This is a complete list of the stage works of the German, and later American, composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950).
Works
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zriny | opera | after a tragedy by Theodor Körner | composed 1916, but lost | ||
| Ninon von Lenclos | opera | based on a drama by Ernst Hardt | composed 1920, but lost | ||
| Zaubernacht | ballet with song | 1 act | Wladimir Boritsch | 18 November 1922 | Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm |
| Der Protagonist | opera | 1 act | Georg Kaiser | 27 March 1926 | Dresden, Staatsoper |
| Royal Palace, Op. 17 | opera | 1 act | Yvan Goll | 2 March 1927 | Berlin, Krolloper |
| Na und? | Felix Joachimson | composed 1926–1927, but unperformed and lost | |||
| Mahagonny-Songspiel | Songspiel | 3 acts | Bertolt Brecht | 17 July 1927 | Baden-Baden, Kurhaus |
| Der Zar lässt sich photographieren | opera buffa | 1 act | Georg Kaiser | 18 February 1928 | Leipzig, Neues Theater |
| Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) |
play with music | prologue and 8 scenes |
Bertolt Brecht, after The Beggar's Opera by John Gay | 31 August 1928 | Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm |
| Happy End | comedy with music | 3 acts | Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht | 2 September 1929 | Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm |
| Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny | opera | 3 acts | Bertolt Brecht | 9 March 1930 | Leipzig, Neues Theater |
| Der Jasager | Schuloper | 2 acts | Bertolt Brecht, after Elisabeth Hauptmann's translation from Arthur Waley's English version of the Japanese No drama Taniko | 23 June 1930 | Berlin |
| Die Bürgschaft | opera | prologue and 3 acts |
Caspar Neher, after Johann Gottfried Herder's parable Der afrikanische Rechtspruch | 10 March 1932 | Berlin, Städtische Oper |
| Die sieben Todsünden | ballet chanté | 8 parts | Bertolt Brecht | 7 June 1933 | Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| Der Silbersee | play with music | 3 acts | Georg Kaiser | 18 February 1933 | Leipzig, Altes Theater & Stadttheater Magdeburg & Theater Erfurt |
| Marie Galante | play with music | 2 acts | Jacques Deval | 22 December 1934 | Paris, Théâtre de Paris |
| Der Kuhhandel | operetta | 2 acts | Robert Vambery | composed 1934 but not performed until: 22 March 1990 | Düsseldorf (in concert) |
| A Kingdom for a Cow (revision of Der Kuhhandel) | musical play | 3 acts | Reginald Arkell and D Carter | 28 June 1935 | London, Savoy Theatre |
| Der Weg der Verheißung[1] | biblical drama | 4 acts | Franz Werfel | composed 1934–1935, but unperformed until: 13 June 1999 | Chemnitz, Theater Chemnitz |
| Johnny Johnson | musical play | 3 acts | Paul Green | 19 November 1936 | New York, 44th Street Theatre |
| The Eternal Road (revision of Der Weg der Verheißung) | biblical drama | 4 acts | Franz Werfel | 7 January 1937 | New York City, Manhattan Opera House |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | musical comedy | 2 acts | Maxwell Anderson | 26 September 1938 | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Davy Crockett | musical play | 2 acts | H R Hays | composed 1938, but unfinished | |
| Railroads on Parade (A Fantasy on Rail Transport)[2] | circus opera | Edward Hungerford | 30 April 1939 | New York World's Fair | |
| Ulysses Africanus | musical play | 2 acts | Maxwell Anderson | composed 1939, but unfinished | material later used in Lost in the Stars |
| Lady in the Dark | musical play | 2 acts | Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin | 23 January 1941 | New York, Alvin Theatre |
| Fun to Be Free[3] | pageant play | Various artists from Fight for Freedom: other composers also involved |
5 October 1941 | New York, Madison Square Garden | |
| We Will Never Die | pageant play | Ben Hecht | 9 March 1943 | New York, Madison Square Garden | |
| One Touch of Venus | musical comedy | 2 acts | Ogden Nash | 7 October 1943 | New York, Imperial Theatre |
| The Firebrand of Florence | operetta | 2 acts | Ira Gershwin | 22 March 1944 | New York, Alvin Theatre |
| A Flag is Born | pageant | Ben Hecht | 5 September 1945 | New York, Alvin Theatre | |
| Street Scene | American opera | 2 acts | Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes | 9 January 1947 | New York, Adelphi Theatre |
| Down in the Valley | folk opera | 1 act | Arnold Sundgaard | 15 July 1948 | Bloomington, Indiana University |
| Love Life | vaudeville | 2 parts | Alan Jay Lerner | 7 October 1948 | New York, 46th Street Theatre |
| Lost in the Stars | musical tragedy | 2 acts | Maxwell Anderson | 30 October 1949 | New York, Music Box Theatre |
| Huckleberry Finn | musical | 2 acts | Maxwell Anderson after Mark Twain | composed 1950, but unfinished |
References
- ^ Der Weg der Verheißung, Kurt Weill Foundation
- ^ Playbill for Railroads on Parade, 1939 New York World's Fair
- ^ "Works Chronology – 1941", Kurt Weill Foundation
Further reading
- Hinton, Stephen (1992), "Weill, Kurt" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
Media related to Works by Kurt Weill at Wikimedia Commons
