Research Catalog

Title

The Metropolitan Opera, Satyagraha [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Glass, Philip.
• Glass, Philip
• McDermott, Phelim.
• Crouch, Julian.
• Gelb, Peter.
• Croft, Richard, 1959-
• Garvin, Bradley.
• Giauque, Dennis.
• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Peter Gelb moderates a program about a new production of Philip Glass's opera Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera. Gelb speaks with Glass about the place of the opera in his career; how he was inspired to choose Gandhi as a subject; the events in Gandhi's life that appear in the opera, and Gandhi's influence on activism; and the libretto, which consists of Sanskrit excerpts from the Bhagavad-Gita. Peter Gelb discusses why he wanted to bring Satyagraha to the Met. Following a musical excerpt from the opera, the panel is joined by the production team of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch of the Improbable Theatre Company, who show slides of their designs for the production and discuss their theatrical style; their use of improvisation and their attempt to incorporate Gandhi's ideas in the staging of the opera; their use of puppetry and "everyday" materials like corrugated iron, newspaper and tape in the decor. Glass speaks about how operas are created by different interpretations. Following a second musical excerpt, McDermott and Crouch show photographs from the London production of Satyagraha and discuss the costumes for the production and the use of on-stage projections of the libretto instead of Met titles.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Glass, Philip
• Opera > Production and direction
• Operas
• Glass, Philip > Satyagraha
• Artistic collaboration
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Drama
• Video
• Improbable (Theater company)
• Set designers

Genre/Form

Video.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Mar. 25, 2008.

Contents

Panel discussion / Peter Gelb and Philip Glass -- Musical excerpt from Satyagraha (Act I, Scene I: the Kuru field of justice) / performed by Richard Croft, Bradley Garvin, Dennis Giauque -- Panel discussion / Philip Glass, Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch -- Musical excerpt from Satyagraha (Act III, Scene I: new castle march) / performed by Richard Croft, Philip Glass -- Panel discussion / Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3734

OCLC

232994450

Title

The Metropolitan Opera, Satyagraha [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

2008.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Moderator: Peter Gelb. Panelists: Philip Glass, Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch.

Performers: Richard Croft (Gandhi), Bradley Garvin (Arjuna), Dennis Giauque (piano), Philip Glass (piano).

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Mar. 25, 2008.

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Added Author

Glass, Philip. Composer

Glass, Philip, interviewee.

McDermott, Phelim. Interviewee

Crouch, Julian. Interviewee

Gelb, Peter. Moderator

Croft, Richard, 1959- voc

Garvin, Bradley. voc

Giauque, Dennis. Instrumentalist

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3734