SEASON PREVIEW: Kurt Weill Highlights Around the World in 2023/24
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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)
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)
Highlights
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E-News: July-August 2023
Thomas Hampson in Classic Performance of Weill’s Four Walt Whitman Songs Esteemed American baritone Thomas...
August 20, 2023 -
Stellar Singing Actors Awarded Three-Way Tie for First Place in Unprecedented Lenya Competition Result
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music announced the unprecedented awarding of three First Prizes in...
May 02, 2023 -
A New Musical Steams up the River
The Komische Oper Berlin has launched a new family musical, powered by Kurt Weill’s music...
February 28, 2023
Upcoming Events
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October
Die Dreigroschenoper at Staatsschauspiel Dresden in Dresden
Germany
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06
October
Die Dreigroschenoper at Staatsschauspiel Dresden in Dresden
Germany
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06
October
Die Dreigroschenoper at Jókai Theater in Komárno
Slovakia
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06
October
Weill Songs at Latvian National Opera and Ballet in Riga
Latvia
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22
October
Symphonic Nocturne from Lady in the Dark at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, CA
United States
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22
October
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Suite panaméenne, Weill Songs at Budapest Festival Orchestra in Pordenone
Italy
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25
October
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik at Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans, LA
United States
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28
October
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester - Fantasie symphonique at Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester in Flensburg
Germany
Watch the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
The Finals of the 25th Annual Lotte Lenya Competition brought twelve rising theatrical stars to Rochester’s Kilbourn Hall on 29 April 2023 to compete for a top prize of $25,000. The jury for the Finals included Dame Josephine Barstow CBE DBE, long recognized as one of the world’s leading singing actresses; Kyle Scatliffe, currently appearing in Hamilton on Broadway as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson and a 2010 Lenya Competition prizewinner; Ted Chapin, longtime President and CEO of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and co-founder of the Encores! series at City Center; and James Holmes, expert British conductor of opera and musical theater, with a long and brilliant track record especially in the works of Weill and Sondheim.
Read the full news story here.
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