Die Dreigroschenoper
The Threepenny Opera - L'Opéra de quat' sous - L'Opera da tre soldi
from Kurt Weill
Play with music with a prologue and three acts
Libretto
Bertolt Brecht,
based on the translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann
of "The Beggar's Opera"
Premiere
31 August 1928, Berlin (Theater am Schiffbauerdamm)
Cast
JONATHAN JEREMIAH PEACHUM (baritone)
MRS PEACHUM (mezzo.soprano)
POLLY PEACHUM (soprano)
MACHEATH (tenor)
TIGER BROWN/STREETSINGER (baritone)
LUCY (soprano)
JENNY DIVER (soprano)
CHORUS
whores, beggars and police
Place
London
Time
Beginning of the 20th century