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Dead man walking New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim
- Title
- Dead man walking [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Publication
- 2002.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- This program includes a panel discussion on the 2002 New York City Opera production of Dead man walking, interspersed with performances of arias and duets from the opera. Panelists discuss the genesis of the work, the composer and librettist's collaboration on its creation, and their placement of the opera more in the grand than the minimalist tradition. The composer discusses his development of musical themes for each of the characters and the influence of southern folk songs on the music. The director discusses the experience of working on his first opera, and the singers talk about their characterizations and about researching their roles which, in Packard's case, included a visit to Angola Prison's death row.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
- Series Statement
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 193.
- Uniform Title
- Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Music.
- Credits (note)
- Music by Jake Heggie. Libretto by Terrence McNally, after the book by Sister Helen Prejean.
- Event (note)
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 9, 2002.
- 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)
- Dead man walking had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in Oct. 2000.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1196
- OCLC
- 86084993
- Title
- Dead man walking [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Imprint
- 2002.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 193.Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Credits
- Music by Jake Heggie. Libretto by Terrence McNally, after the book by Sister Helen Prejean.
- Performer
- Opera excerpts sung by Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), John Packard (John De Rocher), and Sheryl Woods (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher). Accompanist: Gerald Steichen. Panelists: Jake Heggie, composer ; Terrence McNally, librettist ; Leonard Foglia, director ; Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, and Sheryl Woods, singers. Moderator: David Del Tredici.
- Event
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 9, 2002.
- 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
- Dead man walking had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in Oct. 2000.
- Added Author
- Heggie, Jake, 1961- Dead man walking. Selections.DiDonato, Joyce, performer.Packard, John. vocWoods, Sheryl. vocSteichen, Gerald. InstrumentalistHeggie, Jake, 1961- IntervieweeMcNally, Terrence, interviewee.Foglia, Leonard. IntervieweeDiDonato, Joyce, interviewee.Packard, John. IntervieweeWoods, Sheryl. IntervieweeDel Tredici, David. ModeratorCronson, Mary Sharp. ProducerNew York City Opera.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1196