FULL DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER or L’opéra de quat’sous Aix 2023 Birane Ba, Véronique Vella, Elsa Lepoivre, Christian Hecq
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER or L'opéra de quat'sous
- Composer: Weill Kurt
- Libretto: Bertolt Brecht Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: THÉÂTRE DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ, Aix-en-Provence, France, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
- Recorded: July 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Birane Ba, Véronique Vella, Elsa Lepoivre, Christian Hecq, Nicolas Lormeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Claïna Clavaron, Marie Oppert, Sefa Yeboah, Jordan Rezgui, Cédric Eeckhout
- Conductor: Maxime Pascal
- Orchestra: Le Balcon
- Chorus: Choeur Passerelles
- Chorus Master: Philippe Franceschi
- Choreographer: Johanna Lemke
- Stage Director: Thomas Ostermeier
- Stage Designer: Magda Willi
- Costume Designer: Florence von Gerkan
- Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum
Information about the Recording
- Published by: ARTE
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: ARTE FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a German “play with music” by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay’s 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar’s Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, contribution Hauptmann might have made to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author.
The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin’s Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.
With influences from jazz and German dance music, songs from The Threepenny Opera have been widely covered and become standards, most notably “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer” (“The Ballad of Mack the Knife”) and “Seeräuberjenny” (“Pirate Jenny”).
The Threepenny Opera has been performed in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Hungary. It has also been adapted to film and radio.