The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess: The Met Opera in Hd Encore Presentation! at The Ridgefield Playhouse

ENCORE PRESENTATION IN HDThe Gershwins Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new production directed by James Robinson in his company debut. Americas folk opera, as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue. David Robertson conducts a stellar cast that also includes Donovan Singletary as fisherman Jake, Golda Schultz as his wife Clara, Latonia Moore as the bereaved widow Serena, Frederick Ballentine as drug dealer Sportin Life, Alfred Walker as the brutal stevedore Crown, and Denyce Graves as Maria, town matriarch and operator of the local cook-shop. Infused with the timeless melodies of the much-loved classics Summertime, It Aint Necessarily So, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, I Got Plenty o Nuttin, and My Mans Gone Now, the new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National Opera was hailed as a triumph at its premiere in London earlier this year.Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Awardwinner Audra McDonald, who won her fifth Tony Award for her portrayal of Bess in the 2012 Broadway revival of The Gershwins Porgy and Bess, hosts this live in HD transmission.Approx. runtime: 3:40