Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 (2023)
Theater director Thomas Ostermeier stages Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's timelessly magnificent "Threepenny Opera" with the ensemble of the Comédie Française in Aix-en-Provence, based on a new translation of the original text by Alexandre Pateau. In London's underworld district of Soho, the beggar king Jonathan Peachum and the criminal Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, are at war. The latter also seduces the daughter of the shady "businessman". When he finds out that the two have secretly celebrated a wedding, he decides to get rid of his rival. He is aided in his endeavors by Jenny, a cunning whore who betrays her ex-lover to the police. Back to the original: First performed in 1928, the opera parody strings together one biting musical number after another in cabaret style and jazz rhythm, breaking the boundaries of the genre, which until then had been considered bourgeois. Because the "Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill is clearly political!
Cast
- Véronique Vella - Celia Peachum
- Elsa Lepoivre - Jenny
- Christian Hecq - Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
- Nicolas Lormeau - Robert
- Benjamin Lavernhe - Brown
- Birane Ba - Macheath
- Marie Oppert - Polly Peachum
- Sefa Yeboah - Filch & Saul
- Jordan Rezgui - Matthias
- Cédric Eeckhout - Jacob
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 about?
- Theater director Thomas Ostermeier stages Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's timelessly magnificent "Threepenny Opera" with the ensemble of the Comédie Française in Aix-en-Provence, based on a new translation of the original text by Alexandre Pateau. In London's underworld district of Soho, the beggar king Jonathan Peachum and the criminal Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, are at war. The latter also seduces the daughter of the shady "businessman". When he finds out that the two have secretly celebrated a wedding, he decides to get rid of his rival. He is aided in his endeavors by Jenny, a cunning whore who betrays her ex-lover to the police. Back to the original: First performed in 1928, the opera parody strings together one biting musical number after another in cabaret style and jazz rhythm, breaking the boundaries of the genre, which until then had been considered bourgeois. Because the "Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill is clearly political!
- Who directed Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023?
- Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 was directed by François-René Martin.
- Who stars in Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023?
- Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 stars Véronique Vella, Elsa Lepoivre, Christian Hecq, Nicolas Lormeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Birane Ba.
- What genre is Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023?
- Brecht & Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 is a Drama, Music film.