Porgy and Bess returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in nearly 30 years! Performances added through February 15, 2020! "A splendid new production." Anthony Tommasini, New York Times “The great success of James Robinson’s production is creating a sense of the community of Catfish Row….” James Jorden, The Observer “[The production is] luxuriously cast, from the title roles to the smallest cameos….” Heidi Waleson, Wall Street Journal This production, directed by James Robertson, stars Eric Owens (Porgy), Angel Blue (Bess), Golda Schultz (Clara), Latonia Moore (Serena), Denyce Graves (Maria), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin' Life), Alfred Walker (Crown), and Ryan Speedo Green (Jake). Porgy and Bess will be broadcast live in cinemas on February 1, 2020.
The Tony Award-nominated musical by Alfred Uhry, featuring songs written by Ira Gershwin with Kurt Weill, comes to the Leipzig Opera
Rhapsody in Blue Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Neal Gittleman, conductor Gabriela Martinez, piano
December 31, 2019
Some highlights in the world of George and Ira Gershwin for the last month of 2019: Let ‘Em Eat Cake, the Gershwins’ sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical comedy Of Thee I Sing, received a…
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s disc Transatlantic (Fanfare Cincinnati), which includes the first recording of the critical edition of George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, was just nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance….
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Some of the reviews Washington Post: Met Opera Offers a Porgy of Its Time That Speaks to Ours New York Times: A Splendid Porgy and Bess Opens the Met Opera Season New York Magazine: A Gorgeous Porgy…
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2019
The captivating new book Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music (W. W. Norton; $39.95) is the culmination of nearly twenty years of research by Richard Crawford, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan….
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On May 3, 2019, PBS will broadcast the awarding of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to two of the most popular entertainers and songwriters of the past thirty years: Emilio and…
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Due to popular demand, the film of the musical version of An American in Paris, recorded during its run at London’s West End in 2017, returns to cinemas in the UK beginning on May 7,…
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On November 20, 2018, former Librarian of Congress Dr. James Billington passed away at a hospital in Washington, DC of complications from pneumonia. He was 89. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1929, Dr. Billington…
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PBS will air the “Live Capture” of the Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris as part of its Broadway’s Best series this coming Friday, November 2. The film captures the London production of the…
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For anyone wishing to celebrate today’s 120th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth with a purchase, Heritage Auctions has two fabulous items open for bids next month. On October 12, a highly-unusual Cecil Beaton photographic portrait…
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