Carlisle Floyd, whose
Of Mice and Men premiered at Seattle Opera in 1970, had written this opera--set in South Carolina during the Reconstruction period--in 1962, but revised it thorougly for these performances.
Dale Duesing (Jonathan Wade) and Alison England (Celia Townsend) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
Debria Brown (Nicey) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
Julian Patrick (Judge Townsend) and Dale Duesing (Jonathan Wade) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
Dale Duesing (Jonathan Wade) and Alison England (Celia Townsend) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
Joseph Evans (Lucas Wardlaw), Dale Duesing (Jonathan Wade), Alison England (Celia Townsend) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
Dale Duesing (Jonathan Wade), Debria Brown (Nicey), Alison England (Celia Townsend) in Floyd’s The Passion of Jonathan Wade, 1992 © Gary Smith
