Research Catalog

Title

New York City Opera, Esther [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / music, Hugo Weisgall ; [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

c2009.

Details

Additional Authors

• Flanigan, Lauren
• Kondek, Charles
• Muller, Jennifer, 1949-
• Sirlin, Jerome, 1942-
• Steel, George
• Weisgall, Jonathan, interviewee
• Thompson, Margaret, 1962-
• Smith, Roy Cornelius
• Maddalena, James
• Caldwell, Susan
• Weisgall, Hugo
• Cronson, Mary Sharp
• New York City Opera
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (66 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Panel discussion between each song about the works of Hugo Weisgall and specifically his opera Esther; the creation of the sets, and choreography; how the opera is more lyrical than atonal; the background story of Esther and its parallels to the holocaust; the rehearsal process; and Jerome Sirlin talks about his sets with slides displayed on the stage.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Dance
• Composers
• Video

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Note

• "New York City Opera performs at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center from Nov. 5th through the 22nd." -- Works and process at the Guggenheim house program.

Credits (note)

• Composed by Hugo Weisgall.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 1, 2009 (7:30 pm).

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Mary Sharp Cronson.

Contents

• Introduction (ca. 1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson.
• Act I, Scene 5. Mordecai, Mordecai, the Jew (ca. 7 min.) / performed by Margaret Thompson (Zeresh), Roy Cornelius Smith (Haman).
• Act II, Scene 1. I am broken, useless (ca. 5 min.) / performed by James Maddalena (Mordecai).
• Act II, Scene 9. No, it shall be known as Esther's day (ca. 2 min.) / performed by James Maddalena (Mordecai), Lauren Flanigan (Esther).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5335

OCLC

503085891

Title

New York City Opera, Esther [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / music, Hugo Weisgall ; [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

c2009.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

System Details

DVD.

Event

Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 1, 2009 (7:30 pm).

Credits

Composed by Hugo Weisgall.

Performer

Moderator: George Steel (general manager and artistic director, New York City Opera) ; panel: Lauren Flanigan (soprano), Charles Kondek (librettist), Jennifer Muller (choreographer), Jerome Sirlin (scenic designer), Jonathan Weisgall (son of composer).

Performers: Lauren Flanigan (Esther, soprano), Margaret Thompson (Zeresh, mezzo-soprano), Roy Cornelius Smith (Haman, tenor), James Maddalena (Mordecai, baritone), Susan Caldwell (piano, assistant conductor).

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added Author

Flanigan, Lauren, interviewee.

Flanigan, Lauren, performer.

Kondek, Charles. Interviewee

Kondek, Charles. Librettist

Muller, Jennifer, 1949- Interviewee

Muller, Jennifer, 1949- choreographer.

Sirlin, Jerome, 1942- Interviewee

Sirlin, Jerome, 1942- Set designer

Steel, George. Moderator

Steel, George. Director

Weisgall, Jonathan, interviewee.

Thompson, Margaret, 1962- Performer

Smith, Roy Cornelius. Performer

Maddalena, James. Performer

Caldwell, Susan. Performer

Caldwell, Susan. Instrumentalist

Weisgall, Hugo. Esther.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

New York City Opera.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5335