Shows · Porgy and Bess · Richard Rodgers Theatre, 2012
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Who was in it5 named
Creative team
- Director
- Diane Paulus
Recordings
41 recordings of Porgy and Bess exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Porgy and Bess for all of them.
Around this production
Porgy and Bess ( PORG-ee) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, before it moved to Broadway in New York City. It featured a cast of classically trained African-American singers—a daring artistic choice at the time. A 1976 Houston Grand Opera production gained it a renewed popularity, and it is now one of the best known and most frequently performed operas. The libretto of Porgy and Bess tells the…
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