![]() ![]() "Cold Sassy Tree" marks the culmination of a distinguished operatic career for the 73-year-old composer- librettist, one that began in 1955 with his first and still most popular opera, "Susannah." Since then, Floyd has created such landmarks of American opera as "Of Mice and Men" - after "Susannah" his most secure addition to the repertoire - as well as three Houston commissions, "The Passion of Jonathan Wade," "Bilby's Doll" and "Willie Stark."įloyd's outlook is distinctively American (only his "Wuthering Heights" is set elsewhere), and the regional strains that first showed up in "Susannah" infuse "Cold Sassy Tree" as well. Never underestimate the benefits of a lifetime in the theater. ![]() ![]() Each scene plays out with unerring focus, and the work as a whole moves confidently through its entire arc. In three acts spanning more than three hours and encompassing comedy and pathos, group dynamics and individual emotion, he never puts a foot wrong or misjudges a dramatic emphasis. ![]()
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