The 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
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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)
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Dreigroschenoper Premieres in Vienna Without Brecht’s Epic Theater Style
A dazzling new production of Die Dreigroschenoper opened on 5 September at the Theater in...
September 10, 2021 -
Announcing the Winners of the 23rd Annual Lotte Lenya Competition; Finals Available On-Demand via OperaVision Beginning September 10
More than $160,000 awarded to this year’s contestants This year’s event featured the presentation of...
August 31, 2021 -
Rave Reviews for Die Dreigroschenoper at the legendary Berliner Ensemble
Opening to sold out performances and stellar reviews, the Berliner Ensemble’s new production of Die...
August 20, 2021
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Der Silbersee at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Ghent
Belgium
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September
Die sieben Todsünden at Arktisk Filharmoni in Bodø
Norway
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September
Mahagonny Songspiel at Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Provincetown, MA
United States
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September
Weill Songs at Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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September
Die Dreigroschenoper at Berliner Ensemble in Berlin
Germany
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September
Die Dreigroschenoper at Theater Kanton Zürich
Switzerland
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September
23rd Annual Lotte Lenya Competition Finals at OperaVision in Brussels
Belgium
Available for free streaming worldwide through March 2022. Filmed on 28 August 2021, the final round of the 23rd annual Lotte Lenya Competition brings together 15 exceptional singing actors to New York City, vying for a top prize of $20,000. Emerging from a pool of 500 contestants from around the globe, Lenya Competition finalists will show they can ‘do it all’ by bringing to life four contrasting theatrical pieces.
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24
September
Der Silbersee at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Ghent
Belgium
The 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
Filmed on 28 August 2021, the 23rd annual Lotte Lenya Competition Finals brings together 15 exceptional singing actors to New York City, vying for a top prize of $20,000. Emerging from a pool of 500 contestants from around the globe, Lenya Competition finalists will show they can ‘do it all’ by bringing to life four contrasting theatrical pieces. Available for free streaming worldwide via OperaVision through March 2022.
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