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La nuit d'avant le jour: inauguration de Opéra Bastille

Title: La nuit d'avant le jour: inauguration de Opéra Bastille [videorecording]/ theatres de L'Opéra de Paris et Antenne 2 présentent ; mise en scène, Robert Wilson ; Orchestre et Choers de l'Opéra de Paris direction, Georges Prêtre ; réalisation, Ariane Adriani ; unité de programmes, Marc de Flores.
Publication: France : Antenne 2, 1989-07-13.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 1	DVD	Restricted use	NCOX 3115	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 2	DVD	Restricted use	NCOX 3115	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Alternative Title

Liberté.

Subject

Genre/Form

Television.
Interviews.
Special event coverage and commentary.
News.
Dance.
Opera.
Music – Performance.

Note

Donor's inventory number: NUI 01A.
La nuit d'avant le jour runs ca. 81 minutes long.
Sources used: Robert Wilson and his collaborators by L. Shyer, robertwilson.com.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Dramaturgie, Ellen Hammer ; scénographie, Robert Wilson, Xavier de Richemont ; lumières, Heinz [i.e. Heinrich] Brunke, Robert Wilson ; chorégraphie, Andrew De Groat, Robert Wilson ; assistants a la mise en scène, Felix Prader, Giuseppe Frigeni.
"Antenne 2 avec Yves Saint Laurent, Opéra de Paris Bastille présente La nuit d'avant le jour" -- opening credits.

Performer (note)

June Anderson, Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Martine Dupuy, Alain Fondary, Barbara Hendricks, Alfredo Kraus, Jean Philippe Lafont, Manuel Legris, Elisabeth Platel, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett ; Orchestre, Choeurs, danseurs du Ballet de L'Opera de Paris.
For news program preceding La nuit d'avant le jour: Christine Ockrent, Helmut Kohl, Laurent Cabrol ... [et al.].

Language (note)

In French.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Contents

News -- at ca. 28:30 min., La nuit d'avant le jour -- at ca. 4:20 min., Disc 2, Liberté.

Call Number

NCOX 3115

OCLC

NYPG06-F144

Title

La nuit d'avant le jour: inauguration de Opéra Bastille [videorecording]/ theatres de L'Opéra de Paris et Antenne 2 présentent ; mise en scène, Robert Wilson ; Orchestre et Choers de l'Opéra de Paris direction, Georges Prêtre ; réalisation, Ariane Adriani ; unité de programmes, Marc de Flores.

Imprint

France : Antenne 2, 1989-07-13.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Dramaturgie, Ellen Hammer ; scénographie, Robert Wilson, Xavier de Richemont ; lumières, Heinz [i.e. Heinrich] Brunke, Robert Wilson ; chorégraphie, Andrew De Groat, Robert Wilson ; assistants a la mise en scène, Felix Prader, Giuseppe Frigeni.

"Antenne 2 avec Yves Saint Laurent, Opéra de Paris Bastille présente La nuit d'avant le jour" -- opening credits.

Cast

June Anderson, Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Martine Dupuy, Alain Fondary, Barbara Hendricks, Alfredo Kraus, Jean Philippe Lafont, Manuel Legris, Elisabeth Platel, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett ; Orchestre, Choeurs, danseurs du Ballet de L'Opera de Paris.

For news program preceding La nuit d'avant le jour: Christine Ockrent, Helmut Kohl, Laurent Cabrol ... [et al.].

Summary

Recording from French television channel Antenne 2 consisting of: news, the program La nuit d'avant le jour, and ending with an incomplete recording of the Laurent Jacob's film Liberté. Topics covered in news segment include French Revolution Bicentennial and Christine Ockrent interviewing Helmut Kohl. Following the news is the concert La nuit d'avant le jour. La nuit d'avant le jour inaugurates the opening of the Opéra Bastille, the new home of the Opéra de Paris, on the eve of the French Revolution's bicentennial. This concert performance features musical selections from Jules Massenet, Christoph Gluck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Georges Bizet, and Hector Berlioz. Shown in attendance are François Mitterand, George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Margaret Thatcher, and other dignitarities present for the Group of Seven Summit taking place in conjunction with the bicentennial festivities. Curtain calls, with Robert Wilson, included.

Language

In French.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025, depicted.

Adriani, Ariane.

Prêtre, Georges, conductor, depicted.

Saint Laurent, Yves.

Richemont, Xavier de, designer.

Brunke, Heinrich, lighting designer.

De Groat, Andrew, choreographer.

Frigeni, Giuseppe, direction.

Prader, Felix, direction.

Florès, Marc de.

Ockrent, Christine, interviewer.

Kohl, Helmut, 1930-2017, interviewee.

Cabrol, Laurent, depicted.

Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996, depicted.

Thatcher, Margaret, depicted.

Bush, George, 1924-2018, depicted.

Bush, Barbara, 1925-2018, depicted.

Anderson, June, 1952- performer.

Berganza, Teresa, performer.

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer.

Dupuy, Martine, performer.

Fondary, Alain, performer.

Hendricks, Barbara, performer.

Kraus, Alfredo, performer.

Lafont, Jean-Philippe, performer.

Legris, Manuel, performer.

Platel, Elisabeth, performer.

Raimondi, Ruggero, performer.

Verrett, Shirley, performer.

Société nationale de télévision en couleur "Antenne 2."

Opéra Bastille.

Opéra de Paris.

Opéra de Paris. Orchestre.

Opéra de Paris. Ballet.

Opéra de Paris. Chœur.

Added Title

Liberté.

Research Call Number

NCOX 3115

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