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Salammbo Works & process at the Guggenheim
- Title
- Salammbo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Publication
- 1998.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (70 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- This program includes a discussion about and selections from composer Philippe Fénelon's new opera Salammbô, which premiered at Opéra Bastille under Francesca Zambello's direction. Zambello discusses and shows slides of the 2,700-seat Opéra National de Paris facility, and of two other operas she staged there, Turandot and Billy Budd. Performances of arias and duets from Salammbô are interspersed with a description of the opera, which is adapted by librettist Jean-Yves Masson from a Gustave Flaubert novel. Set during the Punic Wars, the story is of a Carthaginian warrior's daughter, who is also a priestess of the goddess Tanit. Zambello shows slides of the production and talks about the design approach, the challenge of creating a visual vernacular that can communicate to such a large audience, and the atonal musical language employed by Fénelon. In the panel discussion, the singers discuss the difficulties of preparing original roles in a new opera, and Golden explains how she came to be a last-minute choice to portray the title role.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
- Series Statement
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 098
- 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 June 15 and 17, 1998. (Viewer copy is June 15, 1998.)
- 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 world premiere of Salammbô, which took place May 16, 1998, was presented by l'Opéra National de Paris at the Opéra Bastille.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1099
- OCLC
- 85893764
- Title
- Salammbo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Imprint
- 1998.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 098Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Performer
- Opera excerpts performed by Emily Golden (Salammbô) and Stephen O' Mara (Mâtho and Narr'Havas). Accompanist: Linda Hall. Panelists: Emily Golden and Stephen O'Mara. Moderator: Francesca Zambello.
- Event
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 15 and 17, 1998. (Viewer copy is June 15, 1998.)
- 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 world premiere of Salammbô, which took place May 16, 1998, was presented by l'Opéra National de Paris at the Opéra Bastille.
- Added Author
- Fénelon, Philippe. ComposerMasson, Jean-Yves, 1962- LibrettistGolden, Emily. vocO'Mara, Stephen. vocHall, Linda (Pianist) InstrumentalistGolden, Emily. IntervieweeO'Mara, Stephen. IntervieweeZambello, Francesca. ModeratorCronson, Mary Sharp. ProducerSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1099