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the 1976 RCA Red Seal recording of “Porgy and Bess”

sits on the shelf alongside “Lulu” and “Wozzeck”––

fifth in line before encountering the spine of "Der Ringdes Nibelungen"
where therein lies a conundrum for another day.

I’ve read the libretto; Googled what others have said of it;

listened as intently to it as anyone can while doing something else.

that was yesterday during the time between rainfall and breaking sunlight.

yesterday, it was the premiere of George Gershwin's“Porgy and Bess”

between rainfall and into a breaking sunlight.

It’s the only time I remember listening to music in any form, when weather

outside my window seemed to have an influence on the experience, but––

well,–– it's as the grunting Neanderthal the Elder instructed
the hairy youngsters gathered 'round the fire:–– "fear no art"!

First performed in Boston, September, 1936.

First performance of this production, Houston, July, 1976
and New York, September, 1976.

This recording: Houston Grand Opera, November, 1976.