Porgy and Bess

E55180
American opera opera

Porgy and Bess is a landmark American opera by George Gershwin that blends classical music, jazz, and blues to depict African American life in Charleston’s Catfish Row.

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Label Occurrences
Porgy and Bess canonical 38
Act I of Porgy and Bess 1
Act II of Porgy and Bess 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Porgy (novel) ⓘ
Porgy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Porgy (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor DuBose Heyward ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts African American life in the American South ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Otto Preminger ⓘ
filmAdaptationStars Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
firstBroadwayPerformanceLocation Alvin Theatre, New York City ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
folk opera ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz-influenced opera ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Porgy and Bess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Porgy and Bess (1959 film)
historicalReputation landmark of American opera ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist DuBose Heyward ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gershwin ⓘ
mainCharacter Bess ⓘ
Clara ⓘ
Crown ⓘ
Porgy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Porgy

Serena ⓘ
Sportin’ Life ⓘ
notableSong Bess, You Is My Woman Now ⓘ
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ ⓘ
It Ain’t Necessarily So ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now ⓘ
Summertime ⓘ
originalProducer Theatre Guild ⓘ
performanceTradition all-Black principal cast ⓘ
premiereDate 1935-09-30 ⓘ
premiereLocation Colonial Theatre, Boston ⓘ
rightsHolder Gershwin estate ⓘ
settingCity Charleston ⓘ
settingLocation Catfish Row ⓘ
settingState South Carolina ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
subjectMatter community life in Catfish Row ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
love story ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
racism ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theatre Guild → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Robert Russell Bennett → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess
Rouben Mamoulian → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
George Gershwin → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Porgy and Bess → hasFilmAdaptation → Porgy and Bess self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess (1959 film)
Neil Simon Theatre → notableProduction → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Kind of Blue → precededBy → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Audra McDonald → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Leontyne Price → debutWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess (touring production, early career)
Milestones → followedBy → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Dorothy Dandridge → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Gil Evans → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Norm Lewis → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Norm Lewis → notableWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Norm Lewis → notableRole → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Summertime → partOfWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Clarke Peters → stageWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
DuBose Heyward → adaptedAs → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Porgy (novel) → adaptedAs → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Porgy (novel) → influenced → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess (1935 opera)
Porgy (novel) → basisOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess (opera)
Catfish Row → settingOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Catfish Row → firstAppearanceWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Colonial Theatre, Boston → premiered → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Colonial Theatre, Boston → hostedFirstPerformanceOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess
Colonial Theatre, Boston → notableProduction → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
It Ain’t Necessarily So → partOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
It Ain’t Necessarily So → firstPerformanceIn → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
It Ain’t Necessarily So → appearsInAct → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act II of Porgy and Bess
It Ain’t Necessarily So → associatedWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ → partOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ → firstPerformanceInWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Bess, You Is My Woman Now → partOfWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Bess, You Is My Woman Now → firstPerformanceWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now → partOfOpera → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now → firstPerformanceWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now → appearsInAct → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of Porgy and Bess
Bess → nameInWork → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Bess → appearsIn → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Sportin’ Life → appearsIn → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Sportin’ Life → firstAppearance → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: opera Porgy and Bess
Serena → fictionalUniverse → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Serena → appearsIn → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Clara → appearsIn → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Clara → fictionalUniverse → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess universe
Gershwin estate → hasRightsOver → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Alvin Theatre, New York City → notableProduction → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
subject surface form: Alvin Theatre
Alvin Theatre → production → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Emerson Colonial Theatre → notableProduction → Porgy and Bess ⓘ
this entity surface form: Porgy and Bess (pre-Broadway engagement)
I Loves You, Porgy → partOf → Porgy and Bess ⓘ