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Porgy and Bess (/ ˈ p ɔːr ɡ i /) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy.
Most of the tunes are already familiar through jazz standards (“Summertime,” “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’,” “Bess, You is My Woman Now”), and Gershwin’s music has that perfect combination of an undulating Puccini-esque lyricism and catchy syncopations that capture the rhythms of the English language.
Niewystawiana dotychczas w Polsce opera Porgy i Bess” liczy już lat dwadzieścia – skomponował ją Gershwin na da lata przed śmiercią (umarł po operacji raka mózgu w 1937 roku w Hollywood) i niewątpliwie stanowi ona największe osiągnięcie artystyczne twórcy „Błękitnej rapsodii” i „Amerykanina w Paryżu”. Mimo to nie od ...
29 maj 2021 · Operowy przewodnik online i streszczenie do PORGY I BESS Gershwina. Z “Porgy and Bess” Gershwin osiągnął szczyt swojej kariery. Dzięki tej kompozycji udało mu się stworzyć dzieło o międzynarodowej randze, jedną z wielkich oper ludowych w historii. Wykonanie tej opery wiąże się z wielkimi trudnościami, dlatego też dzieło to jest rzadko słyszane.
What is Porgy and Bess about? Yet Gershwin had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve in presenting Heyward’s story of a crippled beggar who finds temporary solace with Bess, a marginalised woman struggling to free herself from her controlling lover, Crown, and drug dependency.
2 lip 2008 · Porgy isn't able to board the boat, but he urges Bess to go without him. The two sing the opera's great love duet, "Bess You is My Woman Now," and Bess leaves with the others.
"I Loves You, Porgy" is a duet from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. [1] It was performed in the opera's premiere in 1935 [2] and on Broadway the same year by Anne Brown and Todd Duncan. [1]
