The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
DVD - 2001 None on shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
AADL has no copies of this item
Opera in three acts.
Opera based on the play: Porgy / DuBose Heyward and Dorothy K. Heyward; videorecording based on the original Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production directed by Trevor Nunn.
EMI: 7243 4 92497 9 0 (on container: DVB 4 92497 9).
Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Paula Ingram, Gordon Hawkins ; the Glyndebourne Chorus ; Craig Rutenberg, chorus master ; The London Philharmonic ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
This video is the adaptation of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production of the Gershwins' classic musical drama Porgy and Bess, which portrays the lives of the occupants of Catfish Row.
DVD, stereo.
Contents: Porgy and Bess. -- Porgy.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
SERIES
EMI classics.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitles available in French, German, and Italian.
PUBLISHED
[London?] : EMI Records, [2001]
Year Published: 2001
Description: 1 videodisc (184 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961.
Nunn, Trevor.
Marks, Stephany.
Smith, Greg.
White, Willard.
Haymon, Cynthia.
Baker, Gregg.
Clarey, Cynthia.
Evans, Damon.
Simpson, Marietta.
Rattle, Simon, 1955-
Rutenberg, Craig.
London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.
Primetime (Firm)
Homevale (Firm)
Picture Music International.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
American Playhouse Theatrical Films.
EMI Records Ltd.
SUBJECTS
Operas.