Bess, You Is My Woman Now

E270199
duet opera aria song

"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" is a famous love duet from George Gershwin's opera *Porgy and Bess*, celebrated as one of its most lyrical and enduring songs.

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Label Occurrences
Bess, You Is My Woman Now canonical 1
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now” 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duet ⓘ
opera aria ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Bess ⓘ
Porgy ⓘ
basedOnWork novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs enduring ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork Porgy and Bess ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1935 ⓘ
genre American opera ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage African American Vernacular English ⓘ
includedIn standard operatic repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist DuBose Heyward ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ
lyricsBy DuBose Heyward ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ
musicBy George Gershwin ⓘ
narrativeRole love duet ⓘ
notableFor expression of mutual love between Porgy and Bess ⓘ
originalMedium stage opera ⓘ
partOfWork Porgy and Bess ⓘ
performerInFiction Bess ⓘ
Porgy ⓘ
settingInFiction Catfish Row ⓘ

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Porgy and Bess → notableSong → Bess, You Is My Woman Now ⓘ
Bess → notableAria → Bess, You Is My Woman Now ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”