Todd Duncan sang in the opening production of Porgy and Bess in nineteen thirty-five.

托德·邓肯在1935年《波吉与贝丝》的首演中演唱。

And he wrote what many consider to be the most beautiful American opera, Porgy and Bess.

他还创作了《波吉与贝丝》，很多人认为这是最优美的美国歌剧。

Todd Duncan said he would have to hear Porgy and Bess. He did. Then he accepted the part of Porgy.

托德·邓肯表示他得先听听《波吉与贝丝》。他听了。然后他接受了波吉这个角色。

His best films include The Little Foxes, The Best Years of Our Lives and Porgy and Bess. His movies received many Academy Awards.

他最好的电影包括《小狐狸》、《黄金时代》以及《波吉和贝丝》。他的电影获得过很多奥斯卡奖。

When he played " Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, the people of Philadelphia felt that it was the most thrilling music they had ever heard.

当他吹奏“波姬和贝丝”中的那首“夏日”时，费城人都觉得那是他们所听过的最令人心动的音乐。

At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work, Porgy and Bess.

当时，美国著名的音乐作家乔治·格什温正在寻找一个人在他的新作品《波吉与贝丝》中担任主角。

Sadly, George Gershwin himself never lived long enough to see the opera Porgy and Bess become popular.

可悲的是，乔治·格什温 (George Gershwin) 本人也没能活到看到歌剧《波吉与贝丝》流行起来的时候。

The opera Porgy and Bess is based on a book called Porgy, written by a man named Hayward.

歌剧《波吉与贝丝》改编自一本名为波吉的书，作者是一位名叫海沃德的人。

And recently, I attended the estate sale of " Porgy and Bess's" Etta Moten Barnett, she had the famous contralto voice.

最近，我参加了“Porgy and Bess”的 Etta Moten Barnett 的房产拍卖，她有著名的女低音。

But they were able to capture, many people say, the cultural elements of that city and express it in this opera, Porgy and Bess.

但许多人说，他们能够捕捉到那个城市的文化元素，并将其表现在这部歌剧《波吉与贝丝》中。

Nevertheless, by the 1950s and '60s, Porgy and Bess was considered the first great American opera, one of the best operas written in the twentieth century in the United States.

尽管如此，到了 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代，《波吉与贝丝》被认为是美国第一部伟大的歌剧， 是 20 世纪美国最好的歌剧之一。

ALICE WINKLER: The jobs she did go on to have, by the 1950s, included singing in a nightclub, acting in the European tour of Porgy and Bess, dancing with Alvin Ailey on television, and recording an album called Calypso Lady.

到20世纪50年代，她的工作包括在夜总会唱歌，在欧洲巡回演出《波姬与贝丝》，在电视上与艾尔文·艾莉共舞，以及录制名为《卡里普索夫人》的专辑。

Porgy and Bess is an opera that tells the story of the group of blacks, of African Americans, living in the state of South Carolina – in Charleston, South Carolina – in 1930.

Porgy and Bess 是一部歌剧，讲述了 1930 年生活在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的一群黑人、非裔美国人的故事。