Cape Town Opera

Relocated to the depression-ravaged townships of Soweto, Cape Town Opera has made this production of Porgy and Bess its very own, as the search for hope and happiness - amidst poverty and hardship - unfolds in a poignant tale of love and deprivation.

Porgy and Bess is one of the great icons of American music theatre, known around the world as 'the people's opera'.

Written in 1935 and originally portraying the 1920s life of America's Deep South, this compelling work contains some of the most stirring and everlasting songs including Summertime, I Got Plenty Of Nuttin', It Ain't Necessarily So, and I Loves You Porgy.