Baritone Lawrence Craig as Sportin' Life in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Kevin Moreno as Jake and soprano Nicole Jenkins as Clara in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Timothy Robert Blevins as Crown, baritone Lawrence Craig as Sportin' Life, soprano Kearstin Piper Brown as Bess, baritone Eric McKeever as Robbins and tenor Carlos Clanton as Nelson/Crab Man in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown as Bess, baritone Timothy Robert Blevins as Crown, baritone Greg Gardner as Jim, baritone Lawrence Craig as Sportin' Life, tenor Carlos Clanton as Nelson, baritone Charles Jason Freeman as Mingo and baritone Michael Redding as Porgy in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Greg Gardner as Jim, tenor Carlos Clanton as Nelson/Crab Man, baritone Timothy Robert Blevins as Crown, tenor Andri M. Gowens as Peter (the Honeyman), baritone Michael Redding as Porgy, baritone Kevin Moreno as Jake, baritone Charles Jason Freeman as Mingo and principal male singer/dancer Darius Crenshaw in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Eric McKeever as Robbins and soprano Aundi Marie Moore as Serena in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Michael Redding as Porgy in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Mezzo-soprano Linda Thompson Williams as Mario and baritone Lawrence Craig as Sportin' Life in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Principal female singer/dancer April Nixon in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.

Baritone Timothy Robert Blevins as Crown and soprano Kearstin Piper Brown as Bess in Virginia Opera’s production of the Gershwins' “Porgy and Bess”.