The Threepenny Opera, May 1988
The Innerklang Music Theatre makes its first visit to the Gordon Craig Theatre. The opera was written in 1928, a version of John Gay’s ‘Beggars Opera‘ of 1728 with text by Elizabeth Hauptman, lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, and music by Kurt Weill, the opera is performed with the original orchestra requirement of none musicians playing 21 instruments and is set in contemporary London.
Writers
Bertolt Brecht (2)
John Gay (1)
Creative team
Kurt Weill (1)
Type
Opera (112)
Companies
Date of coverage
10/05/1988 - 11/05/1988Search by company
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