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 21, Number 2 FEATURE: CULTURAL IDENTITY, NATIONALITY, ETHNICITY Note from the Editor 3 A Letter Surfaces Weill’s Reply to Theodor W. Adorno in April 1942 4 I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Free Associations from an Ethnomusicologist BRUNO NETTL 6 Weill as Emigré: One American’s View by Claire R. Reis 11 Letter from Berlin: Jürgen Schebera Attends Mahagonny.com 13 RECORDING REVIEWS The Eternal Road (excerpts) (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ernst Senff Chor, cond. Gerard Schwarz) on Naxos EDWARD HARSH 14 The Firebrand of Florence (Rodney Gilfry, et al., BBC Symphony and BBC Singers, cond. Sir Andrew Davis) on Capriccio STEPHEN BANFIELD 16 BOOK REVIEWS Music & German National Identity, ed. Celia Applegate and Pamela Potter JÜRGEN THYM 17 Amerikanismus–Americanism–Weill, ed. Hermann Danuser and Hermann Gottschewski GUIDO HELDT 19 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Die sieben Todsünden in Cincinnati JANELLE GELFAND 21 Happy End at the Shaw Festival MAARTEN VAN DIJK 22 Die Dreigroschenoper in Williamstown JOHN LUCAS 23 TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS 1a-8a Volume 21, Number 1 Spring 2003 FEATURE: DREIGROSCHENOPER AT 75 Note from the Editor 3 Birthday Tributes 4 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Die Dreigroschenoper in London ANDREW PORTER 6 Die Dreigroschenoper in Hanover MARKUS FREI-HAUENSCHILD 8 Die Dreigroschenoper in Dessau ANDREAS HAUFF 10 Die Dreigroschenoper in Pittsburgh DEANE L. ROOT 12 Die Dreigroschenoper in Augsburg JOACHIM LUCCHESI 13 MUSIC REVIEW Sechs Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper, arr. Formenti MARIO R. MERCADO 14 RECORDING REVIEW Die Entstehungsgeschichte der Dreigroschenoper on Duo-Phon STEPHEN HINTON 15 OTHER REVIEWS: BOOKS Kurt Weill: Briefwechsel mit der Universal Edition, ed. Nils Grosch ANDREAS EICHHORN 17 Musical: Das unterhaltende Genre, eds. Armin Geraths and Christian Martin Schmidt SIEGFRIED SCHMIDT-JOOS 18 Kurt Weill, Berlin und die zwanziger Jahre by Hyesu Shin NILS GROSCH 19 OTHER REVIEWS: PERFORMANCE Zaubernacht in Dessau ANDREAS HAUFF 21 OTHER REVIEWS: RECORDING Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret, Popular and Political Songs, 1900-1945 (New Budapest Orpheum Society) on Cedille RICHARD RISCHAR 22 TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS 1a-8a