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Additional authors

1. Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.
2. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
3. Dunleavy, Mary
4. Connolly, Sarah
5. Nelson, Susan Caldwell
6. Steingraber, Thor
7. Rescigno, Joseph
8. Habachy, Nimet
9. Troxell, Richard
10. Roark-Strummer, Linda
11. Suart, Richard
12. Jones, William Barto
13. Steichen, Gerald
14. Ritch, David
15. Cronson, Mary Sharp
16. New York City Opera
17. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features panel discussions of two new productions for the 2001 New York City Opera season: Vincenzo Bellini's Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) and W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado. The first group of panelists discusses Bellini's bel canto musical techniques in Capuleti e i Montecchi, and the decision to set the New York City Opera production in 1910 Italy. Two arias from the opera, Giulietta's O quante valte and Romeo's Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio, are performed. The panelists from the New York City Opera's Mikado production talk about the change of setting from Japan to 1920s England, the complexities of staging and choreographing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and the influence of Marx Brothers movies. The discussion is interspersed with performances from the operetta.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 166

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Music
2. Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835 > Capuleti e i Montecchi
3. Video
4. Gilbert, W. S (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
5. Opera
6. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Mikado

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1170

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 10, 2001.

Funding (note)

1. 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)

1. The New York City Opera production of The Mikado is based on a concept introduced in director Jonathan Miller's 1987 English National Opera production.

Title

1. The Capulets and the Montagues and The Mikado [videorecording] : New visions ; Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2001.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 166
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. The Capulets and the Montagues. Opera excerpts performed by Mary Dunleavy (Giulietta) and Sarah Connolly (Romeo). Accompanist: William Barto Jones. Panelists: Thor Steingraber, director ; Joseph Rescigno, conductor ; Mary Dunleavy and Sarah Connolly, performers. Moderator: Nimet Habachy.
2. The Mikado. Opera excerpts performed by Richard Troxell (Nanki-poo), Richard Suart (Ko-ko), and Linda Roark-Strummer (Katisha). Accompanist: Susan Caldwell Nelson. Panelists: David Ritch, director ; Gerald Steichen, conductor ; Richard Troxell, Richard Suart, and Linda Roark-Strummer, performers. Moderator: Nimet Habachy.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 10, 2001.

Funding

1. 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

1. The New York City Opera production of The Mikado is based on a concept introduced in director Jonathan Miller's 1987 English National Opera production.

Added author

1. Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Capuleti e i Montecchi. Oh quante valte. Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio.
2. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Mikado. Selections.
3. Dunleavy, Mary. voc
4. Connolly, Sarah. voc
5. Nelson, Susan Caldwell. Instrumentalist
6. Steingraber, Thor. Interviewee
7. Rescigno, Joseph. Interviewee
8. Dunleavy, Mary. Interviewee
9. Connolly, Sarah. Interviewee
10. Habachy, Nimet. Moderator
11. Troxell, Richard. voc
12. Roark-Strummer, Linda. voc
13. Suart, Richard. voc
14. Suart, Richard. Interviewee
15. Jones, William Barto. Instrumentalist
16. Steichen, Gerald. Interviewee
17. Ritch, David. Interviewee
18. Roark-Strummer, Linda. Interviewee
19. Troxell, Richard. Interviewee
20. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
21. New York City Opera.
22. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1170