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For the feminine given name, see Susannah (given name). Susanna is a feminine Given name. It is the name of at least two women in the Bible

Susannah is an opera which was composed by American opera composer Carlisle Floyd while he was on the piano faculty at Florida State University. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta South Carolina) is an American Opera Composer. Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee Floyd adapted the story from the Apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders, though the latter story has a more positive ending. Susanna or Shoshana ( "lily" is one of the Additions to Daniel, considered Apocryphal by Protestants, but included in the Book The story focuses on 18-year-old Susannah Polk, an innocent girl who is targeted as a sinner in the small mountain town of New Hope Valley, in the Southern American state of Tennessee. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Influenced by the Elders and Elders' Wives, traveling preacher Olin Blitch and the town push her away, leading to tragedy. After Susannah refuses to repent at Blitch’s revival meeting, Blitch comes to see Susannah on her property. Though he planned to continue asking her to repent, he ends up seducing her. Blitch is very remorseful after this and tries to persuade the townspeople to forgive her. They refuse, and Susannah refuses to forgive him. Susannah’s brother Sam returns home, kills Blitch and runs away. The townspeople try to force Susannah to leave, but she points her gun at them and they leave, except for her former friend Little Bat, whom she pretends to try to seduce, but she pushes him away also. [1]

The opera was awarded the New York Music Critics Circle Award for Best New Opera in 1956 and was chosen to represent American music and culture at the World's Fair at Brussels in 1958, with a production (by Frank Corsaro) that featured Phyllis Curtin and Norman Treigle. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Expo (short for "exposition" and also known as World Fair and World's Fair) is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Corsaro (born December 22, 1924, in New York City) is one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre Phyllis Curtin (née Smith on December 3, 1921) is an American soprano Norman Treigle (né Adanelle Wilfred Treigle 6 March, 1927 - 16 February 1975) was born in New Orleans Louisiana, the fifth and It received its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 1999, with Renée Fleming singing the title role, Anthony Dean Griffey singing Sam and Samuel Ramey singing Blitch. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renée Fleming (born February 14 1959 is an accomplished American Soprano specializing The American Opera singer Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1942 in Colby Kansas) is Ramey also recorded the complete opera with Cheryl Studer as Susannah and Jerry Hadley as Sam. Cheryl Studer (born October 24, 1955) is a Grammy Award winning American Dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's major Jerry Hadley ( June 16 1952 – July 18 2007) was an American Operatic Tenor, who was a protegé of Other well-known sopranos who have portrayed the heroine have included Lee Venora, Joy Clements, Maralin Niska, Nancy Shade, Diana Soviero, Karan Armstrong, and Phyllis Treigle (opposite Michael Devlin as Blitch). Nancy Shade (born on May 31, 1949, in Rockford, Illinois) is a celebrated spinto Soprano, best known as a singing-actress This article is about the opera singer For the author please see Karen Armstrong. Phyllis Treigle (born May 6, 1960) is a native of New Orleans Louisiana, and is a noted American Soprano and the daughter of the great bass-baritone Michael Devlin may refer to Michael Devlin (bass-baritone, internationally recognized opera singer Michael J

Susannah is one of the most performed American operas, second to Porgy and Bess, and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a performance on the very stage where it premiered February 24, 1955, in Ruby Diamond Auditorium at Florida State University. Porgy and Bess is an Opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, Libretto by DuBose Heyward, and Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee At the first performance, Carlisle Floyd was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Florida State. Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta South Carolina) is an American Opera Composer.

It has been speculated that the opera was inspired by McCarthyism, a period of intense fear of communism in America during the early 1950s. McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s The opera also contains many feminist themes that had not been widely explored in popular culture at the time of the opera’s writing. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Floyd has claimed that this opera, like his other operas, was meant to be different from a traditional opera. [2]

The music is largely characterized by Appalachian folk melodies. The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. Also included are some Protestant hymns and some traditional classical music. A particularly prominent part of the opera is Susannah’s soaring and melancholy aria in Act II, which is similar to Appalachian folk tunes, but is in fact Floyd's own composition.

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Discography

Videography of "Revival Scene"

Cheryl Studer (born October 24, 1955) is a Grammy Award winning American Dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's major Jerry Hadley ( June 16 1952 – July 18 2007) was an American Operatic Tenor, who was a protegé of The American Opera singer Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1942 in Colby Kansas) is Opéra National de Lyon is an opera company in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Opéra, a modernized version in 1993 of the original __FORCETOC__ Kent Nagano (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator

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Susannah

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  1. A female given name, a spelling variant of Susanna.
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