Adriana Zabala, Keith Phares - Robert Aldridge: Sister Carrie (Live) (2017)

Described by Opera News as “an important addition to the American operatic canon,” Sister Carrie takes as its themes the lure of money and social standing. Robert Aldridge’s inventive score is richly melodic and unapologetically tonal. Herschel Garfein’s libretto is based on Theodore Dreiser’s groundbreaking 1900 novel, which depicts a small-town girl’s tortuous path to fame and her lover’s abject descent into despair. Aldridge and Garfein’s Elmer Gantry was a two-time Grammy Award winner. Here, the lead roles are played by Mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala, baritone Keith Phares, tenor Matt Morgan, and soprano Alisa Suzanne Jordheim.

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. Sister Carrie: Carrie Arrives in Chicago, 1900 (Live)
02. Sister Carrie: She Finds Work in a Vast Shoe Factory (Live)
03. Sister Carrie, Act I: Four On, Four Off (Live)
04. Sister Carrie, Act I: There Is Music Here, Bill (Live)
05. Sister Carrie, Act I: Here's a Very Good Worker Who Can't Make It Go (Live)
06. Sister Carrie, Act I: Lord! But I'm Glad I Ran into You! (Live)
07. Sister Carrie, Act I: You Belong in Places like This (Live)
08. Sister Carrie, Act I: I Can Help You Get Along (Live)
09. Sister Carrie, Act I: Everything Is Paid For (Live)
10. Sister Carrie, Act I: It's Five, Five (Live)
11. Sister Carrie, Act I: It's Opening Night at McVickar's (Live)
12. Sister Carrie, Act I: There They Are! (Live)
13. Sister Carrie, Act I: Try the Bright Ingénue (Live)
14. Sister Carrie, Act I: Is Dinner Ready Yet? (Live)
15. Sister Carrie, Act I: My Darling! (Live)
16. Sister Carrie, Act I: And One Day if I Came to You (Live)
17. Sister Carrie, Act I: Oh. Have You Made Up Your Mind (Live)
18. Sister Carrie, Act I: No, Carrie No, No (Live)
19. Sister Carrie, Act I: Mister Hurstwood? (Live)
20. Sister Carrie, Act I: I'll Lock Up (Live)
21. Sister Carrie, Act I: You Are the Only Wonder (Live)
22. Sister Carrie, Act I: Closing Doors (Live)
23. Sister Carrie, Act I: What Did He Say? (Live)
24. Sister Carrie, Act I: Remember What You Said to Me That Night in the Park (Live)
25. Sister Carrie, Act I: When You Asked If You Could Be with Me, What Did I Say? (Live)
26. Sister Carrie, Act I: I Have Only Dreams, Carrie (Live)

CD2

01. Sister Carrie, Act II: This Is a Moment I Only Knew in My Dreams (Live)
02. Sister Carrie, Act II: We Adore These Two (Live)
03. Sister Carrie, Act II: Congratulations! (Live)
04. Sister Carrie, Act II: My Darling (Live)
05. Sister Carrie, Act II: I Have My First Audition Today (Live)
06. Sister Carrie, Act II: Oh Abdul (Live)
07. Sister Carrie, Act II: We're Consultin' with the Sultan (Live)
08. Sister Carrie, Act II: And Their Father, Poor Old Goriot (Live)
09. Sister Carrie, Act II: Would Anyone Like to Hear My News? (Live)
10. Sister Carrie, Act II: You're a Nice One to Talk About Who We Can Associate With! (Live)
11. Sister Carrie, Act II: I Could Be Rather Late (Live)
12. Sister Carrie, Act II: You're a Dandy, Hurstwood (Live)
13. Sister Carrie, Act II: I'm at Home in the World (Live)
14. Sister Carrie, Act II: Ladies and Gentlemen (Live)
15. Sister Carrie, Act II: I'm Really Quite Distracted (Live)
16. Sister Carrie, Act II: Dear George (Live)
17. Sister Carrie, Act II: Carrie Madenda (Live)
18. Sister Carrie, Act II: Are You Ready? (Live)
19. Sister Carrie, Act II: Must Be Getting on Ten (Live)
20. Sister Carrie, Act II: Shiloh, Antietam (Live)
21. Sister Carrie, Act II: Rise Up (Live)
22. Sister Carrie, Act II: If You Have Any Real Feeling, Hide It like a Treasure (Live)
23. Sister Carrie, Act II: I Know You, Carrie (Live)
24. Sister Carrie, Act II: I'd Like a Better Room with Private Heat (Live)
25. Sister Carrie, Act II: Have You Heard? (Live)
26. Sister Carrie, Act II: That's You All Right (Live)