The large crowd scenes that were so essential to the work in the War Memorial Opera House lose a little of their luster from far away, and each time the camera comes in tight on a character, it’s hard to avoid the feeling that real life and big things are happening just offscreen. In this account, the world of Catfish Row -the fictional welter of shacks and shanties set along the South Carolina coastline - is depicted in all its kaleidoscopic variety.Īs a result, the production’s transition to the small screen doesn’t always show it at its most vital (PBS will air a live recording that was released in March on DVD and Blu-ray). Davison, focused on the public aspects of “Porgy,” and in particular the ways in which the piece’s creators (George and Ira Gershwin, along with Dorothy and DuBose Heyward) set out to craft a portrait of an entire community.
Zambello’s staging, with big, open sets by Peter J.
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