The Threepenny Opera

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Event The Threepenny Opera
Venue Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 20 September 1984
Last Date 29 October 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Brecht's first major collaboration with Kurt Weill is now taken for granted as a masterpiece of twentieth century music theatre, but at its premiere blew Berlin apart. It proclaims itself "an opera for beggars," and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theatre.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Drama
Opera
Operetta
Subjects Crime
Criminals
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Janet Andrewartha Actor
David Atkins Actor
Don Bridges Actor
Chris Connelly Actor
Peter Cummins Actor
Tommy Dysart Actor
Jan Friedl Actor
Gerard Maguire Actor
John Murphy Actor
Frederick Parslow Actor
Fiona Press Actor
Kate Turner Actor
Kerry Walker Actor
Camille Edwards Assistant Choreographer
Andrew Barker Assistant Stage Manager
Greg Diamantis Assistant Stage Manager
David Atkins Choreographer
Kurt Weill Composer
Red Symons Conductor
Linda Cernigoi Deputy Stage Manager
Richard Jeziorny Designer
Graeme Blundell Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Red Symons Musical Director
Andrew Greene Musician
Al Harding Musician
Mary Robbe Musician
Alfred Strauks Musician
Red Symons Musician
James Valentine Musician
Paul Williamson Musician
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Peter Roehlen Production Manager
Peter Salmon Stage Manager
Ralph Manheim Translator
John Willett Translator
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 11 February 2012
Event Identifier 79209
Dataset AusStage