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Our town [videorecording] : two historic productions on two DVD. by Schaefer, George,1920-1997; Browning, Kirk,1921-2008; Brandman, Michael.(CARDINAL)683975; Holbrook, Hal.(CARDINAL)196169; Beatty, Ned.(CARDINAL)348263; Bel Geddes, Barbara.; Benson, Robby.(CARDINAL)763569; Cox, Ronny.(CARDINAL)348264; O'Connor, Glynnis.; Thompson, Sada,1929-2011; Gray, Spalding,1941-2004.(CARDINAL)748306; Rebhorn, James,1948-; Griesemer, John.(CARDINAL)663241; Conroy, Frances.(CARDINAL)845269; Maxwell, Roberta,1942-(CARDINAL)690012; Stoltz, Eric,1961-(CARDINAL)847722; Miller, Penelope Ann.; Maloney, Peter.(CARDINAL)751653; Wilder, Thornton,1897-1975.(CARDINAL)142512; Barrera, Juan.; Lanteau, William,1922-1993.; Brandman Productions, Inc.; Hartwest Productions, Inc.; Hartwest Productions.; Lincoln Center Theater (New York, N.Y.); MasterVision (Firm)(CARDINAL)273284; National Broadcasting Company.(CARDINAL)152448; Schaefer, George,1920-1997.; Browning, Kirk,1921-2008.; Thompson, Sada,1929-2011.; National Broadcasting Company(CARDINAL)152448; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Disc 1. Our town (1977, 120 min.) / NBC ; produced and directed by George Schaefer ; Hartwest Productions, Inc. -- Disc 2. Our town (1989, 105 min.) / directed by Kirk Browning ; producer, Michael Brandman ; the Lincoln Center Theater production poduced in association with Great Performances, WNET Thirteen ; Brandman Productions, Inc.Cameras, Juan Barrera ... [et al.] (disc 2) ; editor, Gary Bradley (disc 2).(1977): Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Allen Price, William Lanteau, Sada Thompson, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robby Benson, Ronny Cox, Glynnis O'Connor ; (1989): Spalding Gray, James Rebhorn, Atticus Brady, John Griesemer, Frances Conroy, Roberta Maxwell, Eric Stoltz, Lydia Kelly, Shane Culkin, Penelope Ann Miller, Bill Alton, Peter Maloney.The time is the early 20th century, in Grovers Corners, New Hampshire, and centers on the Webb and Gibbs families, who live next door to each other. Emily Webb and George Gibbs are two young people who grow up, fall in love with gentle glances and sweet words, get married, and are eventually separated by death. On the surface, there is all this nostalgia, but there are dark currents in Grovers Corners, little ironies and inconsistencies that are often commented on by the Stage Manager, and are embodied in the person of the town drunk, Simon Stimson.DVD format.
