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Due to overwhelming public demand for the Met’s acclaimed new production of Porgy and Bess, three additional performances have been added to the schedule, on February 4, 12, and 15, 2020. One of America’s favorite operas returns to the Met for the first time in nearly 30 years.
The Met made history in September 2019, kicking off its season with an explosive new staging of Porgy and Bess—returning the Gershwins’ great American opera to the company’s stage for the first time in nearly 30 years.
May 3, 2020 · Online opera guide and synopsis to Gershwin’s PORGY AND BESS. With “Porgy and Bess” Gershwin reached the peak of his career. With this composition he has succeeded in creating a work of international standing, one of the great folk operas in history. The performance of this opera involves great difficulties, which is why the work is ...
Leontyne Price Porgy and Bess-oopperassa.. Porgy ja Bess (engl. Porgy and Bess) on yhdysvaltalaisen George Gershwinin säveltämä kolminäytöksinen ooppera. Sen libreton ovat kirjoittaneet Ira Gershwin sekä Du Bose Heyward, jonka romaaniin Porgy ja samannimiseen näytelmään tarina perustuu.
Nov 12, 2005 · Set in the fictitious slum of Catfish Row in 1912 Charleston, S.C., Porgy and Bess tells the story of Porgy, a crippled black man, and his attempts to rescue Bess from her pimp, Crown, and her ...
Porgy and Bess is considered a landmark work in American music history due to its innovative blend of jazz, blues, and classical music. In October, The International Symphony Orchestra from Lviv and the National Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka' will bring this masterpiece to the stages of five Dutch concert halls.
Far beyond being a compendium of classic songs, the score of Porgy and Bess maintains a level of musical unity and a rich, descriptive language that compares with the greatest operatic achievements. Much of the work’s dynamism comes from Gershwin’s explorations of the Gullah music of Tidewater Carolina, melded with his mastery of jazz and ...
