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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1959_film)
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gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial
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gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_Special_Citation_(1998)
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gptkbp:basedOn
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gptkb:Porgy_(novel)
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:controversy
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depiction of African-American stereotypes
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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landmark in American opera
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gptkbp:duration
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about 3 hours
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gptkbp:firstBroadwayRun
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1935
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:opera
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Porgy and Bess
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:African-American_spirituals
blues
folk
jazz
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
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gptkbp:lyricist
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gptkb:Ira_Gershwin
gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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gptkb:King
gptkb:Bess
gptkb:Clara
gptkb:Porgy
gptkb:Serena
gptkb:Sportin'_Life
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gptkbp:notableAria
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gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
gptkb:It_Ain't_Necessarily_So
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gptkbp:notableFor
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considered a classic of American theater
performed by all-Black casts
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gptkbp:notablePerformer
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gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Anne_Brown
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:William_Warfield
gptkb:Leontyne_Price
gptkb:Angel_Blue
gptkb:Eric_Owens
gptkb:Lawrence_Winters
gptkb:Todd_Duncan
Audra McDonald
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gptkbp:notableProduction
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gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_1986
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_2019
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1951_recording)
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1952_recording)
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1956_recording)
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1976_recording)
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1988_recording)
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(2006_recording)
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gptkbp:notableSong
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gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:A_Woman_Is_a_Sometime_Thing
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
gptkb:It_Ain't_Necessarily_So
gptkb:My_Man's_Gone_Now
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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1935-09-30
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Colonial_Theatre,_Boston
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Tams-Witmark_Music_Library
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gptkbp:revival
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gptkb:1976_Houston_Grand_Opera
gptkb:2012_Broadway_Revival
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Catfish_Row,_Charleston,_South_Carolina
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gptkbp:structure
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3 acts
7 scenes
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:racism
addiction
love
poverty
African-American life
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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