Who is Kurt Weill?

was born in Germany in 1900, Kurt Weill studied song with Engelbert Humperdinck and Ferruccio Busoni. In 1926 he married singer Lotte Lenya and the following year began to work with playwright Bertolt Brecht.

Brecht and Weill created several remarkable works, including Mahagonny-Songspiel in 1927, in 1927, in 1927. 1930 was their last cooperation in this period, thought they worked on die Sieben Todsünden, seven deadly sins in English. nominated for the Academy Award in 1945 for the best music: scoring the music picture for his work, with Werner R. Heymann, at Knickerbocker Holiday, his first big hit.

The rest of his career, before his early death in 1950Cals, including ladies in the dark, one touch of Venus, and lost in the stars. In 1948, however, Lerner also worked with Weill at Broadway Musical Love Life, one musical that was not commercialI am a success. Another interesting partnership was created for the street scene, the "Municipal Folk Opera" with Elmer Rice and the lyrics of the poet Langston Hughes.

After his death, Lotte Lenya commissioned an adaptation of the English language Dreigroschenoper by composer Marc Blitzstein. It opened in 1954 and achieved great popularity. In fact, the Weill's song "Mack the Knife" of die Dreigroschenoper often uses in the soundtracks, including Johnny be Good in 1988, Alice in 1990, Love Nos. Quiz in 1994, in 1999, in 1999, in 1999, in 1999, , and What women want in 2000 , bebster In 2003, Shark Tales and beyond the sea in 2004 and Volando Voy in 2006.