The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Gershwins’_Porgy_and_Bess

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:adaptation	gptkb:Porgy_and_Bess_(1959_film)
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Opera_Recording_(1977)
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Porgy_(play) gptkb:Porgy_(novel)
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkbp:duration	about 3 hours
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:heldBy	gptkb:Gershwin_family
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
gptkbp:lyricist	gptkb:Ira_Gershwin gptkb:DuBose_Heyward
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:It_Ain’t_Necessarily_So gptkb:Summertime gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o’_Nuttin’
gptkbp:notableCompany	gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera gptkb:English_National_Opera gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera gptkb:Houston_Grand_Opera gptkb:Royal_Danish_Opera gptkb:San_Francisco_Opera gptkb:Cape_Town_Opera
gptkbp:notableConductor	gptkb:Simon_Rattle gptkb:James_Levine gptkb:Alexander_Smallens gptkb:John_DeMain
gptkbp:notablePerformer	gptkb:Maya_Angelou gptkb:Anne_Brown gptkb:William_Warfield gptkb:Leontyne_Price gptkb:Lawrence_Winters gptkb:Todd_Duncan
gptkbp:notableProduction	gptkb:1952_European_tour 1976 Houston Grand Opera production
gptkbp:notableRecording	gptkb:1976_Houston_Grand_Opera_recording gptkb:1951_Columbia_recording_(Mitch_Miller,_Leontyne_Price,_William_Warfield) gptkb:1985_Glyndebourne_Festival_recording
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:It_Ain’t_Necessarily_So gptkb:Summertime gptkb:Bess,_You_Is_My_Woman_Now gptkb:I_Got_Plenty_o’_Nuttin’
gptkbp:premiereDate	1935-09-30
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Colonial_Theatre,_Boston
gptkbp:revival	gptkb:2019_Metropolitan_Opera_revival 2012 Broadway revival
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Catfish_Row,_Charleston,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:subject	African-American life in the early 20th century
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_2019 gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_2020
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6