格什温歌剧《波吉与贝丝》及其时代

George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and its era

夏日时光哟,日子轻悠扬,鱼儿欢跃哟,棉苗高高长,爸爸有钱哟,妈妈又漂亮,嘘嘘——小宝贝,不哭不闹了,一日清晨哟,你会起身唱,展开翅膀哟,飞去天空翱翔,那日来临前哟,你不会受苦受伤,有爸爸妈妈在哟,护在你身旁。1920年代初,在美国南卡罗来纳州渔港之城查尔斯顿(Charleston),一位黑人母亲正在对她怀里的宝贝哼唱摇篮曲……。

Porgy and Bess, an opera considered to reflect life in America in the 1930 s, was born out of Gershwin’s long-standing desire to create a serious opera in light of social conditions of that era. We can trace its origin to the outbreak of the First World War.