"Who composed the ""Threepenny Opera""?"
The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera () is a "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, Hauptmann might have contributed 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. Songs from "The Threepenny Opera" have been widely covered and become standards,
The Threepenny Opera Lucy, Polly) 15b. Arie der Lucy (Aria of Lucy – Lucy) 16. II. Dreigroschenfinale (Second Threepenny Finale – Macheath, Mrs Peachum, Chorus) 17. Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (Song of the Insufficiency of Human Struggling – Peachum) 17a. Reminiszenz (Reminiscence) 18. Salomonsong (Solomon Song – Jenny) 19. Ruf aus der Gruft (Call from the Grave – Macheath) 20. Grabschrift (Grave Inscription – Macheath) 20a. Gang zum Galgen (Walk to Gallows – Peachum) 21. III. Dreigroschenfinale (Third Threepenny Finale – Brown, Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Macheath, Polly, Chorus) The ambivalent nature of "The Threepenny Opera", derived from an 18th-century ballad opera