Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Adam Kertesz, 69, an academic who was in the audience for Saturday’s premiere, said he was unfamiliar with the opera’s historical context. I saw the 1983 production of ‘Porgy’ here. The singers blackened their faces, but I didn’t know what that meant in the U.S.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2018 04:41 UTC