Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess. Opera in 3 acts by Gershwin to lib. by DuBose Heyward and I. Gershwin after novel Porgy (1925) by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. Comp. 1934–5. Prod. Boston, Mass., and NY 1935, Copenhagen 1943, London 1952, NY Met 1985, Glyndebourne 1986.
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