| Description |
1 online resource (Streaming audio files (60 min.)) |
| Series |
Classical music library |
| Contents |
Porgy and Bess. Summertime ; I got plenty o' nuttin' ; Bess, you is my woman now ; It ain't necessarily so ; Oh, dey's so fresh an' fine ; I loves you, Porgy ; There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York ; Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess? ; Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way / Gershwin -- Carmen Jones. Overture ; Dat's love ; You talk just like my maw ; Dere's a café ; Beat out dat rhythm on a drum ; Stand up and fight ; Whizzin' away along the track ; Dis flower ; Card song ; My Joe ; Finale / Bizet |
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Opera highlights |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012) |
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Porgy and Bess an opera in three acts by George Gershwin based on the novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward; book by Heyward; lyrics by Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Carmen Jones a musical play in two acts based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, arranged by Robert Russell Bennett; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II after Meilhac and Halévy's adaptation of the novel by Prosper Mérimée |
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Previously released as a compact disc |
| Performer |
In Porgy and Bess: Lawrence Winters, Isabelle Lucas, Ray Ellington ; Linden Singers. In Carmen Jones: Grace Bumbry, George Webb, Ena Babb, Thomas Baptiste, Elisabeth Welch ; Mike Sammes Singers. Both with New World Show Orchestra ; Kenneth Alwyn, conductor |
| Event |
1st work recorded Feb. 16, 1961, 2nd Nov. 10, 1962 in London |
| Notes |
Sung in English |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged
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Operas -- Excerpts
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Streaming audio
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sound recordings.
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Sound recordings
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Sound recordings.
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Enregistrements sonores.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
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Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981.
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Alwyn, Kenneth, conductor
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Babb, Ena, singer
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Baptiste, Thomas, singer
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Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023, singer
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Ellington, Ray, singer
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
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Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, librettist.
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Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997, singer.
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Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897
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Webb, George, vocalist, singer
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Welch, Elisabeth, singer
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Winters, Lawrence, singer
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Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Porgy.
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Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
Carmen.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen (Carmen Jones). Selections.
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Linden Singers, performer.
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Michael Sammes Singers, performer.
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New World Show Orchestra, performer.
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