Porgy and Bess

Author(s)

• Gershwin, George
• Heyward, DuBose
• Gershwin, Ira
• Williams, Camilla
• Matthews, Inez
• McMechen, June
• Dowdy, Helen
• McGill, Sadie
• Long, Avon
• Glover, William A.
• Washington, Irving
• Cattenhead, Harrison
• Yeats, Ray
• Winter, Lawrence
• Coleman, Warren
• Matthews, Eddie
• Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond)
• Fisher, George
• Dilworth, Hubert
• Carroll, Robert
• Matthews, George
• Van Zant, Peter
• J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus
• Engel, Lehman

Bibliographic Information

Porgy and Bess

Gershwin

（Great opera recordings）

Naxos Historical, c2004

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Note

Opera in three acts

Sung in English

Libretto by DuBose Heyward; after DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin

Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, June McMechen, sopranos ; Helen Dowdy, Sadie McGill, mezzo-sopranos ; Avon Long, William A. Glover, Irving Washington, Harrison Cattenhead, Ray Yeats, tenors ; Lawrence Winters, Warren Coleman, Eddie Matthews, J. Rosamond Johnson, George Fisher, Hubert Dilworth, baritones ; Robert Carroll, George Matthews, Peter Van Zant, speakers ; Orchestra and J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus ; Lehman Engel, conductor

Recorded: 5th-13th April 1951 in the Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York

Compact discs; analog recording

Naxos Historical: 8.110287--8.110288

Details

• NCID: BA74772262
• Country Code: xx
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [S.l.]
• Pages/Volumes: 2 sound discs (2 hr., 36 min., 45 sec.)
• Size: 4 3/4 in.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA51081502