Die Bürgschaft
Music by Kurt Weill · libretto by Caspar Neher · premiered 1932 · at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Die Bürgschaft (The Pledge, or suretyship) is an opera in three acts by Kurt Weill. Caspar Neher wrote the German libretto after the parable Der afrikanische Rechtspruch (The African Verdict) by Johann Gottfried Herder. Composed from August to October 1931, it was premiered on 10 March 1932 at the Städtische Oper in Berlin, Germany.
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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 Protagonist (1920)
- Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (1927)
- Mahagonny-Songspiel (1927)
- Down in the Valley (1945)