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The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down.

Title: The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down. Act V, Rome section [videorecording] / Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Lichtenstein, president and executive producer, Joseph V. Melillo, director, Next Wave Festival, Michael O'Rand, general manager, Abigail Franklin, director, broadcast programs [presents] ; an opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson ; music by Philip Glass ; text by Maita di Niscemi and Robert Wilson ; design, direction by Robert Wilson ; [video prod. company] Character Generators/Video.
Publication: Brooklyn, c1986.

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Description

3 videocassettes (109 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Alternative Title

Robert Wilson's The CIVIL warS
CIVIL warS. Italian section

Subjects

Opera > Performance
Theatrical productions > New York (State) > Brooklyn > 1981-1990
Theater > New York (State) > New York
Theater > Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Opera > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

Opera – Performance.

Note

Additional credit information from program.
Performed during the 1986 Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Conducted by Bruce Ferden ; choreography by Ulysses Dove ; scenic design, Tom Kamm and Robert Wilson ; costume design, Christophe de Ménil ; lighting design, Beverly Emmons and Robert Wilson ; audio score, Hans Peter Kuhn ; sound design, Tom Sorce ; the Brooklyn Philharmonic Concert Chorale of New York ; choral master, assistant conductor, Constantine A. Kitsopoulos.

Performer (note)

Claudia Cummings, Ruby Hinds, Paul Spencer Adkins, Harlan Foss, Bruce Kramer, Paul Collins, Jennifer Rohn, Vernon Landix Scott, Cristina Perera, Daedra Kaehler, Nancy Sakamoto, Stacey Denham, Christine Clark, Mark Ruhala, Joel Kirby, Steve Bromer, Yvonne Frazier, Elvira Green, Grace Hinds, Charlae Olaker, Vincent de Cordova, Alburt Rhodes, Jerrod Sanders, Ivan Thomas, Wilton Anderson, Jose Kunhardt, Lenny Greco, Peter Roel, Joe Bowie, Robert Costello, David Fox, Jeffrey Hettinger, Jason P. Jones, James Ellis Martin, Tom Shomo, James Michael Vogel.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1997.

Biography (note)

The CIVIL warS was conceived as a world-wide theater piece to be presented in conjunction with the Olympic games in Los Angeles in 1984.

Language (note)

Performed in Latin, Italian, and English.

Contents

Tape 1. Prologue, Scene A (44 min.) -- Tape 2. Scene B. (26 min.) -- Tape 3. Scene C. (39 min.)

Call Number

NCOV 602

OCLC

NYPG06-F255

Title

The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down. Act V, Rome section [videorecording] / Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Lichtenstein, president and executive producer, Joseph V. Melillo, director, Next Wave Festival, Michael O'Rand, general manager, Abigail Franklin, director, broadcast programs [presents] ; an opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson ; music by Philip Glass ; text by Maita di Niscemi and Robert Wilson ; design, direction by Robert Wilson ; [video prod. company] Character Generators/Video.

Imprint

Brooklyn, c1986.

Access

Permission required.

Credits

Conducted by Bruce Ferden ; choreography by Ulysses Dove ; scenic design, Tom Kamm and Robert Wilson ; costume design, Christophe de Ménil ; lighting design, Beverly Emmons and Robert Wilson ; audio score, Hans Peter Kuhn ; sound design, Tom Sorce ; the Brooklyn Philharmonic Concert Chorale of New York ; choral master, assistant conductor, Constantine A. Kitsopoulos.

Cast

Claudia Cummings, Ruby Hinds, Paul Spencer Adkins, Harlan Foss, Bruce Kramer, Paul Collins, Jennifer Rohn, Vernon Landix Scott, Cristina Perera, Daedra Kaehler, Nancy Sakamoto, Stacey Denham, Christine Clark, Mark Ruhala, Joel Kirby, Steve Bromer, Yvonne Frazier, Elvira Green, Grace Hinds, Charlae Olaker, Vincent de Cordova, Alburt Rhodes, Jerrod Sanders, Ivan Thomas, Wilton Anderson, Jose Kunhardt, Lenny Greco, Peter Roel, Joe Bowie, Robert Costello, David Fox, Jeffrey Hettinger, Jason P. Jones, James Ellis Martin, Tom Shomo, James Michael Vogel.

Event

Videotaped at the Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1997.

Biography

The CIVIL warS was conceived as a world-wide theater piece to be presented in conjunction with the Olympic games in Los Angeles in 1984.

Language

Performed in Latin, Italian, and English.

Local Subject

Theater -- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Added Author

Lichtenstein, Harvey, producer.

Melillo, Joseph V., producer.

O'Rand, Michael, producer.

Franklin, Abigail, producer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- set designer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Glass, Philip. Civil wars. Rome section.

Di Niscemi, Maita, text.

Ferden, Bruce, conductor.

Dove, Ulysses, choreographer.

Kamm, Tom, set designer.

Ménil, Christophe de, costume designer.

Emmons, Beverly, lighting designer.

Kuhn, Hans Peter, 1952- sound designer.

Sorce, Tom, sound designer.

Kitsopoulos, Constantine, conductor.

Cummings, Claudia, performer.

Hinds, Ruby, performer.

Adkins, Paul Spencer, performer.

Foss, Harlan, performer.

Kramer, Bruce, performer.

Collins, Paul, performer.

Rohn, Jennifer, performer.

Scott, Vernon, performer.

Perera, Cristina, performer.

Kaehler, Daedra, performer.

Sakamoto, Nancy, performer.

Denham, Stacey, performer.

Clark, Christine, performer.

Ruhala, Mark, performer.

Kirby, Joel, performer.

Bromer, Steven, performer.

Frazier, Yvonne, performer.

Green, Elvira, performer.

Hinds, Grace, performer.

Olaker, Charlae, performer.

De Cordova, Vincent, performer.

Rhodes, Alburtt, performer.

Sanders, Jerrod, performer.

Thomas, Ivan, performer.

Anderson, Wilton, performer.

Kunhardt, Jose, performer.

Greco, Lenny, performer.

Roël, Peter, performer.

Bowie, Joe, performer.

Costello, Robert, performer.

Fox, David, performer.

Hettinger, Jeffrey, performer.

Jones, Jason, performer.

Martin, James Ellis, performer.

Shomo, Tom, performer.

Vogel, James Michael, performer.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Concert Chorale of New York, performer.

Character Generators/Video.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 602

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