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.
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere castJuly 16, 1958Conductor: John CrosbyHeathcliff, An orphan brought by Mr Earnshaw to live at Wuthering Heights, loves Catherine EarnshawbaritoneRobert TrehyCatherine Earnshaw, Daughter of Mr Earnshaw, loves HeathcliffsopranoPhyllis CurtinHindley Earnshaw, Catherine's brothertenorDavis CunninghamEdgar Linton, of Thrushcross Grange, becomes Catherine's husbandtenorLoren DriscollIsabella Linton, Edgar's sister, becomes Heathcliff's wifesopranoMildred AllenMrs. Lintonmezzo-sopranoElaine BonazziNelly Dean, Housekeeper at Wuthering Heights mezzo-sopranoRegina SarfatyMr Lockwood, Heathcliff's tenanttenorDavid DoddsJoseph, Elderly servant at Wuthering Heights tenorNico CastelMr Earnshaw, Father of Catherine and Hindley bassJohn Macurdy
Recording Wuthering Heights Georgia Jarman Kelly Markgraf Florentine Opera Company; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Mechavich Reference Recordings: FR-721
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