Is Porgy & Bess an opera or a musical?

morty · 06-07-2005, 03:07 AM

I guess it depends how you define them. Anyway I just saw that it's on in London (England) on Friday 10th June at the Barbican Hall. I think I'll go, as it's not performed so often.

tomkuegler · 06-07-2005, 09:15 AM

To me it is a musical... but that is just my opinion.

SATCHMO · 06-07-2005, 01:43 PM

Porgy and Bess is considered to be an opera, but there was a lot of dispute over that question when its production first began in 1935

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SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Porgy and Bess is considered to be an opera, but there was a lot of dispute over that question when its production first began in 1935