Susannah

Composer: Floyd, Carlisle

Librettist/Text Author: Floyd, Carlisle

Conductor: Sforzini, Mark

Orchestra: St. Petersburg Opera Orchestra

Chorus: St. Petersburg Opera Chorus

Elder Gleaton: Frabotta, Fred

Elder Hayes: Wilson, Stanley

Elder McLean: Wehrle, Brian

Elder Ott: Bloomfield, Benjamin

Little Bat: Wichael, Scott

Mrs. Gleaton: Ritums, Aleksandra

Mrs. Hayes: Izzo, Stefanie

Mrs. McLean: Misener, Melissa

Mrs. Ott: Rocklein, Robyn

Olin Blitch: Donovan, Todd

Sam: Webb, Anthony Wright

Susannah: Spatafora, Susan Hellman

Set Designer: Mitchell, Steven

Costume Designer: Hibbert, Patricia A.

Lighting Designer: Arsenault, Keith

Choreographer: Paulson-Lee, Jennifer

Stage Director: Unger, Michael

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Venue: Palladium Theater St. Petersburg, Florida

Playing Time: 01:45:41

Catalogue Number: 2.110381

UPC: 747313538157

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Carlisle Floyd is one of America's foremost composers. Though he has also written in other forms, he is renowned for his operas, for which he also writes the libretti. The most famous and popular is his third opera, Susannah, premiered in 1955 and the second most performed of all American operas. Updated and set in Tennessee, it is loosely based on the Apocryphal tale of Susanna and the Elders. The work is rooted in vernacular folk melodies and hymns and contains soaring melodic beauty.