Musical revue of Weill's songs created and conceived by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli.
Orchestrations by Paul Sportelli (based on the original orchestrations of Kurt Weill).
Synopsis
Song List
Performance Information
The story of one evening in a dockside bar in Rostock, Germany in 1924. A group of sailors descend on the bar and experience an evening of camaraderie, loss, and self-discovery while interacting with the prostitutes who who work there. The narrative is delivered entirely through the music of Kurt Weill and his various collaborators, most notably Bertolt Brecht.
Mack the Knife
Alabama Song
Song of the Rhineland
Tango Ballad
Bilbao Song
Mandalay Song
Ballad of Sexual Dependency
As You Make Your Bed
Nanna's Lied
Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway?
Berlin Im Licht
What Keeps Mankind Alive?
Surabaya Johnny
Ballad of the Soldier's Wife
My Ship
The Drowned Girl
September Song
Youkali
Lost in the Stars
Cast: Magda (alto), Kurt (tenor), Gisela (soprano), Elli (soprano), Horst (baritone), Gunther (baritone), Jakob (baritone)
Orchestra: clarinet (tenor sax), accordion (musical saw), banjo, piano, drums, bass.
Duration: ca. 80 minutes
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First production: 21 August 2015, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Shaw Festival, Jay Turvey, dir., Paul Sportelli, cond.
Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.