# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlisle-floyd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:46:48.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlisle-floyd"
name: "Carlisle Floyd"
slug: "carlisle-floyd"
description: "Carlisle Sessions Floyd was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote not only the music but also the librettos, typically engage with themes from the American South, particularly the Post-civil war South, the Great Depression and rural life. His best known opera, Susannah, is based on a story from the Biblical Apocrypha, transferred to contemporary rural Tennessee, and written for a Southern dialect. It was premiered at Florida State University in 1955, with Phyllis Curtin in the title role. When it was staged at the New York City Opera the following year, the reception was initially mixed; some considered it a masterpiece, while others degraded it as a 'folk opera'. Subsequent performances led to an increase in Susannah's reputation and the opera quickly became among the most performed of American operas."
tagline: "American composer (1926–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlisle_Floyd_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-06-11"
deathDate: "2021-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           14.074052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3031084/"
    handle:    "nm3031084"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump