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George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. Wh (Porgy and Bess)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Gershwins' musical masterpiece Porgy and Bess is one of America's greatest works. This production was adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn and Yves Baigneres. lt was directed by Trevor Nunn and is based on the highly successful staging of the original Glyndebourne Festival Opera production in 1986-87, which was remounted at Covent Garden in the autumn of 1992 with most of the originaI cast. Immediately after that performance the production was moved to the giant stage at Shepperton Studios, with much expanded sets and lighting. lt was then recorded using EMI's originaI award-winning soundtrack. First performed in 1935 and based on the pIay Porgy by DuBose and Dorothy K. Heyward, Porgy and Bess has achieved worldwide renown through such memorabIe songs as "Summertime," "It Ain't NecessariIy So," "l Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way," and many more, set to Gershwin's moving symphonic score. 184 minutes. Porgy: Willard White
Bess: Cynthia Haymon
Crown: Gregg Baker
Serena: Cynthia CIarey
Maria: Mariette Simpson
Sporting Life: Damon Evans
CIara: Paula lngram (sung by HaroIyn Blackwell)
Jake: Gordon Hawkins (sung by Bruce Hubbard)
Mingo: Barrington Coleman
Robbins: D. Alonzo Washington (sung by Johnny Worthy) |
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