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Abriea "Abbie" Mitchell Cook (25 September 1884 – 16 March 1960), also billed as Abbey Mitchell, was an American soprano opera singer. She performed the role of Clara in the premiere production of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in 1935, and was also the first to record "Summertime" from that musical.
In a 1935 New York Times article, Gershwin explained his motivation for calling Porgy and Bess a folk opera: Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work on the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece.
Leona Pearl Mitchell (born October 13, 1949, Enid, Oklahoma) is an American operatic soprano who sang for 18 seasons as a leading spinto soprano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In her home state of Oklahoma, she received many honors.
Abbie Mitchell (1884–1960), operatic soprano who performed Clara in the première of Porgy and Bess Latonia Moore (born 1979), classical soprano who has performed with leading opera companies Jessye Norman (1945–2019), celebrated dramatic soprano who performed leading roles in opera and sang in recitals
Anne Brown (August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009) [1] was an American lyric soprano for whom George Gershwin rewrote the part of "Bess" into a leading role in the original production of his opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. [2] She was also a radio and concert singer. She settled in Norway in 1948 and later became a Norwegian citizen.
Porgy and Bess is a 1935 opera composed by George Gershwin on texts (libretto, lyrics) by Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
O’Brien is a legend on Broadway, having directed and won awards for “The Full Monty,” “Porgy and Bess,” “The Time of Your Life” plus opera and Shakespeare productions. Niki Metcalf ...
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" is a duet with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. This song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess where it is sung by the main character Porgy and his beloved Bess. They express their love for each other and say that they now belong together.