INSIGHT SERIES | Pre-Performance Talk: Susannah - An American Tragedy (March 13)

03/13/2020 06:15 PM - 07:00 PM ET

Description

Nancie Kennedy, a retired opera singer, shares her experience of performing in a 1980 production of Susannah directed by the composer/librettist Carlisle Floyd himself. Discover not only the story, setting, characters, and powerful music of this award-winning folk opera, but how, when and why Floyd transformed an ancient Biblical tale into a 20th century American classic set in isolated Appalachia.