Porgy and Bess / music by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin ; directed for the screen by Frank Zamacona ; producers, Jessica Koplos, Matthew Shilvock ; produced by San Francisco Opera.
Opera in two acts. Program notes and synopsis In English, French, and German ([24] pages : colour illustrations ; 18 cm) in container. Bonus materials: interviews with artists and creative team (29 min.). Eric Owens (Porgy) ; Laquita Mitchell (Bess) ; Lester Lynch (Crown) ; Chauncy Packer (Sportin' Life) ; Karen Slack (Serena) ; supporting soloists ; San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John DeMain, conductor. Recorded live at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, June 2009.
Contents:
Act I. Introduction ; Summertime ; A woman is a sometime thing ; Here come de honey man ; Oh little stars ; Gone, gone, gone ; Overflow ; My man's gone now ; Leavin' for the promise' lan' ; It take a long pull to get there ; I got plenty o' nuttin' ; Buzzard song ; Bess, you is my woman ; Oh, I can't sit down ; I ain't got no shame ; It ain't necessarily so ; What you want wid Bess? -- Act II. Introduction ; Oh, doctor Jesus ; Strawberry woman and crab man ; I loves you, Porgy ; Oh, hev'nly father ; Oh, de lawd shake de heavens ; Oh, dere's somebody knockin' ; A red headed woman ; Clara, Clara ; There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York ; Good mornin', sistuh! ; Oh, Bess, oh, where's my Bess? ; Oh, lawd, I'm on my way ; Bows and credits.
Summary:
George Gershwin melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both.
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