Porgy and Bess
Opera by George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation... Wikipedia
Lyricists: Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
Librettists: Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Composer: George Gershwin
Arias: Summertime and My Man's Gone Now
First performance: September 30, 1935, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA
Characters: Strawberry woman, Frazier, Porgy, and more
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