Subjects: City and town life; Young women; Death; Love; Television plays.;
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Amahl And The Night Visitors [videorecording] / by Menotti, Gian Carlo,1911-2007,composer.(CARDINAL)507920; Aiken, David,performer.; Altman, Allan,producer.; Browning, Kirk,1921-2008,director.; Butler, John,1920-1993,performer.; Chotzinoff, Samuel,1889-1964,producer.(CARDINAL)129667; Guti©♭rrez, Carmen,performer.; Kuhlmann, Rosemary,performer,interviewiee.; Lishner, Leon,1913-1995,performer.; McIver, Bill,performer.; McKinley, Andrew,performer.; Monachino, Francis,performer.; Schippers, Thomas,conductor.(CARDINAL)736969; Tetley, Glen,performer.; Menotti, Gian Carlo,1911-2007.Amahl and the night visitors.; Columbus Boychoir,performer.; Showcase Productions (New York, N.Y.),production company.; Symphony of the Air,performer.;
Choreographer, John Butler ; music and libretto, Gian Carlo Menotti ; music and artistic director, Peter Herman Adler ; designer, Eugene Berman.Bill McIver (Amahl), Rosemary Kuhlmann (Mother), Andrew McKinley (King Kaspar), David Aiken (King Melchior), Leon Lishner (King Balthazar), Francis Monachino (Page), John Butler, Glen Tetley, Carmen Gutierrez (dancing shepherds); members of the Symphony of the Air.A disabled shepherd boy and his mother are visited by three men on their way to see the Baby Jesus in Bethlehem.DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Subjects: Christmas films.; Television musicals.; Television programs.; Jesus Christ; Children with disabilities; Made-for-TV movies.; Mothers and sons; Operas.;
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La bohème [videorecording] / by Browning, Kirk,1921-2008,director.; Giacosa, Giuseppe,1847-1906,librettist.; Illica, Luigi,1857-1919,librettist.; Levine, James,1943-conductor.; Melano, Fabrizio,producer.; Monk, Allan,vocalist.; Niska, Maralin,vocalist.; Pavarotti, Luciano,vocalist.(CARDINAL)157512; Pizzi, Pier Luigi,1930-designer,costume designer.; Plishka, Paul,1941-vocalist.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Bohème.(CARDINAL)172190; Randall, Tony,host.; Scotto, Renata,1934-vocalist.; Tajo, Italo,vocalist.; Wechsler, Gil,lighting designer.; Wixell, Ingvar,vocalist.; Deutsche Grammophon (Firm); Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).Chorus,performer.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).Orchestra,performer.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)134184;
Set and costume design, Pier Luigi Pizzi ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler.Host, Tony Randall.Renata Scotto (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Maralin Niska (Musetta), Ingvar Wixell (Marcello), Allan Monk (Schaunard), Paul Plishka (Colline), Italo Tajo (Benoit) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.Recorded in performance Mar. 15, 1977, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City; broadcast as a segment of the Live from the Met series.A four-act opera set in 19th-century Paris about a poor poet and his love for a beautiful girl who dies of tuberculosis.DVD; NTSC, Region 0 (worldwide); full screen (4:3) presentation; DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, PCM Stereo sound.
Subjects: Filmed operas.; Nonfiction films.; Bohemianism; Love; Operas.;
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Tosca [videorecording] by Behrens, Hildegard.prf; Bronson, Michael.; Browning, Kirk,1921-2008.; Christopher, Russell.prf; Courtney, James.prf(CARDINAL)762237; Domingo, Placido,1941-prf(CARDINAL)157628; Fogarty, Melissa.prf; Giacosa, Giuseppe,1847-1906.lbt(CARDINAL)511677; Hall, Peter J.,1926-; Illica, Luigi,1857-1919.lbt(CARDINAL)511678; Laciura, Anthony.prf; Levine, James,1943-(CARDINAL)519267; MacNeil, Cornell,1922-prf; Paul, Samuel J.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Tosca.(CARDINAL)378916; Saks, Jay David.; Sardou, Victorien,1831-1908.Tosca.(CARDINAL)532760; Sinopoli, Giuseppe.cnd; Stivender, David.; Tajo, Italo.prf; Vernon, Richard,1950-prf; Wechsler, Gil.; Zeffirelli, Franco.(CARDINAL)516271; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)prf(CARDINAL)134184;
Director, Kirk Browning; music director, James Levine; chorus master, David Stivender; executive producer, Michael Bronson; producer, Samuel J. Paul; production and set design, Franco Zeffirelli; costume design, Peter J. Hall; lighting design, Gil Wechsler; audio director, Jay David Saks.Hildegard Behrens (Floria Tosca); Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavardossi); Cornell MacNeil (Il barone Scarpia); James Courtney (Cesare Angelotti); Italo Tajo (Il sagrestano); Anthony Laciura (Spoletta); Russell Christopher (Sciarrone); Richard Vernon (Un carceriere); Melissa Fogarty (Un pastore); Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor.Videorecording of performances taped March 20 and 27, 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Subjects: Operas.;
