Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Knowles, Christopher, 1959-
2. De Groat, Andrew.
3. Lubar, Cindy.
4. Neu, Jim.
5. Sutton, Sheryl, 1950-
6. Ashley, George.
7. Cation, Kathryn.

Description

1. 8 sound discs (448 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Very early rehearsals for A letter for Queen Victoria in which the performers work on developing the text, movements, and overall structure of the piece.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series statement

1. Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subject

1. Operas > Excerpts
2. Theater rehearsals

Contents

1. Discs 1-2. February 11, 1974 rehearsals (122 min.) -- Discs 3-6. February 17, March 3, and March 4, 1974 rehearsals (196 min.) -- Discs 7-8. March 4, March 10, and March 11, 1974 rehearsals (130 min.).

Call number

1. *LDC 36879

Note

1. Compact disc.
2. Audio erratic.
3. "A letter for Queen Victoria is Wilson's deepest exploration of a world opened up to him by Christopher Knowles, an autistic boy whom he met in 1973 and immediately began to work with. In Queen Victoria, language plays a central role in Wilson's work for the first time: a language of non sequiturs, of commonplace utterances, of sheer vocal sound."--robertwilson.com
4. Title and credits from Festival d'Automne program of 1974. Description taken from robertwilson.com.

Credits (note)

1. Recorded by Jim Neu.

Performer (note)

1. Sheryl Sutton, Cynthia Lubar, George Ashley, Kathryn Cation, Christopher Knowles, James Neu, Robert Wilson, Andrew De Groat.

Event (note)

1. Recorded in rehearsals at Robert Wilson's Spring Street loft in New York City between February 11 and March 11, 1974.

Author

1. Wilson, Robert, 1941-

Title

1. A letter for Queen Victoria [sound recording] : an opera in four acts[--New York rehearsals] / written and directed by Robert Wilson.

Imprint

1. New York, 1974.

Series

1. Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Cast

1. Sheryl Sutton, Cynthia Lubar, George Ashley, Kathryn Cation, Christopher Knowles, James Neu, Robert Wilson, Andrew De Groat.

Credits

1. Recorded by Jim Neu.

Event

1. Recorded in rehearsals at Robert Wilson's Spring Street loft in New York City between February 11 and March 11, 1974.

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Added author

1. Knowles, Christopher, 1959- performer.
2. De Groat, Andrew. Performer
3. Lubar, Cindy. Performer
4. Neu, Jim. Performer
5. Sutton, Sheryl, 1950- Performer
6. Ashley, George. Performer
7. Cation, Kathryn. Performer

Research call number

1. *LDC 36879