Nixon in China (opera) - John Adams (creator) (1987)
Subject
Houston's Opera House (Klamath Falls, Or.)
Presidents in art
President Richard Nixon
URL
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Description
Content description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China):
Nixon in China is an opera in three acts by John Adams, with a libretto by Alice Goodman. Adams' first opera, it was inspired by U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. The work premiered at the Houston Grand Opera on October 22, 1987, in a production by Peter Sellars with choreography by Mark Morris. When Sellars approached Adams with the idea for the opera in 1983, Adams was initially reluctant, but eventually decided that the work could be a study in how myths come to be, and accepted the project. Goodman's libretto was the result of considerable research into Nixon's visit, though she disregarded most sources published after the 1972 trip.
To create the sounds he sought, Adams augmented the orchestra with a large saxophone section, additional percussion, and electronic synthesizer. Although sometimes described as minimalist, the score displays a variety of musical styles, embracing minimalism after the manner of Philip Glass alongside passages echoing 19th-century composers such as Wagner and Johann Strauss. With these ingredients, Adams mixes Stravinskian 20th-century neoclassicism, jazz references, and big band sounds reminiscent of Nixon's youth in the 1930s. The combination of these elements varies frequently, to reflect changes in the onstage action.
Following the 1987 premiere, the opera received mixed reviews; some critics dismissed the work, predicting it would soon vanish. However, it has been presented on many occasions since, in both Europe and North America, and has been recorded twice. In 2011, the opera received its Metropolitan Opera debut, a production based on the original sets, and in the same year was given an abstract production in Toronto by the Canadian Opera Company. Recent critical opinion has tended to recognize the work as a significant and lasting contribution to American opera.
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Two Gentlemen Folk (live music performance) - Benjamin Luxon and Bill Crofut (artists) (1983) (no video link)
Subject
American folk songs
Opera
URL
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British Opera singer Benjamin Luxon and banjo-playing American folk artist Bill Crofut join together in a performance of traditional British and American folk music. The concert was taped in September 1983 at Jacob's Pillow.
Ephemera:text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. "2:05 Two Gentleman Folk. British opera singer Benjamin Luxon and banjo-playing American folk artist Bill Crofut join in a performance of traditional British and American folk music." Handwritten notes by JWK: "Under Cover, 11 August, 1985, KAET."
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Creator
Benjamin Luxon (performer)
Bill Crofut (performer)
Love of Three Oranges (opera) - Sergei Prokofiev (composer) (1989)
Subject
Opera
Fairy tales--Italy
Fairy tales--Adaptations
URL
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Content Description from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_for_Three_Oranges):
The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам, Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto was based on the Italian play L'amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi. The opera premiered at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on 30 December 1921.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. The Love of Three Oranges. serge Prokofiev's fanciful tale concerns a sick and melancholic prince who will die if he cannot be made to laugh. Ryland Davies sings the part of the prince, Willard White is the King, and Nelly Morpurgo is the witch. A Glyndebourne Festival Opera production. Handwritten notes: "Prokofiev, Desianed - Maurice Sendak.
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The Pirates of Penzance (musical) - Keith Michell and Peter Allen (performers) (1982) (no video link)
Subject
Opera
TV Movie
URL
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Description
Content description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188143/):
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.
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Diva (motion picture) - Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez (performer) (trailer) (1981) (no video link)
Subject
Motion picture
URL
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Description
Content description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082269/) :
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters twist their way through an intricate and stylish French language thriller.
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A Streetcar Named Desire by the Dance Theatre of Harlem (ballet dance performance) (1982) (no video link)
Subject
Ballet dancing
Opera
Theatre
URL
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Description
Content description from New York Times Archives (https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/16/theater/dance-harlem-troupe-performs-streetcar.html) :
"Lowell Smith, is a black Stanley Kowalski who dances his heart away in a sensationally strong performance i n the Dance Theater of Harlem's revival of Valerie Bettis's ballet version of ''A Streetcar Named Desire.''
Miss Bettis's well-known treatment of Tennessee Williams's play does not, however, stand up so consistently. At its company premiere with the Dance Theater of Harlem Thursday night at the City Center, it had all the markings of a 1950's period piece. It also had some thoroughly gripping moments to which the company's dancers took with obvious relish and dynamic flair."
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Creator
Valarie Bettis (original choreographer)
Lowell Smith (performer)
Virginia Johnson (performer)
The Cunning Little Vixen (opera) - Leoš Janáček (librettist) (date unknown) (no video link)
Subject
Operas
URL
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Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/cunning-little-vixen/oclc/849767682) :
An opera about a little vixen who won her freedom after being taken home by a hunter, by out-smarting all the other pets.
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Content description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192417):
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
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Creator
Franco Zeffirelli (director)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (libretto)
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons (performers)