Editorial Reviews Bolcom is an important composer in his prime, who writes confidently in an eclectic style that is musically sophisticated but always accessible. The material has been craftily adapted by the composer’s longtime collaborator, Arnold Weinstein, who retains the drama’s taut structure while still allowing ample opportunity for lyrical expansion. The Lyric Opera’s production could not be more effectively mounted or splendidly cast. Dennis Russell Davies encourages the orchestra to savor the score’s purely musical beauties without compromising the drama’s swift pacing. Working as a honed ensemble, the cast never strikes a false note.
Album Description
This is the world-premiere recording of William Bolcom’s tragic opera, unanimously acclaimed as one of the most significant additions to the American opera repertory in recent times. View is based on Miller’s powerful play depicting the fall from grace of a longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, whose barely repressed desire for his now-grown niece, Catherine, leads to the betrayal of his community and disastrous personal consequences. Bolcom’s beautifully crafted and richly varied score embellishes but never overwhelms Miller’s dark drama.
Bolcom - A View from the Bridge / Josephson, Malfitano, Turay, Lyric Opera of Chicago, D. Russell Davies, Music, William Bolcom, Dennis Russell Davies, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Catherine Malfitano, Dale Travis, Galen Scott Bower, Gregory Turay, Gwendolyn Brown, Jeffrey Picón, Juliana Rambaldi, Kim Josephson, Mark McCrory, Marlin Miller, Michael Sommese, Ronald Watkins, Sheryl Veal, Timothy Nolen, Classical, Classical Music, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
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