Carlisle Floyd (1926-) - Susannah (1994) Cover Front Album Composer Carlisle Floyd (1926-) Conductor Kent Nagano Orchestra / Ensemble I Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon Length 94:27 Format CD Genre Vocal; Opera Chorus I Choeur de l'Opéra de Lyon Chorus Master Richard Cooke Index 196 Out of Print No Musicians Soloist Studer; Hadley; Ramey; Chester; Driuett; Cole; Kale; Pittsinger; Howells; Jones; Glennon; Laurence Credits Producer Martin Sauer Label Virgin Track List 41:19 01 Act I: Opening Music 03:20 02 Act I: Scene 1: "It's a hot night for dancin'" 03:35 03 Act I: Scene 1: "I am the Reverend Olin Blich" 04:43 04 Act I: Scene 2: "Was y'ever at such a nice square dance, Little Bat?" 02:58 05 Act I: Scene 2: "Ain't it a pretty night?" 06:39 06 Act I: Scene 2: "Don't go to bed right yet, Sam" 02:40 07 Act I: Scene 3: "That crick oughta be right about here" 04:18 08 Act I: Scene 4: "I ain't surprised" 05:04 09 Act I: Scene 5: "Little Bat, what you don' here" 04:30 10 Act I: Scene 5: "Feeble-minded idjet!" 03:32 53:08 01 Act II: Scene 1: "How long's it gonna last, Sam?" 09:00 02 Act II: Scene 2: "Are you saved from sin" 02:32 03 Act II: Scene 2: "I'm fixin' to tell y' 'bout a feller I knowed" 03:45 04 Act II: Scene 2: "Come, sinner, tonight's the night" 05:21 05 Act II: Scene 3: "The trees on the mountain are cold and bard" 05:03 06 Act II: Scene 3: "That's mighty pretty singin', Susannah" 04:02 07 Act II: Scene 3: "I'm a lonely man, Susannah" 03:52 08 Act II: Scene 4: "Hear me, O Lord, I beseech Thee" 03:24 09 Act II: Scene 4: "Brethren an' sister'n" 04:46 10 Act II: Scene 5: "Hey there, little robin, I'm back agin" 11:23 Personal Purchase Date 11/7/1999 Value $35.00 Store Columbia House Condition 100% Librettist Carlisle Floyd Nationality American Premiere Florida State University, Tallahassee, February 24, 1955 "Form" Musical Drama in Two Acts Language English Period 20th Century Details Studio Opéra de Lyon Catalog Number 545039 Live No Recording Date 8/1/1993 Spars DDD Reissue No Sound Stereo Notes Susannah Polk: Cheryl Studer Sam Polk: Jerry Hadley Olin Blitch: Samuel Ramey Little Bat McLean: Kenn Chester Elder McLean: Michael Druiett Elder Gleaton: Steven Cole Elder Hayes: Stuart Kale Elder Ott: David Pittsinger Mrs. McLean: Anne Howells Mrs. Gleaton: Della Jones Mrs. Hayes: Jean Glennon Mrs. Ott: Elizabeth Laurence Notes, text and translations Essay: Jonathan Abarbanel Recorded under the supervision of the Composer