Zambello can eloquently make mince-meat of that notion, one held dearly by groups she calls “opera snobs.” The challenge is largely one of perception - the popular idea that “Porgy and Bess” isn’t really an opera in the classical opera-devotee sense, but that it belongs in the Broadway musical category. It’s also a challenge for acclaimed, risk-taking director Francesca Zambello, for whom “Porgy and Bess” was one of those projects she always wanted to take on, and one that she’s now done several times.
That’s the challenge and the alluring gifts contained in “Porgy and Bess,” George Gershwin’s quintessentially American opera that kicks off the latter part of the Washington National Opera’s 2009-2010 season this spring.
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