Experimentum mundi : opera di musica immaginistica

Title
  1. Experimentum mundi : opera di musica immaginistica / di Giorgio Battistelli ; texti scelti dalla Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raissonné des sciences, des arts et des metiers di Diderot e D'Alembert ; regia Giancarlo Matcovich.
Published by
  1. [Berlin] : EuroArts Music International, [2015]
  2. ©2015

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Additional authors
  1. Matcovich, Giancarlo
  2. Vrizzi, Debora
  3. Montemurro, Filippo
  4. Cappacioni, Marco
  5. Battistelli, Giorgio, 1953-
  6. Severini, Annarita
  7. Tamburri, Elvira
  8. Calcagni, Paola
  9. Delle Chiaie, Tiziana
  10. Servillo, Peppe
  11. Raffone, Nicola
  12. Di Palma, Marcello
  13. Sannibale, Alfredo
  14. Sannibale, Fabio
  15. Carpineti, Fernando
  16. Salustri, Guido
  17. Sardilli, Aldo
  18. Carpineti, Vladimiro
  19. Innocenzi, Antonio
  20. Carpineti, Oberdan
  21. Paudice, Ciro
  22. Battistelli, Luigi (Bricklayer)
  23. Sannibale, Gianni
  24. Sannibale, Marco
  25. EuroArts Music International GmbH, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. "Sixteen craftsmen dressed in boiler suits and aprons walk onto the stage and start working--among them a gentleman wearing a tailcoat, an actor. Off to the side, in a corner of the stage space, he begins reading ... The text is from the famous encyclopedia written by 16th century Swiss and French academics. The words describe both the work and the tools that are being used. Then we hear the sounds of the various types of work, from cobbler to barrel-maker, from joiner to knife grinder, from plasterer to carpenter etc., which unite to form a captivating symphony ..."--Insert.
Uniform title
  1. Encyclopédie.
Alternative title
  1. Opera di musica immaginistica
  2. Experimental opera
Subject
  1. Nonfiction films
  2. Filmed performances
  3. Monologues with music (Vocal ensemble with percussion)
  4. Operas
  5. Monologues (Drama)
  6. Mixed media (Music)
  7. Filmed operas
Genre/Form
  1. Nonfiction films.
  2. Filmed performances.
  3. Operas.
  4. Monologues (Drama)
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Opera.
  2. Wide screen (1.78:1).
  3. Program notes in English and German with English, German, and Italian translations (57 pages : color illustration, facsimiles) bound on container.
  4. Extras: Behind the scenes (26:00); Experimentum mundi remix (16:00).
Credits (note)
  1. Camera, Debora Vrizzi ; editor, Filippo Montemurro ; sound designer, Marco Capaccioni.
Language (note)
  1. Spoken text in Italian from the original French, with subtitles in English, German, and Italian.