the threepenny opera

     

Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English

Trivia about the threepenny opera

  • Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical
  • Queen Victoria pardons Mack the Knife in this Brecht-Weill collaboration
  • It premiered at a Berlin theater in 1928 under the title "Die Dreigroschenoper"
  • Polly Peachum's pop gets his knickers in a twist over her marriage to Macheath in this Brecht/Weill play
  • Based on "The Beggar's Opera", this musical opens with the song "Mack the Knife"

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