Zambello’s Porgy and Bess at Glimmerglass

By Edward Sava-Segal, 07 August 2017

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

Reviewed at Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown on 5 August 2017

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess

Glimmerglass Opera

John DeMain, Conductor

Francesca Zambello, Director

Peter J. Davison, Set Designer

Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer

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, Mezzo-soprano

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