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DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER

BBC Radio 3
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Ballad opera in a prologue and eight scenes
Music by Kurt Weill
Text by BERTOLT BRECHT after the English of John Gay sung in German
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA or BERLIN RADIO Conducted by WILHELM BRÜCKNER-RUGGEBERG gramophone records
The work is introduced by DAVID DREW who discusses its musical background and significance

Contributors

Music By:
Kurt Weill
Unknown:
Bertolt Brecht
Unknown:
John Gay
Conducted By:
Wilhelm Brückner-Ruggeberg
Introduced By:
David Drew
Moritatensänger:
Wolfgang Neuss
Herr Peachum, leader of a band of beggars:
Willy Trenx-Trebitsch
Frau Peachum, his wife:
Trude Hesterberg
Polly, their daughter:
Johanna von Koczian
Macheath, leader of a band of street bandits:
Erich Schellow
Brown, Chief of London Police:
Wolfgang Grunert
Lucy, his daughter:
Inge Wolffberg
Jenny, a whore:
Lotte Lenya
Source: Radio Times

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