PAVAROTTI AT JUILLIARD: OPERA MASTER CLASSES, PROGRAM I (TV)

Summary

The first in a series of six half-hour master classes given in January, 1979, at the Juilliard School in New York City. After a short introductory statement, tenor Luciano Pavarotti gives brief instruction to three Juilliard singers. Kwang Chung (tenor) sings "E lucevan le stelle" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca"; Susanne Mentzer (soprano) sings "Non so piu" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)"; and Tonio Di Paolo (tenor) sings "Questa, o quella" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto." Pavarotti conducts a question and answer session with the audience. In response to a request from an audience member, Pavarotti sings "Per la gloria d'adorarvi" from Antonio Bononcini's opera "Griselda."

Details

• NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
• DATE: January 23, 1980 Wednesday 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:27:48
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T89:0215
• GENRE: Music; Arts documentaries
• SUBJECT HEADING: Music - Analysis, appreciation; Operas - Excerpts
• SERIES RUN: WNET (New York, NY) - TV, 1980
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Nathan Kroll … Producer, Director
• Herbert Breslin … Associate Producer
• Giacomo Puccini … Composer
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Composer
• Giuseppe Verdi … Composer
• Antonio Bononcini … Composer
• Luciano Pavarotti … Singer, Tenor
• Kwang Chung … Singer, Tenor
• Susanne Mentzer … Singer, Soprano
• Di Paolo, Tonio … Singer, Tenor
• John Wustman … Instrumentalist, Pianist