Susannah” is reported to be the second-most frequently performed English language opera, surpassed only by the Gershwin ...

Susannah is an opera in two acts by the American composer Carlisle Floyd, who wrote the libretto and music while a member of the piano faculty at Florida State University. Floyd adapted the story from ...

At the end of Act II, as Susannah closes the door behind her and leaves Little Bat a sobbing mess on the stage, you are left to ponder composer Carlisle Floyd's overriding theme: Would you right a ...

Susannah - A classic American opera about a girl in Tennessee torn down by slander. Susannah, a 1955 opera by Carlisle Floyd, is one of the most performed and esteemed American operas. The story ...

In its production of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Opera Idaho teased themes of groupthink, elites abusing their influence, and how innocence can be lost in the pursuit of abstract notions of purity. If ...

Fully staged with costumes and a dramatic stage set, Susannah features a 34-piece live orchestra and 32 singers. it is most popular American opera after Porgy and Bess. Set in 1920s Appalachia, the ...

At the end of Act II, as Susannah closes the door behind her and leaves Little Bat a sobbing mess on the stage, you are left to ponder composer Carlisle Floyd's overriding theme: Would you right a ...

Steven White, Opera Roanoke’s principal guest conductor, led members of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in a rhythmically incisive and lushly sonorous performance on Friday of “Susannah,” Carlisle ...

Coming to the Soo Theatre on Wednesday August 7th and Friday August 9th at 7pm EST then a special performance Sunday August 11th at the Mission Point Center for the Arts on Mackinac Island is Carlisle ...

Young singers from Ash Lawn Opera will perform music from a perennially popular American opera at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Louisa Arts Center. “Susannah” by Carlisle Floyd will be presented with piano by ...

George Carlin famously noted that the differences between football and baseball offer telling insights about culture and character. “Football is played in any kind of weather,” he observed. “Rain, ...