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Happy Dreigroschenoper Day!
ππͺπ¦ ππ³π¦πͺπ¨π³π°π΄π€π©π¦π―π°π±π¦π³ (The Threepenny Opera) with text by Bertolt Brecht & music by Kurt Weill opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlinβs Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.
#UnofficialDiaryDates #Dreigroschenoper #ThreepennyOpera #KurtWeill #BertoltBrecht
first be sure that those who are now starving
get proper helpings when we all start carving
now for once you must try to face the facts
mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
#threepennyOpera #williamBurroughs #music #poetry #spokenWord
Happy birthday to Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht's Die Dreigroschenoper (opened 8/31/1928 at Berlinβs Theater am Schiffbauerdamm)!
"Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts."
#UnofficialDiaryDates #DieDreigroschenoper #ThreepennyOpera #KurtWeill #BertoltBrecht
One of my heroes, #BertoltBrecht, seated outside the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, where the #ThreePennyOpera was first performed in 1928, later bcoming the post-war home of Brecht's #BerlinerEnsemble. I took the photos in 2019.
@Dustin It's a film that fares the test of time quite well due to G. W. Pabst's direction and Bertolt Brecht's writing. Brecht had a largely uncredited influence on another timeless film (Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles) due his development of the concept of "Epic Theater". #bertoltbrecht #gwpabst #ThreepennyOpera #MelBrooks
I've been reading parts of Bob Dylan's intriguing book "The Philosophy of Modern Song". He has a section on Bobby Darin (born Walden Cassotto) and claims his performance of Mac the Knife to be excellent. I like Darin, but I think I prefer Ella Fitzgerald's "live in Berlin" performance of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXAtVbZbkI
And on that topic: who would like to see @amandapalmer cover Mac the Knife?
#bobdylan
#ellafitzgerald
#bobbydarin
#threepennyopera