The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
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| Victoria | Available |
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Physical Description
sound disc
3 audio discs (2 hr., 43 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher [New York] : Metropolitan Opera, [2019]
- Copyright ℗2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Opera in three acts. Title from disc label. Compact disc. GMD: sound recording. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Introduction -- Summertime -- Oh, nobody knows when de Lawd is goin' to call -- Seem like dese bones -- Summertime (reprise) -- Give him to me -- Here come de honey man -- Here comes Big Boy! -- Oh little stars, little stars -- Jesus, he's killed him! -- Where is brother Robbins? -- Come on sister, come on brother -- A saucer-burying setup, I see -- My man's gone now -- How de saucer stan' now, my sister? -- Oh, the train at the station -- Disc 2. Oh, I'm a-goin out to de Blackfish Banks -- Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic -- Oh, I got plenty o'nuttin' -- Listen there what I tells you? -- Mornin', Lawyer -- 'Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic? -- Bess, you is my woman now -- Oh, I can't sit down! -- What's de matter wid you, sister? -- I ain' got no shame -- It ain't necessarily so -- Shame on all you sinners! -- Oh, what you want wid Bess? -- Lemme go, hear dat boat -- Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for -- Take yo' hands off me, I say -- Oh Doctor Jesus -- Oh, dey's so fresh an' fine -- Now de time, oh Gawd -- I wants to stay here - I loves you Porgy -- Why you been out on dat wharf so long, Clara? -- Oh, Doctor Jesus -- Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens -- One of dese mornin's -- Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do' -- You is a nice parcel of Christmas -- If Gawd want to kill me -- A red-headed woman -- Jake's boat, in de river -- Disc 3. Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted -- You low-lived skunk -- Summertime (reprise) -- Wait for us over there, Al -- Oh Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face! -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- Good mornin' sistuh! Good mornin' brudder -- It's Porgy comin' home -- Oh, Bess, where's my Bess -- Bess is gone -- Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer, David Frost. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Golda Schultz, sopranos ; Frederick Ballentine, tenor ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; Alfred Walker, bass ; with supporting soloists ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; David Robertson, conductor. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live 2019 September 23 and October 16 the Metropolitan Opera. |
| Language Note: | Sung in English. |
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