Kurt Weill
1900 – 1950 · German · 8 operas in the catalogue
Kurt Julian Weill (; German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he wrote his best-known work, The Threepenny Opera, which includes the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933, arriving in the United States two years later. Settling in New York, he made a substantial contribution to American musical theater through works such as Lady in the Dark and Street Scene.
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1926 Der Protagonist, 1926 German
- 1928 Der Zar lässt sich photographieren, 1928
- 1930 Der Jasager, 1930 German
- 1932 Die Bürgschaft, 1932 German
- 1933 Der Silbersee, 1933 German
- 1948 Down in the Valley, 1948 English
- n/a Der Kuhhandel
- n/a Mahagonny-Songspiel