2022 Lenya Competition
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Featured News
Announcing the Winners of the 24th Annual Lotte Lenya Competition
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Lady in the Dark Shines in Vienna
Highly-anticipated production a hit with audiences and critics alike.
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Barrie Kosky Makes His Case
“Weill is as important to the development of musical theater as Wagner.”
Read the full interview in the Kurt Weill Newsletter
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music administers, promotes, and perpetuates the legacies of German-born American composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, Austrian-born American singing actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
Current Highlights
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Announcing the Winners of the 24th Annual Lotte Lenya Competition
$90,000 awarded to this year’s contestants; Total awarded over 24 years now exceeds $1.3 million....
May 10, 2022 -
Lady in the Dark Shines in Vienna
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kurier – Peter Jarolin “Lady in the Dark skillfully counteracts...
December 22, 2021 -
Barrie Kosky Builds a New Mahagonny at the Komische Oper Berlin
Taking his cue from the many biblical references in Weill and Brecht’s libretto, director Barrie...
October 06, 2021
Upcoming Events
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May
Suite aus der Silbersee; Symphony No. 2 at Hofer Symphoniker in Hof
Germany
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20
May
Die Dreigroschenoper at Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna
Austria
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20
May
Happy End at Renaissance Theater Berlin in Berlin
Germany
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21
May
Weill Songs at Peoples' Symphony Concerts in New York, NY
United States
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21
May
Die Dreigroschenoper at Theater Regensburg in Regensburg
Germany
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21
May
Happy End at Renaissance Theater Berlin in Berlin
Germany
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21
May
Die sieben Todsünden at Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen
Denmark
with Dansk Danseteater
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22
May
Die Dreigroschenoper at Theater Regensburg in Regensburg
Germany
Watch the 2022 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
The Finals of the 24th Annual Lotte Lenya Competition brought eleven rising theatrical stars to New York City's Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center on 6 May 2022 to compete for a top prize of $20,000. The jury for the Finals included Tony Award-winning Broadway and opera composer Jeanine Tesori, Tony Award-nominated Broadway and opera performer Phillip Boykin, and acclaimed stage director Robin Guarino.
Read the full news story here.
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