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Anne Brown, Soprano Who Was Gershwin's Bess, is Dead at 96

Anne Brown, a penetratingly pure soprano who literally put the Bess in “Porgy and Bess” by inspiring George Gershwin to expand the character’s part in a folk opera that was originally to be called “Porgy,” died Friday in Oslo. She was 96. Her daughter Paula Schjelderup announced the death. “Porgy and Bess” burst onto the American ...


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