Porgy and Bess in Wien (1953)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1953 29 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Music

Production Companies: United States Information Service

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English