# Kurt Weill
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Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife".
Podcast #17: KURT WEILL - From Brecht to Broadway
If you know that sharks have teeth, dear, that’s probably because Kurt Weill told you so in “Mack the Knife.” But there’s much more to Weill than The Threepenny Opera and Mahagonny: he was a remarkably versatile composer whose music moved between Weimar satire, modernism, and Broadway. Join Jens an…
55. One Touch Of Venus (1948) and The Odyssey (2026)
For episode 55, Grace and Scott can't help themselves but go long on their thoughts about the new Christopher Nolan film, The Odyssey—even though it's not a musical!
Then we shift over to another film dealing with mythology that's honestly only slightly more of a musical, 1948's One Touch Of Venus…
Ann Powers
NPR music critic & correspondent Ann Powers talks Kate Bush, The Roches, Kurt Weill, X, Stevie Wonder & more!
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Charlie Haden and Fred Hersch "Speak Low"
In 1985, music visionary Hal Willner produced an star-studded tribute to the composer Kurt Weill. Over two dozen artists from across the tonal spectrum were assembled to create versions of “Mack The Knife”, “Alabama Song”, “September Song”, and others. My father, along with Liberation Music Orches…
Lux Radio Theatre - "Lady in the Dark" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
Lux Radio Theater presents “Lady in the Dark,” episode 468 of Lux Radio Theatre, originally broadcast January 29, 1945. Guest producer and host Lionel Barrymore introduces this CBS adaptation of the Paramount film.Ginger Rogers reprises her role as Liza Elliott, the commanding editor of Allure maga…
Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 6.01 - The "September Song" Edition
Welcome to Season 06 Episode 01 - the "September Song" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and…
🎧AUDIO FRINGE AIFF 2026 - “Collaborators”
⭐️AIFF 2026 & TTS present “Collaborators”
🎭After fleeing Germany as the Nazis come to power Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill meet in Paris for one final collaboration
Performed by: Cliff Chapman & Peter Wicks
Written by: Benjamin Peel
Music - The Goodbye Song by Dazie Mae courtesy of Free Music Archi…
Rufus Wainwright & Chris Walden Bring Kurt Weill to Life on The Roundtable!
Music, theater, and a little bit of magic come together on an all-new episode of The Roundtable with Robert Bannon!
This week, Robert welcomes the incomparable Rufus Wainwright and seven-time GRAMMY-nominated composer, arranger, and conductor Chris Walden for a special conversation celebrating the…
Deep-Heat Rivalry, The Mirror Crack’d, The Human Voice / The Seven Deadly Sins & Still Life
This episode, we’re covering four wildly different theatrical experiences: a double bill of opera at Charing Cross Theatre, Noël Coward served with afternoon tea at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, an Agatha Christie mystery at the Mill at Sonning, and the gloriously outrageous Deep-Heat Rivalry at The Ot…
Rufus Wainwright and Chris Walden on Classical DNA in the Pop World and Re-Imagining Kurt Weill
Singer-songwriter and opera composer Rufus Wainwright and Grammy-nominated arranger and conductor Chris Walden join us for a wide-ranging conversation about inhabiting Kurt Weill, the architecture of song, and their collaborative album, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, recorded with the Pacific Jazz Orc…
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