Robert Aldridge: Sister Carrie
8.669039-40 (2 discs)
DDD NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 77'49"/75'44" - TT 153'33"
Tracks: 26 + 26
Booklet pages: 44
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Received: 2 September 2017
Listen: Robert Aldridge: Duet on the train (Sister Carrie, Act I) (CD1 track 24, 0:03-1:03)
Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano (Carrie) Keith Phares, baritone (Hurstwood) Matt Morgan, tenor (Drouet) Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, soprano (Lola) Stephen Cunningham, bass-baritone (Abdul/Captain) Florentine Opera Chorus Scott S Stewart, chorus master Florentine Opera Company Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra William Boggs, conductor
Robert Livingston Aldridge (born 1954):
Sister Carrie (2012) - an opera in two acts, to a libretto by Herschell Garfein (born 1958), based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
CD1
Act I 1 Overture: Carrie arrives in Chicago, 1900 2 She finds work in a vast shoe factory 3 Scene 1: Four. Four. Four on. Four off 4 There is music here, Bill 5 Here's a very good worker who can't make it go 6 Scene 2: Outside the factory, later that day 7 Duet: You belong in places like this 8 Quartet: I can help you get along 9 Scene 3: Everything is paid for 10 Scene 4: At Fitzgerald and Moy 11 It's opening night at McVickar's 12 Scene and Aria: There they are! 13 Trio with Ensemble: Try the bright ingénue 14 Scene 5: The Hurstwood family home, several weeks later; a park at dusk 15 Duet in the park: My darling! 16 And one day if I came to you 17 Oh. Have you made your mind up about our summer plans? 18 Scene 6: The back room of Fitzgerald and Moy, later that night 19 Mister Hurstwood? 20 The Embezzlement Aria: I'll lock up 21 You are the only wonder 22 Closing doors 23 Scene 7: Outside Carrie's flat; in a carriage; on a train 24 Duet on the train: Remember what you said to me that night in the park 25 When you asked if you could be with me, what did I say? 26 I have only dreams, Carrie
CD2
Act II 1 Scene 1: An apartment in New York, four months later 2 Arietta: We adore these two 3 Congratulations! 4 Scene 2: Same setting, a few hours later 5 I have my first audition today 6 Scene 3: A large rehearsal hall in New York 7 We're consultin' with the Sultan 8 And their father, poor old Goriot 9 Would anyone like to hear my news? 10 You're a nice one to talk about who we can associate with! 11 I could be rather late 12 Scene 4: Their flat, a few minutes later 13 Aria: I'm at home in the world 14 Scene 5: 'The Wives of Abdul', an operetta 15 I'm really quite distracted 16 Scene 6: The Letter Duet 17 Scene 7: On the street; backstage at the Royale Theater 18 Mash Notes Duet: Are you ready? 19 Scene 8: Times Square. A winter night, months later 20 Shiloh. Antietam 21 Scene 9: The Strike. Outside the Broadway Central Trolley Depot, the next day 22 If you have any real feeling, hide it like a treasure 23 Scene 10: Finale: Outside the depot; In a flophouse; on a Broadway stage 24 I'd like a better room, with private heat 25 Have you heard? Have you heard? 26 That's you all right
Recorded 7-9 October 2016 at Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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