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Cecile Cooper newspaper clippings, 1966-1987

1985-02-10 ""Estes and the Met reveal the quality of 'Porgy'"" Page 1

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New York, N.Y.-For half a century, George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" has been called the great American opera, or even the only American opera, but little that appeared onstage had ever supported that claim. Now the Metropolitan Opera, which has a long history of denying the piece, has brought it onstage in a way that does more to reveal its quality that any previous production.
 
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