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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 ...
Porgy and Bess narra la storia di Porgy, un uomo di colore zoppo dei sobborghi (“slum”) di Charleston e il suo tentativo di salvare Bess dalle grinfie di Crown, il suo protettore, e Sportin’ Life, lo spacciatore. Originariamente concepita da Gershwin come una “American folk opera” (“opera popolare Americana”) il lavoro fu ...
Hot on the heels of their 1935-42 selections Naxos now gives us the almost complete Porgy and Bess, presided over by Lehman Engel in 1951. In addition there are some extracts sung by Stevens and Merrill, which make a fine bonus.
were on the production staff, J. Rosamond Johnson as assistant musical coach and Eva Jessye as director of the chorus, her own Eva Jessye Choir. After a concert performance in Carnegie Hall for a small invited audience, Porgy and Bess opened in Boston, at the Colonial Theatre, on 30 September 1935. Though not advertised as such, this was intended
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Featuring. Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet. J.J.Johnson, trombone. Joe Pass, guitar. Victor Feldman, piano. The Rev James Cleveland Singers. Review By Phil Gold. Click here to e-mail reviewer. LP Label: Classic Records Catalog No JP 1831.
Porgy and Bess ( / ˈpɔːrɡi /) 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 .
