Research Catalog

Title

Tosca & Partenope [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
• Saffer, Lisa.
• Walker, David (Countertenor)
• Negrin, Francisco, 1963-
• Conklin, John
• Caldwell, Susan.
• Paolucci, Bridget.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Johnson, Amy.
• Delavan, Mark.
• Manahan, George.
• Lamos, Mark.
• Baker, Lynn.
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• New York City Opera.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program includes panel discussions of two new productions in the 1998 New York City Opera season, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the operas. The Partenope panel discusses the baroque tradition in which composer George Frideric Handel worked, the sense of the sacred and metaphysical as conveyed by the production's director and set designer, and the singers' experience of Handel's musical structure. The Tosca panelists discuss the transposition of the opera's setting to 1930s Fascist Italy, the work's portrayal of political oppression and characters driven by obsession, and composer Giacomo Puccini's gift for melody and for dramatic gesture.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 099.

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Opera > 18th century
• Opera > 19th century
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 > Tosca
• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 > Partenope
• Music
• Video

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Music.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Aug. 31, 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.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1100

OCLC

86084696

Title

Tosca & Partenope [videorecording] : New visions ; 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 ; 099.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Partenope. Opera excerpts sung by Lisa Saffer (Partenope) and David Walker (Arsace). Accompanist: Susan Caldwell. Panelists: Francisco Negrin, director ; John Conklin, set designer ; Lisa Saffer and David Walker, singers. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.

Tosca. Opera excerpts sung by Amy Johnson (Tosca) and Mark Delavan (Scarpia). Accompanist: Lynn Baker. Panelists: George Manahan, conductor ; Mark Lamos, director ; and Amy Johnson and Mark Delavan, singers. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Aug. 31, 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.

Added Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Partenope. Selections.

Saffer, Lisa. voc

Walker, David (Countertenor)

Negrin, Francisco, 1963- Interviewee

Conklin, John, interviewee.

Saffer, Lisa. Interviewee

Walker, David (Countertenor) Interviewee

Caldwell, Susan. Instrumentalist

Paolucci, Bridget. Moderator

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Selections.

Johnson, Amy. voc

Delavan, Mark. voc

Manahan, George. Interviewee

Lamos, Mark. Interviewee

Johnson, Amy. Interviewee

Delavan, Mark. Interviewee

Baker, Lynn. Instrumentalist

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

New York City Opera.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1100