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A near-perfect Porgy and Bess at the Lyric Opera

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 26 November 2014
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ward Stare, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Peter J. Davison, Set Designer
Adina Aaron, Bess
Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi, Clara
Karen Slack, Serena
Jermaine Smith, Sportin’ Life
Eric Greene, Crown
Norman Garrett, Jake
Eric Owens, Porgy
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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