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TheaterByte Reviews Wuthering Heights!
Lawrence Devoe reviews the upcoming Florentine Opera recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights: An Opera In Three Acts: “Maestro Joseph Mechavich leads his Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the choral forces of the Florentine Opera Company, one of America’s oldest such vocal organizations, in a precedent setting performance that will make listeners unfamiliar with this work sit up and take notice. Composer Floyd writes beautiful vocal lines and the cast led by stunning soprano Jarman takes…
Meet The Voices of Wuthering Heights
Lockwood: Aaron Short, tenor Hindley Earnshaw: Chad Shelton, tenor Joseph: Frank Kelley, tenor Catherine: Georgia Jarman, soprano Isabela Linton: Heather Buck, soprano Heathcliff: Kelley Markgraf, baritone Mr. Earnshaw: Matthew Burns, bass-baritone Nelly: Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano Edgar Linton: Vale Rideout, tenor Carlisle Floyd: Wuthering Heights Florentine Opera Company Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Joseph Mechavich, conductor Pre-Order Now!
The Evolution of Wuthering Heights
Carlisle Floyd discusses the evolution of his Wuthering Heights Opera with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “‘Phyllis Curtin, who later did Catherine in the original production and was in the ‘Susannah’ premiere as well, came to me and asked me to write an aria for her, a request I was happy to accept,’ Floyd said, explaining that this was in the mid-1950s and that she was working on a Town Hall recital program and wanted a…
First Listen! Florentine Opera Company Present’s Carlisle Floyd’s “Wuthering Heights”
Excerpts from The Florentine Opera Company’s World Premiere Recording of Carlisle Floyd’s “Wuthering Heights” an Opera In Three Acts: Our First Ever Opera Release! Florentine Opera Company Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Joseph Mechavich, conductor Pre-Order Now! The Florentine Opera Company® brings American opera composer Carlisle Floyd’s operatic masterpiece, based on the classic English novel by Emily Brontë, to life. Floyd’s score takes you to the heart of Catherine and Heathcliffe’s devastating love story. Carlisle Floyd’s canon…