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Day: March 3, 2011

Opera Repertoire

More about Porgy and Bess

March 3, 2011March 4, 2011by stephanieadrianLeave a Comment on More about Porgy and Bess

Opera is a music drama in which all dialogue is sung.  Gershwin used the operatic convention of recitative within his Porgy and Bess in order to forward the plot of the opera.  Bess' brief aria  "What you want wid Bess?" is preceded by sung dialogue with her old boyfriend, the drug addict and murderer, Crown.  This [...]

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