Henry Davis, was an American Broadway actor and singer, he created the role of Robbins in George Gershwin's opera, titled what?
Henry Davis (performer) Henry Davis (1886 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. – April 1, 1946 New York, New York, U.S.) was an American Broadway actor and singer. He created the role of Robbins in Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" and appeared on Broadway stages between 1900 and 1942.
Gallantry (opera) Gallantry is a one act opera by composer Douglas Moore. The work is a parody of soap opera, complete with sung commercial interruptions. The work uses an English language libretto by Arnold Sundgaard. The opera premiered in a double bill with Dominick Argento's "The Boor" on March 19, 1958, in New York City at the now-destroyed Brander Matthews Theater on 117th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive. It was presented by the Columbia University School of Music with a student cast. It has subsequently been staged by several other university opera theatre programs in the United States and Canada, including UCLA (1958, 1974, and 1994), Immaculate Heart College (1968), Goucher College (1969), the University of Michigan (1978), the University of Toronto (1988), San Diego State University (1989), Pepperdine University (1990), Wilfrid Laurier University (1992), the University of Arizona (1995), George Washington University (1999), and the University of Wisconsin (2003) among others. The University of Southern California toured the opera to the Netherlands in 1968.