Porgy and Bess - The Metropolitan Opera (2025-2026) - Porgy and Bess - The Metropolitan Opera (2025-2026)

Description

Revival of the production given in 2019-2020 and 2021, in co-production with the English National Opera where it was given in 2018 (read our English column).

George Gershwin (1898–1937) was one of America’s greatest composers—creating a diverse collection of works spanning the classical, jazz, and theatrical worlds—while his brother, Ira Gershwin (1896–1983), was one of the most prominent lyricists of American song. Novelist and poet DuBose Heyward (1885–1940) collaborated with his wife, Dorothy (1890–1961), to adapt his novel Porgy into a successful Broadway play, which later inspired the Gershwins’ opera.

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.