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Persephone.
- Title
- Persephone. June 19, 1982 [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; staged by George Balanchine with Vera Zorina and John Taras ; music by Igor Stravinsky ; text by André Gide.
- Publication
- 1982.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (51 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Dance.
- Note
- Filmed in close shot; there is severe instability on some parts of the recording.
- Credits (note)
- Conductor, Robert Craft. Production designed by Kermit Love.
- Music performed by members of the New York City Opera chorus and the American Boychoir.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 19, 1982, for archival purposes.
- Biography (note)
- This program was presented as part of New York City Ballet's Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4612
- OCLC
- 319714880
- Title
- Persephone. June 19, 1982 [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; staged by George Balanchine with Vera Zorina and John Taras ; music by Igor Stravinsky ; text by André Gide.
- Imprint
- 1982.
- Credits
- Conductor, Robert Craft. Production designed by Kermit Love.Music performed by members of the New York City Opera chorus and the American Boychoir.
- Performer
- Performed by Vera Zorina (Persephone), Joseph Evans (Eumolpus), Karin von Aroldingen (spirit of Persephone), Mel Tomlinson (Pluto), Gen Horiuchi (Mercury), with Lisa Chalmers, Carole Divet, Nina Fedorova, Victoria Hall, Linda Homek, Sabrina Pillars, Simone Schumacher, Diana White, Garielle Whittle (nymphs), Michelle Bailey, Toni Bentley, Victoria Bromberg, Lisa Hess, Nichol Hlinka, Cynthia Lochard, Miriam Mahdaviani, Catherine Morris, Marjorie Spohn, Hermes Conde, Timothy Fox, Paul Frame, Peter Naumann, Francis Sackett, Paul Sackett (shades of the underworld).
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 19, 1982, for archival purposes.
- Biography
- This program was presented as part of New York City Ballet's Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.
- Added Author
- Balanchine, George, choreographer.Zorina, Vera, choreographer.Taras, John, choreographer.Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. ComposerGide, André, 1869-1951. LibrettistZorina, Vera. PerformerEvans, Joseph, 1945- PerformerAroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018, dancer.Tomlinson, Mel, dancer.Horiuchi, Gen, dancer.Craft, Robert. ConductorLove, Kermit. DesignerNew York City Ballet.New York City Opera.American Boychoir.Balanchine, George. Perséphone.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4612