
Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess has been ‘lucky’ in terms of audio recordings: I got to know it properly through Sir Simon Rattle’s very fine EMI recording, which followed a run of acclaimed performances at Glyndebourne.

Subtitles: English, German, French, Japanese, KoreanĮUROARTS Blu-ray 2059634 Sound formats: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus/John DeMain Porgy, a crippled beggar - Eric Owens (baritone) Bess - Laquita Mitchell (soprano) Serena, Robbin’s wife - Inez Matthews (soprano) Sporting Life, a dope pedlar – Chauncey Packer (tenor) Crown, a stevedore - Lester Lynch (baritone) Jake, a fisherman - Eric Greene (baritone) Clara, Jake’s wife - Angel Blue (soprano) Maria, keeper of the cookshop - Alteouise de Vaughn (mezzo) Mingo - Michael Bragg (tenor) Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin - Libretto by DuBose Heyward. Porgy and Bess - Opera in two Acts (1935) Support us financially by purchasing this from
