Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music... Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, ...
But Floyd hails from South Carolina, and his dark tale of repression and prejudice plays out — in English — in the fictitious town of New Hope Valley, Tenn. Company co-founders Patricia Urbano and ...
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 ...
Leigh Holman has faith in the future of American opera. The director of opera at the University of Colorado has made the native art form a priority at the school, hosting American composers for ...
Veteran opera composer Carlisle Floyd was too early with his swan song. As he celebrated his 80th birthday in 2006, he told the Houston Chronicle he considered the acclaimed "Cold Sassy Tree," ...
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