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Additional authors

1. Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959.
2. Mobbs, Daniel
3. Regal, Tiffany
4. Winkler, Kristine
5. Schag, Shane
6. Schimmel, William
7. Goren, Neal
8. Caws, Mary Ann
9. Canty, Ned
10. Lieberman, Andrew
11. Cronson, Mary Sharp
12. Henry Street Chamber Opera
13. Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
14. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion about Henry Street Chamber Opera's production of Bohuslav Martinů's one-act 1928 Dadaist opera Les larmes du couteau, preceded by performance excerpts from the piece and a lecture and slide presentation on Dadaism by cultural historian Mary Ann Caws. Caws provides background on the Dadaist movement of the 1910s and 1920s, discussing such key figures as Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Huelsenbeck, George Grosz, Kurt Schwitters, and Hans Arp, and emphasizing the more joyous, playful aspects of the movement. The panelists discuss the difficulty of recreating the spontaneous, chaotic spirit of Dada in an operatic production, and how they met the challenges posed by Martinů's often unreproduceable stage directions. The program ends with a performance of the complete opera.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 196

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959 > Larmes du couteau
2. Opera > 20th century
3. Dadaism
4. Music
5. Video

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1199

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 27 and 28, 2002. (Viewer copy is Oct. 27, 2002.)

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. Les larmes du couteau was performed with another Martinů opera, Hlas lesa, in Nov. 2002 at Henry Street Settlement's Abron Arts Center on New York's Lower East Side.

Title

1. Les larmes du couteau [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2002.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 196
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Opera sung by Daniel Mobbs (Satan), Tiffany Regal (Mother), and Kristine Winkler (Eleonora). Pianist: Shane Schag. Accordion: William Schimmel. Conductor: Neal Goren. Speaker: Mary Ann Caws. Panelists: Ned Canty, stage director ; and Andrew Lieberman, scenic designer. Moderator: Neal Goren.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 27 and 28, 2002. (Viewer copy is Oct. 27, 2002.)

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. Les larmes du couteau was performed with another Martinů opera, Hlas lesa, in Nov. 2002 at Henry Street Settlement's Abron Arts Center on New York's Lower East Side.

Added author

1. Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959. Larmes du couteau.
2. Mobbs, Daniel. voc
3. Regal, Tiffany. voc
4. Winkler, Kristine. voc
5. Schag, Shane. Instrumentalist
6. Schimmel, William, instrumentalist.
7. Goren, Neal. Conductor
8. Caws, Mary Ann. Speaker
9. Canty, Ned. Interviewee
10. Lieberman, Andrew. Interviewee
11. Goren, Neal. Moderator
12. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
13. Henry Street Chamber Opera.
14. Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)
15. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1199