The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music

Duration:

158 minutes

Year:

2009

Director:

Francesca Zambello

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Company:

San Francisco Opera

Cast:
Eric Owens

Porgy

Laquita Mitchell

Bess

Lester Lynch

Crown

Chauncey Packer

Sportin' Life

Karen Slack

Serena

Crew:
Denni Sayers

Choreographer

John DeMain

Conductor

Francesca Zambello

Stage Director

Francesca Zambello

Director

Ira Gershwin

Lyricist