Libretto
Du Bose und Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin
Premiere
10 October 1935, New York (Alvin Theatre)
Cast
PORGY (bass-baritone)
BESS (soprano)
CROWN (baritone)
SERENA (soprano)
CLARA (soprano)
MARIA (contralto)
JAKE (baritone)
SPORTING LIFE (tenor)
MINGO (tenor)
ROBBINS (tenor)
PETER (tenor)
FRAZIER (baritone)
ANNIE (mezzo-soprano)
LILY (Mezzo-soprano)
STRAWBERRY WOMAN (mezzo-soprano)
JIM (baritone)
UNDERTAKER (baritone)
NELSON (tenor)
CRAB MAN (tenor)
MR ARCHDALE (spoken role)
DETECTIVE (spoken role)
POLICEMAN (spoken role)
CORONER (spoken role)
SCIPIO (boy) (spoken role)
JASBO BROWN (pianist)
CHORUS
residents of Catfish Row
Place
Time
1920