^ abRobert Viagas: Night of the Iguana Director Frank Corsaro Is Dead at 92
^Henahan, Donal. "When the stage director takes on the opera; Says Frank Corsaro: 'My productions are supposed to be so sensational and sexual, but what in God's name is the theater all about? Theater is vulgar in the best sense'", The New York Times, November 12, 1972; accessed September 15, 2009. "'I attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx for a while and the Immaculata High School on East 33rd Street, but they threw me out after awarding me a prize for oratory. So I went back to DeWitt Clinton.'"
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frank, corsaro, december, 1924, york, city, york, november, 2017, suwanee, georgia, america, foremost, stage, directors, opera, theatre, broadway, productions, include, night, iguana, 1961, contents, career, bibliography, references, external, linkscareer, edi. Frank Corsaro December 22 1924 New York City New York November 11 2017 Suwanee Georgia 1 was one of America s foremost stage directors of opera and theatre His Broadway productions include The Night of the Iguana 1961 Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksCareer editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Frank Corsaro news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message A graduate of De Witt Clinton High School 2 he made his operatic directing debut at the New York City Opera in 1958 with a staging of Carlisle Floyd s Susannah It was this production that the company took to the Brussels World s Fair that year starring Phyllis Curtin Norman Treigle and Richard Cassilly citation needed He became one of the City Opera s leading directors creating such important productions as Prokofiev s The Fiery Angel Verdi s La traviata with Patricia Brooks and Placido Domingo Puccini s Madama Butterfly Robert Ward s The Crucible featuring Chester Ludgin Gounod s Faust with Beverly Sills and Treigle Borodin s Prince Igor Janacek s The Makropulos Affair with Maralin Niska Lee Hoiby s Summer and Smoke Cherubini s Medee in the Italian version Korngold s Die tote Stadt with Carol Neblett Janacek s The Cunning Little Vixen in designs by Maurice Sendak and Bizet s Carmen 1 Corsaro directed the world premieres of two of Floyd s later operas Of Mice and Men 1970 and Flower and Hawk 1972 He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 with Handel s Rinaldo starring Marilyn Horne and Samuel Ramey citation needed Corsaro wrote several librettos for operas including Heloise and Abelard by Stephen Paulus 3 and Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri 4 whose opera The Seagull he directed at its premiere As an actor Corsaro appeared as Hector Jonas opposite Joanne Woodward in the 1968 film Rachel Rachel directed by her husband Paul Newman In 1988 he became the head of the Actors Studio 5 Bibliography editMaverick by Frank Corsaro Vanguard Press 1978 ISBN 0 8149 0790 3References edit a b Robert Viagas Night of the Iguana Director Frank Corsaro Is Dead at 92 Henahan Donal When the stage director takes on the opera Says Frank Corsaro My productions are supposed to be so sensational and sexual but what in God s name is the theater all about Theater is vulgar in the best sense The New York Times November 12 1972 accessed September 15 2009 I attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx for a while and the Immaculata High School on East 33rd Street but they threw me out after awarding me a prize for oratory So I went back to DeWitt Clinton Johanna Keller April 21 2002 Love and Lust In Opera Nothing New But God The New York Times Retrieved December 24 2007 Matthew Gurewitsch May 27 2007 A Keeper of the Flame Who Tried to Snuff It The New York Times Retrieved December 24 2007 Jeremy Gerard April 8 1988 Frank Corsaro to Head Actors Studio The New York Times Retrieved December 24 2007 External links editFrank Corsaro at IMDb Frank Corsaro at the Internet Broadway Database Frank Corsaro at the Internet Off Broadway Database Frank Corsaro at the University of Wisconsin s Actors Studio audio collection Tribute to Frank Corsaro 1924 2017 Interview with Frank Corsaro December 17 1988 Preceded byEllen Burstyn Artistic Director of the Actors Studio1988 1995 Succeeded byArthur Penn Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Corsaro amp oldid 1117031042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
