![]() ![]() ![]() The original version of Porgy and Bess was 4 hours long. ![]() George Gershwin wrote the music, Heyward supplied the libretto and Heyward and Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics. Nine years later, Porgy and Bess had its premiere in Boston at the Colonial Theatre. Composer George Gershwin read Porgy and contacted the author asking if he’d like to collaborate on what Gershwin referred to as a “folk opera.” That was in 1926. The most famous African-American themed opera started out as a novel by DuBose Heyward. ![]()
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