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Except from Interview with Lenya: "Georg Kaiser said to me ..."
Lenya describes the day she met Kurt Weill in an interview with Schuyler Chapin, 1979
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"Seeräuberjenny"
Excerpt sung by Lenya for the recording “Aus der Dreigroschenoper," 1930
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"Barbarasong"
Excerpt sung by Lenya for the recording “Aus der Dreigroschenoper," 1930
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"Alabama Song"
Excerpt sung by Lenya and chorus from Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, 1932
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Except from Interview with Lenya: "For us it was like coming home ..."
Lenya describes her arrival in New York in an interview with Schuyler Chapin, 1979
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"Complainte de la Seine"
Excerpt sung by Lenya for Bost Records in New York, 1943
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"Solomon Song"
Excerpt sung by Lenya as Jenny for the original cast recording of Blitzstein’s adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, 1954
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"Mack the Knife"
Excerpt of Lenya and Louis Armstrong singing a take together during the recording session for Columbia Records, 1955
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Except from Interview with Lenya: "When I arrived in Berlin ..."
Lenya describes arriving in Berlin in 1921 and returning after WWII in an interview with Schuyler Chapin, 1979
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"Prologue"
Excerpt sung by Lenya as Anna I for the recording Die sieben Todsünden for Columbia and Philips, 1956
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"Zuhälterballade"
Excerpt sung by Lenya for the recording of Die Dreigroschenoper for Columbia/Philips, 1958
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Except from Interview with Lenya: "I have given up smoking ..."
Lenya talks about the 1958 New York City Ballet production of The Seven Deadly Sins, 1970
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"Die Ballade von der Höllen-Lili"
Excerpt sung by Lenya in Munich for the recording Happy End for Columbia/Philips, 1960
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"The Burning of the Books" (Brecht)
Excerpt performed by Lenya from the original cast recording Brecht on Brecht, released by Columbia in 1963
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"Bilbao-Song"
Excerpt from Happy End sung live by Lenya at Carnegie Hall, 1965
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"So What" (Kander/Ebb)
Excerpt sung by Lenya as Fräulein Schneider for the original cast recording of Cabaret, 1966
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Videos
"Seeräuberjenny"
Lenya as Jenny in the film Die 3Groschenoper, directed by G.W. Pabst, 1930
"Surabaya Johnny"
Lenya performs a selection from Happy End on American television, 1958
"Pirate Jenny"
Lenya as Jenny performing the Blitzstein translation of The Threepenny Opera on American television, 1966
Scene from Der Silbersee
Lenya as Narrator in a concert performance of Der Silbersee at the Holland Festival, 1971
Interview and Rehearsal Footage from the Holland Festival
Interview with Lenya during her stay in the Netherlands for concert performances of Royal Palace and Der Silbersee at the Holland Festival, along with rehearsal footage, 1971
Scene from Trio for Lovers
Lenya plays opposite Sidney Walker as part of the Daytime 90 series on CBS, 1974
"Bilbao-Song"
Lenya and Cavett perform part of a selection from Happy End on The Dick Cavett Show; ABC Television, 1975
Interview with Schuyler Chapin
Lenya discusses her life and career in a one-hour interview with Schuyler Chapin, 1979
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