
Greenville Symphony Orchestra - Porgy and Bess coming soon!
Greenville Symphony Orchestra celebrates its season finale with a wonderful concert version of the Gershwin classic Porgy and Bess. First performed in 1935, the opera is now seen as a particular landmark of American theater and is often referred to as the composer's masterpiece. Aiming to create a folk opera, lyricist Ira Gershwin - brother of George - took his inspiration from the spiritual and folk styles emanating from South Carolina at the time, and used these to frame a story of fraught tensions, love and the search for redemption.
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