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The ballad of Baby Doe New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
The ballad of Baby Doe [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969.
  • Latouche, John, 1914-1956.
  • Futral, Elizabeth
  • Delavan, Mark
  • Bindel, John Marcus, 1970-
  • Castle, Joyce
  • Beeson, John
  • Manahan, George
  • Ellison, Cori
  • Coyne, John
  • LeBell, June
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • New York City Opera
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features a panel discussion of the New York City Opera's new production of Douglas Moore's The ballad of Baby Doe, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the opera. The panelists discuss the 1956 work's status as an American opera dealing with American themes, the influence of popular music in Moore's compositions, and the sometimes blurred distinctions between opera and musical theatre. Other topics of discussion include the historical basis of John La Touche's libretto, and the complexity of the set design. The singers talk about their characterizations and the difficulty of both conveying the opera's dramatic content and meeting its vocal demands. A few film clips from the 1950s of Moore discussing The ballad of Baby Doe are also screened as part of the program.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 157
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 25 and 26, 2001. (Viewer copy is March 25, 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.
Biography (note)
  • This production of The ballad of Baby Doe, directed by Colin Graham, premiered at San Francisco Opera in September 2000. It opened at New York City Opera in April 2001.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1161
OCLC
85455903
Title
The ballad of Baby Doe [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 ; 157
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Opera excepts performed by Elizabeth Futral (Baby Doe), Mark Delavan (Horace Tabor), John Marcus Bindel (William Jennings Bryan), and Joyce Castle (Augusta Tabor). Accompanist: John Beeson. Panelists: George Manahan, conductor ; Cori Ellison, dramaturg ; John Coyne, set designer ; and Elizabeth Futral, Mark Delavan, John Marcus Bindel and Joyce Castle, performers. Moderator: June LeBell.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 25 and 26, 2001. (Viewer copy is March 25, 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.
Biography
This production of The ballad of Baby Doe, directed by Colin Graham, premiered at San Francisco Opera in September 2000. It opened at New York City Opera in April 2001.
Added Author
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969. Ballad of Baby Doe. Selections.
Latouche, John, 1914-1956. Librettist
Futral, Elizabeth. voc
Delavan, Mark. voc
Bindel, John Marcus, 1970- voc
Castle, Joyce. voc
Beeson, John. Instrumentalist
Futral, Elizabeth. Interviewee
Delavan, Mark. Interviewee
Bindel, John Marcus, 1970- Interviewee
Castle, Joyce. Interviewee
Manahan, George. Interviewee
Ellison, Cori. Interviewee
Coyne, John. Interviewee
LeBell, June. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1161
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