Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
2. Sharon, Yuval.
3. Chambers, David.
4. Suttor, Matthew.
5. Bittová, Iva.
6. Kofroň, Petr.
7. Šimůnek, Jan (Violinist)
8. Lecian, Igor.
9. Cech, Mikoláš.
10. Bierhanzl, Ivan.
11. Schaldenbrand, Christopher.
12. Boehler, Matt.
13. Watkins, Amelia.
14. Wilkinson, Ashley.
15. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (83 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Yuval Sharon, director of New York City Opera's VOX, an annual workshop of new American compositions, moderates a panel discussion about the opera Don Juan in Prague, based on Wolfgang Amadeus' opera Don Giovanni. Sharon talks with the director and adaptor of the opera, David Chambers about the process of bringing Don Juan in Prague to the stage; the design of the opera and use of digital projections; staging the opera in Prague, where the original Mozart opera premiered; the stage environment; the pretext of the opera; rewriting the recitatives; the comic/tragic aspects of the opera; the decision to focus on Donna Elvira; the role of Don Giovanni; and the use of audio processing in the opera. Composer and arranger, Matthew Suttor, discusses and demonstrates his process of arranging and audio processing Mozart's music and what the processing adds to the telling of the story. The singers, Iva Bittová, Christopher Schaldenbrand, Matt Boehler, Amelia Watkins, and Ashley Wilkinson join the panel and discuss how their experience working on Don Juan in Prague differed from working in traditional opera.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 301

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Contents

1. Donna Elvira's poem ; Overture / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Iva Bittová, Christopher Schaldenbrand -- Excerpts from Notte e giorno / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Matt Boehler, Christopher Schaldenbrand, Ashley Wilkinson -- Madamina / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Matt Boehler, Iva Bittová -- Donna Elvira's lament / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalist, Iva Bittová -- La ci darem la mano / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Christopher Schaldenbrand, Amelia Watkins -- Ah fuggi / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Christopher Schaldenbrand, Matt Boehler -- Vedrai Carino / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalist, Amelia Watkins ; Mitra Di / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalist, Iva Buttová -- Excerpts from Finale / composer, Matthew Suttor ; vocalists, Matt Boehler, Christopher Schaldenbrand, Ashley Wilkinson, Iva Bittová.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2951

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Dec. 3, 2006.

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.

Title

1. Don Juan in Prague [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2006.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 301
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Host, Mary Sharp Cronson ; Agon Orchestra of Prague: conductor, Petr Kofron ; violin, Jan Šimůnek, Igor Lecian ; viola, Mikoláš Cech ; double-bass, Ivan Bierhanzl.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Dec. 3, 2006.

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.

Added author

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
2. Sharon, Yuval. Interviewer
3. Chambers, David. Interviewee
4. Chambers, David. Director
5. Suttor, Matthew. Composer
6. Bittová, Iva. Singer
7. Kofroň, Petr. Conductor
8. Šimůnek, Jan (Violinist) Instrumentalist
9. Lecian, Igor. Instrumentalist
10. Cech, Mikoláš. Instrumentalist
11. Bierhanzl, Ivan. Instrumentalist
12. Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Singer
13. Schaldenbrand, Christopher. Interviewee
14. Boehler, Matt. Singer
15. Boehler, Matt. Interviewee
16. Watkins, Amelia. Singer
17. Watkins, Amelia. Interviewee
18. Wilkinson, Ashley. Singer
19. Wilkinson, Ashley. Interviewee
20. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2951