WHEN:
Oct. 24 - Nov. 15, 2025
WHERE:
Brown Theater
Wortham Theater Center
501 Texas Ave
Houston, TX 77002
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Porgy and Bess is known for its moving score, which seamlessly blends jazz, spirituals, blues, and classical music into timeless songs like “Summertime.” Its story is set in the Jim Crow South, in the fictional Charleston slum of Catfish Row, where Porgy, a disabled beggar, and Bess, a woman struggling with addiction, fall in love. The opera will be presented in an acclaimed production created by Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello..."
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:
Michael Sumuel as Porgy, soprano Angel Blue as Bess, baritone Blake Denson as Crown, soprano Latonia Moore in her HGO mainstage debut as Serena, and baritone Donnie Ray Albert, who performed the role of Porgy in HGO’s 1976 production, as Lawyer Frazier. Maestro James Gaffigan, the General Music Director of Komische Oper Berlin and Music Director of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra in Switzerland, conducts.
