- Music By:
- George Gershwin
- Unknown:
- Dubose Heyward
- Unknown:
- Ira Gershwin
- Leader:
- David Nolan
- Conducted By:
- Simon Rattle
- Porgy, a crippled beggar:
- Willard White (bass-Baritone)
- Crown, a brutish, heavy-drinking stevedore:
- Gregg Baker (baritone)
- Bess, his girlfriend and later Porgy's:
- Cynthia Haymon (soprano)
- Sportin' Life, a drug-pusher:
- Damon Evans (tenor)
- Robbins, a fisherman:
- Johnny Worthy (tenor)
- Serena, his wife:
- Cynthia Clarey (soprano)
- Jake, another fisherman:
- Bruce Hubbard (baritone)
- Clara, his wife:
- Harolyn Blackwell (soprano)
- Maria, her neighbour:
- Marietta Simpson (contralto)
- Peter, the honeyman:
- Mervin Wallace (tenor)
- Lily, his wife:
- Dorothy Ross (mezzo-Soprano)
- Undertaker:
- Autris Paige (baritone)
- Lawyer Frazier:
- William Johnson (baritone)
- Mingo:
- Barrington Coleman (tenor)
- Crabman:
- Colenton Freeman (tenor)
- Strawberry woman:
- Maureen Brathwaite (mezzo-Sop)
