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Comedy on the bridge, and Brundibar

Title: Comedy on the bridge, and Brundibar [videorecording] / Yale Repertory Theatre, James Bundy, artistic director, Victoria Nolan, managing director, in collaboration with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and in association with the Yale School of Music, presents ; Comedy on the bridge: libretto by Tony Kushner, adapted from Václav Kliment Klicpera, music by Bohuslav Martinů ; Brundibar: English adaptation by Tony Kushner after Adolf Hoffmeister's libretto, music by Hans Krása ; movement direction by Kimi Okada ; directed by Tony Taccone ; [video prod. company] Classic Video Productions.
Publication: New Haven, Conn., 2006.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (76 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Two one-act operas intended for young audiences, both of Czech origin, each with a modern libretto adapted by Tony Kushner.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Operas – Performance.

Note

No credits on tape. Production information gathered from program.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Production design by Maurice Sendak with Kris Stone ; musical director and conductor, Greg Anthony ; costume design by Robin I. Shane ; lighting design by Donald Holder ; sound design by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen ; flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc. ; stage manager, Michael Suenkel.

Performer (note)

Comedy on the bridge: Henry DiGiovanni, Geoff Hoyle, Anjali Bhimani, Martin Vidnovic, Matt Farnsworth, Angelina Réaux, William Youmans, Joe Gallagher.
Brundibar: Aaron Simon Gross, Devynn Pedell, Henry DiGiovanni, Geoff Hoyle, Matt Farnsworth, Martin Vidnovic, Joe Gallagher, Anjali Bhimani, Angelina Réaux, William Youmans.

Event (note)

Videotaped at Yale's University Theatre, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 26, 2006.

Biography (note)

Bohuslav Martinů's Veselohra na mostĕ (i.e. Comedy on the bridge) was first performed on Czech Radio, Prague, in 1937. The first stage performance was at Hunter College, New York City, in 1951.
Hans Krása's Brundibár was written in 1938 and first staged in 1942 by the children at a Jewish orphanage in Prague. Soon thereafter the composer and most of the orphanage's children were transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the opera was performed some fifty-five times. Subsequently, Krása and most of the performers were transported to Auschwitz, where they were killed.

Call Number

NCOV 3323

OCLC

212409132

Title

Comedy on the bridge, and Brundibar [videorecording] / Yale Repertory Theatre, James Bundy, artistic director, Victoria Nolan, managing director, in collaboration with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and in association with the Yale School of Music, presents ; Comedy on the bridge: libretto by Tony Kushner, adapted from Václav Kliment Klicpera, music by Bohuslav Martinů ; Brundibar: English adaptation by Tony Kushner after Adolf Hoffmeister's libretto, music by Hans Krása ; movement direction by Kimi Okada ; directed by Tony Taccone ; [video prod. company] Classic Video Productions.

Imprint

New Haven, Conn., 2006.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Production design by Maurice Sendak with Kris Stone ; musical director and conductor, Greg Anthony ; costume design by Robin I. Shane ; lighting design by Donald Holder ; sound design by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen ; flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc. ; stage manager, Michael Suenkel.

Cast

Comedy on the bridge: Henry DiGiovanni, Geoff Hoyle, Anjali Bhimani, Martin Vidnovic, Matt Farnsworth, Angelina Réaux, William Youmans, Joe Gallagher.

Brundibar: Aaron Simon Gross, Devynn Pedell, Henry DiGiovanni, Geoff Hoyle, Matt Farnsworth, Martin Vidnovic, Joe Gallagher, Anjali Bhimani, Angelina Réaux, William Youmans.

Performer

Ensemble: Malka Alexandra Berro, Nathalya Rose Bey, Celina M. Burgueño, Helena M. Burgueño, Melissa Anne DeChello, Charlotte Dillon, Sophie Dillon, Jordyn Rakel DiNatale, Risa Duff, Meaghan Ashley Elliot, Garrett Michael Erff, Abby Mae Erwin, Emma E. Gannon-Salomon, Deanna Giulietti, Madison Hayes, Daniel Matthew Humphrey, Delaney Louise Jordan, John Jorge, Eliza-Lynne Kanner, Miranda Card Lampke, Caroline B. Lellouche, Alexander Marmor, Russell Moore, Rishi Mutalik, Gianna Michelle Petrillo, Talvin Anton Rodgers, Jamaal Sancho, Samantha Solomon, Ashlee Woods.

Event

Videotaped at Yale's University Theatre, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 26, 2006.

Biography

Bohuslav Martinů's Veselohra na mostĕ (i.e. Comedy on the bridge) was first performed on Czech Radio, Prague, in 1937. The first stage performance was at Hunter College, New York City, in 1951.

Hans Krása's Brundibár was written in 1938 and first staged in 1942 by the children at a Jewish orphanage in Prague. Soon thereafter the composer and most of the orphanage's children were transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the opera was performed some fifty-five times. Subsequently, Krása and most of the performers were transported to Auschwitz, where they were killed.

Local Note

Gift of Yale Repertory Theatre.

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Added Author

Bundy, James, producer.

Nolan, Victoria, producer.

Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959. Veselohra na mostě. English.

Klicpera, Václav Kliment, 1792-1859.

Kushner, Tony, adapter.

Kushner, Tony, librettist.

Krása, Hans, 1899-1944. Brundibár. English.

Hoffmeister, Adolf, 1902-1973.

Okada, Kimi, choreographer.

Taccone, Tony, director.

Sendak, Maurice, set designer.

Stone, Kris, set designer.

Anthony, Greg, conductor.

Shane, Robin I, costume designer.

Holder, Donald, lighting designer.

Milburn, Rob, sound designer.

Bodeen, Michael, sound designer.

Suenkel, Michael, stage manager.

DiGiovanni, Henry, performer.

Hoyle, Geoff, performer.

Bhimani, Anjali, performer.

Vidnovic, Martin, performer.

Farnsworth, Matt, performer.

Réaux, Angelina, performer.

Youmans, William, performer.

Gallagher, Joe, performer.

Gross, Aaron Simon, performer.

Pedell, Devynn, performer.

Berro, Malka Alexandra, performer.

Bey, Nathalya Rose, performer.

Burgueño, Celina M., performer.

Burgueño, Helena M., performer.

DeChello, Melissa Anne, performer.

Dillon, Charlotte, performer.

Dillon, Sophie, performer.

DiNatale, Jordyn Rakel, performer.

Duff, Risa, performer.

Elliot, Meaghan Ashley, performer.

Erff, Garrett Michael, performer.

Erwin, Abby Mae, performer.

Gannon-Salomon, Emma E., performer.

Giulietti, Deanna, performer.

Hayes, Madison, performer.

Humphrey, Daniel Matthew, performer.

Jordan, Delaney Louise, performer.

Jorge, John, performer.

Kanner, Eliza-Lynne, performer.

Lampke, Miranda Card, performer.

Lellouche, Caroline B., performer.

Marmor, Alexander, performer.

Moore, Russell, performer.

Mutalik, Rishi, performer.

Petrillo, Gianna Michelle, performer.

Rodgers, Talvin Anton, performer.

Sancho, Jamaal, performer.

Solomon, Samantha, performer.

Woods, Ashlee, performer.

Yale Repertory Theatre, producer.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, Calif.), producer.

Yale School of Music, producer.

ZFX, Inc., flying sequences.

Classic Video Productions.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3323

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