George Gershwin's Journey To Opera

George Gershwin’s first musical job was playing piano at a Catskills Mountains resort. His journey from these beginnings to his opera, Porgy and Bess, is a fascinating one, and includes his great symphonic works, Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. Explore how he grew from a Tin Pan Alley song ‘plugger’ to a great operatic composer.