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Porgy and Bess

Title: Porgy and Bess / music by George Gershwin ; directed for the screen by Frank Zamacona ; producers, Jessica Koplos, Matthew Shilvock ; produced by San Francisco Opera.
Publication: Berlin : Euroarts, [2014]

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Description

2 videodiscs (197 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

George Gershwin melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both.

Alternative Title

The Gershwins'

Subject

Genre/Form

Operas.

Note

Opera in two acts.
Title from container.
Program notes and synopsis In English, French, and German ([24] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) in container.
Bonus materials: interviews with artists and creative team (29 min.).

Credits (note)

Set designer, Peter J. Davison ; costume designer, Paul Tazewell ; lighting designer, Mark McCullough ; choreographer, Denni Sayers ; chorus director, Ian Robertson.

Event (note)

Recorded live at San Francisco Opera, June 2009.

System Details (note)

DVD, region 0, NTSC, widescreen; PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1.

Language (note)

Soundtrack in English, with English, German, French, Chinese, Korean subtitles.

LCCN

880242596383

OCLC

ocn875577644
875577644
SCSB-9445384

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries