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| − | '''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. | + | '''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'. | ||
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Revision as of 11:56, January 8, 2008
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'.