![]() ![]() Gershwin’s brother Ira and Heyward’s wife, Dorothy, also contributed to the work. The opera was created by the famed composer George Gershwin and the novelist DuBose Heyward, whose 1925 novel Porgy inspired the opera. ![]() Porgy and Bess-set amid a fictional African-American tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, where love and friendship are tempered by addiction and violence-has long occupied a complex space on the American cultural landscape. And in celebration of the return of Porgy and Bess to its stage stage, the Met is launching an exhibition that explores the impact of black performers on the company. ![]() According to Michael Cooper of the New York Times, the Met is not shying away from the opera’s fraught history, hosting a number of talks-featuring conductor David Robertson and director James Robinson, among others-about the show. Tonight, Porgy and Bess will kick off the Met’s new season, with Eric Owens and Angel Blue starring in the titular roles. Now, as Playbill reports, the controversial show will be performed at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera for the first time in 30 years. Porgy and Bess, which made its New York debut in 1935, is known as the “ first great American opera.” But Porgy and Bess has also long been called out for cultural appropriation and stereotyping. ![]()
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