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Additional authors

1. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
2. Grimani, Vincenzo
3. Lundy, Nancy Allen
4. Barber, Kim, 1961-
5. Harris, Brenda (Soprano)
6. Beeson, John
7. Glover, Jane
8. Groag, Lillian
9. Ellison, Cori
10. Cronson, Mary Sharp
11. New York City Opera
12. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (73 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion of a new production of George Frideric Handel's Agrippina for the spring 2002 New York City Opera season, interspersed with performances of arias from the opera. Panelists discuss Handel's early career in Venetian public opera, Vincenzo Grimani's farcical libretto, and the challenge of directing and performing da capo arias. Other topics include the historical characters of Agrippina, Nero, and Poppea and their influence on the singers' performances, the production's setting in contemporary New York high society, and the reasons for the modern popularity of Handel operas.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 183.

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Music
2. Video
3. Poppaea Sabina, Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, -65 > Drama
4. Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68 > Drama
5. Opera > Italy > Venice > 18th century
6. Agrippina, Minor, 15-59 > Drama
7. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 > Agrippina

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1186

Performer (note)

1. Opera excerpts performed by Nancy Allen Lundy (Poppea), Kimberly Barber (Nerone), and Brenda Harris (Agrippina). Accompanist: John Beeson. Panelists: Jane Glover, conductor ; Lillian Groag, director ; Nancy Allen Lundy, Kimberly Barber, and Brenda Harris, singers. Moderator: Cori Ellison.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 18, 2002.

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.

Title

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

Imprint

1. 2002.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 183.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Opera excerpts performed by Nancy Allen Lundy (Poppea), Kimberly Barber (Nerone), and Brenda Harris (Agrippina). Accompanist: John Beeson. Panelists: Jane Glover, conductor ; Lillian Groag, director ; Nancy Allen Lundy, Kimberly Barber, and Brenda Harris, singers. Moderator: Cori Ellison.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 18, 2002.

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.

Added author

1. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Agrippina. Selections.
2. Grimani, Vincenzo. Librettist
3. Lundy, Nancy Allen. voc
4. Barber, Kim, 1961- voc
5. Harris, Brenda (Soprano) voc
6. Beeson, John. Instrumentalist
7. Glover, Jane. Interviewee
8. Groag, Lillian. Interviewee
9. Lundy, Nancy Allen. Interviewee
10. Barber, Kim, 1961- Interviewee
11. Harris, Brenda (Soprano) Interviewee
12. Ellison, Cori. Moderator
13. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
14. New York City Opera.
15. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1186