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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Also on May 19, 2022
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Role: Porgy

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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During May 16 – 18, 2014

Role: Porgy

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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