Porgy and Bess in Wien

Porgy and Bess in Wien (1953)

29 min
Documentary Music

Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually unknown short film documents the first stop on what would become a four-year US State Department–sponsored tour of the Everyman Opera Company's production of the Gershwin-Heyward opera Porgy and Bess.

Cast

William Warfield

William Warfield

Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

John McCurry

John McCurry

Urylee Leonardos

Urylee Leonardos

George Royston Jr.

George Royston Jr.

Howard A. Roberts

Howard A. Roberts

Helen Colbert

Helen Colbert

Llewellyn E. Thompson

Llewellyn E. Thompson

Joseph James

Joseph James

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