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The saint of Bleecker Street

Title: The saint of Bleecker Street [videorecording] / words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti ; New York City Opera ; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ; Live from Lincoln Center ; directed by Kirk Browning ; produced by John Goberman.
Author: Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1978.

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Description

2 videocassettes (Betacam SP, NTSC) (164 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Uniform Title

Saint of Bleecker Street
Live from Lincoln Center (Television program). Show 013.
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)). 423.

Alternative Title

Saint of Bleecker Street

Subjects

Genre/Form

Music – Performance.
Television.

Note

Credits at end of tape 2.
Great Performances no. 423.

Credits (note)

Opera staged and directed by Francis Rizzo ; writer, Danny Abelson.

Event (note)

Recorded at the New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., and telecast live by WNET as part of its series Live from Lincoln Center, on Apr. 19, 1978.

Source (note)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts;

Contents

Tape 1. Opening (Martin Bookspan) ; Introductory remarks (Beverly Sills) ; Act 1 ; Intermission (Sills interviews Gian Carlo Menotti and Catherine Malfitano) ; Act 2 -- Tape 2. Act 2 (concluded) ; Intermission (Sills interviews Menotti and Francis Rizzo, director) ; Act 3.

Call Number

*LVBSP 82

OCLC

NYPG05-F11571

Author

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.

Title

The saint of Bleecker Street [videorecording] / words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti ; New York City Opera ; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ; Live from Lincoln Center ; directed by Kirk Browning ; produced by John Goberman.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1978.

Credits

Opera staged and directed by Francis Rizzo ; writer, Danny Abelson.

Performer

Catherine Malfitano (Annina) ; Enrico di Giuseppe (Michele) ; Sandra Walker (Desideria) ; Diana Soviero (Carmela) ; Irwin Densen (Don Marco) ; Jane Shaulis (Assunta) ; Alan Kays (young man, first guest) ; Judith de Rosa (Maria Corona) ; Robert Scalese ([Maria's] son) ; Martha Thigpen (young woman) ; Lila Herbert (girl at the window) ; Alanna Smith (Concettina) ; Alan Baker (2nd guest) ; William Ledbetter (Salvatore) ; Kenn Dovel (Bartender) ; Charlotte Thyssen (nun) ; Ron Boucher (young priest) ; Don Henderson ; Harris Davis ; New York City Opera orchestra and chorus ; Cal Stewart Kellog, conductor ; Beverly Sills, host ; Martin Bookspan, commentator.

Event

Recorded at the New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., and telecast live by WNET as part of its series Live from Lincoln Center, on Apr. 19, 1978.

Added Author

Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008, television director.

Goberman, John. Producer

Abelson, Danny, 1950- text.

Bookspan, Martin. Commentator

Sills, Beverly. Host

Rizzo, Francis, 1936- Director

Malfitano, Catherine. Performer

Di Giuseppe, Enrico, 1938- Performer

Walker, Sandra. Performer

Soviero, Diana, 1952- Performer

Densen, Irwin. Performer

Shaulis, Jane. Performer

Kays, Alan. Performer

De Rosa, Judith. Performer

Scalese, Robert. Performer

Thigpen, Martha. Performer

Herbert, Lila. Performer

Smith, Alanna. Performer

Baker, Alan (Baritone) Performer

Ledbetter, William. Performer

Dovel, Kenn. Performer

Thyssen, Charlotte. Performer

Boucher, Ron. Performer

Henderson, Don. Performer

Davis, Harris. Performer

Kellogg, Cal Stewart. Conductor

New York City Opera.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Producer

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Live from Lincoln Center (Television program). Show 013.

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)). 423.

Research Call Number

*LVBSP 82

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