Sunday, May 13, 2012

Porgy and Bess


Wow! Great night at Opera Delaware as they wrapped up the season with Porgy and Bess; Watching this historic opera was grand at The Grand Opera House. My first exposure to this musical was hearing Lena Horne sing “Summertime.” Great performance from this legendary Gershwin opera set in a South Carolina fishing village about 100 years ago. Yet the storyline resembles one of today with a love triangle, murder, gambling, and drugs. If you missed any of 3 recent stage performances, there is a 1959 movie of the same name with lots of old-time movie stars.

Other notable performances:
“A Woman is A Sometime Thing,” “I Got Plenty O'Nuttin,” “Bess, You is My Woman Now,” and “It Ain't Necessarily So” 

To read the review see delawareonline.com

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