Everyman Opera Company sings Spirituals!

Led by Choirmaster Joseph Crawford, here are members of the Everyman Opera Company performing five negro spirituals. From a European recording in 1953. The Everyman Opera Company was founded by Robert Breen and Blevins Davis. The Company’s tour of Porgy and Bess in 1955/56 was the first American theater group to perform in Russia since the Revolution in 1917. The specific singers are unidentified on this recording. The tours featured such names Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Maya Angelou, Cab Calloway, and LeVern Hutcherson. I. In That Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’ 0:02 II. It’s Me, Oh, Lord 2:24 III. Poor Mourner’s Got A Home (No Harm) 3:59 IV. The Old Ark’s A Moving 6:27 V. Scandalize My Name 8:48 Link to my Hutcherson playlist: