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A View From The Bridge

Label: New World Records

Catalog Number: 80588

Running Time: 2:00:37

Composition Date: 1955

Composers: William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist

Performers: Juliana Rambaldi, "Catherine"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Marlin Miller, "Tony"; Ronald Watkins, "A Man"; Sheryl Veal, "A Woman"; Timothy Nolen, "Alfieri"; Gwendolyn Brown, "An Old Woman"; Catherine Malfitano, "Beatrice"; Kim Josephson, "Eddie"; Galen Scott Bower, "First Officer"; Dale Travis, "Louis"; Mark McCrory, "Marco"; Jeffrey Picon, "Mike"; Gregory Turay, "Rodolpho"; Michael Sommese, "Second Officer"; Gregory Turay, tenor; Ronald Watkins, voice; Dale Travis; Jeffrey Picon, tenor; Kim Josephson, baritone; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano; Catherine Malfitano, soprano; Sheryl Veal, voice; Marlin Miller, tenor; Timothy Nolen, baritone; Mark McCrory; Gwendolyn Brown, voice; Galen Scott Bower, baritone; Michael Sommese, tenor; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor; Arthur Miller

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A View From The Bridge		2:00:37	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
Performers: Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Ronald Watkins, voice, "A Man"; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike"; Gwendolyn Brown, voice, "An Old Woman"; Marlin Miller, tenor, "Tony"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Catherine"; Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Sheryl Veal, voice, "A Woman"; Michael Sommese, tenor, "Second Officer"; Galen Scott Bower, baritone, "First Officer" Composition Date: 1955
	Act I: Orchestral Introduction	:42	William Bolcom
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Red Hook	3:51	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Ronald Watkins, voice, "A Man"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Hey, Eddie!	2:39	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike"; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Where you goin' all dressed up?	3:02	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Beatrice! Hurry up	4:20	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Get used to it, Eddie	2:58	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	But when you're gone	1:32	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Now listen, both a yiz	:25	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Remember Vinnie Bolzano	1:51	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Marlin Miller, tenor, "Tony"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike"; Sheryl Veal, voice, "A Woman" Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie was a man	:40	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri" Composition Date: 1955
	You're on your own now	1:52	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Marlin Miller, tenor, "Tony"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodopho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Marco! Rodolpho!	2:34	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Then when I am rich	1:39	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodopho"; Mark McCrory, "Marco"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Rodolpho, are you married, too	1:22	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco" Composition Date: 1955
	I sing jazz, too	1:21	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho" Composition Date: 1955
	Eduardo, if you let us sleep here	2:07	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Now there was a future he must face	1:32	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri" Composition Date: 1955
	It's after eight o'clock	2:19	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie, when am I gonna be a wife again?	1:29	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie never knew he had a destiny	:48	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Hey Eddie! Wanna go bowling tonight?	1:46	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike" Composition Date: 1955
	Where'd you go?	1:01	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Aria: "New York Lights" (aka "I love the beauty of the view at home")	3:44	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho" Composition Date: 1955
	Rodolpho, I thought I told you to go in	1:07	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho" Composition Date: 1955
	Arietta: "He's a hit-and-run guy!"	1:56	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Aria: "Was there ever any fella that he liked for you?"	4:10	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	There's nothing illegal about it	4:12	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Gwendolyn Brown, voice, "An Old Woman" Composition Date: 1955
	You know where the two of them went?	4:17	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Whaddyda say, Marco	2:12	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Act II: Orchestral Introduction	2:43	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Hey guys! It's whisky!	1:31	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike"; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Marlin Miller, tenor, "Tony"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Rodolpho! Didn't they hire you?	5:55	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	It's true	2:44	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho" Composition Date: 1955
	Aria: "But you do not know this man"	3:20	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Somehow, somehow	4:58	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Aria: "On December twenty-seventh I saw him next"	3:51	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri" Composition Date: 1955
	He won't leave!	2:26	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Jeffrey Picon, tenor, "Mike" Composition Date: 1955
	Where are they?	3:45	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie has something to say, Katie	1:10	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Bea, could I take two pillows up?	2:11	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Michael Sommese, tenor, "Second Officer"; Galen Scott Bower, baritone, "First Officer"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	That man! I accuse that man!	1:07	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Galen Scott Bower, baritone, "First Officer"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Michael Sommese, tenor, "Second Officer"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Aria: "To America I sailed on a ship called Hunger"	6:54	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco" Composition Date: 1955
	Orchestral Interlude	:55	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra Composition Date: 1955
	For the sake of my sister	1:28	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Marco's coming, Eddie	2:08	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Come, Catherine	:46	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie, listen to me!	:55	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice"; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Mark McCrory, "Marco"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	Eddie Carbone!	3:21	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Kim Josephson, baritone, "Eddie"; Juliana Rambaldi, soprano, "Catherine"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus; Gregory Turay, tenor, "Rodolpho"; Dale Travis, bass-baritone, "Louis"; Mark McCrory, bass-baritone, "Marco"; Catherine Malfitano, soprano, "Beatrice" Composition Date: 1955
	Eyes like tunnels	1:06	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955
	When the tide is right	2:16	William Bolcom; Arnold Weinstein, Librettist
	Performers: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra; Timothy Nolen, baritone, "Alfieri"; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Composition Date: 1955