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Marrying the hangman Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Marrying the hangman [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Caltabiano, Ronald, 1959-
  • Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
  • Twist, Benjamin.
  • Bryn-Julson, Phyllis.
  • Casey, Richard.
  • Goldberg, Dov.
  • Langridge, Jennifer.
  • O'Neill, Claire.
  • Routledge, David.
  • Scott, Andrew.
  • Williams, Tim (Percussionist)
  • Kok, Nicholas.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Psappha (Musical group)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The program begins with composer Ronald Catalbiano and director Benjamin Twist discussing their collaboration on the chamber opera Marrying the hangman, from Margaret Atwood's poem. They discuss the historical basis of the work, which depicts an 18th-century Quebec woman who saves herself from execution by persuading the man in the next cell to marry her and become the hangman. They also discuss the opera's three roles (the condemned woman, an 18th-century narrator, and a 20th-century narrator), which are played by one singer, and how the characters are differentiated musically and in the staging. The discussion is followed by a performance of the opera.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 148
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • Music composed by Ronald Caltabiano. Text by Margaret Atwood. Performance directed by Benjamin Twist.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 5 and 6, 2000. (Viewer copy is Nov. 5, 2000.)
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)
  • Marrying the hangman received its American premiere during this Works & process program.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1152
OCLC
131296137
Title
Marrying the hangman [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2000.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 148
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Music composed by Ronald Caltabiano. Text by Margaret Atwood. Performance directed by Benjamin Twist.
Performer
Performed by Phyllis Bryn-Julson. Music played by Psappha, including Richard Casey (keyboard), Dov Goldberg (clarinet), Jennifer Langridge (cello), Claire O'Neill (flute), David Routledge (violin), Andrew Scott (saxophone), and Tim Williams (percussion). Conductor: Nicholas Kok. Commentators: Benjamin Twist and Ronald Caltabiano.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 5 and 6, 2000. (Viewer copy is Nov. 5, 2000.)
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
Marrying the hangman received its American premiere during this Works & process program.
Added Author
Caltabiano, Ronald, 1959- Composer
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author.
Twist, Benjamin. Director
Bryn-Julson, Phyllis. voc
Casey, Richard. Instrumentalist
Goldberg, Dov. Instrumentalist
Langridge, Jennifer. Instrumentalist
O'Neill, Claire. Instrumentalist
Routledge, David. Instrumentalist
Scott, Andrew. Instrumentalist
Williams, Tim (Percussionist) Instrumentalist
Kok, Nicholas. Conductor
Twist, Benjamin. Commentator
Caltabiano, Ronald, 1959- Commentator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Psappha (Musical group)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1152
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