// Gershwin //
PORGY AND BESS 

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30PM
     -HBCU Night at the Opera
     -Audio Description provided by Arts Access

Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:00PM

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

PORGY AND BESS runs approximately 3 hours, including intermission. Performed in English with English supertitles.

This production of PORGY AND BESS is generously underwritten by InServ

OPERA OVERVIEW

The Gershwins®’ PORGY AND BESS®
by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin

Welcome to Catfish Row, a neighborhood deep in the heart and the heat of Charleston. After a roll of the dice leaves the beautiful Bess abandoned and alone, she finds acceptance and love in an unlikely source. Hope and happiness are high under the summer sun, but out on the horizon, a storm is brewing…

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THE ARTISTS

James Meena

Conductor

Dennis Robinson

Stage Director

Black and white photo of Nicole Cabell

Nicole Cabell

BESS

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Kenneth Overton

PORGY

Victor Ryan Robertson

SPORTIN’ LIFE

Diana Thompson-Brewer

CLARA

Michelle Johnson

SERENA

Donovan Singletary

CROWN

PORGY AND BESS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
www.concordtheatricals.com

Co-production with Opera Carolina.