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Porgy & Bess

Composer: Gershwin
Porgy/Crown in Porgy & Bess by Gershwin (© Bregenzer Festspiele / Karl Forster)
Tags: Gershwin, Porgy & Bess

› Crown, Porgy

Here at: Bregenzer Festspiele 1997 in “Porgy & Bess”
Picture credits: Karl Forster

“…It was not until I quite by accident attended Porgy and Bess at Washington’s National Opera in 2005 that I discovered that Gershwin had composed a masterpiece after all. Great operas are forgiven for their flaws. Well cast, acted and paced, Porgy and Bess overwhelmed my acquired reservations. When Gordon Hawkins, as Porgy, launched “Oh Bess, Oh Where’s my Bess?”, the works largesse, musical and dramatic, simply took over. My strongest impression, however, was of the culminating sequence beginning with “bring m’goat”…”

Joseph Horowitz, in: “On my way.” The untold story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess”; New York, London 2013

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Upcoming appearances:


February 12, 2016 - 07:30 PM:
Toledo Opera
Toledo

Also on February 14, 2pm

Role: Porgy

“Porgy’s music contains some of the most lyrical and beautiful passages written for the baritone voice in modern times. To sing Porgy – or Crown – is not less ambitious than performing any of the Wagner roles. Gershwins oeuvre is very important to me – interpreting his characters is just purely and simply wonderful work.”

Porgy and Bess tells the story of Porgy, a disabled black beggar living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. It deals with his attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and Sportin’ Life, the drug dealer. Of all the people living in Catfish Row, Porgy is the character who changes the course of his life by leaving the only place and people he has ever known.

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Last appearances:


May 16, 2014 - 07:30 PM:
The Colorado Symphony
Denver, CO 80202

During May 16 – 18, 2014

Role: Porgy

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“Porgy’s music contains some of the most lyrical and beautiful passages written for the baritone voice in modern times. To sing Porgy – or Crown – is not less ambitious than performing any of the Wagner roles. Gershwins oeuvre is very important to me – interpreting his characters is just purely and simply wonderful work.”

Porgy and Bess tells the story of Porgy, a disabled black beggar living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina.  It deals with his attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and Sportin’ Life, the drug dealer. Of all the people living in Catfish Row, Porgy is the character who changes the course of his life by leaving the only place and people he has ever known.

Visit the website of the Colorado Symphony