Organization

Singer

Bass-baritone

Willard White

Porgy

Soprano

Andrea Baker

Serena

Tenor

Howard Haskin

Sportin' Life

Latonia Moore

Bess

John Fulton

Robbins

Baritone

Lester Lynch

Crown

Angel Blue

Clara

Rodney Earl Clarke

Jake

Michael Redding

Contralto

Tichina Vaughn

Maria

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Chorus

Simon Rattle conducts “Porgy and Bess”

Berlin

Germany

A love story as poignant as any Puccini opera, immortal melodies plus pulsating, swinging “street life”: George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is the perfect fusion of musical and dramatic depth and entertainment. In what the reviews called an “exceptional event beyond compare”, Simon Rattle conducted the work in September 2012 with a first-class ensemble of singers headed by Willard White and Latonia Moore.

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