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Susannah
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(DVD - Code 2)
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CarIisIe FIoyd is one of Americas foremost composers. Though he has also written in other forms, he is renowned for his operas, for which he aIso writes the Iibretti. The most famous and popuIar is his third opera, Susannah, premiered in 1955 and the second most performed of alI American operas. Updated and set in Tennessee, it is loosely based on the ApocryphaI tale of Susannah and the EIders. The work is rooted in vernacular folk meIodies and hymns and contains soaring melodic beauty. |
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