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The Gershwins
®
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PORGY AND BESS
®
By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
Opera in three acts in English
First performed at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, on September 30, 1935
First performed by Lyric Opera on November 18, 2008
Characters in order of vocal appearance:
Clara
HLENGIWE MKHWANAZI
°*
Mingo
CHASE TAYLOR
*
Sportin’ Life
JERMAINE SMITH
Jake
NORMAN GARRETT
*
Serena
KAREN SLACK
*
Robbins
BERNARD HOLCOMB
°°
Jim
EARL HAZELL
Peter
CURTIS BANNISTER
*
Lily
VERONICA CHAPMAN-SMITH
Maria
GWENDOLYN BROWN
°°
Porgy
ERIC OWENS
Crown
ERIC GREENE
Bess
ADINA AARON
*
Detective
JOHN LISTER
Policeman
BRIAN McCASKILL
Undertaker
KENNETH NICHOLS
Lawyer Frazier
WILL LIVERMAN
°
Annie
LEAH DEXTER
*
Nelson
ANTHONY P. McGLAUN
*
Strawberry Woman
SAMANTHA McELHANEY
*
Crab Man
JERMAINE BROWN, JR.
*
Coroner
DEV KENNEDY
Conductor
WARD STARE
Director
FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
Set Designer
PETER J. DAVISON
Costume Designer
PAUL TAZEWELL
Lighting Designer
MARK MCCULLOUGH
Chorus Master
MICHAEL BLACK
Choreographer and Associate Director
DENNI SAYERS
Ballet Mistress
AUGUST TYE
Wigmaster and Makeup Designer
SARAH HATTEN
Assistant Director
GARNETT BRUCE
Stage Manager
DANIEL SOKALSKI
Musical Preparation
GRANT LOEHNIG
PHILIP MOREHEAD
MATTHEW PIATT
Fight Director
CHUCK COYL
Projected English Titles
CORI ELLISON
*Lyric Opera debut
°Current member, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
°°Alumna/Alumnus, Ryan Opera Center
• Production originally created for
Washington National Opera.
• The worldwide copyrights in the music
of George and Ira Gershwin® for
this presentation are licensed by the
Gershwin Family.
• Porgy and Bess
is presented by
arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music
Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY, 10022.
• GERSHWIN is a registered trademark
and service mark of Gershwin
Enterprises.
• Porgy and Bess
is a trademark and
service mark of Porgy and Bess
Enterprises.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago broadcasts are
generously sponsored by The Hurvis
Family Foundation, with matching
funding provided by The Matthew
and Kay Bucksbaum Family, The John
and Jackie Bucksbaum Family, and
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart.
• Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges
the support of the Robert and Ellen
Marks American Opera Endowed
Chair.
• Lyric Opera of Chicago wishes to thank
its Official Airline, American Airlines.
• This season’s projected English titles
are funded in part by a generous grant
from the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E.
Deutsch Foundation.
• No one will be seated while the
performance is in progress.
• The performance will last approximately
three hours.