Porgy and Bess: “Summertime”

[@theoldar]

The way the singer handles the word "summertime", the first word of the aria, tells you everything about how serious she is in committing to this music. This singer does it perfectly, just as written.

[@travis07ful]

I like her better because she did a soft interpretation, sue doesnt want to "steal" the song like the others, she gave the heart that this song requires, however i dont know how this was written to be sing

[@jr17904]

I disagree. In the Feb 1 Matinee, Ms. Schultz ruined the aria totally. She used way too much vibrato, and was quite shrill on some of the high notes. Given that the performance began with Summertime, it set a bad tone for the rest of the show. Fortunately, Angel Blue sang the solo much better during her second act reprise of the number.

[@JD-yu3dk]

Loved her singing. Preferred her tone in this song to Angel’s.

[@soprano1176]

Yes, I love how she is more of a spinto than a lyrico soprano.....Only concern for me is the lack of jaw control and causing her mouth to shake, and bit of a wobble at the end of her phrases. This means she needs more body and breath support less jaw.

[@sorina5762]

really????...@@soprano1176

[@autumnwriter0449]

I watched this play last night three hours long and I was left breathless with a huge smile on my face . .. The singing was phenomenal and beautiful!!!

[@autumnwriter0449]

Thanks for the like..

[@mernasolman4393]

Summertime And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your ma is good-lookin' So hush, little baby Don't you cry [Verse 2] One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take the sky But 'til that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With daddy and mammy standing by [Instrumental] [Verse 2] One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take the sky But 'til that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With daddy and mammy standing by

[@joannehines7806]

Thanking you so much for posting the lyrics!! Always wanted to learn them ever since I saw " Porgy & Bess " in a Broadway revival in the '80's or '90's!!

[@747streams]

My grandma used to sing this to me as a lullaby when I was a toddler staying nights at her house to help me go to sleep

[@aquilesandrade]

I love this opera. Masterpiece of the XX Century

[@Starrysky-e1i]

Stephen sondheim was inspired but this amazing opera

[@Dylonely_9274]

One of the best lullabies.

[@chaoslab]

Regardless that it is the middle of winter. Driven too listen too this wonderful piece.

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Singing this song to a child in poverty is the equivalent of living in winter. Summer is a fantasy, as is wealth.

[@markcollins1497]

I’ve always taken this is as utterly bittersweet

[@steveschechetman836]

I saw the NY Met's live simulcast of Porgy and Bess yesterday. I thought Golda Schultz was incredible and I loved everything about the production , singing, the set, the choreography. And then I scroll down here and read all these silly comments - she ruined it for you because she didn't hit the high notes? really? this woman is fantastic. Maybe the director gave her different directions, maybe she did her own intertrepation, but she was still fabulous.

[@JD-yu3dk]

Steve Schechetman you’re right. Never mind the armchair critics.

[@gabrielereidenbach-scholz7418]

I totally agree !! Golda S. is fabulous... G. from munich

[@michalinemanno699]

She sings it as written! Brava!!👏

[@matejzaletelj7260]

I have to listen to this in quarantine because my music teacher sent me that lol

[@ivazzzz688]

Ok same.

[@vanessalukas6454]

same

[@cruelladevillee]

SAME 😂

[@mauds.3207]

Same !

[@tracygibson3196]

Lol mine too along with Deep River arranged by Moses Hogan.

[@tinantmyriam1936]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL 🌻⛅☀

[@maxinesmith2193]

On my bucket list ... adore this musical

[@kunihikonitta7633]

オペラです。

[@Starrysky-e1i]

@@kunihikonitta7633no need to opera shame me .. I love no matter what it is

[@kunihikonitta7633]

おっしゃる通り。

[@Snarkwing]

Saw the Met Opera HD broadcast yesterday and this was superb.

[@cristianfreisz7824]

Me too. It exceeded my imagination. (Argentina, Buenos Aires)

[@severalgotthatname6356]

Me too (Tübingen, Germany)

[@jacobhunter]

go off golda! can’t wait to go see this in october! ❤️

[@liamgnzlz5156]

I went to this! She did so well and so did the rest of the cast!

[@paulahong6325]

Pkkklkpopp

[@andreabersoza2588]

Besides her amazing voive obviously the set is insane I love it so much

[@archiebrooksjr6917]

Just so beautiful thank you young lady

[@susisg3187]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

[@miles5019]

so beautifully composed

[@MyLife-wf7qd]

yes miles i agree

[@mimismomentsshorts8423]

i thought that aswell

[@mbr9163]

^

[@charlesanderson4028]

I know this song but never heard this version... crazy I want to see the musical now

[@maureenoneill2847]

Writ re bedminister Pennsylvania. It's a wonderful life to find this acknowledgement to see you again over The howling again

[@fabiancool539]

It is so deep this song I am. Crying

[@maureenoneill2847]

A star is born with a powerful voice by Broadway

[@ГалинаДашкова-г4ж]

Невероятное удовольствие слушать этот чудесный голос!

[@chungolino1757]

Tu made por si acaso

[@Bitz00.]

same

[@onlyJ27]

Omg she is so amazing...

