The Three Penny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)

Album by Kurt Weill & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper & F. Charles Adler

The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) is a musical theatre work by composer Kurt Weill, first premiered in 1928. The score blends elements of jazz, cabaret and classical music and is characterised by satirical, theatrical songs that signalled a new direction in Weill's output and in 20th-century musical theatre.

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  1. 1.
    Overture
    1:40
  2. 2.
    Prologue (Ballad of Mack the Knife)
    2:42
  3. 3.
    Jonathan Peachum's Morning Chorale
    0:56
  4. 4.
    Mr. and Mrs. Peachum;s "Instead of" Song
    2:03
  5. 5.
    Wedding Song for Polly and Macheath, by the boys
    1:10
  6. 6.
    Polly's Song of Jenny the Pirate
    3:26
  7. 7.
    Duet in Canon, of Macheath and Brown
    2:50
  8. 8.
    Love Duet of Macheath and Polly
    2:28
  9. 9.
    Polly's Barbara Song
    4:33
  10. 10.
    Act I Finale: Polly and Mr. and Mrs. Peachum
    4:34
  11. 11.
    Farewell Duet of Polly and MacHeath
    1:28
  12. 12.
    Tango Ballad of Jenny the Coutesan and her Protector, Macheath
    3:36
  13. 13.
    Macheath's Ballad of the Easy Life
    3:20
  14. 14.
    Jealousy Duet of Lucy and Polly
    1:21
  15. 15.
    Act II Funalie: Macheath, Mrs. Peachum and Chorus
    4:20
  16. 16.
    Peachum Explains the Futility of Human Strivings
    1:25
  17. 17.
    Jenny's Song of Solomon
    3:17
  18. 18.
    Macheath's Cry from the Shadow of the Grave
    1:35
  19. 19.
    Macheath's Letter from the Grave
    3:50
  20. 20.
    Finale: Mr. and Mrs. Peachum, Polly, Macheath, Brown and Chorus
    6:59

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