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Floyd Collins
Composer:Adam Guettel
Librettist:Adam GuettelTina Landau
Synopsis
The opera tells the story of Floyd Collins, who became trapped in a cave on January 30, 1925 while exploring an underground cavern in Barren County, KY. Pinned by a fallen rock, he was still able to communicate with the outside world. A cub reporter from the Louisville Courier-Journal climbed down and interviewed Collins, making the trapped man an instant celebrity and drawing as many as 20,000 curiosity seekers to the cave. Collins died after two weeks underground.

Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Skylight Music TheatreFloyd Collins9/9/2000 - 10/10/2000


OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
Opera for a New America 1994
Opera for a New America 1991

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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
02:30

Number of Acts
2

Musical Style
Banjo and fiddle bluegrass music, winding vocal lines, dense chromatic harmonies, dissonant ostinatos, popular, tonal melodies

Vocal & Musical Forces
dancers; 16 singers, including leads and secondary roles encompassing small parts and ensemble work; chorus of approximately 14.; Piano, violin (fiddle), harmonica, cello, guitar/banjo, bass, percussion, viola/violin

Original Cast
Steven Lee Anderson (Johnnie Gerald)
Trent Bright (Dr. Hazlett/Reporter/Everett Maddox)
Scott Coulter (Reporter/Columbus Maddox)
Jason Danieley (Homer Collins)
Kent Faulcon (Cliff Roney/Reporter/Jeremiah Bishop)
Michael Malone (Reporter/Jewell Estes)
Theresa McCarthy (Nellie Collins)
Martin Moran (Skeets Miller)
Jim Morlino (Floyd Collins)
Mary Beth Peil (Miss Jane)
Nick Plakias (Lee Collins)
James Pringle (General Denhardt/Charley Man)
Steven Skybell (H.T. Carmichael/Local)
Scott Wakefield (Bee Doyle)



 
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