Porgy and Bess in Wien
Viewers interested in modern Documentary, Music cinema often explore Porgy and Bess in Wien because of its cast, story direction, and audience popularity.
Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually unknown short film documents the first stop on what would become a four-year US State Department–sponsored tour of the Everyman Opera Company's production of the Gershwin-Heyward opera Porgy and Bess.