Porgy and Bess

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"Porgy and Bess" appearances by year

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Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
Sung first by Clara, not by either title character, "Summertime & the livin' is easy" in this 20th century opera	Porgy and Bess DD	$5,000	DJ	OPERA SONGS	2021-02-26	#8345
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" & "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" are arias in the opera about this title couple	Porgy & Bess	$800	DJ	OPERA LOVERS	2012-06-15	#6400
"I got plenty o' nuttin'"--I'm not complaining, I'm quoting a song from this American opera	Porgy and Bess	$1,200	DJ	OPERA 101	2007-04-30	#5221
1935 American opera whose final scene features the following	Porgy and Bess DD	$600	DJ	THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY	1998-05-04	#3161
A crap game on Catfish Row turns deadly when Crown kills Robbins with a cotton-hook in this opera	Porgy & Bess	$400	DJ	MORE OPERATIC DEMISES	1998-04-01	#3138
A buzzard flies overhead & inspires the cast of this Gershwin opera to sing "The Buzzard Song"	Porgy and Bess	$600	DJ	OPERA	1997-02-14	#2875
Jake sings "A Woman is a Sometime Thing" in the first scene of this Gershwin opera	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA CHARACTERS	1996-05-20	#2711
A lodge picnic on Kittiwah Island is the setting for Act II, Scene 2 of this Gershwin opera	Porgy and Bess	$200	J	OPERA	1995-07-17	#2521
It was the first opera by a U.S.-born composer performed at La Scala	Porgy and Bess		FJ	OPERA	1995-04-24	#2461
Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA	1994-11-22	#2352
"The Buzzard Song" in this Gershwin opera never achieved the same popularity as "Summertime"	Porgy and Bess	$1,000	DJ	OPERA	1994-02-15	#2182
This Gershwin opera was not performed at the Met until 1985	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA	1991-10-30	#1648
Act I of this opera opens on Catfish Row, a section of Charleston, South Carolina	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA	1991-09-16	#1616
Encyclopedia Americana calls this Gershwin work "the first truly successful American opera"	Porgy and Bess	$600	DJ	OPERA	1991-02-11	#1491
Gershwin opera in which Sportin' Life sings "It Ain't Necessarily So"	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA	1990-04-26	#1314
This 1935 opera's libretto was co-written by DuBose Heyward, who wrote the novel that inspired it	Porgy and Bess DD	$4,000	DJ	OPERA	1988-11-23	#973
If you hear "It Ain't Necessarily So", you are necessarily hearing music from this opera	Porgy and Bess	$200	DJ	OPERA	1988-09-20	#927
"Summertime" is a lullaby sung at the beginning of this Gershwin opera	Porgy and Bess	$200	J	EASY OPERA	1987-02-26	#579

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

Sung first by Clara, not by either title character, "Summertime & the livin' is easy" in this 20th century opera

Porgy and Bess DD

$5,000

OPERA SONGS

2021-02-26

#8345

"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" & "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" are arias in the opera about this title couple

Porgy & Bess

$800

OPERA LOVERS

2012-06-15

#6400

"I got plenty o' nuttin'"--I'm not complaining, I'm quoting a song from this American opera

Porgy and Bess

$1,200

OPERA 101

2007-04-30

#5221

1935 American opera whose final scene features the following

Porgy and Bess DD

$600

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY

1998-05-04

#3161

A crap game on Catfish Row turns deadly when Crown kills Robbins with a cotton-hook in this opera

Porgy & Bess

$400

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES

1998-04-01

#3138

A buzzard flies overhead & inspires the cast of this Gershwin opera to sing "The Buzzard Song"

Porgy and Bess

$600

OPERA

1997-02-14

#2875

Jake sings "A Woman is a Sometime Thing" in the first scene of this Gershwin opera

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA CHARACTERS

1996-05-20

#2711

A lodge picnic on Kittiwah Island is the setting for Act II, Scene 2 of this Gershwin opera

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1995-07-17

#2521

It was the first opera by a U.S.-born composer performed at La Scala

Porgy and Bess

OPERA

1995-04-24

#2461

Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1994-11-22

#2352

"The Buzzard Song" in this Gershwin opera never achieved the same popularity as "Summertime"

Porgy and Bess

$1,000

OPERA

1994-02-15

#2182

This Gershwin opera was not performed at the Met until 1985

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1991-10-30

#1648

Act I of this opera opens on Catfish Row, a section of Charleston, South Carolina

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1991-09-16

#1616

Encyclopedia Americana calls this Gershwin work "the first truly successful American opera"

Porgy and Bess

$600

OPERA

1991-02-11

#1491

Gershwin opera in which Sportin' Life sings "It Ain't Necessarily So"

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1990-04-26

#1314

This 1935 opera's libretto was co-written by DuBose Heyward, who wrote the novel that inspired it

Porgy and Bess DD

$4,000

OPERA

1988-11-23

#973

If you hear "It Ain't Necessarily So", you are necessarily hearing music from this opera

Porgy and Bess

$200

OPERA

1988-09-20

#927

"Summertime" is a lullaby sung at the beginning of this Gershwin opera

Porgy and Bess

$200

EASY OPERA

1987-02-26

#579