The Lotte Lenya CompetitionThe Lotte Lenya Competition recognizes talented singer/actors of all nationalities, ages 19-32, who are dramatically and musically convincing in repertoire ranging from contemporary Broadway scores to opera/operetta, including the works of Kurt Weill.
The Kurt Weill EditionThe Foundation is in the process of publishing Kurt Weill's musical legacy in newly-engraved full scores that uphold the highest scholarly and critical standards.
Grants Programs & Collaborative InitiativesThe Foundation's Grant Program gives financial support to individuals and not-for-profit organizations for projects related to Weill, Lenya, or Marc Blitzstein.
The Lotte Lenya Competition SongbookThrough the Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook Series, the Foundation awards and showcases new theater songs that have not been widely disseminated and that can serve Lenya Competition contestants seeking new pieces for their programs.
Fellowships, Artist Sponsorships, Mentorships, & PrizesThe Foundation administers a collection of programs designed to nurture the careers of emerging performers, conductors, and stage directors, along with prizes for important new scholarly work.
The Weill-Lenya Research CenterThe Weill-Lenya Research Center is the principal international repository for research materials related to Weill's and Lenya's lives and careers.
Volume 11, Number 2 News2ARTICLESThree Valued Collaborators: Maurice Abravanel, Hans Heinsheimer, Agnes de Mille5Zar and Protagonist in Santa Fe8From the Archives: Recent Acquisitions (since Spring 1991)10BOOK REVIEWSA Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill-Studien, ed. Kim H. Kowalke and Horst Edler GISELHER SCHUBERT14Kurt Weill: de Berlin à Broadway, ed. Pascal Huynh EVELYN PIEILLER15Dachau Song: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper by Paul Cummins Hermann Scherchen: Werke und Briefe (Band I, Schriften 1), ed. Joachim Lucchesi CHRISTOPHER HAILEY16PERFORMANCE REVIEWSStreet Scene in Munich HORST KOEGLER17Mahagonny Songspiel and Knickerbocker Holiday in London PATRICK O’CONNOR18Cry, the Beloved Country in Chicago JAMES ZYCHOWICZ19Der Jasager in New York STEPHEN HINTON20Symphony No. 1 in Philadelphia OFER BEN-AMOTS20RECORDING REVIEWSLost in the Stars on MusicMasters JON ALAN CONRAD21Vom Tod im Wald, Concerto for Violin and Wind Instruments, Das Berliner Requiem on Harmonia Mundi France PASCAL HUYNH21Ute Lemper, Patti LuPone, and Barbra Streisand MICHAEL MORLEY22Volume 11, Number 1 News2Letters5ARTICLESA New Beginning in Dessau JÜRGEN SCHEBERA6Issues in the German Reception of Weill STEPHEN HINTON7FEATURE: Protagonist and Zar at Santa FeDirector’s Notes JONATHAN EATON10Costume Designs ROBERT PERDZIOLA10Der Protagonist: To Be or Not to Be with Der Zar GUNTHER DIEHL12BOOK REVIEWSThe New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie ANDREW PORTER16Different Drummers: Jazz in the Culture of Nazi Germany by Michael Kater SUSAN C. COOK17Gustav Brecher und die Leipziger Oper 1923-1933 by Jürgen Schebera CHRISTOPHER HAILEY18PERFORMANCE REVIEWSBritten/Weill Festival in Aldeburgh PATRICK O’CONNOR19The Seven Deadly Sins at the Los Angeles Philharmonic PAUL YOUNG20Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in Karlsruhe ANDREAS HAUFF20Knickerbocker Holiday in Evanston, IL BRUCE D. MCCLUNG21The Seven Deadly Sins at the Utah Symphony BRYCE RYTTING22“Nannas Lied” by the San Francisco Ballet PAUL MOOR24RECORDING REVIEWSSymphonies nos. 1 & 2 on Philips JAMES M. KELLER24“Ofrahs Lieder” and other Songs on Koch DAVID HAMILTON25Sieben Stücke aus der Dreigroschenoper, arr. Stefan Frenkel, on Gallo PASCAL HUYNH26
