Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959) film was directed by Otto Preminger. The original Broadway musical was directed by Diane Paulus. I hope this helps!
Porgy and Bess was first performed in 1935, so it was written before then. Read more, below.
Paul Robeson made some recordings of songs from Porgy and Bess, but was never in a production of it.
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The Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' - 2013 was released on: USA: 5 March 2013 (limited)
Porgy and Bess was written by George Gershwin (Music), Du Bose Heyward (Libretto & Lyrics), and Ira Gershwin (Lyrics)
George Gershwin wrote the music for porgy & bess
I have an old recording of 'Porgy And Bess' produced in 1951 with Camilla Williams as Bess and Lawrence Winters as Porgy. However, there was a 1935 Theater Production that would have been the original cast. I do not know for sure, but the name of Dorthea Dandridge comes to mind. You should be able to find this out for sure with the internet looking up the name of the opera first and going from there. You might even access Dorthea Dandridge.answer 2On 30th Sept 1935 the soprano Anne Brown created the part of 'Bess'