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, ...

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 ...

The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Department of Performing Arts will present Susannah by Carlisle Floyd on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

Veteran opera composer Carlisle Floyd was too early with his swan song. As he celebrated his 80th birthday in 2006, he told the Houston Chronicle he considered the acclaimed "Cold Sassy Tree," ...

Steven White, Opera Roanoke’s principal guest conductor, led members of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in a rhythmically incisive and lushly sonorous performance on Friday of “Susannah,” Carlisle ...