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Carlisle Floyd
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Carlisle Floyd (June 11, 1926 – September 30, 2021) was an American opera composer. The son of a Methodist minister, he based many of his works on themes from the South. His best known opera, Susannah (1955), is based on a story from the Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect. In 1943, Floyd entered Converse College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and studied piano under Ernst Bacon. When Bacon accepted a position at Syracuse University, in New York, Floyd followed him there, where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1946. The following year, Floyd became part of the piano faculty at Florida State University, in Tallahassee. He was to remain there for thirty years, eventually becoming Professor of Composition. He received a master's degree at Syracuse, in 1949. While at Florida State, Floyd gradually became interested in composition. His first opera was Slow Dusk, to his own libretto (as was to remain his custom), and was produced at Syracuse in 1949. His next opera, The Fugitives, was seen at Tallahassee in 1951, but was then withdrawn. His third opera was to be Floyd's greatest success: Susannah. It was first heard at Florida State, in February 1955, with Phyllis Curtin in the title role, and Mack Harrell as the Reverend Olin Blitch. The following year, the opera was given at the New York City Opera, with Curtin and Norman Treigle (in his first great success) as Blitch, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting. After receiving mu
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Susannah / Act 1: "Ain't it a pretty night?"
1262Susannah / Act 2: "The trees on the mountain"
1083Susannah, Act One, Scene 2: Ain't It A Pretty Night?
934Susannah, Act One, Scene 1: It's a hot night for dancin'
785Susannah, Act One: Opening Music
776Susannah, Act Two, Scene 3: The trees on the mountains are cold and bare
767Susannah, Act One, Scene 1: I am the Reverend Olin Blitch
688Susannah, Act One, Scene 2: Was y'ever at such a nice square dance, Little Bat?
639Ain't It a Pretty Night
5910Susannah, Act Two, Scene 2: Come, sinner, tonight's the night
56albums
Floyd - Susannah
Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players
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Renée Fleming - I Want Magic! - American Opera Arias
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Carlisle Floyd: Susannah
Susannah
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Floyd: Wuthering Heights
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The World So Wide
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Orion ORS 7268
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Susannah (Disc 2)
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Kate Royal: Midsummer Night
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Carlisle Floyd: The Mystery (Five Songs of Motherhood for Soprano & Orchestra) - Robert Sanders: Little Symphony No. 1 in G Major
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Syrinx - Voice of the Songbird