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The Capulets and the Montagues and The Mikado New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
The Capulets and the Montagues and The Mikado [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
  • Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
  • Dunleavy, Mary.
  • Connolly, Sarah.
  • Nelson, Susan Caldwell.
  • Steingraber, Thor.
  • Rescigno, Joseph.
  • Habachy, Nimet.
  • Troxell, Richard.
  • Roark-Strummer, Linda.
  • Suart, Richard.
  • Jones, William Barto.
  • Steichen, Gerald.
  • Ritch, David.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Opera.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features panel discussions of two new productions for the 2001 New York City Opera season: Vincenzo Bellini's Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) and W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado. The first group of panelists discusses Bellini's bel canto musical techniques in Capuleti e i Montecchi, and the decision to set the New York City Opera production in 1910 Italy. Two arias from the opera, Giulietta's O quante valte and Romeo's Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio, are performed. The panelists from the New York City Opera's Mikado production talk about the change of setting from Japan to 1920s England, the complexities of staging and choreographing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and the influence of Marx Brothers movies. The discussion is interspersed with performances from the operetta.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 166
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 10, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography (note)
  • The New York City Opera production of The Mikado is based on a concept introduced in director Jonathan Miller's 1987 English National Opera production.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1170
OCLC
85453271
Title
The Capulets and the Montagues and The Mikado [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 166
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
The Capulets and the Montagues. Opera excerpts performed by Mary Dunleavy (Giulietta) and Sarah Connolly (Romeo). Accompanist: William Barto Jones. Panelists: Thor Steingraber, director ; Joseph Rescigno, conductor ; Mary Dunleavy and Sarah Connolly, performers. Moderator: Nimet Habachy.
The Mikado. Opera excerpts performed by Richard Troxell (Nanki-poo), Richard Suart (Ko-ko), and Linda Roark-Strummer (Katisha). Accompanist: Susan Caldwell Nelson. Panelists: David Ritch, director ; Gerald Steichen, conductor ; Richard Troxell, Richard Suart, and Linda Roark-Strummer, performers. Moderator: Nimet Habachy.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 10, 2001.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography
The New York City Opera production of The Mikado is based on a concept introduced in director Jonathan Miller's 1987 English National Opera production.
Added Author
Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Capuleti e i Montecchi. Oh quante valte. Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio.
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Mikado. Selections.
Dunleavy, Mary. voc
Connolly, Sarah. voc
Nelson, Susan Caldwell. Instrumentalist
Steingraber, Thor. Interviewee
Rescigno, Joseph. Interviewee
Dunleavy, Mary. Interviewee
Connolly, Sarah. Interviewee
Habachy, Nimet. Moderator
Troxell, Richard. voc
Roark-Strummer, Linda. voc
Suart, Richard. voc
Suart, Richard. Interviewee
Jones, William Barto. Instrumentalist
Steichen, Gerald. Interviewee
Ritch, David. Interviewee
Roark-Strummer, Linda. Interviewee
Troxell, Richard. Interviewee
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1170
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