work as suitable contender to be considered the archetypal "Great American Opera". Patricia Racette declared that "If it is not the greatest American opera, it's certainly among the great American operas". According to Opera News, Susannah is the most frequently performed American opera after Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors. The Daily Telegraph, however, claimed it is the most "widely performed" American opera, purportedly outnumbering some works by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. In addition to Gershwin and Menotti, Floyd stands with Adams, Barber, Bernstein, Glass and Rorem in the pantheon of preeminent 20th-century American opera composers. Selected recordings Discography Susannah (Studer, Hadley, Ramey; Nagano, 1993–94) Virgin Classics Susannah (Curtin, Cassilly, Treigle; Andersson, 1962) [live] VAI Wuthering Heights (Jarman, Mentzer, Markgraf; Mechavich, 2015) [live] Reference Recordings Pilgrimage: excerpts (Treigle; Torkanowsky, 1971) Orion The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair (Neway, Treigle; Rudel, 1963) VAI Markheim (Schuh, Treigle; Andersson, 1966) [live] VAI Of Mice and Men (Futral, Griffey, Hawkins; Summers, 2002) [live] Albany Records Cold Sassy Tree (Racette; Summers, 2000) [live] Albany Records Videography Susannah: Revival Scene (Treigle; Yestadt, Treigle, 1958) [live] Bel Canto Society Willie Stark (Jesse; J.Keene, McDonough, 2007) [live] Newport Classic Susannah (Spatafora, Webb, Donovan; Sforzini, Unger, 2014) [live] Naxos List of compositions Floyd's compositions were published by Boosey and Hawkes. Awards and honors 1956 Guggenheim Fellowship 1957 Citation of Merit from the National Association of American Conductors and Composers 1959 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation Award from the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce 1964 Distinguished Professor of Florida State University Award 1983 Honorary degree from Dickinson College 1983 National Opera Institute's Award for Service to American Opera – the highest honor the institute bestows 1993 Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. 2001 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2004 National Medal of Arts from the White House 2005 Honorary Doctorate from Florida State University 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honoree for lifetime work 2010 Anton Coppola Excellence in the Arts Award from Opera Tampa 2012 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Man of Music – the highest honor for a member of the American music fraternity. References Notes Citations Sources Further reading External links Operas we would like to see again Interview with Carlisle Floyd, May 4, 1991. 1926 births 2021 deaths 20th-century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers American opera composers American opera librettists