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Sep 19, 2014 · Kurt Weill: Meisterwerke by Lotte Lenya released in 2014. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961).
When Kurt Weill died of a heart attack in early April 1950, Lotte Lenya was devastated. She withdrew from the public eye and watched over her late husband's work with uncompromising strictness. But friends persuaded her to return to the stage and Lotte played Jenny on Broadway with as much success as she had in Berlin in the late 1920s.
Jan 11, 2021 · Lotte Lenya's recordings of her husband, Kurt Weill's music effectively defined the performance style for a generation or more. Lenya's low, almost gravelly voice, the prominence of the text defined our way of think about Weill's Berlin works.
Lotte Lenya sings "Surabaya Johhny" from Happy End (Brecht/Weill) (1958) From: VAI DVD 4319 Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill Starring Lotte Lenya and Gisela May Lotte Lenya and Gisela May...
Apr 29, 2007 · In the late 1920s, after the popular success of such shows as The Threepenny Opera, composer Kurt Weill and actress Lotte Lenya were Berlin's artistic power couple. But within a few years,...
The Lotte Lenya Competition recognizes talented singer/actors of all nationalities, ages 19-32, who are dramatically and musically convincing in repertoire ranging from contemporary Broadway scores to opera/operetta, including the works of Kurt Weill.
