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Floyd, Carlisle

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Floyd, Carlisle (1926– )

US composer. His first opera, Susannah, was produced at the University of Houston in 1955 and at New York City Opera in 1956; it has since become one of the most widely produced of all US operas.

He studied at Syracuse University and privately with Rudolf Firkušny.

Works

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Wuthering Heights (Santa Fe, 1958), The Passion of Jonathan Wade (New York , 1962), The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair (Raleigh, South Carolina, 1963), Markheim (New Orleans, 1966), Of Mice and Men (after Steinbeck; Seattle, 1970), Bilby's Doll (Houston, 1976), Willie Stark (Houston, 1981), All the King's Men (1981).



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