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The Threepenny Opera [a] (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, [1] and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is ...
Vocalists Sharon Chohi Kim, left, and Kathryn Shuman perform during a dress rehearsal for Pauline Oliveros' indoor-outdoor event "Earth Ears: A Sonic Ritual," performed by the Long Beach Opera at ...
It closed after seven performances. Much more successful was The Threepenny Opera which opened March 10, 1954, with a cast that included Bea Arthur, John Astin, Lotte Lenya, Leon Lishner, Scott Merrill, Gerald Price, Charlotte Rae and Jo Sullivan. [2] Because of an incoming booking, it was forced to close after 96 performances.
The company, originally known as Long Beach Grand Opera, was a venture sponsored by the Long Beach Symphony Association to mark the inaugural season of the city’s Terrace Theater. Michael Milenski , formerly of the San Francisco Opera and San Jose Opera, was tapped to mount the first production in March, 1979, Verdi’s La Traviata starring ...
Long Beach Opera begins its 2023 season with the world premiere of Kate Soper's "Romance of the Rose," which brings a 13th century poem into the multimedia, multigenre present.
A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels.In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard).
Independent Opera's "The Stone Guest" is revelatory, L.A. Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" is exhilarating and Pacific Opera Project's super-rare production of "Don Bucefalo" proves a nutty delight.
Following the bankruptcy of Long Beach Civic Light Opera and an opening in the market, they made the decision to move to Long Beach and began to perform under the current name at Cal State Long Beach's Carpenter Center in 1997. [3] [4] The company celebrated its 65th anniversary with its 2017/2018 season.