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The CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down.

Title: The CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down. Rome section [videorecording]/ De Nederlandse Operastiching ; concept en regie Robert Wilson ; muziek Philip Glass ; tekst Maita di Niscemi en Robert Wilson.
Publication: Amsterdam, 1986.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 3012 Disc 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 3012 Disc 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (102 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Alternative Title

CIVIL warS. Italian section

Subject

Theater > Netherlands > Amsterdam
Theatrical productions > Netherlands > Amsterdam > 1981-1990

Genre/Form

Opera – Performance.

Note

No credits on tape. Credits from Nederlandse Operastichting program.
Donor's inventory numbers: CWI NL 01A, CWI NL 01B.
Audio erratic.
These videorecordings consist of the Italian section of the opera entitled The CIVIL warS, which was conceived as a world-wide theater piece to be presented in conjunction with the Olympic games in Los Angeles in 1984. This section consists of a prologue and Act 5.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Choreography by Ulysses Dove ; set design by Tom Kamm and Robert Wilson ; costumes by Christophe de Ménil ; lighting by Robert Wilson and Beverly Emmons ; sound design by Hans Peter Kuhn.

Performer (note)

Claudia Cummings, Ruby Hinds, John Gilmore, Harlan Foss, Tom Haenen, Robert Michaels, Saskia Mekman, Jianne Whelton, Henk Schoute, Rafaël Brand, Gonda Dharmaperwira, Sanne van der Put, Josiane Geys, Anne Affourtit, Cristina Perera, Simon Esson, Richard Majeloski, Pascal Roussel, Yvonne Frazier, Elvira Green, Grace Hinds, Charlae Olaker, Vincent de Cordova, Alburtt Rhodes, William Stanley [i.e. Stanley Williams?], Ivan Thomas, Ted Brandsen, Jean Francois Colombo, Jan Harks, Peter van de Logt, Schams Bönig, Michael Criddle, Frank Händeler, Hany Hataya, Martin Jones, Martin Rayan, Oliver Schüt, Randall Scott.

Event (note)

Videorecorded in performance at the Stadsshowburg, Amsterdam, on April 10, 1986.

Language (note)

Accompanying program in Dutch; performed in Latin, Italian, and English.

Call Number

NCOV 3012

OCLC

NYPG04-F418

Title

The CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down. Rome section [videorecording]/ De Nederlandse Operastiching ; concept en regie Robert Wilson ; muziek Philip Glass ; tekst Maita di Niscemi en Robert Wilson.

Imprint

Amsterdam, 1986.

Country of Producing Entity

Netherlands.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Choreography by Ulysses Dove ; set design by Tom Kamm and Robert Wilson ; costumes by Christophe de Ménil ; lighting by Robert Wilson and Beverly Emmons ; sound design by Hans Peter Kuhn.

Cast

Claudia Cummings, Ruby Hinds, John Gilmore, Harlan Foss, Tom Haenen, Robert Michaels, Saskia Mekman, Jianne Whelton, Henk Schoute, Rafaël Brand, Gonda Dharmaperwira, Sanne van der Put, Josiane Geys, Anne Affourtit, Cristina Perera, Simon Esson, Richard Majeloski, Pascal Roussel, Yvonne Frazier, Elvira Green, Grace Hinds, Charlae Olaker, Vincent de Cordova, Alburtt Rhodes, William Stanley [i.e. Stanley Williams?], Ivan Thomas, Ted Brandsen, Jean Francois Colombo, Jan Harks, Peter van de Logt, Schams Bönig, Michael Criddle, Frank Händeler, Hany Hataya, Martin Jones, Martin Rayan, Oliver Schüt, Randall Scott.

Event

Videorecorded in performance at the Stadsshowburg, Amsterdam, on April 10, 1986.

Language

Accompanying program in Dutch; performed in Latin, Italian, and English.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941- set designer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Glass, Philip. Civil wars. Rome section.

Di Niscemi, Maita, librettist.

Dove, Ulysses, choreographer.

Kamm, Tom, set designer.

Ménil, Christophe de, costume designer.

Emmons, Beverly, lighting designer.

Kuhn, Hans Peter, 1952- sound designer.

Cummings, Claudia, performer.

Hinds, Ruby, performer.

Foss, Harlan, performer.

Haenen, Tom, performer.

Michaels, Robert, performer.

Mekman, Saskia, performer.

Whelton, Jianne, performer.

Schoute, Henk, performer.

Brand, Rafaël, performer.

Dharmaperwira, Gonda, performer.

Put, Sanne van der, performer.

Geys, Josiane, performer.

Affourtit, Anne, performer.

Perera, Cristina, performer.

Esson, Simon, performer.

Majeloski, Richard, performer.

Roussel, Pascal, performer.

Frazier, Yvonne, performer.

Green, Elvira, performer.

Hinds, Grace, performer.

Olaker, Charlae, performer.

De Cordova, Vincent, performer.

Rhodes, Alburtt, performer.

Thomas, Ivan, performer.

Brandsen, Ted, performer.

Colombo, Jean-François, performer.

Harks, Jan, performer.

Logt, Peter van de, performer.

Bönig, Schams, performer.

Criddle, Michael, performer.

Händeler, Frank, performer.

Hataya, Hany, performer.

Jones, Martin, performer.

Rayan, Martin, performer.

Schüt, Oliver, performer.

Scott, Randall, performer.

Nederlandse Operastichting.

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.

Nederlands Kamerkoor.

Stadsshouwburg Amsterdam.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3012

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