Porgy and Bess > International Tour Cast

Show Details

Show

Porgy and Bess (110)

Music

George Gershwin (860)

Lyrics

Ira Gershwin (709), DuBose Heyward (106)

Book

DuBose Heyward (106)

Recording Details

Date

September 21, 1952

Type

Audio / Stage Cast

Method

Live

Language

English

Location

Germany / Berlin

Theatre/Venue

Titania Palast

Director

Robert Breen

Conductor

Alexander Smallens (9)

Performer

Georgia Burke — Maria, Cab Calloway (50) — Sportin' Life, Helen Colbert — Clara, Joseph Crawford (2) — Honey Man, Hugh Dilworth (2) — Joe, Helen Dowdy (12) — Lily, Eva Jessye Choir (9), Elizabeth Foster — Ruby, Joseph James — Jake, Jerry Laws (3) — Mingo, Moses La Marr — Frazier, John McCurry — Crown, Leontyne Price (19) — Bess, Walter Riemer — Detective, Howard Roberts (27) — Robbins, Leslie Scott (4) — Jim, Helen Thigpen (5) — Serena, William Veasey — Undertaker, William Warfield (29) — Porgy, Ray Yeates (2) — Crab Man

Notes

Broadcast on the radio

Shortcode

[r13232]

Releases (3)

	Format	Label & Catalog #	Release Date
	2-CD	Kritzerland 20034-9	2018-09-00
	2-CD	Documents Classics 232679	2009-06-02
	2-CD	Guild Historical GHCD231314	2008-07-08