Volume 17, Number 1-2

KURT WEILL CENTENARY
DIE BÜRGSCHAFT	4
“Wie lange noch?”: Die Bürgschaft and Its Times KIM H. KOWALKE	5
Die Bürgschaft at Spoleto USA DAVID W. MAVES	7
Press Clippings from Spoleto USA	10
DER WEG DER VERHEIßUNG	12
Sleepless in Chemnitz HORST KOEGLER	13
Press Clippings from Chemnitz Opera	16
The Eternal Road: Synopsis LUDWIG LEWISOHN	18
Scholars Debate Der Weg der Verheißung in Chemnitz, 11-13 June 1999 RICARDA WACKERS	22
THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE	24
Operetta as Revenant: The Firebrand of Florence JOEL GALAND	25
The Firebrand of Florence at Ohio Light Opera JAMES LOVENSHEIMER	29
Press Clippings from Ohio Light Opera	32
BOOK REVIEWS
Kurt Weill: Die frühen Werke 1916-1928, Musik-Konzepte 101-102 TAMARA LEVITZ	33
Caspar Neher: Der größte Bühnenbauer unserer Zeit, eds. Christine Tretow and Helmut Gier JÜRGEN SCHEBERA	34
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Silver Lake in London (with recording, London Sinfonietta and soloists, Markus Stenz, cond., on RCA) ANDREW PORTER	35
Street Scene in Colorado JIM LILLIE	36
One Touch of Venus in Freiburg ANDREAS HAUFF	38
“Brecht-Weill Evening” in Copenhagen NIELS KRABBE	39
TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS	1a-8a