Porgy & Bess 2019
Archived
George Gershwin
Première: 30 September 1935
8 performances in June /July 2019
Did you know?
The song Summertime has at least 25,000 versions, making it one of the world’s most arranged songs.
Cast
Porgy: Musa Ngqungwana
Bess: Laquita Mitchell
Serena: Sarah-Jane Lewis
Clara: Francesca Chiejina
Crown: Donovan Singletary
Sporting Life: Rheinaldt Tshepo Moagi
Jake: Robert Winslade-Anderson
Creatives
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Director: Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
Choreographer: Lizzie Gee
Designer: Francis O’Connor
Lighting Designer: David Plater
With the BBC concert orchestra
Backstage
We went behind the scenes with the cast of Porgy & Bess.
Porgy & Bev
Beverley Wong joined the chorus following an ITV news appeal for singers.
In review
Read the critics’ reviews of Porgy & Bess
