Date of Birth: August 31, 1885
Date of Death: July 16, 1940 (54)
Birth Place: Charleston, SC, USA
Des Moines Metro Opera's General and Artistic Director Michael Egel announced today the repertory for the company's 50th Anniversary Season alongside the launch of the public phase of a $15 million fundraising campaign, 50 Next: Giving Voice to the Future.
Barrington Stage Company will produce a 2021 season that will feature four productions staged indoors at the theatre’s Boyd-Quinson Stage (30 Union Street) and three productions which will be staged outdoors under a tent at BSC’s Production Center (34 Laurel Street).
Lana Del Rey has released a new video performing Summertime by George Gershwin.
Richard Skipper Celebrates Happy Birthday, George Gershwin with Richard Glazier, Saturday evening, September 26th at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Though the reach of Gershwin's classic tunes has proved vast, no other song from his canon has quite matched the monumental success of Porgy and Bess' opening aria, 'Summertime.
How do we make a list of the 101 greatest show tunes from the past 100 years? Well, we did the near-impossible task.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced the company's 2020-2021 season.
Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera! The very words tingle with palpable electricity and anticipation.
"Summertime" has just about arrived in the UK and Grange Park Opera continue their 2019 season with George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
Downtown Music Publishing has signed a publishing administration and catalog marketing agreement for the George Gershwin catalog with the Godowsky family and Heyward Memorial Fund, respective successors to the historic American songwriter and Porgy and Bess authors DuBose and Dorothy Heyward.
According to The Guardian, there is a production of Porgy and Bess happening in Hungary, featuring white actors, and the company is going to extreme lengths to get around the issue.
The South Florida Symphony Orchestra's production of the Gershwin's great American opera Porgy and Bess opens tonight.
The South Florida Symphony Orchestra has announced three performances of a groundbreaking new production of the Gershwin's great American opera Porgy and Bess.
Fort Worth Opera (FWOpera) announced today the casts and creative teams for the 2019 Festival season, including the world premiere of composer-librettist Rachel J.
One would assume that any company of Porgy and Bess, a 1935 folk opera set in an African American tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, would be made up of a black cast.
See opera differently at Grimeborn.
See opera differently at Grimeborn.
A 12-year-old who uses ventriloquism to overcome her shyness stunned the crowd with a surprising singing act on last week's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
North Coast Repertory Theatre is thrilled to present its 36th Season.
The rarely performed 1930's American Opera, PORGY AND BESS is given a Staged Concert treatment by Director Mitchell Butel with the support of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
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