[Met Performance] CID:357217

Opening Night (135), New Production, General Manager: Peter Gelb

Porgy and Bess
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, September 23, 2019
Broadcast

Debut : Frederick Ballentine, Chauncey Packer, Errin Duane Brooks, Reginald Smith, Jr., Jamez McCorkle, Damien Geter, Arthur Woodley, Grant Neale, Bobby Mittelstadt, Neo Randall, Jonathan Tuzo, James Robinson, Donald Holder, Luke Halls, Camille A. Brown, David Leong, Camille A. Brown, David Leong, David Leong




Porgy and Bess (55)
George Gershwin | DuBose Heyward
Porgy
Eric Owens

Bess
Angel Blue

Sporting Life
Frederick Ballentine [Debut]

Crown
Alfred Walker

Clara
Golda Schultz

Jake
Ryan Speedo Green

Serena
Latonia Moore

Robbins/Crab Man
Chauncey Packer [Debut]

Mingo
Errin Duane Brooks [Debut]

Jim
Reginald Smith, Jr. [Debut]

Peter
Jamez McCorkle [Debut]

Lily
Tichina Vaughn

Maria
Denyce Graves

Undertaker
Damien Geter [Debut]

Annie
Chanáe Curtis

Frazier
Arthur Woodley [Debut]

Strawberry Woman
Leah Hawkins

Detective
Grant Neale [Debut]

Policeman
Bobby Mittelstadt [Debut]

Coroner
Michael Lewis

Scipio
Neo Randall [Debut]

Nelson
Jonathan Tuzo [Debut]


Conductor
David Robertson


Production
James Robinson [Debut]

Set Designer
Michael Yeargan

Costume Designer
Catherine Zuber

Lighting Designer
Donald Holder [Debut]

Projection Designer
Luke Halls [Debut]

Choreographer
Camille A. Brown [Debut]

Fight Director
David Leong [Debut]





Broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 75
Streamed live at metopera.org
Transmitted to screens at Times Square
The National Anthem was played before the perfoormance
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and English National Opera

FUNDING:
The production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund and Douglas Dockery Thomas

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