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Acis and Galatea New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Acis and Galatea [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Burden, William
  • Brandes, Christine
  • Elzinga, Dean
  • Tessier, John
  • Jones, William Barto
  • Glover, Jane
  • Wierzel, Robert
  • Ellison, Cori
  • Paolucci, Bridget
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • New York City Opera
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features a panel discussion on a new production of George Frideric Handel's 1718 English-language opera for the 2001 season at the New York City Opera, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the opera. Topics of discussion include the popularity of opera in early 18th-century England, the musical structures and forms employed by Handel, and the settings and characterizations in the New York City Opera production.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 155
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 12, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1159
OCLC
85452278
Title
Acis and Galatea [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 155
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Opera excerpts performed by William Burden (Acis), Christine Brandes (Galatea), Dean Elzinga (Polyphemus), and John Tessier (Damon). Accompanist: William Barto Jones. Panelists: Jane Glover, conductor ; Robert Wierzel, lighting designer ; Cori Ellison, dramaturg ; William Burden, Christine Brandes, Dean Elzinga, and John Tessier, performers. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 12, 2001.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Acis and Galatea. Selections.
Burden, William. voc
Brandes, Christine. voc
Elzinga, Dean. voc
Tessier, John. voc
Jones, William Barto. Instrumentalist
Glover, Jane. Interviewee
Wierzel, Robert. Interviewee
Ellison, Cori. Interviewee
Tessier, John. Interviewee
Elzinga, Dean. Interviewee
Brandes, Christine. Interviewee
Burden, William. Interviewee
Paolucci, Bridget. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1159
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