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Online opera guide and synopsis to Weill’s and Brecht’s THREEPENNY OPERA

The genesis of the Threepenny Opera was dramatic. Everyone expected a failure. But the premiere on August 31, 1928 became an unexpected triumphant success and made Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht all of a sudden famous. Weill’s melodies became popular and the work was performed 10.000 times alone in the first 5 years.

 

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The Portrait of Kurt Weill’s and Bertold Brecht’s song MACK THE KNIFE

Read Interesting facts and hear great YouTube Videos about the famous Aria “MACK THE KNIFE“.

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