The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Name: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Director: Francesca Zambello
Genre: Music
Released: 2009-04-19
Duration: 158 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Lester Lynch, Chauncey Packer, Karen Slack

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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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Status

Released

Production

San Francisco Opera

Aired

2009-04-19

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

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