Porgy & Bess / Bluebeard's Castle - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Operas in English and Hungarian, with English and Hungarian surtitles


The Gershwins®
Porgy and Bess®
Pretty much everyone has heard the classic hits "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," and perhaps most famous of all, "Summertime." What most people don't realize, however, is that these great songs aren't just old jazz standards. They are the most popular parts of one of America's most famous operas: Porgy and Bess®.
Created by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin, this 1935 work originally depicted the life of the residents of an African American community in Charleston, South Carolina, in all its glory—its happiness and reverence, the hard work, and sometimes its violence - through the love story of a crippled beggar and a drug addicted woman.


The English surtitles use the text from the original work, mostly written in the Gullah dialect.

“GERSHWIN® is a registered trademark and service mark of Gershwin Enterprises. PORGY AND BESS® is a registered trademark and service mark of Porgy and Bess Enterprises.”

Disclaimer from the copyright holders: "The manner in which this production is produced by Porgy and Bess is unauthorized and contrary to the requirements for the presentation of the work."

Of
George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
Hungarian surtitles
Judit Kensey
dialect trainer
Rory Winston
Director of the Children's Choir
Nicholas Hajzer
Deputy Choir Director
Richard Riederauer
choirmaster
Gabor Csiki



Bela Bartók
Bluebeard's castle

composer
Bela Bartók

lyricist
Bela Balazs

Director
Miklos Szinetár

stage and costume designer
Banffy Miklos

English surtitles
Peter Zollmann



Subject to change.