The Threepenny Opera – Festival Theatre

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023Leave a comment

Text by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Elisabeth HauptmanMusic by Kurt WeillDirected by Barrie Kosky Musical Direction by Adam Benzwi ★★★★★ Premiering in 1928, choke-holding the genre into a new way of looking, The Threepenny Opera still possesses that overnight sensational approach it had all those decades ago. Berlocj Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann’s operatic still, in ways, is a game … Continue reading The Threepenny Opera – Festival Theatre

Forget Me Not – Royal Lyceum Theatre

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019Leave a comment

Piano & Conduction by Barrie Kosky Performed by Komische Oper Berlin When it comes to Yiddish culture, it’s true what they say – they made Hollywood. They built Broadway. There is not a composer or lyricist creating today in Western culture who was not, indirectly or otherwise, influenced in some way by Yiddish musicians, singers … Continue reading Forget Me Not – Royal Lyceum Theatre