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Additional authors

1. Meier, Jost.
2. Whyte, George R.
3. Alley, Laura.
4. Daniecki, John.
5. Warren, Nina.
6. Corteggiano, Joseph.
7. Sonnenberg, Melanie.
8. Woodruff-Versage, Susan.
9. Duerr, Robert.
10. Kellogg, Paul.
11. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
12. New York City Opera.
13. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion of The Dreyfus affair, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the opera. Panelists discuss the historical basis for the work, the case of French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was falsely convicted of treason in 1894, and who went on to be defended by, among others, author Émile Zola. Librettist Whyte discusses the affair as a precursor to the Holocaust, director Alley describes the staging of the New York City Opera production, and conductor Robert Duerr talks about the music, giving particular attention to composer Meier's aleatory notation and how it is executed. The program concludes with a brief question-and-answer session with the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 070.

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Aleatory music > Analysis, appreciation
2. Whyte, George R
3. Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 > Drama
4. Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 > Drama
5. Opera > 20th century
6. Video
7. Meier, Jost
8. Music

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1070

Credits (note)

1. Music by Jost Meier. Libretto by George Whyte. Performance excerpts directed by Laura Alley.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 18, 1996. (The March 17 presentation of this program was not recorded.)

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. The Dreyfus affair had its American premiere at New York City Opera in April 1996.

Title

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

Imprint

1. 1996.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 070.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Music by Jost Meier. Libretto by George Whyte. Performance excerpts directed by Laura Alley.

Performer

1. Sung by John Daniecki (Alfred Dreyfus), Nina Warren (Lucie Dreyfus), Joseph Corteggiano (Émile Zola), and Melanie Sonnenberg (Marie). Pianist: Susan Woodruff-Versage. Conductor: Robert Duerr. Panelists: George Whyte, Robert Duerr, and Laura Alley. Moderator: Paul Kellogg.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 18, 1996. (The March 17 presentation of this program was not recorded.)

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. The Dreyfus affair had its American premiere at New York City Opera in April 1996.

Added author

1. Meier, Jost. Composer
2. Whyte, George R. Librettist
3. Alley, Laura. Director
4. Daniecki, John. voc
5. Warren, Nina. voc
6. Corteggiano, Joseph. voc
7. Sonnenberg, Melanie. voc
8. Woodruff-Versage, Susan. Instrumentalist
9. Duerr, Robert. Conductor
10. Whyte, George R. Interviewee
11. Alley, Laura. Interviewee
12. Duerr, Robert. Interviewee
13. Kellogg, Paul. Moderator
14. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
15. New York City Opera.
16. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1070