Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ullmann, Viktor.
2. Kien, Peter.
3. Lewis, Richard.
4. May, Daniel.
5. Jones, Patrick
6. McLoud, Robert.
7. Meyerson, Janice, 1950-
8. Ossenfort, David.
9. LaCombe, Roxane Marie, 1963-
10. Carrasco, Jacqui.
11. Clymer, Richard.
12. Donato, Dominic.
13. Elfenbein, Jay.
14. Fader, Oren.
15. Koessel, Wolfram.
16. Kubera, Joseph.
17. Leclair, Jacqueline.
18. Martin, Andree.
19. Napoli, Christopher.
20. Ruedeman, Tim.
21. Simmons, John W.
22. Smylie, Dennis.
23. Stewart, Jocelyn.
24. Ting, Liuh-Wen.
25. Wallace, Vita.
26. Kotík, Petr.
27. Leitis, Gregorij H. von.
28. Lahr, Michael.
29. Swarowski, Melanie.
30. Steel, George.
31. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
32. Elysium - Between Two Continents.
33. S.E.M. Ensemble. itr
34. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

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

Summary

1. 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

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 100

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. National socialism and music
2. Video
3. Music
4. Ullmann, Viktor > Kaiser von Atlantis
5. Opera > 20th century
6. Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Music

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1101

Event (note)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

Title

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

Imprint

1. 1998.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 100
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. Ullmann, Viktor. Kaiser von Atlantis. Selections.
2. Kien, Peter. Librettist
3. Lewis, Richard. voc
4. May, Daniel. voc
5. Jones, Patrick, singer.
6. McLoud, Robert. voc
7. Meyerson, Janice, 1950- voc
8. Ossenfort, David. voc
9. LaCombe, Roxane Marie, 1963- voc
10. Carrasco, Jacqui. Instrumentalist
11. Clymer, Richard. Instrumentalist
12. Donato, Dominic. Instrumentalist
13. Elfenbein, Jay. Instrumentalist
14. Fader, Oren. Instrumentalist
15. Koessel, Wolfram. Instrumentalist
16. Kubera, Joseph. Instrumentalist
17. Leclair, Jacqueline. Instrumentalist
18. Martin, Andree. Instrumentalist
19. Napoli, Christopher. Instrumentalist
20. Ruedeman, Tim. Instrumentalist
21. Simmons, John W. Instrumentalist
22. Smylie, Dennis. Instrumentalist
23. Stewart, Jocelyn. Instrumentalist
24. Ting, Liuh-Wen. Instrumentalist
25. Wallace, Vita. Instrumentalist
26. Kotík, Petr. Conductor
27. Leitis, Gregorij H. von. Interviewee
28. Lahr, Michael. Interviewee
29. Swarowski, Melanie. Interviewee
30. Steel, George. Moderator
31. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
32. Elysium - Between Two Continents.
33. S.E.M. Ensemble. Instrumentalist
34. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1101