Der Silbersee
Music by Kurt Weill · libretto by Georg Kaiser · premiered 1933
Der Silbersee: ein Wintermärchen (The Silver Lake: a Winter's Fairy Tale) is a 'play with music' in three acts by Kurt Weill to a German text by Georg Kaiser. The subtitle is an allusion to Heinrich Heine's 1844 satirical epic poem, Germany. A Winter's Tale.
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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 Protagonist (1920)
- Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (1927)
- Mahagonny-Songspiel (1927)
- Die Bürgschaft (1931)
- Down in the Valley (1945)