Music
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
"From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin"
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Release2009→
Runtime2H 38M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Eric Owens
Porgy
Laquita Mitchell
Bess
Lester Lynch
Crown
Chauncey Packer
Sportin' Life
Karen Slack
Serena
Angel Blue
Clara
Alteouise DeVaughn
Maria
Eric Greene
Jake
Media6
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Director
Francesca Zambello
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Keywords
operadrug addictionmusicalsouth carolinabased on play or musicalcripplepoverty rowcharleston1900s20th centuryromantic drama
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Countries:United States of America
Production:San Francisco Opera