Kurt Weill News

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Responsible for catapulting German Expressionism into the mainstream, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari marks the second installment in Beal's Weimar Trilogy of silent films, in which the renowned composer creates works in tandem with classic films from the silent era. It follows Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (dir. F.W. Murnau, 1927).

Let's march into March with a quiz about the music notables born in that month. Check out this BroadwayWorld quiz to see how much you know about them. A March Multiple Choice Quiz about our multiple birthday honorees.

Experience the continuation of CARNEGIE HALL's FALL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC: DANCING ON THE PRECIPICE festival this spring.

2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner Justin Austin will star in composer Damien Geter's COTTON, presented by The 92nd Street Y, New York. Learn more about the premiere and see how to purchase tickets.

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work. Learn more about the performances here!

Advanced tickets are on sale for the June 6th performance of All the Love in The World, a collection of love songs presented by Dreamgates, featuring celebrated vocalists Tessa Lang and Johannes Schwaiger.

Central City Opera (CCO) has announced the appointment of stage director Alison Moritz as its new Artistic Director. Learn more about Moritz here!

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has identified the twenty rising singer-actors who have advanced to the Lenya Competition's semifinal round.

Brooklyn Art Song Society will present Circles VI: The February House, a program inspired by the Brooklyn-Heights-based artist commune that housed Benjamin Britten, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and W.H. Auden. Learn how to purchase tickets.

MasterVoices continues its 2023-24 season on March 22-23 at NYU Skirball with the New York City Premiere of Varone’s To My Arms / Restore.

On Friday, March 8, 2024, New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will release an album drawn from its archives, NYFOS Records: The Singles, Vol. 1 featuring guest artists performing together with pianist and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier on NYFOS Records. Learn more here!

If you were asked to describe yourself in 14 songs, what would they be? That is the challenge that singer Ari Axelrod set for himself in his show which opened at Birdland last night entitled simply enough, AN EVENING WITH ARI AXELROD. What emerged from that question is a portrait of an artist who is intelligent, sensitive, somewhat anxious, and remarkably contemplative for someone just on the cusp of 30.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 7:30pm, Carnegie Hall presents the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) in America in Weimar: On the Margins at Zankel Hall. 

Carnegie Hall presents the American Composers Orchestra in 'America in Weimar: On the Margins' featuring new works by John Glover, Kelley Rourke, Jerod Tate, and Tonia Ko. The program explores the United States' influence on the pre-World War II Weimar period.

Art of Time Ensemble presents Dance to the Abyss at Harbourfront Centre Theatre. Experience an incredible fusion of music and dance.

Wu Man will premiere Du Yun's new concerto for pipa at Zankel Hall on February 29.

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, collaborates with Young Concert Artists (YCA) in All Together Now on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. at the Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall.

Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) continues its seasons on Friday, February 2 at 7:30PM at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn with Circles V: The Minnesota Connection.

Washington National Opera will present the 11th season of American Opera Initiative (AOI), an acclaimed initiative to commission and present new American operas, on January 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. T