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Wuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights. Opera (lyric drama) in prol. and 4 acts by
Herrmann to lib. by Lucille Fletcher adapted from Emily Brontë's novel (1847). Comp. 1943–51. F.p. Portland, Oregon, 1982. Also opera by Carlisle
Floyd (1958).
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Carlisle Floyd revisits `Wuthering Heights'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/5/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...opera "on the side," and he did. Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah" has since become...almost 700 performances to date, and Floyd has composed 10 other operas, at...repertory. For the last few years Floyd has been involved in a major revision...
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 "The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Carlisle Floyd receives new attention for his opera `Susannah'.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 10/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...Patrick Stearns No wonder composer Carlisle Floyd took his time getting famous. A...works. Born in South Carolina, Floyd lived well outside the Northeastern...company consortium to commission Floyd's latest work, "Cold Sassy Tree...
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Carlisle Floyd receives new attention for his opera `Susannah'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Patrick Stearns No wonder composer Carlisle Floyd took his time getting famous. A...works. Born in South Carolina, Floyd lived well outside the Northeastern...company consortium to commission Floyd's latest work, "Cold Sassy Tree...
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OPERA TO PRESENT CARLISLE FLOYD'S SUSANNAH MARCH 24, 25
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...Washington University Opera will present Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, which updates the...New York. Other notable works by Floyd include Bilby's Doll (1976...Washington University Opera WHAT: Carlisle Floyd's Susannah WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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All-American opera.(Entertainment)(No translation is required for Carlisle Floyd's masterpiece)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...the title role in "Susannah," Carlisle Floyd's seminal American opera? Either...takes on a film-score quality." Floyd was born in 1926 in Latta, S.C...York Music Critics' Circle Award, Floyd has written "Slow Dusk" (1949...
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'Susannah,' Timeless and Tantalizing; Virginia Opera Delivers Powerful Interpretation of Carlisle Floyd's 1956 Work
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Center for the Arts next month. Carlisle Floyd's 1956 opera is based very loosely...frequently called on but never present in Floyd's opera, a McCarthy-era meditation...Mountain." The libretto, also by Floyd, makes it clear that the villagers...
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Carlisle, Skiles giggle over lost gig
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/14/2003; ; 658 words
; ...although everyone knew Tim Floyd was going to get hired. It was so obvious that Carlisle withdrew his name a few...time." Losing out to Floyd might have been the best thing ever to happen to Carlisle and Skiles. Floyd went on to post a 49...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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WITH FLOYD TAKING BULLS BY HORNS, CHICAGO WAITS FOR JORDAN'S MOVE.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/23/1998; 700+ words
; ...did not react publicly to news of Floyd's hiring. ``Michael needs to...of general manager Jerry Krause, Floyd was the top candidate to replace...Ron Rothstein, Paul Silas and Rick Carlisle. Floyd has gone 243-130 overall with five...
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FLOYD: Of Mice and Men
Magazine article from: Opera News; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; FLOYD: Of Mice and Men Futral; Griffey, Hawkins...for some years after its 1970 premiere, Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men recently has turned...In this, its first recording, though, Floyd's opera proves of limited appeal as a...
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Biblical 'Susannah' set in rural South; Floyd opera becomes American morality tale.(ARTS & CULTURE)(DANCE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...be unfamiliar to many opera lovers Carlisle Floyd's Susannah and George Frideric...dramatic efforts of the period, Mr. Floyd's first full-length opera has...too far. In an unusual turn, Mr. Floyd penned his own libretto for Susannah...
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Carlisle Floyd
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Carlisle Floyd Carlisle Floyd (born 1926) brought abilities as librettist and dramatist to the composition of opera. Writing mostly in the verismo tradition, Floyd achieved considerable success with his third opera, Susannah, although he continued...
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Floyd, Carlisle
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Floyd, Carlisle ( b Latta, S. Carolina, 1926). Amer. composer. Taught at Florida State Univ., 1947–76; prof. of mus...
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Opera
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...elements, such as jazz and spirituals in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1935) or Appalachian folk style in Carlisle Floyd's Susan-nah (1956). Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts (1934) exhibited a new musical style modeling...
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Wuthering Heights
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Wuthering Heights. Opera (lyric drama) in prol. and 4 acts by Herrmann to lib. by Lucille Fletcher adapted from Emily Brontë's novel (1847). Comp. 1943–51. F.p. Portland, Oregon, 1982. Also opera by Carlisle Floyd (1958).
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