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Opera in western civilization past, future, history and politics ; Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Opera in western civilization [videorecording] : past, future, history and politics ; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; lecture by Dr. Gerard Mortier.
Publication
1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Mortier, Gerard
  • Siegler, Dolores
  • Jones, Warren, 1951-
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (81 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Dr. Gerard Mortier speaks about the nature, history and future of opera. Dr. Mortier discusses the nature of singing; love, death, eroticism and grace in operatic stories; the opera audience as a community; the staging and costumes for operas. The lecture also includes slides of opera stagings and audio clips of vocal performances, including clips of Elvis Presley, Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, and arias from Monteverdi's Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Beethoven's Fidelio, and Rossini's Turco in Italia. The program concludes with a live performance of Parto, parto, an aria from Mozart's opera Clemenza di Tito.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 089
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 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Dec. 15, 1997.
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 5-1090
OCLC
NYPG06-F783
Title
Opera in western civilization [videorecording] : past, future, history and politics ; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; lecture by Dr. Gerard Mortier.
Imprint
1997.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 089
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Opera excerpt performed by Dolores Siegler (voice) and Warren Jones (piano).
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Dec. 15, 1997.
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
Mortier, Gerard. Speaker
Siegler, Dolores. voc
Jones, Warren, 1951- Instrumentalist
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Clemenza di Tito. Parto, ma tu ben mio.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1090
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