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 ...

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 ...

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Religious hypocrisy, to our great sorrow, doesn't change very dramatically over the millennia. The same themes that run through the ancient tales - lust for power, fear of female sexuality, 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Festival Opera's powerful new production of Carlisle Floyd's 1955 "Susannah" marks the company's first foray into modern work -- more or less -- after many seasons devoted to the standard repertoire.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Susannah” is one of those great American operas that many Americans still have never seen. Carlisle Floyd composed it in 1955, and although it’s received more than 800 performances ...

Originally, the performance of “Cinderella: A Magical Ballet” was scheduled to be performed in November. However, due to the outbreak of the Camp Fire, the performance was postponed. Nine members of ...