About this Event
Calling Black women in the Northeast USA to join us for an evening of beauty and celebrating the arts.
Inclusions:-Grand Tier Prime Opera Seating-Prosecco toast during intermission-Keepsake opera binoculars in a velvet pouch
About the Opera:
Bass-baritone Alfred Walker and soprano Brittany Renee headline one of the defining works of American music theater. With its fusion of opera, jazz, and Broadway, the Gershwins’ enduring masterpiece features a number of tunes whose popularity has transcended the opera house, including the classics “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” Hailed by The Washington Post as “a Porgy of its time that speaks to ours,” James Robinson’s vivid staging features electrifying choreography by Camille A. Brown, with an all-star ensemble portraying the community of Catfish Row.
World Premiere: Alvin Theatre, New York, 1935. A supremely American operatic masterpiece and the most ambitious work by one of the nation’s greatest musical talents, Porgy and Bess focuses on the joys and struggles of a black neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century. The overall combination of music, word, and idea among a complex blend of Americana make this a unique and impressive work both within and beyond the operatic repertory.The opera is set in slightly fictionalized versions of real places in and around Charleston, South Carolina. Catfish Row is a seaside version of the actual Cabbage Row, a group of old mansions historically inhabited by the descendants of freed slaves.Far beyond being a compendium of classic songs, the score of Porgy and Bess maintains a level of musical unity and a rich, descriptive language that compares with the greatest operatic achievements. Much of the work’s dynamism comes from Gershwin’s explorations of the Gullah music of Tidewater Carolina, melded with his mastery of jazz and Eastern European Jewish roots to create a personal, idiomatic, brilliant, and thoroughly convincing musical canvas.Dress code: Elegant/Semi Formal; wear something that makes you feel beautiful. We'll take lots of photos!Show begins at 8 PM. Let's meet at the Box Office at 7 PM so I can distribute tickets and we can take photos.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Metropolitan Opera House, 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, United States
USD 295.29
