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The Gershwins Porgy and Bess

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The Gershwins® Porgy and BessSM—George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin—WNO Revival
Twelve performances, March 20 through April 3, 2010. In English with English supertitles.
With classics such as Summertime and Bess, You is My Woman Now, the Gershwins melded jazz, folk and blues to craft the iconic American opera. Porgy and Bess is a tragic tale about the crippled Porgy, who is in love with Bess and tries hopelessly to rescue her from her sad life. The 1935 work was innovative not only in the masterful rendering of a complex and eclectic score, but also for its subject matter: a deeply moving depiction of African-American life in the 1920s South. ... (more info)

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