George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, here attributed to "The Gershwins," although Ira Gershwin was only one of the contributors to the libretto, can run aground if its relationship between grand opera and the vernacular song is mishandled. After all, the work contains many numbers that have been recorded as popular song, but Porgy and Bess is definitively not a musical, and singers who keep that in mind transcend the aspect of racial stereotyping that can make parts of the opera feel uncomfortable from a modern perspective. ...
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George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, here attributed to "The Gershwins," although Ira Gershwin was only one of the contributors to the libretto, can run aground if its relationship between grand opera and the vernacular song is mishandled. After all, the work contains many numbers that have been recorded as popular song, but Porgy and Bess is definitively not a musical, and singers who keep that in mind transcend the aspect of racial stereotyping that can make parts of the opera feel uncomfortable from a modern perspective. That's the great strength of this production, mounted (for the first time in 30 years) at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2019 and recorded live for this release. The dimensions are made clear at the beginning by Golda Schultz in the initial appearance of Summertime and confirmed by the growing tension between Eric Owens' Porgy and Angel Blue's Bess over the next hour. The pair brings real emotional complexity to the tale, and the supporting cast is uniformly strong, with several...
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