Porgy and Bess was the first major opera to center Black life… but it’s complicated. It was both a milestone and a mirror. As it enters the public domain, we have to ask: who gets to tell the story of Black life on the opera stage? What do you think? | Babatunde Hip Hopera

Make sure to watch the Met’s Grammy Award–winning production of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (recorded live in 2019)—available for free on Met Opera on Demand for the entire month of February as part of the Met’s celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth. Learn more: bit.ly/3DIzy7P Maestro David Robertson conducts James Robinson’s vibrant production, which features bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles, alongside sopranos Golda Schultz and Latonia Moore, mezzo-soprano Denyc