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Black water Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Black water [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Duffy, John, 1926-2015
  • Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
  • Edelstein, Gordon
  • Booth, Steph
  • Burlingame, Karen
  • Drummer, Brad
  • Riley, Michael (Bass-baritone)
  • Savarese, John
  • Waddell, Jack
  • Weigle, Elizabeth
  • Crawford, Steven.
  • Samoff, Marjorie.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
  • American Music Theater Festival.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program opens with most of the first act of the opera Black water, a work in progress with music by John Duffy and libretto by Joyce Carol Oates, who adapted her 1992 novel of the same title. During a panel discussion following the performance, Oates talks about adapting her language to rhythmic form, and Duffy discusses setting the English text for maximum clarity and understanding. The collaborators also address the story's parallels to the Sen. Edward Kennedy-Mary Jo Kopechne incident at Chappaquiddick. A brief segment from the opera's second act closes the program.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 071.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Note
  • The image quality throughout the recording is poor, and the image is completely unstable after the 80-minute mark.
Credits (note)
  • Music by John Duffy. Libretto by Joyce Carol Oates. Musical direction by Steven Crawford. Directed by Gordon Edelstein.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 21, 1996, at Florence Gould Hall at the French Institute/Alliance Française. (The April 22 presentation of this program was not recorded.)
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)
  • Black water was commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, Pa. The completed opera debuted there in April 1997.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1071
OCLC
100352880
Title
Black water [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
1996.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 071.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Music by John Duffy. Libretto by Joyce Carol Oates. Musical direction by Steven Crawford. Directed by Gordon Edelstein.
Performer
Musical excerpts sung by Stephanie Buckley (Buffy), Karen Burlingame (Kelly), Brad Drummer (Dwight), Michael Riley (The Senator), John Savarese (Graham), Jack Waddell (Roy), and Elizabeth Weighle (Chorus). Accompanist: Steven Crawford. Panelists: Joyce Carol Oates, John Duffy, and Gordon Edelstein. Moderator: Marjorie Samoff.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 21, 1996, at Florence Gould Hall at the French Institute/Alliance Française. (The April 22 presentation of this program was not recorded.)
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
Black water was commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, Pa. The completed opera debuted there in April 1997.
Added Author
Duffy, John, 1926-2015, composer.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- librettist.
Edelstein, Gordon, director.
Booth, Steph, singer.
Burlingame, Karen, singer.
Drummer, Brad, singer.
Riley, Michael (Bass-baritone), singer.
Savarese, John, singer.
Waddell, Jack, singer.
Weigle, Elizabeth, singer.
Crawford, Steven. Instrumentalist
Duffy, John, 1926-2015, interviewee.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- interviewee.
Edelstein, Gordon, interviewee.
Samoff, Marjorie. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
American Music Theater Festival.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1071
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