Sarasota Opera has been awarded a $24,000 grant by the NEA to support its 2026 production of Carlisle Floyd's SUSANNAH.

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music... Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, ...

Sarasota Opera will open Susannah­­­­­­­ on Saturday, March 14 — the fourth and final production in its 2026 Winter Festival. Audiences have six opportunities to see the production, which runs through ...

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 ...

Coming to the Soo Theatre on Wednesday August 7th and Friday August 9th at 7pm EST then a special performance Sunday August 11th at the Mission Point Center for the Arts on Mackinac Island is Carlisle ...

In 1947, a 20-year-old Carlisle Floyd, then a recent graduate of Syracuse University, arrived at Florida State to teach piano. It was while teaching at the College of Music — which awarded its first ...

American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009. Composer Carlisle Floyd, widely viewed as a ...

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Composer Carlisle Floyd, widely viewed as a founding father of American opera, died Thursday at age 95 in Tallahassee, Fla. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, which did not ...