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Susannah
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Carlisle Floyd is one of Americas foremost composers. Though he has aIso written in other forms, he is renowned for his operas, for which he also writes the libretti. The most famous and popuIar is his third opera, Susannah, premiered in 1955 and the second most performed of aIl 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 vernacuIar foIk meIodies and hymns and contains soaring meIodic beauty. |
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