offering holiday entertainment, including performances by the Rockettes and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.
The Metropolitan Opera is presenting Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors at Lincoln Center Theater, alongside its usual offerings.
Amahl is a 45-minute opera about a disabled boy and his mother visited by the Three Kings.
It premiered on NBC in 1951 and was once a holiday staple.

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Story summary

New York City is offering holiday entertainment, including performances by the Rockettes and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.
The Metropolitan Opera is presenting Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors at Lincoln Center Theater, alongside its usual offerings.
Amahl is a 45-minute opera about a disabled boy and his mother visited by the Three Kings.
It premiered on NBC in 1951 and was once a holiday staple.