Catfish Row from George and Ira Gershwins’ ‘Porgy and Bess.’ Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Meroë Khalia Adeeb as Clara sings Gershwin’s ever-popular “Summertime.” Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Bess and Crown (Talise Trevigne, Norman Garrett), a couple for five years. Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Then she meets Porgy (Musa Ngqungwana). Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Simone Z. Paulwell as Serena, who has ‘lost her man.’ Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
A brighter moment for the folks of Catfish Row in ‘Porgy and Bess.’ Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
“When [Crown] calls, I know I have to go.” Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Justin Austin as Jake with Musa Ngqungwana (Porgy). Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Judith Skinner (Maria), Musa Ngqungwana (Porgy) and Nicholas Davis (Jim). Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
Porgy ‘prays Bess well.’ Photo: Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival, used with permission.
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