George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn A Sir Simon Rattle A W. White A C. Haymon A Glyndebourne Opera
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• Classical
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Subtitled
• NTSC
In Theaters : 06 October, 1993
DVD Release : 03 July, 2001 |
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George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn A Sir Simon Rattle A W. White A C. Haymon A Glyndebourne Opera description
This powerful production originated on the stage of the Glyndebourne Festival. It was restaged and filmed on location for the BBC telecast preserved in this video recording. Director Trevor Nunn takes full advantage of the realism, fluidity of movement, and precision of small details that are difficult to achieve when televising a staged performanc ... review details
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George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn A Sir Simon Rattle A W. White A C. Haymon A Glyndebourne Opera Customer Reviews
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| Having read some of the other reviews, it appears as though some don't realize that Porgy and Bess was (and is) an opera. Many who are only familiar with the 1959 Samuel Goldwyn musical with Sidney Poitier, Brock Peters, Dorothy Dandrige, and Sammy Davis Jr. appear to be disappointed with this production. I too was initially introduced to Porgy and Bess via the musical. And, as a child, enjoyed it! However, after having purchased a complete score recording back in the 1970's, I came to discover just how much I was missing! I also discovered that Ira Gershwin had the Samuel Goldwyn musical pulled in 1974 since it demeaned what he and his brother, George, had in mind. A number of years back (March 20, 1983 to be exact) I saw a production of Porgy and Bess in it's entirety (it did omit the "Buzzard song") at Radio City Music Hall from the front row and was overwhelmed. I saw it again a couple of years ago at, I believe, the Carpenter Center in Richmond Va. (not quite the production as the one in NYC but good none the less). This DVD is about as close as I'll get to seeing a fine production of that opera again! If you don't like George Gershwin music or Operas, don't buy it! If you want to experience what George and Ira Gershwin intended, this is as close to it as we'll get for a while. |
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