Research Catalog

Title

Spoleto Festival U.S.A. [electronic resource]

Publication

1988.

Details

Additional Authors

• Reitz, Dana
• Clarke, Martha.
• Redden, Nigel.
• Lewis, Dianne Abby.
• Booth, Thomas.
• Spacagna, Maria.
• Groce, Larry.
• Breuer, Lee
• Renz, Frederick.
• Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759.
• Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.
• Pennsylvania Ballet Company.
• Ensemble for Early Music.
• Spoleto Festival U.S.A.
• Footprints in the Garden (Concert series : Charleston, S.C.)

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

Overview of events at the 1988 Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, South Carolina, including brief interviews with performers and organizers, performance excerpts, and glimpses of outdoor presentations sponsored by the Piccolo Spoleto festival, coordinated by the city's cultural affairs division.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Tom Kerrigan.

Uniform Title

• Miracolo d'amore (Choreographic work : Clarke)
• Warrior ant (Choreographic work : Breuer)

Note

• Produced by WTAT-TV, Charleston (?), South Carolina. Host: Bob Waters.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Contents

CONTENTS: Early music series. -- Solo performed by Dana Reitz as part of Footprints in the Garden, a dance series at Charleston's Garden Theater. -- Interview with Dianne Abby Lewis, director of Piccolo Spoleto. -- Street performers. -- Interview with Mayor Joe Riley, Jr. -- Scene from the play Wat Tyler and interview with actor Karl Wiedergott. -- Jazz music by Bob Watts (?). -- Piccolo Art Show and interview with artist Steve Jordan (?). -- Folk music series. -- Interview with actor Richard Horvitz. -- Interview with singer Thomas Booth. -- Scene from Antonín Dvořák's opera Rusalka and interview with singer Maria Spacagna. -- Harpist Bizarre [instrumental music]. -- Skyland [musical group]. -- Interview with Martha Clarke, whose Miracolo d'amore was presented at the festival. -- Scenes from Lee Breuer's Warrior ant. -- Scene from Herod and the innocents, a liturgical music drama performed by Frederick Renz's Ensemble for Early Music. -- Interview with Nigel Redden, general manager of the festival. -- Circus Flora. -- Musica da Camera. -- Pas de deux performed by members of the Pennsylvania Ballet. -- Scene from Karl Heinrich Graun's opera Montezuma. -- Mountain stage [instrumental number], performed by Larry Groce.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3277

OCLC

NYPY946072612-F

Title

Spoleto Festival U.S.A. [electronic resource]

Imprint

1988.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4225.

Additional Copy: None.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. Spoleto Festival U.S.A.

Operas -- Excerpts.

Added Author

Reitz, Dana, dancer.

Clarke, Martha. Interviewee

Redden, Nigel. Interviewee

Lewis, Dianne Abby. Interviewee

Booth, Thomas. Interviewee

Spacagna, Maria. Interviewee

Groce, Larry. Musician

Breuer, Lee, choreographer.

Renz, Frederick. Conductor

Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759. Composer

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Composer

Pennsylvania Ballet Company.

Ensemble for Early Music.

Spoleto Festival U.S.A.

Footprints in the Garden (Concert series : Charleston, S.C.)

Added Title

Miracolo d'amore (Choreographic work : Clarke)

Warrior ant (Choreographic work : Breuer)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 3277

*MGZIC 9-4225 (former)