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Cosmopolitan greetings: [stage A workshop 1987-10-31]
- Title
- Cosmopolitan greetings: [stage A workshop 1987-10-31] [videorecording]/ von Allen Ginsberg, George Gruntz, Rolf Liebermann und Robert Wilson ; Hamburgische Staatsoper in der Kampnagelfabrik.
- Publication
- Hamburg, 1987.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Discs 4-5 | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 3162 Discs 4-5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Discs 2-3 | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 3162 Discs 2-3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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 3162 Disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 5 videodiscs (DVD) (441 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Robert Wilson directs a workshop for the 1988 production of the collaborative "jazz opera," Cosmopolitan greetings. Run-through of entire work, with piano accompaniment, choreography, some props, costumes and scenery. Minimal lighting and set design. Wilson directs from off stage, giving directions and cues.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Opera.
- Note
- Title constructed from source recording label and Hamburgische Staatsoper program ; credits translated from program.
- Portions of the material for Cosmopolitan greetings were suggested by the life of blues singer Bessie Smith (1898-1937) -- program.
- For performance recordings of Cosmopolitan greetings, see NCOV 3039 and NCOV 3156 ; for additional workshop recordings, see NCOV 3157 thru NCOV 3161 ; for rehearsals, see NCOV 3163 thru NCOV 3178.
- Donor's inventory numbers: COS WK 06, COS WK 07, COS WK 08, COS WK 12.
- Three tapes of the same workshop performance. Disc 1 is from the left view, discs 2-3 are from the center view, discs 4-5 are from the right view. Recording includes date stamp.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Scenery, Robert Wilson and Xavier de Richemont ; costumes, Henning von Gierke ; production stage manager, Nicola Panzer.
- Performer (note)
- Dancers: Carolyn Carlson, Sheryl Sutton, Lutz Förster.
- Jazz musician: George Gruntz.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at the Hamburg Staatsoper on October 30 and 31, 1987. Includes material from October 29, 1987.
- Contents
- Disc 1. Left view (143 min.) -- Discs 2 and 3. Center view (156 min.) -- Discs 4 and 5. Right view (142 min.)
- Call Number
- NCOV 3162
- OCLC
- NYPG03-F379
- Title
- Cosmopolitan greetings: [stage A workshop 1987-10-31] [videorecording]/ von Allen Ginsberg, George Gruntz, Rolf Liebermann und Robert Wilson ; Hamburgische Staatsoper in der Kampnagelfabrik.
- Imprint
- Hamburg, 1987.
- Country of Producing Entity
- West Germany.
- Series
- Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Scenery, Robert Wilson and Xavier de Richemont ; costumes, Henning von Gierke ; production stage manager, Nicola Panzer.
- Cast
- Dancers: Carolyn Carlson, Sheryl Sutton, Lutz Förster.Jazz musician: George Gruntz.
- Event
- Recorded at the Hamburg Staatsoper on October 30 and 31, 1987. Includes material from October 29, 1987.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, librettist.Gruntz, George. Cosmopolitan greetings.Liebermann, Rolf, 1910-1999, composer (expression)Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.Wilson, Robert, 1941- set designer.Richemont, Xavier de, set designer.Panzer, Nicola, production stage manager.Carlson, Carolyn, dancer.Sutton, Sheryl, 1950- dancer.Förster, Lutz, dancer.Hamburgische Staatsoper, producer.Kampnagel-Fabrik.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 3162