Winter 2025-26 Kurt Weill Newsletter 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)
Highlights
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2025 Kurt Weill Prizes Awarded
The 2025 Kurt Weill Book Prize for an outstanding scholarly book on music theater since...
November 21, 2025 -
“Extraordinary” Love Life Triumphs at Opera North
The Weill-Lerner Broadway Vaudeville Love Life has triumphed in a new production at Opera North...
January 23, 2025 -
Love Life “Terrific” in its Return to New York
Nearly seventy-seven years after its 1948 opening on Broadway, the Weill-Lerner Vaudeville Love Life returned...
April 01, 2025
Upcoming Events
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February
Mahagonny Songspiel at University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH
United States
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27
February
Die Dreigroschenoper at Teatro Pérez Galdós in Canary Islands (Touring Production)
Spain
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27
February
Mahagonny Songspiel at University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH
United States
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28
February
Die Dreigroschenoper at Teatro Pérez Galdós in Canary Islands (Touring Production)
Spain
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28
February
Mahagonny Songspiel at University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH
United States
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01
March
Die Dreigroschenoper at Staatsschauspiel Dresden in Dresden
Germany
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03
March
Die Dreigroschenoper at Landestheater Detmold in Detmold
Germany
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05
March
Fantaisie symphonique (Symphony No. 2) at Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Dallas, TX
United States
Watch the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition Finals
The 2025 Lenya Competition Finals showcased ten exceptional singing actors in Rochester, NY's Kilbourn Hall on 3 May 2025, each vying for a top prize of $25,000. This year’s finalists, representing seven countries on four continents, show they can “do it all” by presenting four contrasting theatrical songs and arias. The jury for the finals included Broadway conductor and music director Rob Berman, multi-hyphenate singer-actor-director-teacher Catherine Malfitano, and stage director Alison Moritz.
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