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Threepenny Opera Musical Lyrics

Threepenny Opera Lyrics

  1. Prologue
  2. Overture
  3. The Ballad of Mack the Knife
  4. Morning Anthem
  5. Instead Of Song
  6. Wedding Song
  7. Pirate Jenny
  8. Army Song
  9. Love Song
  10. Ballad of Dependency
  11. Melodrama/Polly’s Song
  12. Ballad of the Easy Life
  13. The World Is Mean
  14. Barbara Song
  15. Tango Ballad
  16. Jealousy Duet
  17. How to Survive
  18. Useless Song
  19. Solomon Song
  20. Call from the Grave
  21. Death Message
  22. Finale: The Mounted Messenger

Threepenny Opera musical description

The Threepenny Opera adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, contribution Hauptmann might have made to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author.

The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. With influences from jazz and German dance music, songs from The Threepenny Opera have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" and "Pirate Jenny".


Release date: 1954
Last Update:October, 24th 2023

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