Feb 27 Blog Blackness in Opera: Porgy and Bess The most famous African-American themed opera started out as a novel by DuBose Heyward. Composer George Gershwin read Porgy and contacted the author asking if he’d like to collaborate on what Gershwin referred to as a “folk opera.” That was in 1926. Nine years later, Porgy and Bess had its premiere in Boston at the […] By WUOL Feb 27 Blog Blackness in Opera: Porgy and Bess By WUOL