The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin
- Release Date
- 2009-04-19
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
Overview
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.