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Porgy and Bess è un'opera di George Gershwin, per il libretto di DuBose Heyward, e testi di Ira Gershwin e Heyward. La storia è basata sul romanzo di Heyward Porgy e sull'omonimo lavoro teatrale che egli scrisse con la moglie Dorothy, che descrive la vita degli afroamericani nell'immaginaria strada di Catfish Row a Charleston, Carolina del ...
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- DuBose Heyward
Porgy and Bess (/ ˈ p ɔːr ɡ i /) 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.
- English
- DuBose Heyward
- Heyward's novel Porgy
- September 30, 1935, Colonial Theatre (Boston)
29 mag 2021 · Porgy and Bess è un’opera di sogni irrealizzati. Degli 8 personaggi principali quattro muoiono (Robbins, Jake, Clara e Crown) e tre lasciano Catfish Row (Sportin’ life, Bess e Porgy). Solo Serena rimane indietro. Tuttavia, gli abitanti non hanno perso la loro fiducia in Dio e l’opera si chiude con un grande corale.
- 1935, Boston (Pre-premiere) e New York (Premiere)
- Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin based on Heyward's Porgy
- Porgy, mendicante zoppo (basso) - Bess, giovane donna e amica di Crown, poi di Porgy (soprano) - Crown, amante violento di Bess (baritono) - Serena...
- EMI, Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Harolyn Blackwell, Damon Evans e Gregg Baker, diretto da Simon Rattle e dalla London Philharmonic Orchestra e G...
6 giorni fa · Porgy and Bess, dramatic folk opera in three acts by George Gershwin. Its English libretto was written by DuBose Heyward (with lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin), based on Heyward’s novel Porgy (1925). The opera—which premiered at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on October 10, 1935—is.
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Composer. Written by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin.
World Premiere: Alvin Theatre, New York, 1935. A supremely American operatic masterpiece and the most ambitious work by one of the nation’s greatest musical talents, Porgy and Bess focuses on the joys and struggles of a black neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century.
31 ott 2023 · Synopsis. Discover. Related. Set in 1920s South Carolina, The Gershwins ’ Porgy and Bess is a thought provoking, gritty and spirited ‘folk opera’. When Bess is abandoned by her lover, the only person who shows her kindness is the crippled beggar Porgy.
