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George Gershwin / Porgy and Bess

Chineke! Orchestra - Cape Town Opera - Enrique Mazzola
Concert Opera
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 3h00

Program

Distribution

Porgy and Bess
The Gershwins®’ PORGY AND BESS®
Par George Gershwin, DuBose et Dorothy Heyward et Ira Gershwin
Enrique Mazzola , conducting
Antoinette Huyssen , choirmaster
Siyabulela Ntlale , Porgy
Nonhlanhla Yende , Bess
Conroy Scott , Crown
Lukhanyo Moyake , Sportin' life
Brittany Smith , Clara
Siphamandla Moyake , Serena
Lungelwa Mdekazi , Maria
Magdalene Minnaar , staging

A dream cast comes together for Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess, featuring an all-Black solo lineup, the Cape Town Opera Vocal Ensemble, and the Chineke! Orchestra, an ensemble founded to champion diversity in classical music.

The Gershwins®’ Porgy and Bess® is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.

With the support of

Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

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