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Cosmopolitan greetings: [rehearsal 1988-06-07]

Title: Cosmopolitan greetings: [rehearsal 1988-06-07] [videorecording]/ von Allen Ginsberg, George Gruntz, Rolf Liebermann und Robert Wilson ; Hamburgische Staatsoper in der Kampnagelfabrik.
Publication: Hamburg, 1988.

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Robert Wilson directs rehearsals for the 1988 production of the collaborative "jazz opera" Cosmopolitan greetings. Rehearsal with extras (no principal cast present), without lighting or scenery. "Knee plays" (connecting scenes) and transitions between scenes rehearsed.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Opera.

Note

Donor's inventory number: COS REH 16.
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 workshop recordings, see NCOV 3157 thru NCOV 3162 ; for additional rehearsals, see NCOV 3163 thru NCOV 3177.
Additional music provided by the NDR-Bigband and soloists of the Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters [Hamburg].

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenery, Robert Wilson and Xavier de Richemont ; costumes, Henning von Gierke ; light design, Robert Wilson and Heinrich Brunke ; sound environment, Hans-Peter Kuhn ; production stage manager, Nicola Panzer.

Performer (note)

Jazz musicians: George Gruntz, Don Cherry, Howard Johnson, Larry Schneider, Mike Richmond, Adam Nussbaum.

Event (note)

Recorded at HH Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany on June 7, 1988.

Language (note)

In English and German.

Call Number

NCOV 3178

OCLC

NYPG03-F371

Title

Cosmopolitan greetings: [rehearsal 1988-06-07] [videorecording]/ von Allen Ginsberg, George Gruntz, Rolf Liebermann und Robert Wilson ; Hamburgische Staatsoper in der Kampnagelfabrik.

Imprint

Hamburg, 1988.

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 ; light design, Robert Wilson and Heinrich Brunke ; sound environment, Hans-Peter Kuhn ; production stage manager, Nicola Panzer.

Cast

Jazz musicians: George Gruntz, Don Cherry, Howard Johnson, Larry Schneider, Mike Richmond, Adam Nussbaum.

Event

Recorded at HH Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany on June 7, 1988.

Language

In English and German.

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Added Author

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, librettist.

Gruntz, George. Cosmopolitan greetings.

Liebermann, Rolf, 1910-1999, composer (expression)

Wilson, Robert, 1941- designer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Richemont, Xavier de, designer.

Gierke, Henning von, costume designer.

Brunke, Heinrich, lighting designer.

Kuhn, Hans Peter, 1952- designer.

Panzer, Nicola, production stage manager.

Cherry, Don, musician.

Johnson, Howard, 1941-2021, musician.

Schneider, Larry, musician.

Richmond, Mike, musician.

Nussbaum, Adam, musician.

NDR-Bigband, musician.

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, musician.

Hamburgische Staatsoper, producer.

Kampnagel-Fabrik.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3178

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