The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht
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اغلب اثار "برتولد برشت" به فارسی برگردانده شده است؛ "سقراط مجروح" / کیکاووس جهانداری، "در انبوه شهرها"/ عبدالرحمن صدریه، "استثناء و قاعده"/ محمود اعتماد زاده(م. به آذین)، "ان که گفت آری و آن که گفت نه"/ مصطفی رحیمی، زندگانی گالیله(گالیله ئو گالیله ئی)/ عبد...more
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As a hardcore boho 'Beat' kid, I was raised with the soundtrack of Kurt Weil/Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera." In fact, Lotte Lenya was probably the first singing voice I heard after my Mom - who used to sing to me when I was a little child.
Many years later I read the play/musical and was taken back at its cynical look in how society works. It's an amazing piece of theater and the music is and will always be superb.
Many years later I read the play/musical and was taken back at its cynical look in how society works. It's an amazing piece of theater and the music is and will always be superb.
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Read in January, 2000
I was briefly obsessed with the song Mack the Knife and its variations after hearing the Lotte Lenya version from the show. My next favorite might have been the eerie nasal version with lots of dreamy steel guitar by Jimmie Dale Gilmore. oh and the play was good too.
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Read in January, 1997
recommends it for:
the relaxed audience
The Grove Press edition is worth reading for its inclusion of Brecht's essay on the epic theater; the aims and techniques propounded here have been employed in all manner of forms besides the theater, with varying degrees of efficacy.
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I love Brecht. I first saw the play in 8th grade and died, ever since then I try to see it when I can. It's comes alive much more on the stage...
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Currently reading. Just finished Act 1. Would love to hear the songs. Looking for audio online.
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Read in January, 1985
Vibrant, frivolous, captivating snapshot of tragic German jazz age.
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Read in March, 2006
It's all about Die Ballade von der Sexuellen Horigkeit.
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