Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Opera Pacific announces its final opera of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than half a century after its premiere, Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah" is a well-told tale that carries a timeless message about intolerance, jealousy and human fallibility. "The great thing about ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...