Porgy and Bess > Metropolitan Opera
Show Details
- Show
- Porgy and Bess (110)
- Music
- George Gershwin (856)
- Lyrics
- Ira Gershwin (711), DuBose Heyward (106)
- Book
- DuBose Heyward (106)
Recording Details
- Date
- December 17, 2019
- Type
- Audio / Stage Cast
- Language
- English
- Location
- US / NY / New York
- Group/Studio
- Metropolitan Opera
- Conductor
- David Robertson (4)
- Performer
- Frederick Ballentine (2), Angel Blue (2) — Bess, Denyce Graves (3), Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore (2), Eric Owens (4) — Porgy, Golda Schultz, Alfred Walker
- Notes
- This audio recording captures the Met’s historic—and hugely acclaimed—new production of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which brought America’s favorite opera back to the Met stage after a 30-year absence.
- Shortcode
- [r42464]
Releases
- Format
- 3-CD
- Label
- The Metropolitan Opera 420118
- Released
- 2020-03-06
- Barcode
- 810004201187
- Audio
- Stereo
- Buy from
- # Tracks
- 56
- Length
- 2:42:58
- Lists
- 27 collectors / 5 wish lists
- History
- 2 Revisions
- Shortcode
- [rl65495]
DISC 1:
1. Introduction
ACT I SCENE 1 Catfish Row, a Summer Evening
2. Summertime
3. Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
4. Seem like dese bones
5. Summertime (reprise)
6. Give him to me
7. Here come de honey man
8. Here comes Big Boy!
9. Oh, little stars, little stars
10. Jesus, he's killed him!
SCENE 2 Serena's Room. The Following Evening
11. Where Is brother Robbins?
12. Come on sister, come on brother
13. A saucer-burying setup, I see
14. My man's gone now
15. How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
16. Oh, the train is at the station
DISC 2:
ACT II SCENE 1 Catfish Row, a Month Later
1. Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish Banks
2. Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic
3. Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
4. Listen there, what I tells you?
5. Mornin', Lawyer
6. 'Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic?
7. Bess, you is my woman now
8. Oh, I Can't Sit Down
9. What's de matter wid you, sister?
SCENE 2 Kittiwah Island – A Palmetto Jungle, Evening of the Same Day
10. I ain't got no shame
11. It ain't necessarily so
12. Shame on all you sinners!
13. Oh, What you want wid Bess?
14. Lemme go, hear dat boat
SCENE 3 Catfish Row, a Week Later
15. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
16. Take yo' hands off me, I say
17. Oh, Doctor Jesus
18. Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
19. Now de time, oh Gawd
20. I wants to stay here – I loves you Porgy
21. Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
SCENE 4 Serena's Room. Dawn of the Following Day
22. Oh, Doctor Jesus
23. Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens
24. One of dese mornin's
25. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
26. You is a nice parcel of Christians
27. If Gawd want to kill me
28. A red-headed woman
29 Jake's boat, in de river
DISC 3:
ACT III SCENE 1 Catfish Row, the Next Night
1. Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted
2. You low-lived skunk
3. Summertime (reprise)
SCENE 2 Catfish Row. The Next Afternoon
4. Wait for us over there, Al
5. Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
6. There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
SCENE 3 Catfish row, Early Morning, One Week later
7. Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin' brudder
8. It's Porgy comin' home!
9. Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess
10. Bess is gone
11. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
1. Introduction
ACT I SCENE 1 Catfish Row, a Summer Evening
2. Summertime
3. Oh, nobody knows when the Lawd is goin' to call
4. Seem like dese bones
5. Summertime (reprise)
6. Give him to me
7. Here come de honey man
8. Here comes Big Boy!
9. Oh, little stars, little stars
10. Jesus, he's killed him!
SCENE 2 Serena's Room. The Following Evening
11. Where Is brother Robbins?
12. Come on sister, come on brother
13. A saucer-burying setup, I see
14. My man's gone now
15. How de saucer stan' now, my sister?
16. Oh, the train is at the station
DISC 2:
ACT II SCENE 1 Catfish Row, a Month Later
1. Oh, I'm a-goin' out to the Blackfish Banks
2. Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic
3. Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'
4. Listen there, what I tells you?
5. Mornin', Lawyer
6. 'Lo, Bess, goin' to picnic?
7. Bess, you is my woman now
8. Oh, I Can't Sit Down
9. What's de matter wid you, sister?
SCENE 2 Kittiwah Island – A Palmetto Jungle, Evening of the Same Day
10. I ain't got no shame
11. It ain't necessarily so
12. Shame on all you sinners!
13. Oh, What you want wid Bess?
14. Lemme go, hear dat boat
SCENE 3 Catfish Row, a Week Later
15. Honey, dat's all de breakfast I got time for
16. Take yo' hands off me, I say
17. Oh, Doctor Jesus
18. Oh dey's so fresh an' fine
19. Now de time, oh Gawd
20. I wants to stay here – I loves you Porgy
21. Why you been out on that wharf so long, Clara?
SCENE 4 Serena's Room. Dawn of the Following Day
22. Oh, Doctor Jesus
23. Oh, de Lawd shake de Heavens
24. One of dese mornin's
25. Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
26. You is a nice parcel of Christians
27. If Gawd want to kill me
28. A red-headed woman
29 Jake's boat, in de river
DISC 3:
ACT III SCENE 1 Catfish Row, the Next Night
1. Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted
2. You low-lived skunk
3. Summertime (reprise)
SCENE 2 Catfish Row. The Next Afternoon
4. Wait for us over there, Al
5. Oh, Gawd! They goin' make him look on Crown's face!
6. There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York
SCENE 3 Catfish row, Early Morning, One Week later
7. Good mornin', sistuh! Good mornin' brudder
8. It's Porgy comin' home!
9. Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess
10. Bess is gone
11. Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
Forum Threads
- No Forum Threads Yet Post about this recording
Links
- No Links Yet Add a Link