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Great moments at the Met [videorecording] : viewer's choice / by Blegen, Judith.; Bonynge, Richard.; Browning, Kirk,1921-2008.; Carreras, José.; Domingo, Plácido,1941-(CARDINAL)157628; Fleming, Renée.(CARDINAL)357355; Gergiev, Valeriĭ,1953-; Halvorson, Gary.; Horne, Marilyn.; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri.; Large, Brian.(CARDINAL)129268; Levine, James,1943-; Nilsson, Birgit.; Pavarotti, Luciano.(CARDINAL)157512; Pfeiffer, John,1920-1996.; Price, Leontyne.(CARDINAL)163009; Rescigno, Nicola.; Saks, Jay David.; Scotto, Renata,1934-; Sills, Beverly.(CARDINAL)158003; Stratas, Teresa.; Sutherland, Joan,1926-2010.(CARDINAL)160397; Te Kanawa, Kiri.; Troyanos, Tatiana.; Vaness, Carol.; Von Stade, Frederica.; Donizetti, Gaetano,1797-1848.Don Pasquale.So anch'io la virtù magica.; Donizetti, Gaetano,1797-1848.Elisir d'amore.Furtiva lagrima.; Donizetti, Gaetano,1797-1848.Lucia di Lammermoor.Spargi d'amaro pianto.; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,1756-1791.Nozze di Figaro.Dove sono?; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,1756-1791.Nozze di Figaro.Voi, che sapete.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Bohème.Che gelida manina.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Bohème.O soave fanciulla.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Tosca.E lucevan le stelle.; Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924.Turandot.Nessun dorma.; Rossini, Gioacchino,1792-1868.Italiana in Algeri.Cruda sorte!; Strauss, Richard,1864-1949.Elektra.Allein! Weh, ganz allein!; Strauss, Richard,1864-1949.Rosenkavalier (Opera).Hab' mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben.; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich,1840-1893.Onegin.O! kak mne tiıaıŁzhelo.; Verdi, Giuseppe,1813-1901.Aïda.O patria mia.; Verdi, Giuseppe,1813-1901.Rigoletto.Donna è mobile.; Deutsche Grammophon (Firm); Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).Ballet.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).Chorus.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).Orchestra.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)134184; Universal Music (Firm); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)150050;
MARCIVE 1/4/12"Allein! Weh, ganz allein!" / Strauss's Elektra, Birgit Nilsson, James Levine, conductor -- "Cruda sorte" / Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri, Marilyn Horne, James Levine, conductor -- "Voi che sapete" / Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Frederica von Stade with Carol Vaness, James Levine, conductor -- "O soave fanciulla" / Puccini's La Bohe me, Teresa Stratas and Jose Carreras, James Levine, conductor -- "La donna e mobile" / Verdi's Rigoletto, Luciano Pavarotti, James Levine, conductor -- "Quel guardo il cavaliere" / Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Beverly Sills, Nicola Rescigno, conductor -- "Dove sono" / Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Rene e Fleming, James Levine, conductor -- "E lucevan le stelle" / Puccini's Tosca, Pla cido Domingo, Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor -- "Nessun dorma" / Puccini's Turandot, Pla cido Domino, James Levine, conductor -- Final scene / Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Rene e Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Valery Gergiev, conductor -- "Una furtiva lagrima" / Donizetti's L'Elisir d' Amore, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Rescigno, conductor -- "Spargi d'amaro pianto" / Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, conductor -- Act III trio / Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos and Judith Blegen, James Levine, conductor -- "Che gelida manina" / Puccini's La Bohe me, Luciano Pavarotti with Renata Scotto, James Levine, conductor -- "O patria mia" / Verdi's Aida, Leontyne Price, James Levine, conductor.Directors: Kirk Browning, Gary Halvorson, Brian Large ; audio producers: John Pfeiffer, Jay David Saks.Various performers ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet."Great Performances" gave public television viewers a chance to cast online votes for their favorite televised Met Opera moments.DVD; audio LPCM 2.0.
Subjects: Opera;
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