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[Dialogue with Peter Sellars and George Tsypin]

Title
[Dialogue with Peter Sellars and George Tsypin] [videorecording] / [Video producer, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts] ; [video prod. company] Character Generators.
Publication
New York, c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Sellars, Peter
  • Tsypin, George, 1954-
  • Aronson, Arnold
  • Character Generators/Video
Description
2 videocassettes (80 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
Director Peter Sellars and scenic designer George Tsypin discuss productions on which they mutually worked including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni set in New York City's Harlem and Olivier Messiaen's St. Francis of Assisi, John Adam's The death of Klinghoffer, Nigel Osborne's The electrification of the Soviet Union, and the film The cabinet of Dr. Ramirez. They also talk about their working relationship, the time and resources required to realize their ideas, and how they challenge performers to take risks, particularly on complicated or multi-leveled sets. Concludes with a question and answer session with the audience.
Alternative Title
Director/designer dialogue presents Peter Sellars and George Tsypin
Subject
  • Sellars, Peter > Interviews
  • Tsypin, George, 1954- > Interviews
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni
  • Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Saint François d'Assise
  • Adams, John, 1947- Death of Klinghoffer (Opera)
  • Osborne, Nigel. Electrification of the Soviet Union
  • Opera producers and directors > Interviews
  • Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
  • Set designers > Interviews
  • Opera > Production and direction
  • Discussion
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • Part of Mozart in America: Design for Opera, The Prague Quadrennial Exhibition of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, on display Dec. 19, 1991 to Feb. 15, 1992, at the Main Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, a project of the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y.
Access (note)
  • Recording must be viewed onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Participants: Peter Sellars, George Tsypin, with Arnold Aronson, moderator.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at its Main Gallery, New York, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1992.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Call Number
NCOW 117
OCLC
NYPG98-F367
Title
[Dialogue with Peter Sellars and George Tsypin] [videorecording] / [Video producer, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts] ; [video prod. company] Character Generators.
Imprint
New York, c1992.
Access
Recording must be viewed onsite at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Cast
Participants: Peter Sellars, George Tsypin, with Arnold Aronson, moderator.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at its Main Gallery, New York, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1992.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Added Author
Sellars, Peter. panelist.
Tsypin, George, 1954- panelist.
Aronson, Arnold, moderator.
Character Generators/Video.
Research Call Number
NCOW 117
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