Research Catalog

Title

[N.Y. export, opus jazz, excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] Ballets: U.S.A. ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Robert Prince.

Publication

[1959]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974.
• Robbins, Jerome
• Curley, Wilma, 1937-
• Norman, Jay
• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.
• Klotz, Florence.
• Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-
• Prince, Robert, 1929-2007.
• Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
• Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
• Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
• Ballets: U.S.A.
• WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Festival of Two Worlds.

Description

• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (18 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
• 1 reel (18 min., 590 ft.) : sd., b&w ;

Summary

A portion of an Ed Sullivan show program filmed in Spoleto during the 2nd Festival of Two Worlds. The tape begins in the middle of a recitation from Shakespeare by John Gielgud. Sullivan, appearing in the Piazza del Duomo in Spoleto, introduces Jerome Robbins' Ballets: U.S.A. Dancers Wilma Curley and Jay Norman perform Passage for two from N.Y. export, opus jazz, on stage with sets and costumes. Sullivan speaks with the festival's creator, Gian Carlo Menotti, and a scene from Donizetti's Duke of Alba is performed in the opera house. A commercial for Mercury cars appears after the Ballets: U.S.A. performance.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

• N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
• Ed Sullivan show (Television program)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Television.

Credits (note)

• New York export, opus jazz. Sets: Ben Shahn. Costumes: Ben Shahn and Florence Klotz. Lighting: Jean Rosenthal.

Performer (note)

• Ed Sullivan show. Host: Ed Sullivan. Guests: John Gielgud, Gian Carlo Menotti. Excerpt from N.Y. export, opus jazz performed by Wilma Curley and Jay Norman.

Event (note)

• Filmed in Spoleto, Italy and broadcast on July 19, 1959.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6599 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F62

Title

[N.Y. export, opus jazz, excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] Ballets: U.S.A. ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Robert Prince.

Imprint

[1959]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

New York export, opus jazz. Sets: Ben Shahn. Costumes: Ben Shahn and Florence Klotz. Lighting: Jean Rosenthal.

Performer

Ed Sullivan show. Host: Ed Sullivan. Guests: John Gielgud, Gian Carlo Menotti. Excerpt from N.Y. export, opus jazz performed by Wilma Curley and Jay Norman.

Event

Filmed in Spoleto, Italy and broadcast on July 19, 1959.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Added Author

Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974. Host

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Curley, Wilma, 1937- dancer.

Norman, Jay, dancer.

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. Designer. Costume designer

Klotz, Florence. Costume designer

Rosenthal, Jean, 1912- Designer

Prince, Robert, 1929-2007. N.Y. export, op. jazz.

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.

Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Interviewee

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Duc d'Albe.

Ballets: U.S.A.

WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Festival of Two Worlds.

Added Title

N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Ed Sullivan show (Television program)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6599 JRC

*MGZHB 6-2730 JRC