This weekend, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess opens at the Sydney Opera House.
In the 1990s, the executors of the Gershwin estate re-titled the Gershwin – Haywards’ 1935 magnum opus calling it now, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Money- spinning strategy or an serious attempt at protecting artistic integrity? This feature from the New York Times review the history of the copyright to The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
