Category:Porgy and Bess

**Porgy and Bess**
	opera composed in 1934 by George Gershwin Porgy and Bess all'Harlem Theatre di New York
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Instance of	dramatico-musical work;
Genre	melodrama;
Composer	George Gershwin;
Lyricist	DuBose Heyward; Ira Gershwin;
Librettist	DuBose Heyward;
Performer	George Gershwin;
Location of first performance	Colonial Theatre, Boston;
Language of work or name	English;
Number of parts of this work	3 act;
Based on	Porgy;
Has part(s)	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin (aria); Summertime; I Loves You, Porgy; It Ain't Necessarily So; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; Bess, o where's my Bess!; My Man's Gone Now; Listen to Yo' Daddy Warn You (A Woman is a Sometime Thing); Oh, I'm a goin' out (It take a long pull to get there); Buzzard keep on flyin'; What You Want Wid Bess?; There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York;
Inception	1934;
Publication date	20th century;
Date of first performance	30 September 1935 (Colonial Theatre, Boston);
Different from	Porgy and Bess ;
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	Q740920; VIAF ID: 185892626; GND ID: 300057946; Library of Congress authority ID: n82217189; J9U ID: 987007578918305171; Internet Broadway Database show ID: 7190, 491542
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Porgy and Bess is an opera composed by George Gershwin, and first performed in 1935. The libretto was written by DuBose Heyward; the lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. The opera is based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which deal with African-American life in South Carolina in the early 1920s.

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Aankomst Porgy & Bess Co te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 910-8528.jpg 3,971 × 3,304; 2.12 MB
Aankomst Porgy & Bess Co te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 910-8529.jpg 4,214 × 3,304; 2.05 MB
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Aankomst Porgy & Bess Co te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 910-8532.jpg 4,280 × 3,304; 1.56 MB
Aankomst Porgy & Bess Co te Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 910-8533.jpg 4,320 × 3,304; 2.35 MB
Alberto Playing Piano 2.jpg 1,012 × 960; 408 KB
Isa Quensel-Bernhard Sönnerstedt in Porgy and Bess.jpg 1,446 × 1,041; 309 KB
John W. Bubbles.jpg 694 × 880; 68 KB
Leontyne Price by Van Vechten.jpg 630 × 905; 206 KB
Leontyne Price-Porgy and Bess.jpg 292 × 401; 28 KB
Maya Angelou Porgy & Bess Map.png 1,313 × 1,017; 79 KB
Ontvangst Porgy en Bess door burgemeester, Bestanddeelnr 907-7759.jpg 4,275 × 3,304; 1.84 MB
Ontvangst Porgy en Bess door burgemeester, Bestanddeelnr 907-7760.jpg 4,077 × 3,304; 1.72 MB
Ontvangst Porgy en Bess door burgemeester, Bestanddeelnr 907-7761.jpg 4,257 × 3,304; 1.83 MB
Ontvangst Porgy en Bess door burgemeester, Bestanddeelnr 907-7762.jpg 4,256 × 3,304; 2.02 MB
Ontvangst Porgy en Bess door burgemeester, Bestanddeelnr 907-7763.jpg 4,219 × 3,304; 2.08 MB
Photo Milan. Teatro alla Scala, 1954-55 season. Gloria Davy and Earl Jackson in the opera Porgy and Bess by Heyward Du Bose, music by George Gershwin 1955 - Touring Club Italiano 04 1961.jpg 2,713 × 3,610; 1.06 MB
Photo Venice, Teatro La Fenice. XVII International Festival of Contemporary Music. A scene from the musical opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin 1954 - Touring Club Italiano 04 2013.jpg 2,719 × 3,443; 880 KB
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Porgy and Bess at The Muny in 2014.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 8.06 MB
Porgy and Bess in Zuiderziekenhuis Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 907-7112.jpg 2,600 × 3,304; 1.39 MB
Porgy and Bess in Zuiderziekenhuis Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 907-7113.jpg 3,474 × 2,766; 1.27 MB
Porgy and Bess in Zuiderziekenhuis Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 907-7114.jpg 4,180 × 3,304; 1.7 MB
Porgy and Bess in Zuiderziekenhuis Rotterdam, Bestanddeelnr 907-7115.jpg 4,157 × 3,304; 2 MB
Portrait of John W. Bubbles, as Sporting Life in Porgy & Bess LCCN2004662642.jpg 337 × 420; 27 KB
Portrait of John W. Bubbles, as Sporting Life in Porgy & Bess LCCN2004662643.jpg 507 × 640; 37 KB
Portrait of Ruby Elzy, in "Porgy & Bess" LCCN2004662853.jpg 514 × 640; 27 KB
Portrait of Ruby Elzy, Porgy & Bess LCCN2004662854.jpg 337 × 420; 15 KB
Portrait of Ruby Elzy, Porgy & Bess LCCN2004662855.jpg 315 × 420; 15 KB
Ruby Elzy (1935).jpg 320 × 405; 60 KB
KevinShortPorgy2018.jpg 860 × 977; 573 KB
Summertime, improvizacija.ogg 51 s; 2.15 MB
There's a Boat dat's Leavin' Soon For New York.jpg 6,194 × 1,151; 482 KB
Yanneris Sewer en Porgy and Bess en Austria.jpg 2,048 × 1,420; 301 KB

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