Porgy and Bess in Wien
First aired on Jan 1, 1953
Runtime: 29 mins
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Genres: Documentary, Music
Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually unknown short film documents the first stop on what would become a four-year US State Department–sponsored tour of the Everyman Opera Company's production of the Gershwin-Heyward opera Porgy and Bess.
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William Warfield |
Leontyne Price |
Cab Calloway |
John McCurry |
Urylee Leonardos |
George Royston Jr. |