This Friday may call for a rare manicure, and certainly, getting dressed to the nines. After all, I’m going to see my first-ever opera, “Porgy and Bess” at Seattle Opera. The show received rave ...

After previously presenting two Houston Grand Opera touring versions of the show, Seattle Opera has at last mounted its own production of “Porgy and Bess.” And the musical and dramatic richness of ...

Decades before rock stars took to the opera house, one of the world’s greatest and most popular songwriters, George Gershwin, smashed cultural barriers with his genre-busting work about the ...

The Houston Grand Opera opened its 2025-26 Friday season with George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in a performance that showcased an array of star-quality soloists, a superb chorus, and a gritty ...

The landmark American opera “Porgy and Bess,” the jewel in George Gershwin’s crown, is sure to be a hot ticket when it opens at Seattle Opera on Saturday. With its enormous cast and staging demands, ...

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 17: DJ Michael Watts performs onstage at 'Earn Your Leisure & UnitedMasters Present #earnyourmasters Music Showcase' during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 17, ...

Why tinker with a classic? The question is even more appropriate when the classic in question is regarded as one of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. "The Gershwins' Porgy ...

I don’t review opera. You don’t want me to review opera. Ask the beloved Joe Munzenrider for advice if you want a trusted view. But I’m nevertheless here to encourage us all to head to the Cinemark to ...

We’ll pardon the Atlanta Opera staff today if they forgo their morning java for a bit of bubbly in their office coffee cups. The opera’s second-ever staging of the great American opera “Porgy and Bess ...