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Le bourgeois gentilhomme

Title: Le bourgeois gentilhomme [videorecording] / comédie-ballet by Molière with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully ; directed by Murray Ross ; new choreography and reconstructions by Deda Cristina Colonna ; musical direction by James Richman.
Publication: c1999.

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Description

2 videocassettes (127 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

Bourgeois gentilhomme (Opera)

Genre/Form

Music.
Dance.
Video.

Note

Recording made possible by the cooperation of Theatreworks Colorado, the New York Baroque Dance Company, Concert Royal, Florence Gould Hall, French Institute/Alliance Française, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library.
Accompanied by house program.

Credits (note)

Costumer, Elizabeth Ross ; costumes, Marie Anne Chiment, Marilyn Skow, Mary Myers ; wigs, Susan Rose ; lighting, Drew Martorella.

Performer (note)

(in order of appearance): Marc Molomot, tenor (music student) ; Charles Berendt (music master) ; David Wild (dance master) ; Christopher Lowell (Monsieur Jourdain) ; Tim Kasper (lackey) ; Carlos Fittante (the other lackey) ; Karol Steadman, soprano (une musicienne) ; Michael Preston (fencing master) ; Bob Pinney (philosophy teacher) ; Keith Houston (tailor) ; Katie Klossner (Nicole) ; Ashley Crockett (Madame Jourdain) ; Tom Paradise (Dorante) ; Shaundra Noll (Lucile) ; Greg Lanning (Coveille) ; James Childress (Cleonte) ; Jane Fromme (Dorimene) ; Curtis Streetman, bass (the Mufti) ; with the New York Baroque Dance Company (dancers, apprentices and Turks).

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Florence Gould Hall at the French Institute/Alliance Française, New York, on September 19, 1999 ; video directed by Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Language (note)

Musical numbers sung in French ; spoken dialogue in English.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3686

OCLC

NYPY00-F272

Title

Le bourgeois gentilhomme [videorecording] / comédie-ballet by Molière with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully ; directed by Murray Ross ; new choreography and reconstructions by Deda Cristina Colonna ; musical direction by James Richman.

Imprint

c1999.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Florence Gould Hall at the French Institute/Alliance Française, New York, on September 19, 1999 ; video directed by Penny Ward.

Credits

Costumer, Elizabeth Ross ; costumes, Marie Anne Chiment, Marilyn Skow, Mary Myers ; wigs, Susan Rose ; lighting, Drew Martorella.

Performer

Performed by Theatreworks Colorado, featuring Christopher Lowell as the Would-be Gentleman.

Performed by the New York Baroque Dance Company ; artistic director, Catherine Turocy ; dancers, Patricia Beaman, Caroline Copeland, Rachel List, Ani Udovicki, Carlos Fittante, Keith Michael, Tim Kasper, Elmar Streeter.

Performed by Concert Royal ; conductor, James Richman ; vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra featuring Marc Molomot, tenor, and Curtis Streetman, bass.

Cast

(in order of appearance): Marc Molomot, tenor (music student) ; Charles Berendt (music master) ; David Wild (dance master) ; Christopher Lowell (Monsieur Jourdain) ; Tim Kasper (lackey) ; Carlos Fittante (the other lackey) ; Karol Steadman, soprano (une musicienne) ; Michael Preston (fencing master) ; Bob Pinney (philosophy teacher) ; Keith Houston (tailor) ; Katie Klossner (Nicole) ; Ashley Crockett (Madame Jourdain) ; Tom Paradise (Dorante) ; Shaundra Noll (Lucile) ; Greg Lanning (Coveille) ; James Childress (Cleonte) ; Jane Fromme (Dorimene) ; Curtis Streetman, bass (the Mufti) ; with the New York Baroque Dance Company (dancers, apprentices and Turks).

Funding

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Language

Musical numbers sung in French ; spoken dialogue in English.

Local Subject

Baroque dancing.

Added Author

Molomot, Marc. Performer. Singer

Berendt, Charles. Performer

Wild, David. Performer

Lowell, Christopher. Performer

Kasper, Tim, dancer.

Fittante, Carlos. prf, dancer.

Steadman, Karol. Performer

Preston, Michael. Performer

Pinney, Bob. Performer

Houston, Keith. Performer

Klossner, Katie. Performer

Crockett, Ashley. Performer

Paradise, Tom. Performer

Noll, Shaundra. Performer

Lanning, Greg. Performer

Childress, James. Performer

Fromme, Jane. Performer

Streetman, Curtis. Performer

Beaman, Patricia, dancer.

Copeland, Caroline, dancer.

List, Rachel, dancer.

Udovicki, Ani, dancer.

Michael, Keith, dancer.

Streeter, Elmar, dancer.

Richman, James. Conductor

Molière, 1622-1673. Bourgeois gentilhomme.

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Bourgeois gentilhomme.

Ross, Murray. Costume designer

Colonna, Deda Cristina, choreographer.

Turocy, Catherine. Director

Ross, Elizabeth, costume designer.

Chiment, Marie Anne. Costume designer

Skow, Marilyn. Costume designer

Myers, Mary. Costume designer

Martorella, Drew.

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Theatreworks (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

New York Baroque Dance Company.

Concert Royal (Musical group : U.S.)

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Bourgeois gentilhomme (Opera)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3686

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