Wuthering Heights (Floyd opera)
Appearance
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Wuthering Heights | |
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Opera by Carlisle Floyd | |
![]() Carlisle Floyd in 2004 with the National Medal of Arts | |
Librettist | Floyd |
Language | English |
Based on | Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë |
Premiere | July 16, 1958 |
Wuthering Heights is an opera in a prologue and three acts with music and a libretto by Carlisle Floyd. The work is adapted from Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name. The opera premiered at the Santa Fe Opera on July 16, 1958, in a production directed by Irving Guttman. A revised version of the work was performed at the New York City Opera in 1959 with a cast that notably included Phyllis Curtin, Patricia Neway, and Frank Porretta.[1]
Roles
[edit]Role | Voice type | Premiere cast[2] July 16, 1958 Conductor: John Crosby |
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Heathcliff, An orphan brought by Mr Earnshaw to live at Wuthering Heights, loves Catherine Earnshaw | baritone | Robert Trehy |
Catherine Earnshaw, Daughter of Mr Earnshaw, loves Heathcliff | soprano | Phyllis Curtin |
Hindley Earnshaw, Catherine's brother | tenor | Davis Cunningham |
Edgar Linton, of Thrushcross Grange, becomes Catherine's husband | tenor | Loren Driscoll |
Isabella Linton, Edgar's sister, becomes Heathcliff's wife | soprano | Mildred Allen |
Mrs. Linton | mezzo-soprano | Elaine Bonazzi |
Nelly Dean, Housekeeper at Wuthering Heights | mezzo-soprano | Regina Sarfaty |
Mr Lockwood, Heathcliff's tenant | tenor | David Dodds |
Joseph, Elderly servant at Wuthering Heights | tenor | Nico Castel |
Mr Earnshaw, Father of Catherine and Hindley | bass | John Macurdy |
Recording
[edit]Wuthering Heights Georgia Jarman Kelly Markgraf Florentine Opera Company; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Mechavich Reference Recordings: FR-721
References
[edit]- ^ Howard Taubman (10 April 1959). "Opera: Floyd's Wuthering Heights". The New York Times. p. 22.
- ^ "Wuthering Heights". santafeopera.org. Retrieved 18 February 2015.