Die Dreigroschenoper
1928 musical play by Bertolt Brecht; adapted from John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera The Beggar's Opera with music by Kurt Weill and insertion ballads by François Villon and Rudyard Kipling
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- Author
- Bertolt Brecht
- First published
- 1955
- Editions
- 58
- Subjects
- Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Berliner Ensemble, Operas, Drama, Continental european, Fortification, Fortification--united states--juvenile literature, Pt2603.r397 d7 1968
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Key facts
- Music
- Kurt Weill
- Lyrics
- Bertolt Brecht , Uncredited: François Villon (four songs translated by K. L. Ammer )
- Book
- Bertolt Brecht
- Basis
- The Beggar's Opera by John Gay , translated by Elisabeth Hauptmann
- Premiere
- 31 August 1928 : Theater am Schiffbauerdamm , Berlin
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