Research Catalog

Title

Great day in the morning [rehearsal] [videorecording] / Théatre des Champs-Élysées ; les productions Stainville présentent ; un spectacle de Jessye Norman ; et Robert Wilson.

Publication

Paris, 1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Norman, Jessye
• Wilson, Robert, 1941-
• Lloyd, Charles, Jr
• LoBianco, Robert
• Patterson, Willis C.
• Powell, Shezwae
• Ticotin, Nancy
• Williams, Laverne
• Chambers, Jimmy
• Nesbeth, Vernon
• Pollard, Thomas M
• Spaulding, Ira
• Taylor, Richard
• Williams, Wayne

Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (126 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Run-through rehearsal for the 1982 production of Great day in the morning, a staged concert of spirituals. Singers perform spirituals with minimal sets and no costumes. Disc 2 includes duplicate material from Disc 1.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subject

• Music theater > France > Paris
• Theatrical productions > France > Paris > 1981-1990
• Theater rehearsals
• Spirituals (Songs)

Genre/Form

Music.

Note

• No credits on tapes. Credits taken from Théatre des Champs-Élysées program.
• Donor's inventory numbers: GDM 02A, GDM 02B.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

• Musical direction by Willis Patterson ; musical arrangements by Jessye Norman and Charles Lloyd, Jr. ; production stage manager Bob Lo Bianco.

Performer (note)

• Jessye Norman, Shezwae Powell, Nancy Ticotin, Laverne Williams, Jimmy Chambers, Vernon Nesbeth, Willis Patterson, Thomas M. Pollard, Ira Spaulding, Richard Taylor, Wayne Williams.

Event (note)

• Videorecorded in rehearsal in Paris[?], probably between July 30 and September 25, 1982.

Language (note)

• Credits translated from French; sung in English.

Contents

Disc 1. Acte 1, scène 1 (Steal away) ; Acte 1, scène 2 (This ol' hammer, I believe I'll go back home, Lordy won't you help me, Walk about elders, Ride on king Jesus, Calvary, He's got the whole world in his hand) ; Acte 1, scène 3 (Thought / Katherine Mansfield, City called heaven, Roll Jordan roll) ; Acte 1, scène 4 (I have got a robe) ; Acte 2, scène 1 (I have got a robe, Little David play on your harp, Ezekiel, Great day) ; Acte 2, scène 2 (Thought, There is a balm in Gilead, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child) -- Disc 2. Acte 2, scène 2 (cont.) ; Acte 2, scène 4 (Crucifixion, Hear the lamb crying) ; Acte 2, scène 5 (Amazing grace)

Call Number

NCOV 3025

OCLC

NYPG04-F562

Title

Great day in the morning [rehearsal] [videorecording] / Théatre des Champs-Élysées ; les productions Stainville présentent ; un spectacle de Jessye Norman ; et Robert Wilson.

Imprint

Paris, 1982.

Country of Producing Entity

France.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical direction by Willis Patterson ; musical arrangements by Jessye Norman and Charles Lloyd, Jr. ; production stage manager Bob Lo Bianco.

Cast

Jessye Norman, Shezwae Powell, Nancy Ticotin, Laverne Williams, Jimmy Chambers, Vernon Nesbeth, Willis Patterson, Thomas M. Pollard, Ira Spaulding, Richard Taylor, Wayne Williams.

Event

Videorecorded in rehearsal in Paris[?], probably between July 30 and September 25, 1982.

Language

Credits translated from French; sung in English.

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Added Author

Norman, Jessye, arranger of music.

Norman, Jessye, performer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- designer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Lloyd, Charles, Jr, arranger of music.

LoBianco, Robert, production stage manager.

Patterson, Willis C., music, performer.

Powell, Shezwae, performer.

Ticotin, Nancy, performer.

Williams, Laverne, performer.

Chambers, Jimmy, performer.

Nesbeth, Vernon, performer.

Pollard, Thomas M, performer.

Spaulding, Ira, performer.

Taylor, Richard, performer.

Williams, Wayne, performer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3025