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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. It is another splendid offering, well in keeping with this company’s world-class reputation. It brings to the OTSL stage for the ...

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 ...

Sarasota Opera will open Susannah­­­­­­­ on Saturday, March 14 — the fourth and final production in its 2026 Winter Festival. Audiences have six opportunities to see the production, which runs through ...

Composer Carlisle Floyd, widely viewed as a founding father of American opera, died Thursday at age 95 in Tallahassee, Fla. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, which did not ...

American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009. Composer Carlisle Floyd, widely viewed as a ...