Threepenny Opera Lyrics: Song List
- Prologue
- Overture
- The Ballad of Mack the Knife
- Morning Anthem
- Instead Of Song
- Wedding Song
- Pirate Jenny
- Army Song
- Love Song
- Ballad of Dependency
- Melodrama/Polly’s Song
- Ballad of the Easy Life
- The World Is Mean
- Barbara Song
- Tango Ballad
- Jealousy Duet
- How to Survive
- Useless Song
- Solomon Song
- Call from the Grave
- Death Message
- Finale: The Mounted Messenger
About the "Threepenny Opera" Stage Show
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