Volume 29, Number 2

| Note from the Editor | 3 |
| FEATURES | |
| Mixed Genres and the Possibilities of Opera STEPHEN HINTON | 4 |
| Lenya: A Moment in History (and a Drink) | 9 |
| Kurt Weill Reloaded AN INTERVIEW WITH THEO ROOS | 10 |
| Daniel Hope Takes a Look at Weill’s Music with Solo Violin | 13 |
| RECORDING REVIEW | |
| Knickerbocker Holiday on Ghostlight Records LARRY MOORE | 14 |
| BOOK REVIEW | |
| Kunst und Leben: Georg Kaiser ed. Sabine Wolf ULRIKE ZITZLSPERGER | 15 |
| VIDEO REVIEW | |
| Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny on BelAir Classiques RODNEY MILNES | 16 |
| PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | |
| One Touch of Venus in Leipzig JÜRGEN SCHEBERA | 17 |
| Die sieben Todsünden in Central City THOMAS RIIS | 18 |
| Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in Ghent JOHN MCCANN | 19 |
| Street Scene in Dresden DAVID SAVRAN | 20 |
| Lady in the Dark in Hannover GISELA MARIA SCHUBERT | 22 |
| TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS | 1a-8a |
Volume 29, Number 1

| FEATURE: The Sins on Stage | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Genesis and World Premiere, 1933 | 5 |
| Copenhagen, 1936 | 7 |
| New York City Ballet, 1958 | 8 |
| Frankfurter Städtische Bühnen, 1960 | 9 |
| After Lenya: Later Productions | 9 |
| VIDEO REVIEW | |
| Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Metropolitan Opera, 1979 RODNEY MILNES | 13 |
| BOOK REVIEW | |
| A Gambler’s Instinct: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford by Milly S. Barranger WENDY SMITH | 14 |
| PERFORMANCE REVIEWS | |
| Knickerbocker Holiday in concert in New York | 16 |
| Lost in the Stars in New York | 18 |
| Der Protagonist in Dessau MATTHIAS HENKE | 20 |
| Der Silbersee in Hannover ALEXANDRA DOROTHEA BÖNNINGHOFF | 21 |
| Die Dreigroschenoper in Paris PASCAL HUYNH | 22 |
| Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in Cologne ANDREAS EICHHORN | 23 |
| TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS | 1a-8a |