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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

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