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Casanova, selections of an opera Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Casanova, selections of an opera [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Rose, Cynthia
  • Argento, Dominick
  • Patrick, Julian, 1927-
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • Gordon/Fraser Productions
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (55 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Backstage activities before a performance of Dominick Argentos' opera Casanova. Includes footage of the piano being tuned; perfomers putting on makeup; an interview with Dominick Argento in which he talks about the experience of writing an opera; and singers Julian Patrick and Cynthia Rose warming up. Dominick Argento talks informally with members of the audience after the performance.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 005
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Cassanova, additional material
Subject
Opera
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Note
  • Gordon/Fraser Producions appears on screen.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 2-3, 1985.
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.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2902
OCLC
144527350
Title
Casanova, selections of an opera [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
1985.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 005
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 2-3, 1985.
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.
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Rose, Cynthia. Singer
Argento, Dominick. Interviewee
Patrick, Julian, 1927- Singer
Argento, Dominick. Casanova's homecoming.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Gordon/Fraser Productions.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2902
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