correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that Mr. Floyd’s last opera, “Prince of Players,” received its premiere at Florida State University in 2017. It premiered at the ...

The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. It is another splendid offering, well in keeping with this company’s world-class reputation. It brings to the OTSL stage for the ...

Composer Carlisle Floyd, widely viewed as a founding father of American opera, died Thursday at age 95 in Tallahassee, Fla. His death was announced by his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, which did not ...

LATTA — Carlisle Floyd, an American composer who is known for operas set in the South and is often regarded as "the father of American opera," died on Sept. 30. He was 95. A native of Latta, in the ...

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 stage is shallow here at Virginia Opera's home base, the Harrison Opera House. It's the performances that have depth, as was clear on Sunday in a striking rendition of "Susannah," a ...

A rehearsal room in the Wortham Center bears the name of Carlisle Floyd, testament to the lasting impact the composer of “Susannah,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Cold Sassy Tree” and many others has had on ...

In 1947, a 20-year-old Carlisle Floyd, then a recent graduate of Syracuse University, arrived at Florida State to teach piano. It was while teaching at the College of Music — which awarded its first ...

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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, ...