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Additional authors

1. Chen, Shizheng
2. Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616.
3. Ye, Tang, active 18th century
4. Huang, Hai Wei
5. Cheng, Shu Yi.
6. Yi, Li Ming
7. Qian, Yi.
8. Wen, Yu Hang
9. Lin, Sen
10. Shan, Jing
11. Song, Yang
12. Yu, Qing Wang
13. Sun, Ya Hui
14. Zang, Yan Yan
15. Zhou, Ming
16. Tang, Ji-Rong
17. Gao, Hong, pʻi pʻa player
18. Wang, Lin Song
19. Liu, Qi-Chao
20. Zhang, Qi-Lan
21. Zhang, Qing
22. Zhao, Yang Qin
23. Huang, Chenglin
24. Bao, Mo Li.
25. Li, Min
26. Wei, Guo Yong
27. Redden, Nigel
28. Cronson, Mary Sharp
29. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
30. Lincoln Center Festival

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (72 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program opens with scene 28 (Making love to a ghost) from the Lincoln Center Festival production of the 55-scene, 20-hour Chinese opera The peony pavilion, written by Tang Xianzu during the Ming Dynasty. Following the scene, production director Chen Shi-Zheng discusses his restoration of the often heavily edited opera's text and music, as well as the recreation of a setting that would represent the circumstances of its original production, and the use of authentic period instruments. He also discusses the Kunqu opera form, and his incorporation of other Chinese theater traditions in the production. Following the discussion, scene 29 (Suspicions) of The peony pavilion is performed.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 120.

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Operas, Chinese > History and criticism
2. Video
3. Peony pavilion (Choreographic work)
4. Dance
5. Music
6. Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616 > Mu dan ting

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.
3. Dance.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1121

Credits (note)

1. Performance excerpts conceived and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. Text: Tang Xianzu. Music notation (ca. 1792): Ye Tang. Set design: Huang Hai Wei. Costume design: Cheng Shu Yi. Lighting design: Yi Li Ming.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 15 and 16, 1999. (Viewer copy is June 15, 1999.)

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 world premiere of this recreation of The peony pavilion took place during Lincoln Center Festival '99 in July 1999.

Title

1. The peony pavilion [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 1999.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 120.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Performance excerpts conceived and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. Text: Tang Xianzu. Music notation (ca. 1792): Ye Tang. Set design: Huang Hai Wei. Costume design: Cheng Shu Yi. Lighting design: Yi Li Ming.

Performer

1. Excerpts performed by Qian Yi (Du Liniang), Wen Yu Hang (Liu Mengmei), Lin Sen (Sister Stone), Shan Jing (Chen Zuiliang), Song Yang (Taoist Nun), Yu Qing Wang (Chorus), Sun Ya Hui (Chorus), and Zang Yan Yan (Taoist Nun). Musicians: Zhou Ming, dizi (flute) ; Tang Ji-Rong, percussion ; Gao Hong, pipa (short-necked lute) ; Wang Lin Song, sanxian (three-stringed lute) ; Liu Qi-Chao, suona, (double-reed instrument) ; Zhang Qi-Lan, erhu (two-stringed fiddle) ; Zhang Qing, zhonghu (two-stringed fiddle) ; Zhao Yang Qin, yang qin (dulcimer) ; Huang Cheng Lin, zhong ruang (lute) and gu zheng (zither) ; Bao Mo Li, xiaoluo (small gong) ; Li Min, dalue (big gong) ; and Wei Guo Yong, naoba (cymbals). Interviewee: Chen Shi-Zheng. Interviewer: Nigel Redden.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 15 and 16, 1999. (Viewer copy is June 15, 1999.)

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 world premiere of this recreation of The peony pavilion took place during Lincoln Center Festival '99 in July 1999.

Added author

1. Chen, Shizheng. Director
2. Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616. Mu dan ting. Selections.
3. Ye, Tang, active 18th century.
4. Huang, Hai Wei. Set designer
5. Cheng, Shu Yi. Costume designer
6. Yi, Li Ming. Lighting designer
7. Qian, Yi. Performer
8. Wen, Yu Hang. Performer
9. Lin, Sen. Performer
10. Shan, Jing. Performer
11. Song, Yang. Performer
12. Yu, Qing Wang. Performer
13. Sun, Ya Hui. Performer
14. Zang, Yan Yan. Performer
15. Zhou, Ming. Instrumentalist
16. Tang, Ji-Rong. Instrumentalist
17. Gao, Hong, pʻi pʻa player. Instrumentalist
18. Wang, Lin Song. Instrumentalist
19. Liu, Qi-Chao. Instrumentalist
20. Zhang, Qi-Lan. Instrumentalist
21. Zhang, Qing. Instrumentalist
22. Zhao, Yang Qin. Instrumentalist
23. Huang, Chenglin. Instrumentalist
24. Bao, Mo Li. Instrumentalist
25. Li, Min. Instrumentalist
26. Wei, Guo Yong. Instrumentalist
27. Chen, Shizheng. Interviewee
28. Redden, Nigel. Interviewer
29. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
30. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
31. Lincoln Center Festival.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1121