Music by Robert Aldridge, libretto by Herschel Garfein
Based on Sinclair Lewis' 1927 novel of American evangelism, Elmer Gantry follows the career of an unscrupulous charmer who masterminds the rise to prominence of a beautiful traveling preacher, with devastating results.
Robert Aldridge has written over sixty works for orchestra, opera, music-theater, dance, string quartet, solo and chamber ensembles. He is director of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, where Elmer Gantry has its world premiere in a co-production with Nashville Opera.
Conductor: Gerald Steichen
Elmer Gantry: James Bobick
Sharon Falconer: Jennifer Rivera
Frank Shallard: Christopher Jackson
Eddie Fislinger: Matthew Chellis
Lulu Baines: Malia Bendi Merad
Reverend Baines: Jeffrey Tucker
T.J. Rigg: David Salsbery Fry
Mrs. Baines: Janara Kellerman
