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Central Park New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Central Park [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Drattell, Deborah.
  • Wasserstein, Wendy
  • Hancock, John, 1968-
  • Lerner, Mimi, 1954-
  • Lloyd, Margaret (Soprano)
  • Ossenfort, David.
  • Stinson, Lori.
  • Summers, Leah.
  • Torke, Michael.
  • Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017.
  • Lentz, Jeffrey
  • Beaser, Robert.
  • McNally, Terrence.
  • Brecher, Benjamin.
  • Hoelterhoff, Manuela.
  • Beeson, John.
  • Robertson, Stewart John, 1948-
  • Drattell, Deborah
  • Torke, Michael
  • Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017
  • Beaser, Robert
  • Paolucci, Bridget.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Opera.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features a panel discussion about Central Park, a trilogy of one-act operas presented by New York City Opera in 1999. The program is interspersed with performances of musical excerpts from the three operas, each of which has a different composer and librettist, but are tied together by the Central Park setting. The librettists, who are all well known playwrights and were commissioned first, discuss their choice of park location and subject, and the composers discuss how they found the proper musical expression for the playwrights' distinctive styles.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 128.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • Based on an original idea by Manuela Hoelterhoff.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 1, 1999.
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)
  • Central Park debuted at Glimmerglass Opera in July 1999, and premiered in Nov. 1999 at New York City Opera.
Contents
Performance content: The festival of regrets [excerpt] / music by Deborah Drattell ; libretto by Wendy Wasserstein ; sung by John Hancock (Frank), Mimi Lerner (Mother), Margaret Lloyd (Jessica), David Ossenfort (Wesley), Lori Stinson (Greta), and Leah Summers (Melina) -- Strawberry Fields [excerpts] / music by Michael Torke ; libretto by A. R. Gurney ; sung by Mimi Lerner (The old lady) and Jeffrey Lentz (The student) -- The food of love [excerpts] / music by Robert Beaser ; libretto by Terrence McNally ; sung by Lori Stinson (Woman), Benjamin Brecher (Man with sun reflector), Margaret Lloyd (Woman with sun reflector), John Hancock (Elderly man), and Mimi Lerner (Elderly woman) ; conducted by Stewart Robertson.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1129
OCLC
100302427
Title
Central Park [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
1999.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 128.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Based on an original idea by Manuela Hoelterhoff.
Performer
Musical excerpts sung by John Hancock, Mimi Lerner, Margaret Lloyd, David Ossenfort, Lori Stinson, Leah Summers, Jeffrey Lentz, and Benjamin Brecher. Pianist: John Beeson.
Panelists: Robert Beaser, composer ; Deborah Drattell, composer ; A. R. Gurney, playwright ; Stewart Robertson, conductor ; Michael Torke, composer ; and Wendy Wasserstein, playwright. Moderator: Bridget Paolucci.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 1, 1999.
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
Central Park debuted at Glimmerglass Opera in July 1999, and premiered in Nov. 1999 at New York City Opera.
Added Author
Drattell, Deborah. Composer
Wasserstein, Wendy, librettist.
Hancock, John, 1968- Performer
Lerner, Mimi, 1954- singer.
Lloyd, Margaret (Soprano)
Ossenfort, David. Singer
Stinson, Lori. Singer
Summers, Leah. Singer
Torke, Michael. Composer
Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017. Librettist
Lentz, Jeffrey, singer.
Beaser, Robert. Composer
McNally, Terrence. Librettist
Brecher, Benjamin. Singer
Hoelterhoff, Manuela. Conceptor
Beeson, John. Instrumentalist
Robertson, Stewart John, 1948- panelist.
Drattell, Deborah, panelist.
Wasserstein, Wendy, panelist.
Torke, Michael, panelist.
Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017, panelist.
Beaser, Robert, panelist.
Paolucci, Bridget. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1129
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