carlisle floyd

Carlisle Floyd (born 1926 in Latta, South Carolina) is an American opera composer. Many of his works are based on themes from Southern states. His opera Susannah (1956) is considered to be his masterpiece, and it is regularly performed in the United States.

Major works

Slow Dusk (1949)
Susannah (1956)
Wuthering Heights (1958)
The Passion of Jonathan Wade (1962)
The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair (1964) TV opera
Of Mice and Men (1970)
Flower and Hawk
Bilby's Doll (1976)
Willie Stark (1981)
Cold Sassy Tree (2000) for the Houston Grand Opera and the San Diego Opera

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