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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess / by George Gershwin, DuBose & Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin ; directed by Trevor Nunn ; produced by Greg Smith and Stephany Marks ; a Primetime/BBC and Homevale/Greg Smith production.
LIBRA Laserdisc EMI 777541 LD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Film adaptations.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 184 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Porgy and Bess
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : EMI Classics, [1993]
- System Details:
- Stereo., digital audio; [CLV], NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- Participant:
- Willard White (Porgy) ; Cynthia Haymon (Bess) ; Gregg Baker (Crown) ; Cynthia Clarey (Serena) ; Marietta Simpson (Maria) ; Damon Evans (Sportin' Life) ; Paula Ingram (Clara), sung by Harolyn Blackwell ; Gordon Hawkins (Jake), sung by Bruce Hubbard ; D. Alonzo Washington (Robbins), sung by Johnny Worthy ; Mervin Wallace (Peter) ; Barrington Coleman (Mingo) ; William Johnson (Frazier) ; Camellia Johnson (Strawberry Woman) ; Colenton Freeman (Nelson/Crabman) ; Yolanda Grant (Annie), sung by Paula Ingram ; other soloists ; [Glyndebourne Chorus] ; London Philharmonic ; conducted by Simon Rattle.
- Credits:
- Adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn with Yves Baigneres; executive producers, Richard Price (Primetime) and Dennis Marks (BBC) ; original stage design, John Gunter.
- Notes:
- Opera in three acts, sung in English.
- Libretto by DuBose Heyward; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.
- Opera based on the play: Porgy / DuBose Heyward and Dorothy K. Heyward.
- Videorecording based on the original Glyndebourne Festival Opera stage production directed by Trevor Nunn, 1986.
- Original sound recording by EMI Records, p1989.
- Videorecording made at Shepperton Studios, London, November/December 1992. "It was then recorded using the original soundtrack" -- Container.
- [Videorecording originally presented on public television by American playhouse and Great performances.]
- Synopsis adapted from notes by Charles Strickland in English with French, German, and Italian translations on container.
- Number on container spine: 7 2434 77754-1 3.
- UPC: 2434777541
- OCLC:
- 30994836
- Publisher Number:
- LDD 77754-1 EMI Classics
- 7 2434 77754-1 3 EMI Classics
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