Floyd, Carlisle: Susannah (1953-1954) 105'
A musical drama in two acts

Music Text  
Libretto by the composer, based on a story from the Apocrypha (E,G)

Orchesterbesetzung
Major roles: S,T,BBar; minor roles: 2S,M,A,3T,2Bar; chorus; dancers 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-4.2.3.1-timp.perc:SD/cyms/ gong/xyl-cel-harp-strings .
Abkürzungsverzeichnis (PDF).

Vertriebsgebiet
Dieses Werk ist erhältlich bei Boosey & Hawkes für Aufführungen in for the world.


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World Premiere
2/24/1956
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Lynn Orr, director / Florida State University / Karl Kuersteiner


Pressestimmen  
“Composed 50 years ago at the height of the McCarthy persecutions, it is a flawlessly effective melodrama focused on an innocent woman victimised by a narrow Evangelical community in rural Tennessee. …it speaks straight to the heart through music of uninhibited tonal simplicity and Pucciniesque fervour.”
Daily Telegraph


Empfohlene Aufnahme
Cheryl Studer, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Kenn Chester, Michael Druiett, Steven Cole, Stuart Kale, David Pittsinger, Anne Howells, Della Jones, Jean Glennon, Elisabeth Laurence, Lyon Opera Chorus, Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Virgin Classics VCD5450392

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