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Grammy Winning Recording!

Composer: Robert Aldridge
Label: Naxos
Conductor: William Boggs
Symphony: Milwaukee Symphony
Company: Florentine Opera
Soloists: Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Scott Johnson, Jon Olsen, David Lange, Darwin Sanders.
Notes: Live recording in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

Elmer Gantry

Carlisle Floyd's new groundbreaking opera, The Prince of Players, was produced at Florentine Opera. Nominated for two Grammy awards.
Creative Team:
Carlisle Floyd - Artistic Advisory
Director: Michael Gieleta
Conductor: William Boggs
Set Design: Shoko Kambara
Costume Designer: Gregory Gale
Lighting Designer: Renee Brode
Cast:
Margaret Hughes - Kate Royal
Edward Kynaston - Keith Phares
Thomas Betterton - Alexander Dobson
King Charles II - Chad Shelton
Sir Charles Sedley - Frank Kelley
Villiers, Duke of Buckingham - Vale Rideout
Nell Gwynn - Rena Harms
Mistress Revels - Sandra Piques Eddy
Miss Frayne - Nicole Heinen
Lady Meresvale - Briana Moynihan
Hyde - Nathaniel Hill
Male Emilia - Nicholas Huff
Recorded from live performances:
October 12 & 14, 2018
Performance Location:
Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
929 N Water St., Milwaukee, WI 53202

Prince of Players

Recorded from live performances:
May 19 & 20, 2017 at Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
With: The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Downtown Voices, Trinity Youth Chorus, and NOVUS NY
Julian Wachner, conductor
Heather Buck, Soprano
Katherine Pracht, Mezzo Soprano
Vale Rideout, tenor
Stephen Salters, Baritone
David Cushing, Bass

Fifth Symphony

Composer: Carlisle Floyd
Label: Reference Recordings
Conductor: Joseph Mechavich
Symphony: Milwaukee Symphony
Soloists:
Catherine - Georgia Jarman
Heathcliff - Kelly Markgraf
Nelly - Susanne Mentzer
Edgar - Vale Rideout
Isabel - Heather Buck
Hindley - Chad Shelton
Mr. Earnshaw - Matthew Burns
Joseph - Frank Kelley
Notes: Live recording

Wuthering Heights

Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation
Composer: Benjamin Britten & Gerald Finzi
Label: Acis
Tenor: Vale Rideout
Piano: Caleb Harris
Record Date: September 2014
Producer: Geoffrey Silver
Engineer: Loren Stata
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The Holy Sonnets of John Donne and A Young Man's Exhortation

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Label: DSO
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Symphony: Detroit Symphony
Chorus: UMS Choral Union
Soloists: Joni Henson - soprano, Kelley O’Connnor - mezzo-soprano, Vale Rideout - tenor, Jason Grant - bass-baritone
Notes: Live recording at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit between Feb 21st and 24th, 2013.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Composer: Steven Stucky
Label: DSO Live
Conductor: Jaap van Zweden
Symphony: Dallas Symphony
Chorus: Dallas Symphony Chorus
Soloists: Indira Mahajan - Mrs. Chaney, Kristine Jepson - Mrs. Goodman, Vale Rideout - Robert Mcnamara, Rod Gilfry - President Johnson
Notes: Live recording in Dallas at the Meyerson Symphony Center

August 4th, 1964

Milken Archive of Jewish Music
Composer: Lazar Weiner
Performers:
Chorus: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conductor: Joseph Cullen
Baritone: Patrick Mason
Tenor: Vale Rideout
Speaker: Isaiah Sheffer
Date Recorded: 06/01/2001
Venue: St. Paul's Church (E), Knightsbridge, London, UK
Project Manager: Schwendener, Paul

Odes and Epics: The Last Judgement (Bontshe Shvayg)

Composer: Don Davis
Label: Albany Records
Conductor: Joseph Rescigno
Symphony: Milwaukee Symphony
Company: Florentine Opera
Soloists: Guido LeBron, Kerry Walsh, John Duykers, Ava Pine, Vale Rideout, Mabel Ledo, Rubin Casas, Matthew Richardson, Scott Johnson, Jon Olsen, David Lange, Darwin Sanders.
Notes: Live recording in Milwaukee at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

