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 ...

Based on the Biblical story of Susannah and the Elders, the setting is mid-20th-century America. The themes of hypocrisy and ...

Fully staged with costumes and a dramatic stage set, Susannah features a 34-piece live orchestra and 32 singers. it is most popular American opera after Porgy and Bess. Set in 1920s Appalachia, 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 ...

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 ...

Young singers from Ash Lawn Opera will perform music from a perennially popular American opera at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Louisa Arts Center. “Susannah” by Carlisle Floyd will be presented with piano by ...