Zambello’s Porgy and Bess at Glimmerglass

Por Edward Sava-Segal, 07 agosto 2017

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“Talise Trevigne... easily negotiated the soaring lines that Gershwin assigned to Bess”

Crítica hecha desde Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown el 5 agosto 2017

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess

Glimmerglass Opera

John DeMain, Dirección

Francesca Zambello, Dirección de escena

Peter J. Davison, Diseño de escena

Paul Tazewell, Diseño de vestuario

Musa Ngqungwana, Porgy

Talise Trevigne, Bess

Norman Garrett, Crown

Frederick Ballentine, Sportin’ Life

Meroë Khalia Adeeb, Clara

Simone Z Paulwell, Serena

Judith Skinner, Maria

Justin Austin, Jake

Jasmin White, Mezzosoprano

Chaz'men Williams-Ali, Tenor

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Francesca Zambello’s Porgy and Bess successfully revived at Glimmerglass