Der Protagonist
Music by Kurt Weill · libretto by Georg Kaiser · premiered 1926 · at Semperoper
Der Protagonist (The Protagonist) is an opera in one act by Kurt Weill, his Op. 15. The German libretto was written by Georg Kaiser based on his own play of the same name of (1920). Weill's first surviving opera has been described as Literaturoper.
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About the Composer
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…
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Other Operas by Kurt Weill
- Der Jasager
- Der Kuhhandel
- Der Silbersee (1844)
- Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (1927)
- Mahagonny-Songspiel (1927)
- Die Bürgschaft (1931)
- Down in the Valley (1945)