Take their word for it! The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is a must-see at the Met this winter. | The Metropolitan Opera

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