Aldridge: Elmer Gantry (Florentine Opera Chorus/ Florentine Opera Company/ Frank Kelley/ Heather Buck/ Keith Phares/ Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/ Patricia Risley/ Vale Rideout/ William Boggs) (Naxos: 8.669032-33)

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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"marvellous 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" The New York Times.