Porgy and Bess (opera)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:action 3
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1959_film)
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Grammy_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Porgy_(play)
gptkb:Porgy_(novel)
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkbp:director gptkb:Rouben_Mamoulian
gptkbp:duration about 3 hours
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Porgy and Bess (opera)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Ira_Gershwin
gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Summertime
gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now
gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o'_Nuttin'
gptkb:It_Ain't_Necessarily_So
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:King
gptkb:Maria
gptkb:Bess
gptkb:Clara
gptkb:Porgy
gptkb:Serena
gptkb:Sportin'_Life
Jake
gptkbp:notableOrchestration gptkb:Hershy_Kay
gptkb:Robert_Russell_Bennett
gptkb:Ferdinand_Leitner
gptkb:Gordon_Jenkins
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Anne_Brown
gptkb:William_Warfield
gptkb:Leontyne_Price
gptkb:Todd_Duncan
gptkbp:notableRecording 1951 Columbia recording
1959 film soundtrack
gptkbp:originalConductor gptkb:Alexander_Smallens
gptkbp:premiereDate 1935-09-30
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Colonial_Theatre,_Boston
gptkbp:producer gptkb:The_Theatre_Guild
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Tams-Witmark_Music_Library
gptkbp:revival 2012 Broadway revival
1976 Houston Grand Opera production
gptkbp:scene 4
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Catfish_Row,_Charleston,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:status not in public domain (in the US)
gptkbp:subject gptkb:racism
addiction
love
poverty
African-American life
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trevor_Nunn
gptkb:The_Gershwins'_Porgy_and_Bess
gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(with_Louis_Armstrong)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5