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Bass-baritone

Xolela Sixaba

Porgy

Lindile Kula

Soprano

Nonhlanhla Yende

Bess

Philisa Sibeko

Baritone

Mandisinde Mbuyazwe

Crown

Mandla Mhlangeni

No role specified

Siphamandla Yakupa

Clara

Caroline Modiba

Arline Jaftha

Serena

Tina Mene

Tenor

Rheinaldt Moagi

Sportin' Life

Lukhanyo Moyake

Contralto

Miranda Tini

Maria

Fikile Mthetwa

Mthunzi Mbombela

Robbins

Nkosana Sitimela

Undertaker

Aubrey Lodewyk

Jake

Owen Metsileng

Thato Machona

Lusindiso Dubula

Mingo

Conductor

Albert Horne

Tim Murray

Stage director

Christine Crouse

Set designer

Mickael Mitchell

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Kobus Rossoun

Choreographer

Sbo Ndaba

Opéra National de Bordeaux

Porgy and Bess

Bordeaux

France

Grand-Théâtre

Grand Foyer

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Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

PORGY AND BESS by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin

Central work and culmination of Gershwin's musical journey, Porgy and Bess , America's first true opera, draws its roots in the language of black Americans in the South. Recreating music from fox-trot, ragtime, mambo or syncopated rhythms, Gershwin infuses his score with a tempo, a variety and a sequence of dramatic situations that had made the success of his musical comedies. In the slums of Charleston, Porgy tries to rescue Bess from her husband's clutches. This real gem will be performed by the Cape Town Opera troupe (South Africa) in the production created in June 2012. From January 16 to 26, 201

English

PORGY AND BESS par George Gershwin, DuBose et Dorothy Heyward et Ira Gershwin

Oeuvre centrale et aboutissement du cheminement musical de Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, premier véritable opéra d'Amérique, puise à la source dans la langue des Noirs américains du Sud. Récréant une musique issue du fox-trot, du ragtime, du mambo ou des rythmes syncopés, Gershwin insuffle à sa partition un tempo, une variété et un enchaînement des situations dramatiques qui avaient fait le succès de ses comédies musicales. Dans les taudis de Charleston, Porgy tente de sauver Bess des griffes de son mari. Ce véritable bijou sera interprété par la troupe de l’Opéra de Cape Town (Afrique du sud) dans la production créée en juin 2012. Du 16 au 26 janvier 2014

français

Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, From (2014/2014), Directed by Christine Crouse,, Conductor Albert Horne, Tim Murray, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

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