The Threepenny Opera
BY BERTOLT BRECHT (TEXT)
AND KURT WEILL (MUSIC)
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF ELISABETH HAUPTMANN
GERMAN | GERMAN SURTITLES
Performance rights: Suhrkamp Verlag AG Berlin
This shark has a bite. Brecht and Weill’s songs still spark punchlines today. Her texts expose human depths. They hold up a mirror to us and raise questions: Who are the real gangsters in society? Who prostitutes themselves for whom? Who or what is really “poor”? “First comes the food, then comes the morale”. Does morality even come after eating? Brecht was 30 years old when he wrote his opera critical of capitalism and, together with Weill’s cross-genre compositions of tango, jazz, blues elements and fairground music, landed one of the greatest theatrical successes of the 20th century. Yes, this shark has teeth. That he has bite is proven by the fact that the Threepenny Opera
was banned after Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933. A good reason to polish the shark’s teeth!
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: DANIEL SPAW / Cornelia von Kerssenbrock 12.07.24
PRODUCTION & STAGE DESIGN: VERENA VON KERSSENBROCK
CHOREOGRAPHY: ROSALIE WANKA
COSTUME DESIGN: LILLI HARTMANN
Constable Smith (speaking role) – Stefan Kastner
A constable (speaking role) – Birgit Gillemot
Pastor Kimball (speaking role) – Michael Feneberg
Weeping willow warden (speaking role) – Jonathan Specht
Hakenfingerjakob (speaking role) – Hans-Jürgen Bertram
Münzmatthias (speaking role) – Bruno-Mirko Markov
Sägerobert (speaking role) – Martin Sulkowski
Ede (speaking role) – Lukas Gahabka
Jimmy (speaking role) – Valentin Bodler
Dolly (speaking role) – Lena Winzenburg
Betty (speaking role) – Simone Lang
Vixer( speaking role) – Susanne Szermedy
Molly (speaking role) – Sue McInerey
First whore (speaking role) – Judith Pfister
Second whore (speaking role) – Elisa Unterseer
Old whore (speaking role) – Gabriele Müller
Beggar (speaking role) – Uschi Zobelt
Messenger of the King (speaking role) – Devilal Chaudhary
FESTIVAL CHOIR IMMLING
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA IMMLING
Contrary to our intentions, no cuts could be made to the text version of “Die Dreigroschenoper” due to restrictions imposed by the Brecht heirs and the Suhrkamp publishing house. Our intention was to perform a shortened version with 1:30 hours; now the event lasts 2:30 hours plus. half an hour break.
Look forward to the author’s original version.
TICKETS
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