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George and Ira Gershwin, 1935
PORG AND BESS
Teatro São Pedro - São Paulo, Brazil
Year
2008
Conductor
Felipe Senna
Stage Director
John Malatian
Set Designers
Renato Theobaldo
Roberto Rolnik
Costume Designer
Fábio Namatame
Lighting Designer
Fabio Retti
To mount Catfish Row, where lives Porgy, we used wooden crates that are still used to transport fruits and vegetables in the city of São Paulo. The walls with these crates had a very rough texture, but were sufficiently transparent so that we could create several plans of action.
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