| The first in a series of American operas by Eugene
Opera, Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah is thoroughly Southern-hot and sultry-full
of seduction and repentance. Brimming with religious fervor and frustration, the
townspeople of New Hope, Tennessee can’t help but condemn the exquisite
and free-spirited Susannah. Beautiful revival hymns and Appalachian melodies set
to intensely dramatic poetry tell an extraordinary tale of bigotry, innocence and human
weakness, making this a decisively American opera. Featuring
Megan Miller in her Eugene Opera debut as
Susannah. Craig Hart debuts as Blitch. Sung in
Engligh. |
