Washington National Opera will present 'Porgy and Bess' by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin, sung in English with English supertitles.
The running time for this production is approximately three hours and 15 minutes including one 25-minute intermission.
Performance schedule is as follows:
Sat, Mar 20, 2010, 7:00 PM
Sun, Mar 21, 2010, 2:00 PM
Mon, Mar 22, 2010, 7:00 PM
Tue, Mar 23, 2010, 7:30 PM
Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 7:30 PM
Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 7:30 PM
Sat, Mar 27, 2010, 7:00 PM
Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 7:30 PM
Washington National Opera's critically acclaimed production, which received rave reviews in Los Angeles and Chicago, is back! George Gershwin miraculously melded classical music, popular song, jazz, blues, and spirituals into iconic American songs like "Summertime," "I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now."
This quintessential American masterpiece follows the story of a crippled beggar and the headstrong woman he loves. Porgy and Bess? is directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by American music specialist John Mauceri. -- www.dc-opera.org
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