General Director David Gockley, whose association with Porgy and Bess restored it to a mainstay of the operatic repertoire, presents director Francesca Zambello's critically acclaimed production. Libretto by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin George Gershwin miraculously melded classical music, popular song, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece that tells the poignant story of a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both. The production in 1976 won the Houston Grand Opera a Tony Award - the only opera ever to receive one - and a Grammy Award.
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It was based on Gershwin's original full score and did not incorporate the cuts and other changes which Gershwin had made before the New York premiere, nor the ones made for the 1942 Cheryl Crawford revival or the 1959 film version.ĭeMain conducted then as he does in this SFO production that's now on DVD and Blu-ray. It marked the first time that an American opera company performed the work, not a Broadway or other musical troupe. It opened in Houston, and then on Broadway, going around the world, and recorded by RCA Records.
After years of the work's presentation as a musical, this was a complete restoration of the Gershwins' original. In a way, this version of the opera is coming home to Gockley, who originated it in 1976 (yes, 38 years ago), near the beginning of his eventually 34-year leadership of the Houston Grand Opera. The production is by Francesca Zambello, originally for the Washington National Opera. Описание: Eric Owens and Laquita Mitchell turn in memorable performances in the title roles, John DeMain conducts, and Ian Robertson's SFO Chorus is at its rafters-shaking best. Субтитры: Korean, Japanese, German, French, English