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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:awarded
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Pulitzer Prize Special Citation (1998, posthumously to Gershwin)
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gptkbp:basedOn
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gptkb:Porgy_(play)
gptkb:Porgy_(novel)
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:George_Gershwin
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Rouben_Mamoulian
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gptkbp:duration
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about 3 hours
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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 (1935)
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gptkbp:influenced
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jazz repertoire
American musical theatre
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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:notableAria
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gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
gptkb:It_Ain't_Necessarily_So
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gptkbp:notableConductor
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gptkb:Simon_Rattle
gptkb:James_Levine
gptkb:John_DeMain
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gptkbp:notablePerformer
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gptkb:Maya_Angelou
gptkb:Anne_Brown
gptkb:Clamma_Dale
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:William_Warfield
gptkb:Grace_Bumbry
gptkb:Camilla_Williams
gptkb:Leontyne_Price
gptkb:Angel_Blue
gptkb:Eric_Owens
gptkb:Lawrence_Winters
gptkb:Todd_Duncan
gptkb:Willard_White
gptkb:Risë_Stevens
gptkb:Simon_Estes
Audra McDonald
Norman Garrett
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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1951 Columbia recording
1959 film soundtrack
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gptkbp:notableSong
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gptkb:A_Woman_Is_a_Sometime_Thing
gptkb:My_Man's_Gone_Now
gptkb:Oh_Lawd,_I'm_on_My_Way!
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gptkbp:originalConductor
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gptkb:Alexander_Smallens
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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:producer
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gptkb:The_Theatre_Guild
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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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2012 Broadway revival
1976 Houston Grand Opera production
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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:Bess_in_Porgy_and_Bess
gptkb:Clara_in_Porgy_and_Bess
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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