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Ausrine Stundyte as Cio-Cio-San, Elizabeth Janes as Butterfly’s child and Sarah Larsen as Suzuki in Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Photo by Elise Bakketun.
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Elmer Gantry
Composer: Robert Aldridge
Librettist: Herschel Garfein
Other Artistic Personnel: John Hoomes (Director)
William Boggs (Conductor)
Takeshi Kata (Designer)
Original Cast: Keith Phares (Elmer Gantry)
Jennifer Rivera (Sharon)
Frank Kelley (Gantry's rival)
Kristopher Irmiter (T.J. Rigg)
Vale Rideout (Frank)
Malinda Haslett (Baines)
Brian Banion (Baines' Reverend father)
Work Web Site: http://www.elmergantryopera.com
Premiere Date: November 16, 2007
Producing Company: Nashville Opera
Description: Elmer Gantry is a full length, two-act opera based on the 1927 Sinclair Lewis novel of the same name, which was sighted by the Nobel prize committee when Lewis was the first American to receive the Novel prize for literature in 1930.
Character List (Major): Sharon Falconer (mz)
Eddie Fislinger (t)
Elmer Gantry (bar)
Lulu Baines (s)
Frank Shallard (t)
Rev. Arthur Baines (bb)
Character List (Minor): Mrs. Baines (mz)
T. J. Rigg (b)
Revival Singer (bar)
Bit Parts: Bully (t)
Revival Worker (bar)
Child (treble)
Dr. Binch (t)
3 Men in a Crowd (t, bar, b) Ice Cream Vendor (t)
Woman 1 (s)
Woman 2 (mz)
Man 1 (bar)
Keely Family Singers (s, mz, t, b)
Women’s Chorus Leader (spoken)
Tour Guide (mz)
Reporter (spoken)
Worker 1 (b)
Worker 2 (t)
Reviews: Mark Thomas Ketterson, Opera News, 11-18-07; Martin Brady, Nashville Scene, 11-22-07
Comments: Many of the characters of the novel (especially the title character) and the ideas and emotions put forth therein are quite bigger than life. I feel these ideas and characters would lend themselves to the heightened emotional treatment that only opera can.
Video Clip:
Length: 02:45
Total Acts: 2
Chorus: SATB, including many bit parts
Orchestration: 2 (II=Picc).2(II=Ca).2(II=B-cl).2—2.2(in C).1.B-tbn . 1 —Timp—2Perc—Pf (on stage)—Hp—Str
Musical Style: traditional classical style with gospel
Contact: Edition Peters
Publisher Web Site: http://www.edition-peters.com
The Opera Fund Awardee Information
Award Category: 2005 Audience Development Project
Project Name: ELMER GANTRY - New American Works Initiative
Awardee: Nashville Opera Association
Director: John Hoomes
Conductor:
Designer:
Award Category: 2007 Audience Development Project
Project Name: New Audience/New Works Initiative, Phase 2 (Elmer Gantry)
Awardee: Nashville Opera Association
Director:
Conductor:
Designer:
Schedule of Performances Listings
Elmer Gantry (Aldridge)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - Florentine Opera Company
Elmer Gantry (Aldridge)
Friday, November 16, 2007 - Nashville Opera

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