Susannah

Album by Carlisle Floyd & Cheryl Studer & Samuel Ramey & Jerry Hadley & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon & Kent Nagano

Susannah is an opera by American composer Carlisle Floyd, premiered in 1955. The work draws on Appalachian folk melodies, evangelical hymnody and a compact, lyrical modernist idiom to explore regional themes and moral conflict, and it helped establish Floyd's stature within mid-20th-century American opera.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Susannah: Act I. Opening Music
    3:21
  2. 2.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 1. "How long's it gonna last, Sam?" (Susannah, Sam)
    9:01
  3. 3.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 1. "It's a hot night for dancin'" (Elders' wives, Elder McLean)
    3:35
  4. 4.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 2. "Are you saved from sin" (Congregation, Blitch)
    2:32
  5. 5.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 1. "I am the Reverend Olin Blich" (Blitch, Elders, Chorus, Mrs. Mclean)
    4:44
  6. 6.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 2. "I'm fixin' to tell y' 'bout a feller I knowed" (Blitch)
    3:46
  7. 7.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 2. "Was y'ever at such a nice square dance, Little Bat?" (Susannah, Little Bat)
    2:59
  8. 8.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 2. "Come, sinner, tonight's the night" (Congregation, Blitch, Susannah)
    5:21
  9. 9.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 3. "The trees on the mountains are cold and bare" (Susannah)
    5:04
  10. 10.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 2. "Ain't it a pretty night?" (Susannah, Little Bat, Sam)
    6:39
  11. 11.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 3. "That's mighty pretty singin', Susannah" (Blitch, Susannah)
    4:02
  12. 12.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 2. "Don't go to bed right yet, Sam" (Susannah, Sam)
    2:40
  13. 13.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 3. "I'm a lonely man, Susannah" (Blitch, Susannah)
    3:52
  14. 14.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 3. "That crick oughta be right about here" (Elders, Susannah)
    4:18
  15. 15.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 4. "I ain't surprised" (Wives, Elders, Susannah)
    5:05
  16. 16.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 4. "Hear me, O Lord, I beseech Thee" (Blitch)
    3:25
  17. 17.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 5. "Little Bat, what you doin' here?" (Susannah, Little Bat)
    4:30
  18. 18.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 4. "Brethren an' sister'n" (Blitch, Elders, Wives, Susannah)
    4:46
  19. 19.
    Susannah: Act I, Scene 5. "Feeble-minded idjet!" (Sam, Susannah)
    3:32
  20. 20.
    Susannah: Act II, Scene 5. "Hey there, little robin, I'm back agin" (Sam, Susannah, Little Bat, Elders, Mob)
    11:24

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