The Threepenny Opera (1995)
1995 · 2h 43m · Music
Genres: Music
The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself "an opera for beggars," and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of two young German artists, composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht.
Director: Hans Hollmann, Barrie Gavin
Music by: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht
Cast
Friedrich Karl Praetorius as Macheath, genannt Mackie MesserJürgen Holtz as Jonathan Jeremiah PeachumIngeborg Engelmann as Celia Peachum, seine FrauKatherina Lange as Polly Peachum, seine TochterAxel Böhmert as Brown, Polizeichef von LondonDorothee Hartinger as Lucy, seine TochterCarola Regnier as Die Spelunken-JennyWilfried Elste as Pastor KimballStephan Grossmann as Filch / Trauerweiden-WalterMichael Lucke as Ein Moritatensänger / Münz-MatthiasJörg Pose as Makenfinger-JakobWaldemar Kobus as Säge-RobertMore like this
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