The chorus, while sitting in Serena's room, believes Death is "...knocking at the door" when one main character is sick, while in Act I, Jake sings "A Woman is a Sometime Thing.
In Act II, Scene 2, a character sings an aria criticizing the Bible, which leads another character's wife to sing "Shame on all you sinners!" The chorus, while sitting in Serena's room, believes Death is "...knocking at the door" when one main character is sick, while in Act I, Jake sings "A Woman is a Sometime Thing." The song "Gone, Gone, Gone" is sung after Robbins is killed in a fight after a craps game with Sportin' Life, and at one point, the titular cripple tells the other title character, "you is my woman now." For 10 points, what is this opera opening with the lullaby "Summertime," set on Catfish Row with music by George Gershwin?
In Act II, Scene 2, a character sings an aria criticizing the Bible, which leads another character's wife to sing "Shame on all you sinners!"
Porgy and Bess