Alyson Cambridge, who portrays Clara in "Porgy and Bess" with the Washington National Opera 3/20-4/3, says its music is part of her "DNA". Photo by Dario Acosta. Courtesy of Alyson Cambridge and Washington National Opera
- Alyson Cambridge, who portrays Clara in "Porgy and Bess" with the Washington National Opera 3/20-4/3, says its music is part of her "DNA". Photo by Dario Acosta. Courtesy of Alyson Cambridge and Washington National Opera
- Alyson Cambridge, as Clara, sings "Summertime". The soprano says "Porgy" does not portray stereotypes, but a "little slice of African American life." Its production 75 years ago was a "huge milestone in our history." Photo by Karin Cooper for Washington National Opera
- Cambridge, who grew up in the Washington suburb of Arlington, VA, studied at DC's prestigious Levine School of Music and Sidwell Friends School. Photo by Dario Acosta. Courtesy of Alyson Cambridge and Washington National Opera
- Doors are wide open for Cambridge, who balances her very busy opera tour with her recital tour, including the one-woman opera/song cycle "The Diary of Sally Hemings" about Thomas Jefferson's famed slave and lover.
Photo by Dario Acosta. Courtesy of Alyson Cambridge and Washington National Opera
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