[@romelwilliams4649]

I’m going to see this next week!!! I can’t wait!!!

[@millyherzog4640]

Simply stunning! ❤️🤗

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Madame Price owns this aria, I'm so glad I heard her sing it twice in concert 1975. & 1985 what a voice. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@abbylayne7512]

Here because Ray Chen plays this piece in his album "The Golden Age." I needed to hear the original :)

[@carolinapw9386]

Wonderful! ❤️

[@laurensaul24]

Beautiful voice☺️

[@andremoreira2674]

She is gorgeous...all the ways.

[@maureenoneill2847]

Tracy those beads are bdellium gallant south on maureen

[@rosy3385]

Air magnifique et superbement chanté !

[@seyliadups45]

Je confirme 👌

[@sheilaclemett4353]

Can't wait to see this next week!

[@LiliyaSholomey]

Amazing !!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nardakarinnamunozsuarez7458]

Brava, brava, brava!!!!

[@gabriellz84]

Cómo se llama la soprano?

[@marialisduarte1223]

Maravillosa gran artista .

[@sheismymom]

incredible

[@Ahornaiya]

I would love to see this live

[@lynnezahra2323]

Beautiful voice

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

George Gershwin was probably America's greatest composer of the 20th century. Virgil Thomson didn't like this opera and back in the day people actually listened to him as if he actually knew anything. He, himself, was a second rate composer and a bigot. This aria is so wonderful it has been recorded by almost every singer who ever lived. "Bess You Is My Woman Now" is one of the greatest operatic duets of all time. How important is this opera? Just let the music speak for itself. Check back with me in a hundred years.

[@thomasbussen]

Absolutely amazing what Janis Joplin did with this song, thank you George Gershwin for the masterpiece and inspiration

[@maureenoneill2847]

The 4 are spindle cabinet table's

[@GeorgetteFarrugiaSacco]

Beautiful voice what is the name of the singer

[@yuedianalice2868]

Golda Schultz

[@PhiTheSimp]

My voice teacher has me singing this cause she knows I can get these notes easy. My parents hate opera and I like basically anything with a beat😂

[@UhXam]

Love the wardrobe

[@JamesSchultz-gb5if]

Is there a Louis Armstrong version of Pogue ?

[@maureenoneill2847]

Check ceiling light like guards check for where they throw a light to check

[@marjanbuzink1434]

No I was not sent to but remember from my music teacher in the past. I have send it again to my bonus grandchild named after me in Cameroon. I hope she will enjoy.

[@last9bars]

sublime - to say the very least

[@Juicycouturebubblegumwhore]

Whatchu mean?

[@schatze78]

@@Juicycouturebubblegumwhore old comment, I know. The performance is sublime, and that's putting it mildly. Awe inspiring, grand, powerful. With great, usually operatic, performances people will often describe it as being sublime. I've usually only heard it used when people speak of opera or a breathtakingly beautiful woman.

[@damonberry9123]

@@schatze78 so this wasn't supposed to be a joke

[@noducksaloud7554]

@@damonberry9123 not at all a joke. Something being sublime is one of the highest compliments a person can say. It's the same word in English as well as all the romantic languages.

[@summerclubs9064]

Shiver me timbers!

[@aryellepcadet7844]

I sang this song 4 years ago

[@maureenoneill2847]

The contract is already acknowledged once again in Philadelphia for the betterment inclusiveness since the days of Paul Revere ride 18 apr 75

[@icarusfallen6326]

Seeing it tomorrow w/ my school

[@joaovictorg.mattos7651]

very impressive, i only knew the Fitzgerald version of this music, and recently i discover this ópera

[@barrysimon7187]

She probably is saving her voice during a dress rehearsal and so isn't doing the high notes. BUT that baby in her arms just doesn't work in close-up. And the clothing is a bit too new as if it was just picked up from the cleaners. However, I can't wait to see the broadcast.

[@MrTrackman100]

While I'm ready to criticize you for noticing a trivial matter like that baby, yet I must agree with you that it was an unnecessary oversight to have such an absurdly unrealistic image of it. Look like a small limp bundle of towels. (I just saw the HD telecast and thought that right off--small detail but still??)

[@TwinMillMC]

Oh sure Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess! Everybody knows Porgy and Bess!

[@mercedescontrerasturandot]

Soy una adicta a la temporada que retrasmiten en el cinema gracias

[@bb-ig4kk]

3. 포기와 베스 - Summertime

[@aliciarenee9737]

Beautiful ❤

[@ruudversteege2868]

I am Dutch and not a fan of musicals at all. but some pieces of music from, for example, Aspects of love, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera are not ordinary pieces of music but pure art. Just like this fantastic song, often performed by other artists, sometimes with a pop sauce, nevertheless fantastic even with a pop sauce.

[@knitted_sweater_near_fireplace]

Ukrainian lullaby "Ой ходить сон" inspired the composer to write this, his parents were from Odesa

[@oldbeatpete]

hmmmmm..........

