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Porgy and Bess / music by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin ; directed for the screen by Frank Zamacona ; producers, Jessica Koplos, Matthew Shilvock ; produced by San Francisco Opera.

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George Gershwin melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both.

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Corporate Authors: San Francisco Opera. Orchestra (Performer), San Francisco Opera. Chorus (Performer)
Other Authors: Zamacona, Frank (Director), Koplos, Jessica (Producer), Shilvock, Matthew (Producer), Owens, Eric, 1970- (Performer), Mitchell, Laquita (Performer), Lynch, Lester (Performer), Packer, Chauncey (Performer), Slack, Karen (Performer), DeMain, John (Conductor), Davison, Peter J. (Set designer), Tazewell, Paul (Costume designer), Sayers, Denni (Choreographer), Robertson, Ian (Musician) (Conductor), Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
Other title:At head of title: Gershwins'
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Chinese
French
German
Korean
Published: ©2013.
Subjects:
Operas.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
African Americans > South Carolina > Charleston > Drama.
Charleston (S.C.) > Drama.
African Americans.
Man-woman relationships.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Filmed operas.
Drama.

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