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The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself "an opera for beggars," and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of two young German artists, composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht. The show opens with a mock-Baroque overture, a nod to Threepenny's source, The Beggar's Opera, a brilliantly successful parody of Handel's operas written by John Gay in 1728. In a brief prologue following the overture, a shabby figure comes onstage with a barrel organ and launches into a song chronicling the crimes of the notorious bandit and womanizer Macheath, "Mack the Knife." The setting is a fair in Soho (London), just before Queen Victoria's coronation. In this production, Weill champion HK Gruber led the Ensemble Modern in a performance of Weill's complete original score, the first time it had been heard in Germany in many years. This production was broadcast on German television (3sat).
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Friedrich Karl Praetorius
Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer![Foto de Jürgen Holtz Foto de Jürgen Holtz](https://images.euassisti.com.br/unsafe/220x300/static.euassisti.com.br/6281dc3a835b49ec375f2843/original/jurgen-holtz.webp)
Jürgen Holtz
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum![Foto de Ingeborg Engelmann Foto de Ingeborg Engelmann](https://images.euassisti.com.br/unsafe/220x300/static.euassisti.com.br/default/images/220x330/default-artista.webp)
Ingeborg Engelmann
Celia Peachum, seine Frau![Foto de Katherina Lange Foto de Katherina Lange](https://images.euassisti.com.br/unsafe/220x300/static.euassisti.com.br/default/images/220x330/default-artista.webp)
Katherina Lange
Polly Peachum, seine Tochter![Foto de Axel Böhmert Foto de Axel Böhmert](https://images.euassisti.com.br/unsafe/220x300/static.euassisti.com.br/default/images/220x330/default-artista.webp)
Axel Böhmert
Brown, Polizeichef von London