The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera
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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).

Detalhes do Filme
SituaçãoLançado
Titúlo OriginalDie Dreigroschenoper
Estreia01/01/1995
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Elenco
Foto de Friedrich Karl Praetorius

Friedrich Karl Praetorius

Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer
Foto de Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Foto de Ingeborg Engelmann

Ingeborg Engelmann

Celia Peachum, seine Frau
Foto de Katherina Lange

Katherina Lange

Polly Peachum, seine Tochter
Foto de Axel Böhmert

Axel Böhmert

Brown, Polizeichef von London