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Harvey Milk Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Harvey Milk [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Stewart Wallace ; libretto by Michael Korie.
Publication
1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Wallace, Stewart.
  • Wallace, Stewart
  • Korie, Michael
  • Alden, Chris.
  • Alden, Chris
  • Orth, Robert (Baritone)
  • Williams, Bradley.
  • Saks, Gidon.
  • Gondek, Juliana.
  • Keene, Christopher, 1946-1995.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Opera.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Excerpts from the opera Harvey Milk, based on the life and assassination of politician and gay rights acitivist Harvey Milk, are interspersed with commentary from the general director of the New York City Opera, Christopher Keene, and the composer, librettist, and director of the opera. The panelists discuss the genre of "docu-opera" and the nature of American opera, and the research and writing of Harvey Milk.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 060
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Auditorium at the Equitable Center, New York City, on Mar. 19, 1995.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1060
OCLC
NYPG06-F772
Title
Harvey Milk [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Stewart Wallace ; libretto by Michael Korie.
Imprint
1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 060
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Opera excerpts directed by Christopher Alden and performed by Robert Orth (Milk), Bradley Williams (Scott Smith), Gidon Saks (Mayor Moscone), Juliana Gondek (Senator Diane Feinstein). Panelists: Stewart Wallace, Michael Korie, Christopher Alden. Moderator: Christopher Keene.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Auditorium at the Equitable Center, New York City, on Mar. 19, 1995.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Added Author
Wallace, Stewart. Composer
Wallace, Stewart, panelist.
Korie, Michael, librettist.
Korie, Michael, panelist.
Alden, Chris. Director
Alden, Chris, panelist.
Orth, Robert (Baritone)
Williams, Bradley. voc
Saks, Gidon. voc
Gondek, Juliana. voc
Keene, Christopher, 1946-1995. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1060
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