Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
2. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
3. Pancella, Phyllis.
4. Pancella, Phyllis
5. Glavin, Kevin.
6. Glavin, Kevin
7. Alden, Chris
8. Conklin, John
9. Major, Leon
10. Flanigan, Lauren
11. Delavan, Mark.
12. Delavan, Mark
13. Paolucci, Bridget.
14. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
15. New York City Opera.
16. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features panel discussions on two new productions by New York City Opera. Each segment includes two arias performed by singers from the productions, interspersed with discussions with the singers, directors and set designers. The singers speak about their roles, the rehearsal process and audience reactions; the directors and set designers speak about the decision to give the productions modern settings, and their interpretations of the scores. Panelists discuss the comic elements of L'Italiana and the relationship between Verdi's Macbeth and the Shakespeare play.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 085

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Operas
2. Music
3. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 > Macbeth
4. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 > Italiana in Algeri
5. Video
6. Panel discussions
7. Opera > Production and direction

Genre/Form

1. Music.
2. Video.
3. Panel discussions.

Contents

1. L'Italiana in Algeri (40 min.) -- Macbeth (47 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1085

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 8, 1997.

Funding (note)

1. 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.

Title

1. L'Italiana in Algeri and Macbeth [videorecording] : new visions ; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; music by Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi.

Imprint

1. 1997.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 085
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. L'Italiana in Algeri. Opera excerpts performed by Phyllis Pancella and Kevin Glavin. Panelists: Pancella, Glavin, Christopher Alden, John Conklin. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.
2. Macbeth. Opera excerpts performed by Lauren Flanigan and Mark Delavan. Panelists: Flanigan, Delavan, Leon Major, John Conklin. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 8, 1997.

Funding

1. 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

1. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Italiana in Algeri.
2. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.
3. Pancella, Phyllis. voc
4. Pancella, Phyllis, panelist.
5. Glavin, Kevin. voc
6. Glavin, Kevin, panelist.
7. Alden, Chris, panelist.
8. Conklin, John, panelist.
9. Major, Leon, panelist.
10. Flanigan, Lauren, singer.
11. Flanigan, Lauren, panelist.
12. Delavan, Mark. voc
13. Delavan, Mark, panelist.
14. Paolucci, Bridget. Moderator
15. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
16. New York City Opera.
17. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1085