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The Metropolitan Opera: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

About the Event

Seize the opportunity to see the Gershwins' only opera with an all‐star cast as 'Porgy and Bess' returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera after a 30‐year absence.

With a cast including Angel Blue, Eric Owens, Golda Schultz, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Alfred Walker, and Ryan Speedo Green, James Robinson's production attracted rave reviews at its premiere in London in 2018.

Vivid and intense, Catfish Row and its inhabitants, their loves and heartbreaks, are brought to musical life in a profoundly American style, combining the traditions of the Old World with the drive and raw energy of the New. New York's iconic Metropolitan Opera could be likewise described in such terms. One of the world's most prestigious opera houses, the theater combines old and new, in its ethos as much as its architecture and decoration.

Sung in English, with subtitles available in Spanish, German, and English

Cast / Production

Production James Robinson
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer Donald Holder
Projection Designer Luke Halls
Choreographer Camille A. Brown
Fight Director David Leong


Conductor David Robertson

Bess Angel Blue, Elizabeth Llewellyn (Oct.13)
Clara Golda Schulz, Janai Brugger (Oct. 13, 16, Jan 8‐24)
Serena Latonia Moore
Maria Denyce Graves
Porgy Eric Owens, Kevin Short (Jan 8, 11)
Sportin' Life Frederick Ballentine
Crown Alfred Walker
Jake Ryan Speedo Green(Sept., Oct.), Donovan Singletary (Jan, Feb.)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

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