Learning on ScreenPlump Jack
- Synopsis
- Features a panel discussion on Gordon Getty’s opera Plump Jack, interspersed with performances of musical selections from the work which is set to passages from Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays. Panellists, who include Getty and Paul Sperry who originated the role of Hal, discuss the primacy of text in opera, its evolution from a concert piece, and the suitability of recitative for settings of Shakespeare. Moderated by Charles Kaufman with piano accompaniment by Charles Worth.
- Series
- Works & Process at the Guggenheim
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 6 Dec 1993
- Duration
- 69 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Mary Sharp Cronson
- Music
- Gordon Getty
- Contributor
- Charles Kaufman; Gordon Getty; Paul Sperry
- Cast
Mark Hernandez Prince Henry (Hal) Steven Condy Sir John Falstaff Diana Kehrig Mistress Quickly Mark Hernandez Robert Shallow Charles Worth Diana Kehrig Boy Roderick Gomez Pistol Roderick Gomez Bardolph
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Henry IV Part 1; Henry IV Part 2
- Subjects
- Drama; Music
- Keywords
- opera; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Recorded at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Production Company
- Name
StreamingCulture
- Notes
- Part of the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- dance@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 212 870 1657
- Fax
- 212 870 1869
- Address
- New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498
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