| Description |
2 audio discs (145 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
022455 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera. |
| Performer |
Alvy Powell (Porgy) ; Marquita Lister (Bess) ; Robert Mack (Sporting Life) ; Nicole Cabell (Clara) ; supporting soloists ; Nashville Symphony Chorus ; Members of the Blair Children's Chorus ; Members of the Tennessee State University Band ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra ; John Mauceri, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 2006 February 26-March 1 Andrew Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Wayne Shirley, Charles Hamm, and the conductor, synopsis, and libretto (70 pages : illustrations) laid in container. |
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"Original 1935 production version"--Container. |
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"This recording includes spoken interjections recorded in the original prompter's book, as well as those based on the continuing aural performance tradition of Porgy and Bess. This printed libretto reproduces the original performance text as edited by Ira Gershwin"--Page [70] of insert. |
| Language |
Sung in English |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.
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Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961, librettist.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, librettist.
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Powell, Alvy, singer.
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Lister, Marquita, singer.
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Mack, Robert (Tenor), singer.
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Cabell, Nicole, singer.
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Mauceri, John, conductor, writer of added commentary.
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Hamm, Charles, writer of added commentary.
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Shirley, Wayne D., writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Porgy and Bess.
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Container of (work): Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Porgy and Bess.
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Blair Children's Chorus, singer.
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Tennessee State University. Band, instrumentalist.
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Nashville Symphony. Chorus, singer.
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Nashville Symphony, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Porgy and Bess https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82217189
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Porgy & Bess |
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Porgy and Bess |
| Standard No. |
028947578772 |
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00028947578772 |
| Music No. |
B0007431-02 Decca |
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