Research Catalog

Title

The mines of sulphur [videorecording] : New visions : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cronson, Mary Sharp
• Ellison, Cori
• Bennett, Richard Rodney
• Bennett, Richard Rodney
• Cross, Beverley, 1931-1998.
• Schweizer, David
• Jackson, Christopher
• Raven, Jessie
• Worra, Caroline
• Lausmann, Thomas
• Gallagher, Dan
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

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

Summary

Cori Ellison moderates a panel discussion about Richard Rodney Bennett's opera, The mines of sulphur. Ellison opens by describing the gothic genre of this opera. She then introduces panelist Richard Rodney Bennett, also known for his many film scores including Murder on the Orient Express and Far from the madding crowd, as well as his career as a jazz pianist and singer. Bennett discusses the origins of the opera; his collaboration with librettist Beverley Cross; the history of the production, which premiered at Sadler's Wells in London in 1965; the influence of Hans Werner Henze; his compositional style; and his use of particular musical motifs. Director David Schweizer joins the panel and discusses how he became involved in this production. He and Bennett then describe the plot of the opera. The singers join the panel and discuss each of their roles in the opera. The panel discussion is interspersed with selections from the opera.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 276

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative Title

• Old goat!
• It looks very well on you.
• What was your question, in the play?

Subject

• Bennett, Richard Rodney
• Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012
• Opera

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Music.

Credits (note)

• Lighting designer, Dan Gallagher.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 17, 2005.

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.

Contents

Music content: Act 1. Old goat! / vocalists, Christopher Jackson, Jessie Raven -- It looks very well on you / vocalists, Jessie Raven, Caroline Worra -- Act II. What was your question, in the play? / vocalists, Christopher Jackson, Jessie Raven, Caroline Worra.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2919

OCLC

166910963

Title

The mines of sulphur [videorecording] : New visions : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 276

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

Lighting designer, Dan Gallagher.

Performer

Host, Mary Sharp Cronson ; piano, Thomas Lausmann.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 17, 2005.

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

Ellison, Cori. Interviewer

Bennett, Richard Rodney. Mines of sulphur.

Bennett, Richard Rodney, interviewee.

Cross, Beverley, 1931-1998. Librettist

Schweizer, David. Director

Jackson, Christopher. Singer

Raven, Jessie. Singer

Worra, Caroline. Singer

Lausmann, Thomas. Instrumentalist

Gallagher, Dan. Lighting designer

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added Title

Old goat!

It looks very well on you.

What was your question, in the play?

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2919