THE concerns of Carlisle Floyd’s opera Susannah, set in rural Tennessee and premiered in the mid-1950s at the height of the ...

Opera Omaha is presenting its winter production of “Susannah” at the Orpheum Theater this weekend.

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

The Loyola Opera Theatre performed “Susannah” recently, and it was the first full length opera production I've ever attended.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...