Here you can explore the full range of original works by Kurt Weill, as well as many derived or compiled since his lifetime. Works are presented in three categories: Stage works, Concert works, and Songs. Some can be found in more than a single category. The works are searchable, sortable in alphabetical and chronological order, and filterable by original status, parent work title, and scale of instrumental forces.
Kurt Weill centrally devoted his career to the creation of music theater in a spectrum of genres. The Stage Works category contains all works that were intended for production on the stage in some form, whether they be operas, operettas, musical comedies or some unique mixed genre. Under the individual page for each work can be found basic information such as synopsis, performing forces, published editions, translations and adaptations. Pages may also include featured audio and video, historical production photos, and other background information useful to professionals and fans alike. Listings may be sorted by title or date and filtered by original status and scale of performing forces, as appropriate to their respective categories.
Epic opera in three acts. Text by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Kurt Weill, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Caspar Neher.
Revue based on the life of Kurt Weill. Narration by Gene Lerner. Lyrics by various authors or translators.
Opera in three acts. Libretto by Caspar Neher and Weill, after Johann Gottfried von Herder's "Der afrikanische Rechtspruch."
Songs from the musical play (unfinished) for voice and piano. Book and lyrics by H.R. Hays.
Folk-opera in one act. Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.
Play with music after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera; in three acts. By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann.
Broadway operetta in two acts. Music and lyrics by Weill and Ira Gershwin. Book by Edwin Justus Mayer, based on his play The Firebrand.
Play with music, in three acts (in German). Book by Elisabeth Hauptmann ("Dorothy Lane"). Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson.
School opera in two acts. Libretto by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann. Adapted from Arthur Waley's English version of the Japanese play Taniko.