Rio de sangre

Composer: John Musto
Librettist: Mark Campbell
Label: Wolftrap Recordings
Conductor: Glen Cortese
Cast: Dorothy Byrne, Malacorpa - Robert Orth, Mayor Fazzobaldi - Andrea Shokery, Bobachina - Hilary Ginther, Bobachino - Angela Mannino, Bombalina - Javier Abreu, Padre Ruffiano - Matt Boehler, Adolfo - Sarah Larsen, Sarelda - Anne-Carolyn Bird, Beatrice - William Sharp, Cosimo - Vale Rideout, Tancredi - Chad Sloan, Squadristo - Naomi Jacobson, Sister Anjelica.
Notes: Premiere Production Recorded live at The Barns at Wolf Trap in April 2011.

The Inspector

A fabulous collection of songs by Lori Laitman composed between 1997 and 2017 to texts by celebrated poets including Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Celan, Dana Gioia, David Mason, Sylvia Plath, and Joyce Sutphen, on topics that range from the profound emotional impact of the Holocaust, to humorous truths of everyday life, and the comedy and tenderness of childhood. (text from Naxos)
Jennifer Check, Soprano
Ashley Emerson, Soprano
Sari Gruber, Soprano
Alisa Jordheim, Soprano
Maureen McKay, Soprano
Margaret Gawrysiak, Mezzo-Soprano
Darryl Taylor, Countertenor
Dominic Armstrong, Tenor
Vale Rideout, Tenor
Randall Scarlata, Baritone
Thomas Kraines, Cello
Gary Louie, Alto saxophone
Emily Skala, Flute
Piano - Warren Jones, Lori Laitman,
Andrew Rosenblum, Kirsten Taylor

Songs of Lori Laitman

Composer: Carl Orff
Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Soloists: Sarah Coburn, Soprano; Stephen Powell, Baritone; Vale Rideout, Tenor
Montclair State University Chorale
Members of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory Student Chorus
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Live recording at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Carmina Burana

Composer: David Schiff (b.1945)
Libretto: David Schiff
Kenneth Kiesler, Conductor
Gimpel - Richard Zeller
Elka - D'Anna Fortunato
Badkhen - Kevin Walsh
Rabbi - Thomas Glenn
Fegele / Goat / Evil One - Alissa Mercurio Rowe
Yetta / Rabbi's Daughter - Megan Besley
Wolf-Leyb - Vale Rideout
Leibish - Tyler T. Oliphant
Yekhiel - Bryan Hunt
Sura - Judith Schiff
Third Angle Ensemble (Ron Blessinger, Artistic Director)

Gimpel The Fool

Composer: Levy, Marvin David
Lyricist(s): Josephus, Titus Flavius; Lamdan, Yitzhak; Levy, Marvin David; Traditional
Conductor(s): Kiesler, Kenneth; Levi, Yoel; Mester, Jorge
Orchestra(s): Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin)
Choir(s): BBC Singers; Ernst Senff Choir
Artist(s): Martínez, Ana María; Rideout, Vale; Troxell, Richard
Label: Naxos
Series: Milken Archive of American Jewish Music

Marvin David Levy Shir Shel Moshe

Composer: Kurt Weill
Lyricist(s): Lewisohn, Ludwig; Werfel, Franz
Conductor: Gerards Schwarz
Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
Choir(s): Berlin Radio Children's Choir; Ernst Senff Choir
Artist(s): Ted Christopher; Ian DeNolfo; Karl Dent; Constance Haumann; James Maddalena; Barbara Rearick; Vale Rideout; Hanna Wollschlager
Label: Naxos
Series: Milken Archive of American Jewish Music

The Eternal Road

Composer: Douglas Moore
Lyrics: John Latouche
Conductor: John Moriarty
Central City Opera Apprentice and Young Artists
Central City Opera Orchestra
Cast: Mark Freiman, Jan Grissom, Dana Kreuger, Myrna Paris, Brian Steele, Vale Rideout

The Ballad of Baby Doe

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