Research Catalog

Title

The glass blowers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
• Liebling, Leonard
• Whitehouse, Richard
• Dudley, Jennifer
• Routman, Steve
• Jameson, K. D. (Keith D.)
• Maloney, Kristin
• Christy, Anna
• Maurer, Liora
• Fisher, Jerrold
• Martin, William, 1937-
• Sheffer, Jonathan
• Alden, Chris
• LeBell, June
• Cronson, Mary Sharp
• New York City Opera
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (68 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program includes a panel discussion of the 2002 New York City Opera production of John Philip Sousa's The glass blowers, interspersed with performances of songs and duets from the operetta. Panelists discuss the restoration of Sousa's music and Leonard Liebling's libretto from manuscript versions of the score and reviews of the original 1913 production. Other topics include the music's bridging of European operetta and American musical theater styles and the use of marches in Sousa's operettas.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 184.

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Music
• Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 > Glass blowers
• Operetta > United States > 20th century
• Video

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Music.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 1, 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)

• The restoration of The glass blowers debuted at Glimmerglass Opera in July 2000.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1187

OCLC

131286212

Title

The glass blowers [videorecording] : 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 ; 184.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Operetta excerpts performed by Richard Whitehouse (Duke Branford), Jennifer Dudley (Geraldine), Steve Routhman (Stumpy), Keith Jameson (Jack), Kristin Maloney (Rose), and Anna Christy (Annabelle). Panelists: Christopher Alden, director ; Jerrold Fisher, music restorer ; William Martin, libretto restorer ; Jonathan Sheffer, conductor ; Richard Whitehouse, Jennifer Dudley, Steve Routman, Keith Jameson, Kristin Maloney, and Anna Christy, singers. Moderator: June LeBell.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 1, 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

The restoration of The glass blowers debuted at Glimmerglass Opera in July 2000.

Added Author

Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932. Glass blowers. Selections.

Liebling, Leonard. Librettist

Whitehouse, Richard. voc

Dudley, Jennifer. voc

Routman, Steve. voc

Jameson, K. D. (Keith D.) voc

Maloney, Kristin. voc

Christy, Anna. voc

Maurer, Liora. Instrumentalist

Fisher, Jerrold. Interviewee

Martin, William, 1937- Interviewee

Sheffer, Jonathan. Interviewee

Alden, Chris. Interviewee

Whitehouse, Richard. Interviewee

Dudley, Jennifer. Interviewee

Routman, Steve. Interviewee

Jameson, K. D. (Keith D.) Interviewee

Maloney, Kristin. Interviewee

Christy, Anna. Interviewee

LeBell, June. Moderator

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

New York City Opera.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1187