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Volume 40, Number 2

In Memoriam: Paul Epstein2
Editor’s Note3
Letters to the Editor3
FEATURES
The Lenya Competition@25
KIM H. KOWALKE, BRADY SANSONE, JAMES HOLMES, TED CHAPIN, CAROLYN WEBER, AND OTHERS
4
Cross-Casting in Vienna: An Interview with Sona MacDonald and Maurice Lenhard12
RECORDING REVIEWS
Symphony no. 2; Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 (Warner Classics) and Symphony no. 2; Violin Concerto (SOMM)
DAVID SCHIFF
14
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Happy End
Renaissance-Theater Berlin

DAVID SAVRAN
16
Lost in the Stars
Annapolis Opera

SUSAN GALBRAITH
17
NEWS
Wide World of Weill18
Weill, Lenya, and Foundation News19
Remembering Milton Coleman (1923-2021)
KIM H. KOWALKE
22
Richard Taruskin (1945-2022): In Memoriam
STEPHEN HINTON
23

Volume 40, Number 1

Happy End: The Next Chapter2
Editor’s Note3
Streams and Podcasts3
Lady Emergent3
Pure Weill3
2022 Grant Recipients3
FEATURES
Sondheim and Weill . . . and (Foolish) Me
KIM H. KOWALKE
4
A Notable Anniversary: The State of Street Scene7
Street Scene: A Chronology of Major Performances9
Weill on Street Scene11
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Lady in the Dark
Volksoper Wien

DAVID SAVRAN
12
Die sieben Todsünden and other works
London Symphony Orchestra

LIONEL FRIEND
13
Happy End and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Victorian Opera and Melbourne Opera

JOHN GABRIEL
14
Die sieben Todsünden and Mahagonny Songspiel
Red Line Productions

GLEN MCGILLIVRAY
16
BOOK REVIEWS
Kurt Weill’s America
by Naomi Graber
TODD DECKER
17
365 Tage mit Kurt Weill: ein Almanach
compiled by Andreas Eichhorn
STEPHEN HINTON
18
NEWS
Wide World of Weill19
Weill and Lenya News20
Lotte Lenya Competition Finals 2022: Doing It All in NYC
WILLIAM V. MADISON
22
Lotte Lenya Competition Past Winners23

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