Carlisle Floyd was only 27 when he wrote the full-length opera “Susannah” (1955) in his modest cottage on Call Street in ...

Opera Pacific has always had an eye on the American segment of the art form, and for a few years, in the late ’90s and early 2000s, the company was looking into one such work each season. Hard times ...

There are a handful of operas by American composers that are quintessentially American, from subject to music to the details of exposition. One of these operas is Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, which ...

Opera Pacific announces its final opera of the 2007-2008 season at the Orange County Performing Artscenter in Costa Mesa with Carlisle Floyd's SUSANNAH, performing May 14, 18, 22, 24, 2008. The ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Only two American operas have been more frequently produced in the past two decades in the United States than Carlisle Floyd’s ever-popular “Susannah,” ...

More than half a century after its premiere, Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah" is a well-told tale that carries a timeless message about intolerance, jealousy and human fallibility. "The great thing about ...

You might not think that a 63-year-old opera based on a biblical story would have much to say about contemporary social issues. But with its themes of lust, shame, hypocrisy and sexual violence, ...

Opera Pacific may not be the last opera company in America to get around to “Susannah,” which it did effectively Wednesday night at the Orange County Performing Artscenter, but Carlisle Floyd’s ...