Kurt Weill Newsletter, Volume 42, Number 2 now online!
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The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music administers, promotes, and perpetuates the legacies of German-born American composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, Austrian-born American singing actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
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Kurt Weill Edition Love Life Editor Joel Galand Wins Preeminent Award
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Applications for the 2025 Lenya Competition Now Being Accepted!
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Watch the Complete 2024 Lenya Competition Finals!
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Mahagonny in Amsterdam: “So strong that you wonder: why is this not standard repertoire?”
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The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music administers, promotes, and perpetuates the legacies of German-born American composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, Austrian-born American singing actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
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E-News: October 2024
The Cradle Will Rock “… when you go to the polls” The cast of the...
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E-News: September 2024
Looking Ahead to a Double Anniversary: Kurt Weill in 2025 Weill’s birth in 1900...
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E-News: July-August 2024
Deutsche Grammophon Releases All-Weill Recording: Joana Mallwitz Conducting Weill’s Two Symphonies and Die sieben Todsünden Joana...
August 08, 2024
Upcoming Events
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Weill Songs at Semperoper Dresden in Dresden
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Die Dreigroschenoper at Nationaltheater Mannheim in Mannheim
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Die Dreigroschenoper at Landestheater Detmold in Detmold
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Weill Songs at Semperoper Dresden in Dresden
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Die Dreigroschenoper at Landestheater Detmold in Detmold
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Weill Songs at Semperoper Dresden in Dresden
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Weill Songs at Staatskapelle Berlin in Berlin
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Die Dreigroschenoper at Nationaltheater Mannheim in Mannheim
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Watch the 2024 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
The 2024 Lenya Competition Finals showcased ten exceptional singing actors in Rochester, NY's Kilbourn Hall on 4 May 2024, each vying for a top prize of $25,000. This year’s finalists, representing four countries, show they can “do it all” by presenting four contrasting theatrical songs and arias. The jury for the finals included 2005 Cardiff Singer of the World and Lenya Competition prizewinner, Nicole Cabell, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway and opera composer Jeanine Tesori, and acclaimed stage director and playwright, Tazewell Thompson.
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