New 'Porgy and Bess' Interpretation Provokes as Opera Continues to Resonate
Listen to the AudioReinterpreting a classic work is always a sensitive undertaking, but when that classic is "Porgy and Bess," the singular American opera, it can get downright controversial. WGBH-Boston's Jared Bowen reports. JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, a new interpretation of a classic opera, currently in a pre-Broadway run in Cambridge, Mass.Our story comes from PBS station WGBH in Boston. The reporter is…