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Composer(s): Aldridge, Robert Livingston
Lyricist(s): Garfein, Herschel
Conductor(s): Boggs, William
Orchestra(s): Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Choir(s): Florentine Opera Chorus
Artist(s): Blankfield, Aaron; Buck, Heather; Ehlers, Linda S.; Hardin, Julia Elise; Helm, Paul; Johnson, Scott; Johnson, William; Jones, Sarah Lewis; Kelley, Frank; Koester, Katie; Krueger, Nathan; Lau, Matthew; Ngchee, Kristin; Offenbach, Jamie; Phares, Keith; Richardson, Matthew; Rideout, Vale; Risley, Patricia; Wendt, Margaret; Wildt, Tracy
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.669032-33
Barcode: 730099903271
Release Date: 07/2011
ALDRIDGE, R.L.: Elmer Gantry [Opera] (Phares, Risley, Rideout, Kelley, Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony, Boggs)
Set just before World War I, Sinclair Lewis’s incendiary novel Elmer Gantry tells a story of old-time religion, illicit romance and revenge. Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s operatic adaptation is a ‘marvelous amalgam of toe-tapping accessibility’ (Opera News) full of hymns, gospel songs, marches and dance, evoking the period in a score which echoes Gershwin and Copland. This all-American production combines a first-rate cast of singers and a world-class orchestra for ‘an intoxicating experience’ (The New York Times).
Tracklist
Disc 1
Aldridge, Robert Livingston
Garfein, Herschel - Lyricist
Garfein, Herschel - Lyricist
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Wendt, Margaret (soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Jones, Sarah Lewis (soprano)
Ehlers, Linda S. (mezzo-soprano)
Helm, Paul (tenor)
Krueger, Nathan (baritone)
Richardson, Matthew (tenor)
Koester, Katie (mezzo-soprano)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Wendt, Margaret (soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Jones, Sarah Lewis (soprano)
Ehlers, Linda S. (mezzo-soprano)
Helm, Paul (tenor)
Krueger, Nathan (baritone)
Richardson, Matthew (tenor)
Koester, Katie (mezzo-soprano)
|  | 1 | Act I Scene 1: So she… (Elmer, Men's Chorus, Frank, Bully) | 05:20 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act I Scene 2: Who's the man among us has not battled for the Lord? (Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer, Frank, Eddie, Lulu) | 15:07 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act I Scene 3: When you hear the truth do you know it? (Elmer, Frank, Lulu) | 10:44 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 4 | Act I Scene 4: Vessels of service, great and small (Chorus, Ice Cream Vendor, Revival Worker, Revival Singer, Child, Sharon, Elmer, Keely Family Singers, Lulu, Frank) | 23:02 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Jones, Sarah Lewis (soprano)
Ehlers, Linda S. (mezzo-soprano)
Helm, Paul (tenor)
Krueger, Nathan (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Richardson, Matthew (tenor)
Koester, Katie (mezzo-soprano)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Jones, Sarah Lewis (soprano)
Ehlers, Linda S. (mezzo-soprano)
Helm, Paul (tenor)
Krueger, Nathan (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Richardson, Matthew (tenor)
Koester, Katie (mezzo-soprano)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 5 | Act I Scene 5: And God said, "Build me a tabernacle!" (Sharon, T.J. Rigg, Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer) | 07:04 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act I Scene 6: Sweetheart? Eddie? What are you doing? (Lulu, Eddie) | 08:07 |
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Act II: Introduction | 00:51 |
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act II Scene 1: Knock, knock. Here I am with the goods. (Elmer, Sharon) | 14:36 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act II Scene 2: Left, left; left, right, left. (Tour Guide, Women's Chorus, Elmer, Sharon, Frank, T.J. Rigg, Eddie, Lulu, Rev. Baines, Mrs. Baines) | 09:44 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Wendt, Margaret (soprano)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Wendt, Margaret (soprano)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 4 | Act II Scene 3: Is belief a gift? (Frank) | 07:02 |
Rideout, Vale (tenor)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 5 | Act II Scene 4: …600 lightbulbs delivered tomorrow… (Elmer, Lulu, Eddie) | 07:40 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act II Scene 5: Dear God, look into my heart (Sharon, Elmer) | 05:06 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 7 | Act II Scene 6: Oh, Lordy (T.J. Rigg, Worker 1, Worker 2) | 01:31 |
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 8 | Act II Scene 7: Oh! that my nightly watch would cease to be (Chorus, Revival Singer, Sharon, Elmer, Revival Worker, Eddie, Lulu, Mrs. Baines, Rev. Baines, T.J. Rigg) | 19:25 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Buck, Heather (soprano)
Lau, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Offenbach, Jamie (bass-baritone)
Hardin, Julia Elise (mezzo-soprano)
Johnson, William (baritone)
Johnson, Scott (baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
| | 9 | Epilogue: Dr. Binch. Great pleasure (Elmer, Dr. Binch, Chorus) | 06:19 |
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Florentine Opera Chorus (Choir)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boggs, William (Conductor)
Blankfield, Aaron (tenor)
Total Playing Time: 02:21:38