Opera/Music Theater Videos
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Fire (Final 2 act version, 1988) A live performance taping from the Cowell Theater in San Francisco, June 1992. Composed by Dresher, written and performed by vocalist/actor extraordinaire Rinde Eckert and directed by Richard E.T. White, this work is considered a masterpiece of multi-disciplinary collaboration and has been performed over 200 times throughout the US and Europe. |
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 Format:  Two Acts, 75 minutes Price: $25 |
| Slow Fire (Original
1 act version, 1985) First performed as a one act opera, this video of Slow Fire reveals the original version which was presented by the New York Philharmonic and Minnesota Opera. Shot and edited by Target Video. |
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| Sound Stage (2001) Excellent quality video of Dresher's 2001 music-theater work with a set made entirely of invented musical instruments. Performed by the renowned Minneapolis-based new music ensemble Zeitgeist and Paul Dresher. |
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| Was Are/Will Be (1984) A professional video of Dresher & Eckert's very first collaborative work, from early 1985, it is a work that led directly to their seminal work, Slow Fire. Shot and edited by Target Video. |
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Format: 18 minutes Price: $25 |
| Ravenshead (1998) Composer Steve Mackey and Librettist’s Rinde Eckert’s one man tour-de-force opera commissioned by the Paul Dresher Ensemble and performed by Rinde Eckert and the Ensemble’s Electro-Acoustic Band. Premiered in Nov. 1998, it was ranked the Best New Opera of 1998 by USA Today, it is based on the a true story of Donald Crowhurst, a man who in 1968 attempted to be the first to sail solo & non-stop around in the world. Rinde’s writing and performance are nothing short of astonishing. Recorded on digital video at the premiere. |
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Format: Price: $25 |
