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Kurt Weill’s *The Threepenny Opera* (Op. 9) is a landmark German operetta composed in 1928. It reimagines Gay's *Beggar's Opera*, establishing itself as a significant work of the Weimar Republic. The opera’s blend of jazz and classical elements, combined with its cynical portrayal of urban life and...
Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) is a 1933 ballet chanté composed by Kurt Weill with a libretto by Bertolt Brecht. The work premiered in Paris and tells the story of Anna, a character split into two facets: a pragmatic singer (Anna I) and an emotional dancer (Anna II), as they travel thr...
Der Silbersee is a 1933 play with music by Kurt Weill and playwright Georg Kaiser, notable as a major work suppressed shortly after the Nazi rise to power.
Mahagonny Songspiel is a 1927 stage work by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht that served as an early prototype for their full opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
