INSIGHT SERIES | Pre-Performance Talk: Susannah - An American Tragedy (March 15)

03/15/2020 01:45 PM - 02:30 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.