Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Flanigan, Lauren
2. Kondek, Charles
3. Muller, Jennifer, 1949-
4. Sirlin, Jerome, 1942-
5. Steel, George
6. Weisgall, Jonathan, interviewee
7. Thompson, Margaret, 1962-
8. Smith, Roy Cornelius
9. Maddalena, James
10. Caldwell, Susan
11. Weisgall, Hugo
12. Cronson, Mary Sharp
13. New York City Opera
14. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

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

Summary

1. 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

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Composers
3. Video

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Contents

1. Introduction (ca. 1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson.
2. Act I, Scene 5. Mordecai, Mordecai, the Jew (ca. 7 min.) / performed by Margaret Thompson (Zeresh), Roy Cornelius Smith (Haman).
3. Act II, Scene 1. I am broken, useless (ca. 5 min.) / performed by James Maddalena (Mordecai).
4. 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

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5335

Note

1. "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)

1. Composed by Hugo Weisgall.

Event (note)

1. 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)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Mary Sharp Cronson.

Title

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

Imprint

1. c2009.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

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

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. 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

1. Composed by Hugo Weisgall.

Performer

1. 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).
2. 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

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

Source

1. Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added author

1. Flanigan, Lauren, interviewee.
2. Flanigan, Lauren, performer.
3. Kondek, Charles. Interviewee
4. Kondek, Charles. Librettist
5. Muller, Jennifer, 1949- Interviewee
6. Muller, Jennifer, 1949- choreographer.
7. Sirlin, Jerome, 1942- Interviewee
8. Sirlin, Jerome, 1942- Set designer
9. Steel, George. Moderator
10. Steel, George. Director
11. Weisgall, Jonathan, interviewee.
12. Thompson, Margaret, 1962- Performer
13. Smith, Roy Cornelius. Performer
14. Maddalena, James. Performer
15. Caldwell, Susan. Performer
16. Caldwell, Susan. Instrumentalist
17. Weisgall, Hugo. Esther.
18. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
19. New York City Opera.
20. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
21. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5335