The program commemorates the 50th anniversary of HGO’s landmark 1976 Porgy and Bess production, which restored the opera to the Gershwins’ original vision and earned both a Tony Award and a Grammy.

Performances by every performer are truly exceptional, leaving this reviewer unable to praise them all. However, there are true standouts amongst both HGO's illustrious chorus and in the principal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Angel Blue and Michael Sumuel in Houston Grand Opera's 'Porgy and Bess' (Michael Bishop) The Houston Grand Opera opened its ...

Soprano Angel Blue as Bess and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as Porgy in HGO's productionof Porgy and Bess. Credit: Michael Bishop When George Gershwin died in Hollywood in 1937 at the age of 38 from a ...

A jazz interpretation of the American opera “Porgy and Bess” debuts this weekend at the New Vic Theater in Santa Barbara, starring actors Elijah Rock and Karole Foreman. Composed by George Gershwin, ...

NEW YORK — “Bess, you is my woman now,” the disabled beggar and unlikely hero of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” sings when he realizes that, somehow, Bess — desirable, though troubled — may actually love ...

WHERE: Schuster Center, Second and Main streets. WHEN: 8 p.m. Oct. 23 and 29, and 3 p.m. Oct. 31. TICKETS: $36-$92. Discounts available for seniors, students and ...