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New page: '''Porgy and Bess''' is a ' folk opera' written by George Gershwin (music) and Dubose Heyward, Ira Gershwin and Dorothy Heyward (words); it was first produced in New York City ...
'''Porgy and Bess''' is a ' folk [[opera]]' written by [[George Gershwin]] (music) and Dubose Heyward, Ira Gershwin and Dorothy Heyward (words); it was first produced in [[New York City]] in 1935.
It concerns the lives of the poor black tenants of 'Catfish Row' on the waterfront of [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]], including the beggar, Porgy, and a prostitute, Bess, whom Porgy tries to rescue from the control of her pimp and her drug dealer. The best known song from 'Porgy and Bess' is 'Summertime'.
It concerns the lives of the poor black tenants of 'Catfish Row' on the waterfront of [[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]], including the beggar, Porgy, and a prostitute, Bess, whom Porgy tries to rescue from the control of her pimp and her drug dealer. The best known song from 'Porgy and Bess' is 'Summertime'.