Winners of the 2025 Lenya Competition Announced!
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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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Love Life “Terrific” in its Return to New York
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“Extraordinary” Love Life Triumphs at Opera North
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Kurt Weill Newsletter, Volume 42, Number 2 now online!
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WEILL AT 125: A First Six Months of Celebrations
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Kurt Weill Edition Love Life Editor Joel Galand Wins Preeminent Award
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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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E-News: November 2024
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E-News: July-August 2024
Deutsche Grammophon Releases All-Weill Recording: Joana Mallwitz Conducting Weill’s Two Symphonies and Die sieben Todsünden Joana...
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Watch the 2024 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
The 2024 Lenya Competition Finals showcased ten exceptional singing actors in Rochester, NY's Kilbourn Hall on 4 May 2024, each vying for a top prize of $25,000. This year’s finalists, representing four countries, show they can “do it all” by presenting four contrasting theatrical songs and arias. The jury for the finals included 2005 Cardiff Singer of the World and Lenya Competition prizewinner, Nicole Cabell, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway and opera composer Jeanine Tesori, and acclaimed stage director and playwright, Tazewell Thompson.
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