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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

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY847040689-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160705
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a819ad0-af6d-0134-6af9-00505686a51c

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

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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