Research Catalog

Title

The emperor of Atlantis [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ullmann, Viktor.
• Kien, Peter.
• Lewis, Richard.
• May, Daniel.
• Jones, Patrick
• McLoud, Robert.
• Meyerson, Janice, 1950-
• Ossenfort, David.
• LaCombe, Roxane Marie, 1963-
• Carrasco, Jacqui.
• Clymer, Richard.
• Donato, Dominic.
• Elfenbein, Jay.
• Fader, Oren.
• Koessel, Wolfram.
• Kubera, Joseph.
• Leclair, Jacqueline.
• Martin, Andree.
• Napoli, Christopher.
• Ruedeman, Tim.
• Simmons, John W.
• Smylie, Dennis.
• Stewart, Jocelyn.
• Ting, Liuh-Wen.
• Wallace, Vita.
• Kotík, Petr.
• Leitis, Gregorij H. von.
• Lahr, Michael.
• Swarowski, Melanie.
• Steel, George.
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Elysium - Between Two Continents.
• S.E.M. Ensemble. itr
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (66 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program includes a panel discussion of Elysium - Between Two Continents' production of Austrian Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann's The emperor of Atlantis, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the opera. Panelists discuss the circumstances of the opera's creation by Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien in the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt during the early 1940s. They also talk about the contemporary political parallels to the opera's story of a warmongering emperor and his dealings with the figure of Death, about the creative ferment at Theresienstadt, and about the production's directorial and design approaches.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 100

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• National socialism and music
• Video
• Music
• Ullmann, Viktor > Kaiser von Atlantis
• Opera > 20th century
• Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Music

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Music.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 2 and 3, 1998. (Viewer copy is Sept. 3, 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)

• A full production of The emperor of Atlantis was presented by Elysium - Between Two Continents on Sept. 18 and 19, 1998 at Columbia University's Miller Theater. The production, also supported by the Goethe Institut, the Austrian Cultural Institute, and Works & process at the Guggenheim, commemorates the 100th anniversary of Ullmann's birth. The composer died at Auschwitz in 1944.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1101

OCLC

85894831

Title

The emperor of Atlantis [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 ; 100

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Opera excerpts performed by Richard Lewis (Emperor Overall), Daniel May (Death), Patrick Jones (Harlequin), Robert McLoud (Loudspeaker), Janice Meyerson (Drummer-Girl), David Ossenfort (Soldier), and Roxane LaCombe (Bubukopf). Music played by members of the S.E.M. Ensemble : Jacqueline Carrasco (violin I) ; Richard Clymer (trumpet) ; Dominick Donato (percussion/timpani) ; Jay Elfenbein (bass) ; Oren Fader (guitar/banjo) ; Wolfram Koessel (cello) ; Joseph Kubera (organ) ; Jacqueline Leclair (oboe) ; Andree Martin (flute) ; Chris Nappi (percussion) ; Tim Ruedeman (saxophone) ; John W. Simmons (piano) ; Dennis Smylie (clarinet) ; Jocelyn Stewart (harpsichord) ; Liuh-Wen Tang (viola) ; and Vita Wallace (violin II). Conductor: Petr Kotík. Panelists: Gregorij H. Von Leitis, director ; Michael Lahr, production manager ; and Melanie Swarowski, set designer. Moderator: George Steel.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 2 and 3, 1998. (Viewer copy is Sept. 3, 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

A full production of The emperor of Atlantis was presented by Elysium - Between Two Continents on Sept. 18 and 19, 1998 at Columbia University's Miller Theater. The production, also supported by the Goethe Institut, the Austrian Cultural Institute, and Works & process at the Guggenheim, commemorates the 100th anniversary of Ullmann's birth. The composer died at Auschwitz in 1944.

Added Author

Ullmann, Viktor. Kaiser von Atlantis. Selections.

Kien, Peter. Librettist

Lewis, Richard. voc

May, Daniel. voc

Jones, Patrick, singer.

McLoud, Robert. voc

Meyerson, Janice, 1950- voc

Ossenfort, David. voc

LaCombe, Roxane Marie, 1963- voc

Carrasco, Jacqui. Instrumentalist

Clymer, Richard. Instrumentalist

Donato, Dominic. Instrumentalist

Elfenbein, Jay. Instrumentalist

Fader, Oren. Instrumentalist

Koessel, Wolfram. Instrumentalist

Kubera, Joseph. Instrumentalist

Leclair, Jacqueline. Instrumentalist

Martin, Andree. Instrumentalist

Napoli, Christopher. Instrumentalist

Ruedeman, Tim. Instrumentalist

Simmons, John W. Instrumentalist

Smylie, Dennis. Instrumentalist

Stewart, Jocelyn. Instrumentalist

Ting, Liuh-Wen. Instrumentalist

Wallace, Vita. Instrumentalist

Kotík, Petr. Conductor

Leitis, Gregorij H. von. Interviewee

Lahr, Michael. Interviewee

Swarowski, Melanie. Interviewee

Steel, George. Moderator

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Elysium - Between Two Continents.

S.E.M. Ensemble. Instrumentalist

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1101