[@u_charls_u]

Doy gracias a mi profesor de historia de la música, un grande aunque no me acuerdo de su nombre y eso q fue el año pasado, ahora tengo nostalgia del conservatorio, pero decidí este mismo verano dejarlo a pesar de haber estudiado durante 10 años, un error, no lo creo, pero la nostalgia y la pena me hacen añorarlo

[@maureenoneill2847]

It's those yellow shores of Normandy ticket's by those lemon pipers route's prospectus See's by fortune pursuits

[@maureenoneill2847]

Bess it was July just before the American revolution just before our Paul Revere ride's

[@normankenny]

Yes! can't wait to see you, you are tops...

[@maureenoneill2847]

It appears one pocket with third stage of man tailed trimmings challenge of our Farmers rotations or our Homeownership policy

[@maureenoneill2847]

They put me in a the time machine to write to you re the worlf between us by howl's moving castle by those stranger's kidnapped era's

[@douja3001]

J adore❤❤❤

[@markcollins1497]

I always have to come back to the more or less original composition/orchestration (i’m sure this is not absolutely true to the original, but I’m definitely getting some piquancy here) to get to the richness of this tune. So many almost colorless versions out there. That’s what happens to chestnuts I guess…

[@roselynmclean5321]

🙏🙏

[@cecilyerker]

This opera only matters when it’s performed completely intact. None of this “The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess” Broadway dumbing down.

[@asdfopera7661]

@Bravo Luca it's not just a teaser because it was sung the same way on opening night. furthermore, there were several other cuts made.

[@andrewkohler3707]

About thirty minutes of music is cut out from this production. :-( And they didn't change the Detective's racist lines back to what they're supposed to be. Sigh.

[@psforrest1]

@Bravo Luca I think Cecily was referring to the Broadway production last year.

[@roselynmclean5321]

🙏

[@thesistersquad5789]

Can't believe this is in English

[@concettalanteri9978]

Very. Beutiful song

[@paulaltenberger1908]

cool

[@elladayze7956]

Pov your music teacher told you to watch this

[@skellyalejo988]

I just search for another song but this is not bad ^u^

[@maureenoneill2847]

Bess re bedminister Pennsylvania. I got your reading by marsena seedtime and harvest farmers almanac to Sadie Hawkins

[@russedav5]

Golda is right, but without the a, solid GOLD. Gershwin would have been thrilled.

[@mimismomentsshorts8423]

i thought it was pog

[@maureenoneill2847]

Philadelphia had already called told me when by history hexes tonite I ride again

[@maureenoneill2847]

Thinking about as the World turns by our universalism should be included

[@maureenoneill2847]

Please show by stagecoach the display apron by third stage of man by pickpocketing. Would you Maureen have already acknowledged by homeowners farmers insurance. Our cue cards by household's would be the grinchiest naughtiest precedence proceedings thing or item

[@joshuallave440]

Darcy Lynne brought me here!

[@jammydodger8242]

listen to this at 0.25 playback speed the singer sounds like a police siren

[@podle8568]

Prasica!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MAYAMAYA-pq3zv]

🌺

[@maureenoneill2847]

Bess relay to Margie and Sarah Ferguson teams. I found our BCE. They are shoremen area next to Soho by Dr jeckyl and Mr Hyde. It's Fortune give me five minutes Beckett's alcoves. I'm a strategic arms driver BCE Dr Livingston presumptuous heuristic shoremans build

[@maureenoneill2847]

It show marroni idea tailed. I did get that one for watts line even for seditious understanding but really was he went after me over they stole scholarshipd again

[@angelawhitehouse8066]

Baby is a bit odd. Couldn't they afford a bigger doll ?

[@quill444]

Yeah, that baby is 'suss' . . . it looks like an early, cordless model . . . - j q t -

[@maureenoneill2847]

It's the land she speaks where she's the beauty holdings so she's the richer courtiers. But I check Pennsylvania I have the beauty incline by conservative. They do give it to me I have the prints on the Wall

[@maureenoneill2847]

I just know those men are embarrassed by where they laid. Their money down to get caught by our adversaries the Arizona ship

[@maureenoneill2847]

Would it be as the world turns. Where their house of sticks updates by bloke and flute treat us like outcastes fore the clarinet and saxophone

[@darianmccrackin3308]

Isn't there supposed to be a high note at the end??????

[@oldbeatpete]

yes

[@zachnzxt7203]

Where are the high notes?

[@nancydegener9438]

Probably in the actual performance (this was a rehearsal).

[@andrewkohler3707]

I missed the first part of the broadcast of opening night, but a friend told me she didn't do the high B, to my surprise. That high B isn't in any written source, but Anne Brown (the original Bess) sang it when she did the version of "Summertime" that occurs here in Act I. But hey, at least we get that grace note on "fish are jumpin'," which is part of the new definitive performance edition. :-)

[@tntbandit5]

She might be singing Gershwins original version which did not include high notes like the high one at the end!

[@elbear2434]

pov: you're singing teacher sent you

[@EPA18]

Don't like it. Listen to the 1977 Houston Grand Opera version on KZbin. This is too rushed.

[@maureenoneill2847]

Dick Tracy ray this is the display apron arts one pocket then tail it left to where you're married to get money but I was married in a family anyways and married in Pennsylvania pledges youn by savannah it on the matrixed by young sister