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.
1 Act I Scene 1: So She... (Elmer, Men's Chorus, Frank, Bully) 00:05:20
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) 00:15:07
3 Act I Scene 3: When You Hear the Truth Do You Know It (Elmer, Frank, Lulu) 00:10:44
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) 00:23:02
5 Act I Scene 5: And God Said, "Build Me a Tabernacle!" (Sharon, T.J. Rigg, Men's Chorus, Rev. Baines, Elmer) 00:07:04
6 Act I Scene 6: Sweetheart Eddie What Are You Doing (Lulu, Eddie) 00:08:07
- Disc 2 -
1 Act II: Introduction 00:00:51
2 Act II Scene 1: Knock, Knock. Here I Am with the Goods. (Elmer, Sharon) 00:14:36
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) 00:09:44
4 Act II Scene 3: Is Belief a Gift (Frank) 00:07:02
5 Act II Scene 4:...600 Lightbulbs Delivered Tomorrow... (Elmer, Lulu, Eddie) 00:07:40
6 Act II Scene 5: Dear God, Look Into My Heart (Sharon, Elmer) 00:05:06
7 Act II Scene 6: Oh, Lordy (T.J. Rigg, Worker 1, Worker 2) 00:01:31
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) 00:19:25
9 Epilogue: Dr. Binch. Great Pleasure (Elmer, Dr. Binch, Chorus) 00:06:19
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.
