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FRIMAR 5
7:30 PM
+3 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioCultural HeritageJazzBluesChoral
Portland Opera: Porgy and Bess
Controversial, provocative, and widely considered the greatest American opera, this landmark of Black artistic representation uses jazz, blues, and spirituals to examine resilience, identity, and the ways in which connections are forged within community. A live radio-show style format at Newmark Theatre Composed by George Gershwin, arranged by Russell Garcia Libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
FRIMAR 5
7:30 PM
+3 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioFolkJazzBluesChoralCultural Heritage
Porgy and Bess Live Radio Show
<p>Both celebrated and debated since its 1935 premiere, Porgy and Bess remains one of the most influential and complex works in the American operatic canon. Featuring a groundbreaking score that blends jazz, blues, gospel, folk music, and spiritual traditions, the opera creates a vivid portrait of life within the tight-knit Catfish Row, as imagined in DuBose Hayward’s 1925 novel Porgy, and based on residents of the Gullah community of South Carolina. Through unforgettable songs arranged by Russell Garcia (known for the seminal 1959 Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong rendition) the work explores love, resilience, addiction, faith, and the struggle for dignity amid hardship. </p>
SUNMAR 7
2:00 PM
+2 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioCultural HeritageJazzBluesChoral
Portland Opera: Porgy and Bess
Controversial, provocative, and widely considered the greatest American opera, this landmark of Black artistic representation uses jazz, blues, and spirituals to examine resilience, identity, and the ways in which connections are forged within community. A live radio-show style format at Newmark Theatre Composed by George Gershwin, arranged by Russell Garcia Libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
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1SUNMAR 7
2:00 PM
+2 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioFolkJazzBluesChoralCultural Heritage
Porgy and Bess Live Radio Show
<p>Both celebrated and debated since its 1935 premiere, Porgy and Bess remains one of the most influential and complex works in the American operatic canon. Featuring a groundbreaking score that blends jazz, blues, gospel, folk music, and spiritual traditions, the opera creates a vivid portrait of life within the tight-knit Catfish Row, as imagined in DuBose Hayward’s 1925 novel Porgy, and based on residents of the Gullah community of South Carolina. Through unforgettable songs arranged by Russell Garcia (known for the seminal 1959 Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong rendition) the work explores love, resilience, addiction, faith, and the struggle for dignity amid hardship. </p>
THUMAR 11
7:30 PM
+1 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioCultural HeritageJazzBluesChoral
Portland Opera: Porgy and Bess
Controversial, provocative, and widely considered the greatest American opera, this landmark of Black artistic representation uses jazz, blues, and spirituals to examine resilience, identity, and the ways in which connections are forged within community. A live radio-show style format at Newmark Theatre Composed by George Gershwin, arranged by Russell Garcia Libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
THUMAR 11
7:30 PM
+1 dates
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioFolkJazzBluesChoralCultural Heritage
Porgy and Bess Live Radio Show
<p>Both celebrated and debated since its 1935 premiere, Porgy and Bess remains one of the most influential and complex works in the American operatic canon. Featuring a groundbreaking score that blends jazz, blues, gospel, folk music, and spiritual traditions, the opera creates a vivid portrait of life within the tight-knit Catfish Row, as imagined in DuBose Hayward’s 1925 novel Porgy, and based on residents of the Gullah community of South Carolina. Through unforgettable songs arranged by Russell Garcia (known for the seminal 1959 Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong rendition) the work explores love, resilience, addiction, faith, and the struggle for dignity amid hardship. </p>
SATMAR 13
2:00 PM
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioCultural HeritageJazzBluesChoral
Portland Opera: Porgy and Bess
Controversial, provocative, and widely considered the greatest American opera, this landmark of Black artistic representation uses jazz, blues, and spirituals to examine resilience, identity, and the ways in which connections are forged within community. A live radio-show style format at Newmark Theatre Composed by George Gershwin, arranged by Russell Garcia Libretto by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
SATMAR 13
2:00 PM
OperaLive Podcasts & RadioFolkJazzBluesChoralCultural Heritage
Porgy and Bess Live Radio Show
<p>Both celebrated and debated since its 1935 premiere, Porgy and Bess remains one of the most influential and complex works in the American operatic canon. Featuring a groundbreaking score that blends jazz, blues, gospel, folk music, and spiritual traditions, the opera creates a vivid portrait of life within the tight-knit Catfish Row, as imagined in DuBose Hayward’s 1925 novel Porgy, and based on residents of the Gullah community of South Carolina. Through unforgettable songs arranged by Russell Garcia (known for the seminal 1959 Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong rendition) the work explores love, resilience, addiction, faith, and the struggle for dignity amid hardship. </p>