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Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta, South Carolina) is an American opera composer. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Latta is a town in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The son of a Methodist minister, many of his works are based on themes from the South. His best known opera, Susannah (1955), is based a story in the so-called Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary, rural Tennessee, and is set in a Southern dialect. Susannah is an Opera in two acts composed (music and text by American opera Composer Carlisle Floyd while he was on the piano

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In 1943, Floyd entered Converse College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and studied piano under Ernst Bacon. Converse Musicjpg|frame|right|Converse’s Petrie School of Music is the world’s first women’s college to be named an All-Steinway School an honor reserved for a select group of colleges and The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Ernst Bacon ( May 26, 1898 - March 16, 1990) was an American Composer, Pianist, and conductor. When Bacon accepted a position at Syracuse University, in New York, Floyd followed him there, where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1946. Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. The following year, Floyd became part of the piano faculty at Florida State University, in Tallahassee. Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee He was to remain there for thirty years, eventually becoming Professor of Composition. He received a master's degree at Syracuse, in 1949.

While at Florida State, Floyd gradually became interested in composition. His first opera was Slow Dusk, to his own libretto (as was to remain his custom), and was produced at Syracuse in 1949. His next opera, The Fugitives, was seen at Tallahassee in 1951, but was then withdrawn.

His third opera was to be Floyd's greatest success: Susannah. It was first heard at Florida State, in February 1955, with Phyllis Curtin in the title role, and Mack Harrell as the Reverend Olin Blitch. Phyllis Curtin (née Smith on December 3, 1921) is an American soprano The following year, the opera was given at the New York City Opera, with Curtin and Norman Treigle (in his first great success) as Blitch, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb| New York State Theater]] The New York City Opera (NYCO is based in Philip Johnson 's New York State Norman Treigle (né Adanelle Wilfred Treigle 6 March, 1927 - 16 February 1975) was born in New Orleans Louisiana, the fifth and WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Erich Leinsdorf ( Erich Landauer) ( February 4, After receiving much acclaim, a City Opera production (directed by Frank Corsaro) was taken to the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, with Curtin, Treigle and Richard Cassilly. Frank Corsaro (born December 22, 1924, in New York City) is one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre Richard Cassilly (born December 14, 1927, Washington DC &ndash died January 30, 1998, Boston) was one of his generation's

Later in 1958, Floyd's setting of Wuthering Heights (after Emily Brontë) was premiered at the Santa Fe Opera, with Curtin as the heroine. Emily Jane Brontë (ˈbrɒnti ( July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British Novelist and Poet, now best The Santa Fe Opera (SFO is an American Opera company located north of Santa Fe in the U In 1960, at Syracuse, his "solo cantata on biblical texts," Pilgrimage, was first heard with Treigle as soloist. The Passion of Jonathan Wade was first seen at the City Opera, in 1962. Set in South Carolina during Reconstruction, the piece had Theodor Uppman, Curtin, Treigle and Harry Theyard in the large cast; Julius Rudel conducted. Theodor Uppman (12 January 1920 &ndash 17 March 2005 was an American Operatic Baritone. Harry Theyard (né Harry L Theard Jr Tenor, is a native of New Orleans and is a 1957 graduate of Loyola University of the South, where he studied under Julius Rudel ( 6 March, 1921, Vienna - is a major American Orchestra conductor who emigrated to the US from Austria

Floyd's next opera was The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair, which was a comedy regarding the Scottish settlers of the Carolinas. Patricia Neway and Treigle created the title roles, with Rudel conducting. Patricia Neway (born September 30, 1919, in Brooklyn New York) is an American operatic Soprano and Broadway performer The composer's Markheim (after Robert Lewis Stevenson) was first shown at the New Orleans Opera Association in 1966, with Treigle (to whom it was dedicated) and Audrey Schuh heading the cast. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Opera has long been part of the musical culture of New Orleans Louisiana. Audrey Schuh (Redmann was born in New Orleans Louisiana, on June 11 1931 and studied both music and medical technology at Loyola University of the South, where Floyd himself served as stage director.

Of Mice and Men (after John Steinbeck), following a long gestation, was heard at the Seattle Opera in 1970, in a staging by Corsaro. John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The Seattle Opera is an Opera company located in Seattle Washington. A monodrama on the royal subject of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Flower and Hawk, was premiered in Jacksonville, Florida, with Curtin directed by Corsaro. For other Eleanors of England see Eleanor of England (disambiguation Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine (1122&ndash1 April 1204 (The production was then seen at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east )

Bilby's Doll (after Esther Forbes) was first mounted at the Houston Grand Opera in 1976, with Christopher Keene conducting and David Pountney producing. Esther Forbes ( June 28 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American Novelist and Children's writer who received the Houston Grand Opera (HGO was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and Houston cultural leaders Mrs Christopher Keene ( December 21 1946 - October 8, 1995) was a highly-acclaimed American conductor. David Pountney (born 10 September, 1947) is a British theater and Opera director In 1976, Floyd co-founded, with David Gockley, the Houston Opera Studio, a training program administered by the Houston Grand Opera for outstanding young professional singers and repertory coaches. Between 1976 and 1996, he held the M. D. Anderson Professorship at the University of Houston School of Music. The Rebecca and John J Moores School of Music is the Music school of the University of Houston in Houston Texas.

In Houston, Willie Stark (after Robert Penn Warren) was also first heard, in 1981, in staging by Harold Prince. Robert Penn Warren (April 24 1905 &ndash September 15 1989 was an American poet Novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. Harold Smith Prince (born January 30 1928) is an American Theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway After an hiatus of almost twenty years, Floyd's latest opera was premiered in Houston: Cold Sassy Tree (after Olive Ann Burns), in 2000. Olive Ann Burns ( July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed Patrick Summers conducted, Bruce Beresford directed, and Patricia Racette led the cast. Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940 is an Academy Award -nominated Australian film director writer and producer Patricia Lynn Racette is an internationally-known Operatic Soprano from the United States.

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