Lukas Foss

In addition to his own composition, the German-born Foss is well regarded in Boston and throughout the American musical community as a conductor and as a teacher of composition. His best-known operatic work is his setting of the Mark Twain story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

• The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, opera in two scenes
  Libretto by Jean Karsavina after the story The Celebrated Jumpipng Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.
  May 18, 1950, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• Griffelkin, opera in three acts
  Libretto by A. Reed after H. Foss.
  November 6, 1956, NBC television
• Introductions and Good-Byes, a nine-minute opera
  Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti.
  May 5, 1960, New York Philharmonic, New York, New York

Discography

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Lukas Foss The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Clark CD / Newport 85609 (1997)	"That was a mighty good dinner" from The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County on The Art of the American Singer CD / Newport 85636 (1998)
Introductions and Good-Byes on Jay Willoughby, Gregg Smith Singers Behold I Build an House: Vocal Music of Lukas Foss CD / CRI 80588 (2001)	Introductions and Good-Byes on Lukas Foss Behold I Build an House: Vocal Music of Lukas Foss The Gregg Smith Singers CD / CRI 80588 ()
Lulu's Song from The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County on Lukas Foss Lulu's Song, Etc. CD / Koch 7209 (1996)

Bibliography

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Lukas Foss Introductions and Good-Byes (piano-vocal score) Carl Fischer 1961

Lukas Foss Introductions and Good-Byes Carl Fischer 1961

Last update: January 1, 2009