Kurt Weill
From Vivaldi to Vaughan Williams: more musical voices who have changed our world
Over the past few months, our Know the Score series introduced 20 great composers. But what of the many we couldn’t write about? Martin Kettle suggests some other names whose music is well worth exploring
Martin Kettle
25, Nov, 2020 @1:36 PM
The Seven Deadly Sins review – Hollywood highs and Depression lows with uncanny resonances
The expressive force of singer Wallis Giunta and dancer Shelley Eva Haden evoked today’s US in a spirited production of Brecht and Weill’s sung ballet
Rian Evans
23, Nov, 2020 @12:46 PM
The week in classical: Street Scene; SCO/ Emelyanychev – review
Opera North revels in a night on the town with Kurt Weill. And the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has a magician in its midst
Fiona Maddocks
25, Jan, 2020 @12:00 PM
Street Scene review – full justice for murder in Manhattan
Opera North’s striking production of Kurt Weill’s opera is beautifully achieved with moments of dramatic fire
Tim Ashley
19, Jan, 2020 @4:07 PM
The Silver Lake/The Seraglio review – timely steps with English Touring Opera
Mozart’s culture clash comedy is impeccably paired with Weill’s parable where poverty and privilege compete under the malign eye of the far right
Tim Ashley
10, Oct, 2019 @10:12 AM
Kurt Weill opera silenced by Nazis to be heard again after 80 years
Comic work by German composer has been reinterpreted for modern audiences
Vanessa Thorpe
27, Apr, 2019 @1:30 PM
The week in classical: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill; Le nozze di Figaro; BBC Symphony Orchestra – reviews
Opera North singers take a nimble turn through Kurt Weill’s songbook. Plus, a notable debut at Nevill Holt and Mariam Batsashvili at Maida Vale
Fiona Maddocks
23, Jun, 2018 @1:00 PM
Mary Lou Williams: Live at the Cookery review – a unique talent
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Dave Gelly
05, Mar, 2017 @8:00 AM
A musical tour of Europe's great cities: Berlin
Our series ends in Berlin, the classical music lover’s dream destination, with Berg, Busoni, Bowie and Bernstein.
Stephen Moss
24, Nov, 2016 @3:42 PM
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret review – sardonic, sexual, wonderfully done
In the company of Meow Meow and a raffish Australian Chamber Orchestra, Humphries reveals a lifelong love for music the Nazis banned as ‘degenerate’
Tim Ashley
31, Jul, 2016 @11:11 AM
The Threepenny Opera review – cartoon counterfeit runs out of juice
A new translation fails to hit its satirical targets but still makes for a good musical
Susannah Clapp
05, Jun, 2016 @7:00 AM
A cheap take on The Threepenny Opera | Letters
Letters: How this barbed satire might have resonated with today’s bankers’ millions. Instead we get Peachum as ‘a louche figure in high heels’
Letters
29, May, 2016 @6:57 PM
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