| Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Carlisle Floyd | |
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| 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]
- ^ Howard Taubman (10 April 1959). "Opera: Floyd's Wuthering Heights". The New York Times. p. 22.