For aeons, this work was known as Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, just as you would say Verdi's LA TRAVIATA, or Puccini's LA BOHEME.
I'm not so sure. We really don't usually attach the composer's name to the opera. Most people wouldn't say "I'm going to see Puccini's La Boheme," they'd say "I'm going to see La Boheme" or even "I'm going to see Boheme." Obviously advertisements/programs etc will include the composer's name, but again, not always as part of the actual title.
I'd say that these works are generally known as Porgy And Bess, (La) Traviata, and (La) Boheme. Period.
The McNally play is The Lisbon Traviata, not The Lisbon Verdi's La Traviata. ;-) Much less McNally's The Lisbon Verdi's La Traviata. ;-) |
