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In Memoriam: Paul Epstein	2
Editor’s Note	3
Letters to the Editor	3
FEATURES
The Lenya Competition@25 KIM H. KOWALKE, BRADY SANSONE, JAMES HOLMES, TED CHAPIN, CAROLYN WEBER, AND OTHERS	4
Cross-Casting in Vienna: An Interview with Sona MacDonald and Maurice Lenhard	12
RECORDING REVIEWS
Symphony no. 2; Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 (Warner Classics) and Symphony no. 2; Violin Concerto (SOMM) DAVID SCHIFF	14
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Happy End Renaissance-Theater Berlin DAVID SAVRAN	16
Lost in the Stars Annapolis Opera SUSAN GALBRAITH	17
NEWS
Wide World of Weill	18
Weill, Lenya, and Foundation News	19
Remembering Milton Coleman (1923-2021) KIM H. KOWALKE	22
Richard Taruskin (1945-2022): In Memoriam STEPHEN HINTON	23

Happy End: The Next Chapter	2
Editor’s Note	3
Streams and Podcasts	3
Lady Emergent	3
Pure Weill	3
2022 Grant Recipients	3
FEATURES
Sondheim and Weill . . . and (Foolish) Me KIM H. KOWALKE	4
A Notable Anniversary: The State of Street Scene	7
Street Scene: A Chronology of Major Performances	9
Weill on Street Scene	11
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Lady in the Dark Volksoper Wien DAVID SAVRAN	12
Die sieben Todsünden and other works London Symphony Orchestra LIONEL FRIEND	13
Happy End and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Victorian Opera and Melbourne Opera JOHN GABRIEL	14
Die sieben Todsünden and Mahagonny Songspiel Red Line Productions GLEN MCGILLIVRAY	16
BOOK REVIEWS
Kurt Weill’s America by Naomi Graber TODD DECKER	17
365 Tage mit Kurt Weill: ein Almanach compiled by Andreas Eichhorn STEPHEN HINTON	18
NEWS
Wide World of Weill	19
Weill and Lenya News	20
Lotte Lenya Competition Finals 2022: Doing It All in NYC WILLIAM V. MADISON	22
Lotte Lenya Competition Past Winners	23