Just ran across this stunning photo of Elisabeth Hauptmann in the latest edition of the Kurt Weill Newsletter, which pays tribute to her as “the spark that ignited The Threepenny Opera.” I thought, “Wow, Leonie Benesch could play her”—then discovered she has, in 2019’s BRECHT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERESA!!! The Kurt Weill Foundation sends its warmest greetings to our great friend Teresa Stratas. As Lotte Lenya said herself: “You are the one, Teresa!”

Something unprecedented happened last week at the 25th Lenya Competition for young singer-actors, administered by the The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: The jury unanimously agreed to give first prize to 3 performers, Taylor-Alexis DuPont, Ryan Johnson, and Nyla Watson. americantheatre.org/2023/05/04/25t…

The 2022/23 season promises an enticing selection of new productions, important revivals, and special synergies. Read more here.
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Broadway maven Peter Filichia adds fresh insight to our celebration of the 75th anniversary of Street Scene in his appreciation of the current issue of the KW Newsletter. masterworksbroadway.com/blog/weill-awa…

Yes Man? Not what you could call either Kurt Weill or Bertolt Brecht, whose Der Jasager was premiered in Berlin #OTD in 1930.
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Lahav Shani conducts two symphonies from the 1930s – Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 2 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 – in his next recording as Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Phil. 📣 Now available for pre-order!

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Kim Kowalke (president The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music) explains the issues important to him in putting the opera together. Since Weill left no def. version, there are questions which can only be answered with the help of profound knowledge of Mahagonny’s perform. history.
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In the ⁦The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music⁩’s annual Lotte Lenya Competition, Amanda Sheriff took home the first prize, Ruth Acheampong and Katrina Galka each claimed a second prize and Jeremy Weiss was placed third.

NEWS: The Seven Deadly Sins is back — stream on OperaVision next Friday (available for six months on demand)!

LUST-ing after this 'exceptional' ★★★★★ (@TheStage) production of Kurt Weill's sung ballet, filmed in Nov 2020? Find out more » bit.ly/OVSevenDeadlyS…

“I seem to have a very strong reaction in the awareness of the suffering of underprivileged people—of the oppressed, the persecuted… when the music involved human suffering, it is, for better or worse, pure Weill.” Kurt Weill, born 2 March 1900. #kurtweill

Today we would like to draw attention to a selection of his works, focusing on smaller arrangements. Weill’s approach to stage works often allowed for, as he said himself, ‘concert and theatrical possibilities on an equal basis.’

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Lady in the Dark shines brilliantly Volksoper Wien. #kurtweill #broadway #opera Read the critical raves here: kwf.org/news/lady-in-t…

Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes’s Street Scene and Marc Blitzstein’s Regina: “pavers on the path to true American classical music.” John McWhorter #broadway #opera

Big night at the Volksoper in Vienna: Kurt Weill’s innovative Lady in the Dark in first preview. Matthias Davids directs and James Holmes conducts. Julia Koci stars. #kurtweill #volksoperwien kwf.org/news/lady-in-t…

Superstar director Barrie Kosky: “Weill is as important to the development of musical theater as Wagner.” Read the full interview in the Kurt Weill Newsletter.
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The KWF joins the world in mourning Stephen Sondheim, the greatest collaborative dramatist in the American musical theater. Grateful for the legacy of his works, gifts to treasure for generations to come. #sondheim

#OnThisDay Lotte Lenya originates the role of Fräulein Schneider in the musical Cabaret on #Broadway in 1966. Lenya remains in the cast for most of its three-year run and is nominated for a Tony Award (Best Actress in a Musical) in 1967. 🍍 #LotteLenya #musical #theatre #Cabaret

#OnThisDay Weill's first #Broadway production, Johnny Johnson, opened in 1936. The show's anti-war themes still address today's dilemmas and it contains some of the most dramatically compelling and colorfully orchestrated music that #KurtWeill ever wrote. #theatre

#OnThisDay Lotte Lenya is inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. Other inductees include Laurence Olivier, Harold Arlen, Lillian Gish, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. #LotteLenya #theatre