Aldridge: Elmer Gantry (complete opera)
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ROBERT ALDRIDGE
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry (complete opera)
Keith Phares, Patricia Riseley, Vale Rideout, Julia Hardin / Florentine Opera Company / Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, William Boggs
[ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 26 October 2011
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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).
"Robert Aldridge's Elmer Gantry is, for me, the operatic discovery of the year. Musically expressive, dramatically engaging, and emotionally moving, the work is an opera for those who do not like opera, yet it never panders to those who may not have an appreciation for the genre. Conductor William Boggs leads a cast headed by baritone Keith Phares and mezzo-soprano Patricia Risley in a resplendent production." © 2012 Fanfare
