5/22/2023 0 Comments Cold sassy tree![]() Not pandering opera, but theater pieces strapped tight with technical virtuosity, yet sounding innocent and natural." Carlisle Floyd comments that "In dramatizing the book for the stage, there were two undergirding themes in particular from the novel that I wanted to deal with. ![]() According to Daniel Webster, "Floyd writes popular opera. Like all the work that preceded it, the music is about expressive clarity, lyricism and the value of song. ![]() Like five of the six Floyd operas that preceded it, Cold Sassy Tree is about American attitudes, characters - and the joy of language. As always, he has written his own libretto, drawing upon his own theatrical instincts that have been nourished simultaneously with his music. Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's first crack at writing a comic opera, is taken from Olive Ann Burns' delightful exploration of youthful old age and set in an America affectionately drawn. ![]() A first recording from the Houston Grand Opera. Go Back > Carlisle Floyd's first comic opera. ![]()
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