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Susannah
Concert of Arias featuring
“Ain’t it a Pretty Night” from Susannah
New Art Orchestra
Xu Chenxin, Conductor
Soprano, Zhou Yaping
Slow Dusk
Slow Dusk is a one-act musical play that was a precursor to Floyd’s celebrated opera Susannah. This one act takes place entirely on the front porch of a farm in the Sandhills of the Carolinas. Floyd tells the tragic story of Sadie and Micah, star crossed lovers, who are members of different religious sects and their struggle to find hope for their relationship.
Presented in a double bill with Thomas Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso
Purdue University - Fort Wayne School of Music
Rhinehart Recital Hall
Directed by Dr. Matthew Giallongo
Slow Dusk
Slow Dusk is a one-act musical play that was a precursor to Floyd’s celebrated opera Susannah. This one act takes place entirely on the front porch of a farm in the Sandhills of the Carolinas. Floyd tells the tragic story of Sadie and Micah, star crossed lovers, who are members of different religious sects and their struggle to find hope for their relationship.
Presented in a double bill with Thomas Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso
Purdue University - Fort Wayne School of Music
Rhinehart Recital Hall
Directed by Dr. Matthew Giallongo
Susannah
Texas Christian University Opera Studio
Secrest-Wible Building
Corey Trahan, Conductor
Susannah
Texas Christian University Opera Studio
Secrest-Wible Building
Corey Trahan, Conductor
Of Mice & Men
Livermore Valley Opera
The Bankhead Theater
Alexander Katsman, Conductor
Marc Jacobs, Director
Matthew Pearce - Lennie Small
Robert Mellon - George Milton
Véronique Filloux - Curley’s Wife
Chad Somers - Curley
Kirk Eichelberger - Candy
Matthew Worth - Slim
Joseph Meyers - Carlson
Caleb Alexander - Ballad Singer
Of Mice & Men
Livermore Valley Opera
The Bankhead Theater
Alexander Katsman, Conductor
Marc Jacobs, Director
Matthew Pearce - Lennie Small
Robert Mellon - George Milton
Véronique Filloux - Curley’s Wife
Chad Somers - Curley
Kirk Eichelberger - Candy
Matthew Worth - Slim
Joseph Meyers - Carlson
Caleb Alexander - Ballad Singer
Of Mice & Men
Livermore Valley Opera
The Bankhead Theater
Alexander Katsman, Conductor
Marc Jacobs, Director
Matthew Pearce - Lennie Small
Robert Mellon - George Milton
Véronique Filloux - Curley’s Wife
Chad Somers - Curley
Kirk Eichelberger - Candy
Matthew Worth - Slim
Joseph Meyers - Carlson
Caleb Alexander - Ballad Singer
Susannah
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents Carlisle Floyd’s American Opera, Susannah, one of the most-performed American operas of all time. Set in foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Susannah tells the apocryphal tale of Susannah Polk, a lovely young woman raised by her older brother, Sam. Susannah’s small mountain town turns against her after she is painted as a seductress by the church elders for bathing in a creek near her home. Visiting revival preacher, Reverend Olin Blitch, tries to force her into repentance only to prove his character is darker than his evangelical exterior.
Sung in English with English supertitles.
Susannah scenery designed by R. Keith Brumley. Scenery originally designed for Des Moines Metro Opera
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
Lexington Opera House
Friday, Oct 6 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Sunday, Oct 8 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Susannah
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents Carlisle Floyd’s American Opera, Susannah, one of the most-performed American operas of all time. Set in foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Susannah tells the apocryphal tale of Susannah Polk, a lovely young woman raised by her older brother, Sam. Susannah’s small mountain town turns against her after she is painted as a seductress by the church elders for bathing in a creek near her home. Visiting revival preacher, Reverend Olin Blitch, tries to force her into repentance only to prove his character is darker than his evangelical exterior.
Sung in English with English supertitles.
Susannah scenery designed by R. Keith Brumley. Scenery originally designed for Des Moines Metro Opera
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
Lexington Opera House
Friday, Oct 6 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Sunday, Oct 8 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Of Mice & Men
Livermore Valley Opera
The Bankhead Theater
Alexander Katsman, Conductor
Marc Jacobs, Director
Matthew Pearce - Lennie Small
Robert Mellon - George Milton
Véronique Filloux - Curley’s Wife
Chad Somers - Curley
Kirk Eichelberger - Candy
Matthew Worth - Slim
Joseph Meyers - Carlson
Caleb Alexander - Ballad Singer
Susannah
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents Carlisle Floyd’s American Opera, Susannah, one of the most-performed American operas of all time. Set in foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Susannah tells the apocryphal tale of Susannah Polk, a lovely young woman raised by her older brother, Sam. Susannah’s small mountain town turns against her after she is painted as a seductress by the church elders for bathing in a creek near her home. Visiting revival preacher, Reverend Olin Blitch, tries to force her into repentance only to prove his character is darker than his evangelical exterior.
Sung in English with English supertitles.
Susannah scenery designed by R. Keith Brumley. Scenery originally designed for Des Moines Metro Opera
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
Lexington Opera House
Friday, Oct 6 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Sunday, Oct 8 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Susannah
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents Carlisle Floyd’s American Opera, Susannah, one of the most-performed American operas of all time. Set in foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Susannah tells the apocryphal tale of Susannah Polk, a lovely young woman raised by her older brother, Sam. Susannah’s small mountain town turns against her after she is painted as a seductress by the church elders for bathing in a creek near her home. Visiting revival preacher, Reverend Olin Blitch, tries to force her into repentance only to prove his character is darker than his evangelical exterior.
Sung in English with English supertitles.
Susannah scenery designed by R. Keith Brumley. Scenery originally designed for Des Moines Metro Opera
University of Kentucky Opera Theatre
Lexington Opera House
Friday, Oct 6 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Saturday, Oct 7 2023, 7:30pm, Lexington Opera House
Sunday, Oct 8 2023, 2:00pm, Lexington Opera House
Thomas Holliday Lecture
Thomas Holliday, the authorized biographer of Carlisle Floyd, will give an hour-long lecture on the composer of OF MICE AND MEN.
Please contact Livermore Valley Opera Artistic Director, Erie Mills, at erieamills@gmail.com or (925) 337-3565 to reserve seats. There is a $10 admission charge, and cash or check are preferred.
Opera Theater of Saint Louis
Susannah
Gemma New- Conductor
Patricia Racette- Director
Janai Brugger- Susannah Polk
William Guanbo Su- Olin Blitch
Frederick Ballentine- Sam Polk
Performances June 10-24, 2023
Norwegian Academy of Music
Susannah: Excerpts from the opera
Mathea Kvalvåg-Andersen, voice / Norwegian Academy Of Music / Roeland Henkens
Lindeman Hall, Norwegian Academy Of Music, Oslo, Norway