Research Catalog

Title

Atys [videorecording] / a co-production with il Teatro Comunale de Firenze and l'Opéra de Montpellier ; director, Jean-Marie Villégier ; choreography, Francine Lancelot ; music, Jean-Baptiste Lully ; libretto, Philippe Quinault.

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Monoyios, Ann, 1949-
• Paré, Jean Christophe
• Piletta, Georges, 1945-
• Pingault, Caroline
• Parys, Natalie van
• Denieau, Françoise
• Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687.
• Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688.
• Christie, William (William Lincoln)
• Lancelot, Francine
• Cauchetier, Patrice.
• Villégier, Jean-Marie.
• Tommasi, Carlo.
• Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
• Ris et Danceries (Company)
• Arts florissants (Musical group)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Description

6 videodiscs (NTSC) (196 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

Dance > France > 17th century

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and five acts.
• Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music in association with the Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Musical direction, William Christie; scenery, Carlo Tommasi; costumes, Patrice Cauchetier; lighting, Philippe Arlaud.

Performer (note)

• Prologue: Bernard Deletré (Time), Monique Zanetti (Flora), Bernard Loonen and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Zephyrs), Véronique Gens (Melpomène), Anne Crabbe-Pulcini (Iris); Tragedy: Howard Crook (Atys), Jacques Bona (Idas), Ann Monoyios (Sangaride), Isabelle Desrochers (Doris), Jennifer Smith (Cybele), Nicolas Rivenq (Celenus), Bernard Loonen (Sleep [singer]), Jérome Correas (Baneful dream), Bernard Deletré (Sangarius), Georges Piletta (Master of ceremonies/Alecton), and others. With Les Arts Florissants (instrumentalists and chorus) and Ris et Danceries (dancers), including guest artist Jean-Christophe Paré.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 20, 1989.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (18 min.): Prologue; Includes dances by nymphs of Flora and heroes in the retinue of Melpomène / performed by Laureen Djeddah, Irène Ginger, Marina Nordera, Patrick El Bar, Simon Hecquet, and Nicolas N'Guyen.
• Disc 2 (39 min.): Act I; Includes dance of the Phrygian men and women / performed by Djeddah, El Bar, Ginger, Marc Leclercq, Arnaud Loison, N'Guyen, Nordera, and Natalie Van Parys.
• Disc 3 (23 min.): Act II; Includes dance of two zephyrs / performed by Caroline Pingault and Natalie Van Parys.
• Disc 4 (46 min.): Act III; Includes brief dance of two zephyrs / performed by Pingault and Van Parys ; solo by Sleep [dancer] ; performed by Jean-Christophe Paré -- Dance of pleasant dreams / performed by Françoise Denieau, Djeddah, Ginger, Nordera, Pingault, and Van Parys ; solo by a pleasant dream danced by Denieau -- Dance of baneful dreams / performed by Leclercq, Loison, and N'Guyen.
• Disc 5 (27 min.): Act IV; Includes dance of river gods and water nymphs / performed by Denieau, Djeddah, El Bar, Ginger, Leclercq, Loison, N'Guyen, Nordera, Pingault, Van Parys, and Paré.
• Disc 6 (43 min.): Act V; Includes dance of corybantes / performed by Denieau, El Bar, Leclercq, Loison, N'Guyen, Van Parys, and Paré.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-621

OCLC

NYPY896033188-F

Title

Atys [videorecording] / a co-production with il Teatro Comunale de Firenze and l'Opéra de Montpellier ; director, Jean-Marie Villégier ; choreography, Francine Lancelot ; music, Jean-Baptiste Lully ; libretto, Philippe Quinault.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Musical direction, William Christie; scenery, Carlo Tommasi; costumes, Patrice Cauchetier; lighting, Philippe Arlaud.

Cast

Prologue: Bernard Deletré (Time), Monique Zanetti (Flora), Bernard Loonen and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Zephyrs), Véronique Gens (Melpomène), Anne Crabbe-Pulcini (Iris); Tragedy: Howard Crook (Atys), Jacques Bona (Idas), Ann Monoyios (Sangaride), Isabelle Desrochers (Doris), Jennifer Smith (Cybele), Nicolas Rivenq (Celenus), Bernard Loonen (Sleep [singer]), Jérome Correas (Baneful dream), Bernard Deletré (Sangarius), Georges Piletta (Master of ceremonies/Alecton), and others. With Les Arts Florissants (instrumentalists and chorus) and Ris et Danceries (dancers), including guest artist Jean-Christophe Paré.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 20, 1989.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1980.

Local Subject

Opera ballet. Atys.

Ballet in television. Atys.

Baroque dancing.

Added Author

Monoyios, Ann, 1949- Performer

Paré, Jean Christophe, dancer.

Piletta, Georges, 1945- Performer

Pingault, Caroline, dancer.

Parys, Natalie van, dancer.

Denieau, Françoise, dancer.

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Composer

Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688. Librettist

Christie, William (William Lincoln) Conductor

Lancelot, Francine, choreographer.

Cauchetier, Patrice. Costume designer

Villégier, Jean-Marie. Director

Tommasi, Carlo. Designer

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Ris et Danceries (Company)

Arts florissants (Musical group)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-621