Celebration, cassette 4
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Title
Celebration, cassette 4
Collection
Celebration: 100 years of performing arts at the Metropolitan Opera
Names
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Event place)
Makarova, Natalia, 1940- (Dancer)
Nagy, Ivan, 1943- (Dancer)
Montand, Yves, 1921-1991 (Performer)
Perlman, Itzhak, 1945- (Performer)
Harrell, Lynn (Performer)
Richie, Lionel (Composer)
Saddler, Donald (Restager)
Layton, Joe, 1931- (Choreographer)
Schermerhorn, Kenneth (Conductor)
Hermann, Jane (Producer)
Wechsler, Gil (Lighting designer)
Large, Brian (Director)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Production company)
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Producer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1984-05-13
Place: New York, NY
Table Of Contents
Non-dance sequence with Yves Montand -- Swan lake (Act II pas de deux) / choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ; music: Tchaikovsky ; featured musicians: Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell ; dancers: Natalia Makarova, Ivan Nagy -- Non-dance sequence with Lionel Richie -- All night long / music: Lionel Richie ; staging: Joe Layton ; danced by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Grande Finale; featuring participants in the gala singing Happy birthday.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5005
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-700
Subjects
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) -- Anniversaries, etc
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Producer: Jane Hermann. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn. Lighting: Gil Wechsler. Staging: Donald Saddler. Director: Brian Large. Script: Gerald Fitzgerald.
Venue: Taped in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House May 13, 1984. A WNET-TV and Metropolitan Opera presentation of a gala performance celebrating 100 years of performing arts at the Metropolitan Opera.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (36 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY847040689-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160705
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a819ad0-af6d-0134-6af9-00505686a51c
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Celebration, cassette 4" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a819ad0-af6d-0134-6af9-00505686a51c
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). Celebration, cassette 4 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a819ad0-af6d-0134-6af9-00505686a51c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Celebration, cassette 4" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a819ad0-af6d-0134-6af9-00505686a51c
Wikipedia citation
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