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, ETHNICITYNote from the Editor3A Letter Surfaces Weill’s Reply to Theodor W. Adorno in April 19424I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Free Associations from an Ethnomusicologist BRUNO NETTL6Weill as Emigré: One American’s View by Claire R. Reis11Letter from Berlin: Jürgen Schebera Attends Mahagonny.com13RECORDING REVIEWSThe Eternal Road (excerpts) (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ernst Senff Chor, cond. Gerard Schwarz) on Naxos EDWARD HARSH14The Firebrand of Florence (Rodney Gilfry, et al., BBC Symphony and BBC Singers, cond. Sir Andrew Davis) on Capriccio STEPHEN BANFIELD16BOOK REVIEWSMusic & German National Identity, ed. Celia Applegate and Pamela Potter JÜRGEN THYM17Amerikanismus–Americanism–Weill, ed. Hermann Danuser and Hermann Gottschewski GUIDO HELDT19PERFORMANCE REVIEWSDie sieben Todsünden in Cincinnati JANELLE GELFAND21Happy End at the Shaw Festival MAARTEN VAN DIJK22Die Dreigroschenoper in Williamstown JOHN LUCAS23TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS1a-8aVolume 21, Number 1 Spring 2003 FEATURE: DREIGROSCHENOPER AT 75Note from the Editor3Birthday Tributes4PERFORMANCE REVIEWSDie Dreigroschenoper in London ANDREW PORTER6Die Dreigroschenoper in Hanover MARKUS FREI-HAUENSCHILD8Die Dreigroschenoper in Dessau ANDREAS HAUFF10Die Dreigroschenoper in Pittsburgh DEANE L. ROOT12Die Dreigroschenoper in Augsburg JOACHIM LUCCHESI13MUSIC REVIEWSechs Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper, arr. Formenti MARIO R. MERCADO14RECORDING REVIEWDie Entstehungsgeschichte der Dreigroschenoper on Duo-Phon STEPHEN HINTON15OTHER REVIEWS: BOOKSKurt Weill: Briefwechsel mit der Universal Edition, ed. Nils Grosch ANDREAS EICHHORN17Musical: Das unterhaltende Genre, eds. Armin Geraths and Christian Martin Schmidt SIEGFRIED SCHMIDT-JOOS18Kurt Weill, Berlin und die zwanziger Jahre by Hyesu Shin NILS GROSCH19OTHER REVIEWS: PERFORMANCEZaubernacht in Dessau ANDREAS HAUFF21OTHER REVIEWS: RECORDINGDancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret, Popular and Political Songs, 1900-1945 (New Budapest Orpheum Society) on Cedille RICHARD RISCHAR22TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS1a-8a
