''Sister Carrie'' is an opera by Robert Livingstone Aldridge to a

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Herschel Garfein Herschel Garfein (born January 17, 1958) is an American composer, librettist, stage director, and faculty member of the Steinhardt School of Music at New York University, where he teaches Script Analysis. Garfein is widely known for his libretto w ...

based upon Theodore Dreiser's 1900 novel of the same name about a country girl's pursuit of the American Dream. The opera premiered in Milwaukee by

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on October 7, 2016."''Sister Carrie'', Milwaukee, Florentine Opera – October 7, 2016"
review by

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, ''

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'', November 2016

Recording

Released on the Naxos American Classics label, the recording features Adriana Zabala as Carrie, Keith Phares as George Hurstwood, Matt Morgan as Charles Drouet, Alisa Suzanne Jordheim as Lola, Stephen Cunningham as Captain; Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Boggs." Aldridge: ''Sister Carrie''" (2017)
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Reception

Reviewer

, writing in ''

'', called the new opera "an important addition to the American operatic canon."

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* 2016 operas Culture of Milwaukee English-language operas Operas Operas based on novels Operas set in the United States {{English-opera-stub