When David Gockley retires from operatic life in a couple of years, one of the many facets of his legacy will be his record of championing works that teeter on the stylistic line between opera and ...
Porgy and Bess, which made its New York debut in 1935, is known as the “first great American opera.” But Porgy and Bess has also long been called out for cultural appropriation and stereotyping. Now, ...
Soprano Angel Blue as Bess and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy in HGO's productionof Porgy and Bess. Credit: Michael Bishop When George Gershwin died in Hollywood in 1937 at the age of 38 from a ...
A few weeks before the first performance of the opera “Porgy and Bess,” in its Boston tryout of 1935, composer George Gershwin attended a run-through of the epic work in Carnegie Hall. That may have ...
Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Audra McDonald won. 2012 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical : Norm Lewis was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Actress in a Musical : Audra ...
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