[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #4079, aired 2002-05-02 [PAR] Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brad 
Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, .... George Gershwin personally 
asked Howard University voice professor Todd Duncan to originate this title role... [DOC] [TLE] Todd Duncan - Wikipedia [PAR] Occupation(s), opera singer, actor, professor. Years active, 19331983. Robert 
Todd Duncan (February 12, 1903  February 28, 1998) was an American 
baritone ... Duncan was George Gershwin's personal choice as the first performer 
of the ... Duncan taught voice at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for more 
than fifty... [DOC] [TLE] Todd Duncan Biography | Afrocentric Voices in "Classical" Music [PAR] In a 1995 interview, Duncan was asked about his relationship with his mother ... 
Duncan joined the faculty at Howard University as a voice teacher in 1930. ... 
Downes recommended Duncan to composer George Gershwin, who was 
seeking .... 1946 also saw Duncan's return to the title role in Porgy and Bess, this 
time with... [DOC] [TLE] Opera singer Todd Duncan in 1930, photographed by ... - Pinterest [PAR] In 1935, Mr. Duncan was selected by George Gershwin to originate the role of 
Porgy ... He was handsome! xoxo The first Porgy was singer and Howard 
University voice professor Todd Duncan, who ...... Title: African American woman, 
studio portrait. ...... Kennedy #history JFK was the President who said "Ask not 
what your... [DOC] [TLE] Opera singer Todd Duncan in 1930, photographed by ... - Pinterest [PAR] In 1935, Mr. Duncan was selected by George Gershwin to originate the role of 
Porgy ... The first Porgy was singer and Howard University voice professor Todd 
Duncan, .... Kennedy #history JFK was the President who said "Ask not what your 
...... a significant role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws, which earned him the title
... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about OPERA - StudyStack [PAR] GEORGE GERSHWIN PERSONALLY ASKED HOWARD UNIVERSITY VOICE 
PROFESSOR TODD DUNCAN TO ORIGINATE THIS TITLE ROLE, PORGY. [DOC] [TLE] Todd Duncan | Biography & History | AllMusic [PAR] Find Todd Duncan biography and history on AllMusic - Todd Duncan was one ... 
actor and teacher, best remembered for originating the role of Porgy in Porgy And 
Bess. ... Opera, and also the original Porgy in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
. ... University, before joining the music department faculty at Howard University... [DOC] [TLE] after 50 years, 'porgy' comes to the met as a certified classic [PAR] Feb 3, 1985 ... When George Gershwin's ''Porgy and Bess'' opened at the Alvin ... with Simon 
Estes and Grace Bumbry in the title roles, is a certifiable ... Todd Duncan, the 
original Porgy, added: ''What George said was ... I thought about my parents, who 
lived in Baltimore, and my sisters, who went to Howard University. [DOC] [TLE] Todd Duncan, Anne Brown " Bess, You is My Woman" Original ... [PAR] Apr 27, 2010 - 5 min - Uploaded by bsgs98George Gershwin's "American Folk Opera" Porgy and Bess opened on ... Todd Duncan and ... [DOC] [TLE] Welcome home, Porgy and Bess and Duke Ellington star Sumayya Ali [PAR] Dec 24, 2013 ... When I asked Ali how she felt about opening the show with that famous ... The 
history begins with George Gershwin and his musical ambitions. ... Todd Duncan 
was the original actor to play Porgy, in New York and on a ... Duncan, in addition 
to his performing career, was a Howard University professor. [DOC] [TLE] Anne Brown Archives | Black Women in Europe  Blog [PAR] Jul 22, 2008 ... Health & Personal Care ... I discovered that George Gershwin was searching for 
singers, both ... later I had a call from his secretary asking me to come for an 
audition ... Bess's role grew to the point that Brown suggested to Gershwin that 
... Todd Duncan, was on the music faculty at Howard University and... [DOC] [TLE] Here - livingartsnyc.com [PAR] George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin. General .....

Question: George Gershwin personally asked Howard University voice professor Todd Duncan to originate this title role
Answer: Porgy