McTeague (excerpts)

Item

Record ID

83

Identifier

90420

Genre

Documentary - Opera

Work Title

McTeague (excerpts)

Uniform Title

McTeague. Selections

Program/Series Title

Great performances: The real McTeague

Composer

Bolcom, William

Text Author

Weinstein, Arnold (libretto) ; Altman, Robert (libretto) ; based on novel by Frank Norris and Erich von Stroheim's l924 film Greed.

Production Year

1993

Transmission/Release Date

5/26/93

Transmission/Release Year

1993

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

PBS

Conductor/Music Director

Davies, Dennis Russell

Orchestra

Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra

Soloists

Catherine Malfitano (Trina) ; Ben Heppner (McTeague) ; Timothy Nolen (Marcus) ; Emily Golden (Maria) ; Wilbur Pauley (Lottery Agent/Inspector) ; Zasu Pitts (Trina) ; Gibson Gowland (McTeague) ; Studs Terkel (Narrator)

TV/Film Director

Browning, Kirk, 1921-

Stage Director

Altman, Robert (creative supervisor)

Sets

Kuper, Yuri ; Lowenstein, Michael

Costumes

Mariani, Jeanette (Jano)

Production Company

WTTW ; Lyric Opera of Chicago ; WNET

Producer

Baer, Geoffrey

Executive Producer

DuBose, Glenn ; Arntz, James

Other Information

Performance documentary. New York Times review describes the program as a..."synthesis of forms in which scenes from the von Stroheim film are blended with corresponding scenes from the Lyric Opera of Chicago production....woven together with excerpts from the novel read by a narrator."

Duration

ca. 56'

Company

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Archive

Motion Picture/TV Reading Room, Library of Congress ; The Paley Center for Media

Sourcemat

NEWCAT - 120 (X)

Memo1

Newcat - 120 (this record more complete than IMZ #10414

Memo2

American composer