San Diego Opera Presents: Susannah

San Diego Civic Theatre, San Diego3 dates

Eighteen-year-old Susannah Polk lives with her brother Sam in the woods outside a Tennessee mountain town. When local churchmen spot her bathing in an isolated creek, she becomes the target of gossip, accusations, and worse. Carlisle Floyd transplants the biblical "Susannah and the Elders" to the Appalachian backwoods in this modern classic: a riveting tale of sex, corruption, and hypocrisy with a folk-inspired score and the beloved aria "Ain't it a pretty night?" Floyd's centenary is the…