Opera Soup

A great American composer has died.

Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95 Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

The more I hear good countertenors, the more I love good countertenors. And Jakub is a REALLY GOOD countertenor!

Jakub Józef Orliński – Handel: Agrippina, Act 1: "Lusinghiera mia speranza" (with Il Pomo d'Oro) Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński portrays a smitten Ottone in Handel's Agrippina, with Il Pomo d'Oro and their chief conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. Discover ...