Three Penny Opera > English-Language Soundtrack

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Show

Die Dreigroschenoper (56)

AKA

Threepenny Opera, The

Music

Kurt Weill (341)

Lyrics

Bertolt Brecht (99)

Book

Bertolt Brecht (99)

Recording Details

Date

1962

Type

Audio / Film Cast

Language

English

Book

Wolfgang Staudte (2) — Screenplay,
Günther Weisenborn (2) — Screenplay

Translation

Marc Blitzstein (55)

Engineer

Paul Goodman (34)

Liner Notes

Miles Kreuger (42)

Director

Wolfgang Staudte (2)

Conductor

Samuel Matlovsky (8)

Music Director

Samuel Matlovsky (8)

Performer

Jane Connell (22), Sammy Davis Jr. (129), George S. Irving (35), Martha Schlamme (5), Jo Wilder (2)

Notes

English-language soundtrack of the 1962 German film. Sammy Davis, Jr. is the only actor to appear in the film itself. His scenes as the Streetsinger (a character who does not appear in the original German film) were edited in for US audiences.

Shortcode

[r6039]

Releases (2)

Format

LP

Label

RCA Victor LSO-1086

Release Date

1964

Audio

Stereo

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# Tracks

15

Lists

32 collectors / 8 wish lists

History

1 Revisions

Shortcode

[rl7980]

Side 1:
1. Overture
2. The Ballad of Mack the Knife
3. Morning Anthem; Instead-Of Song
4. Love Song
5. Barbara Song
6. Melodrama and Polly's Song
7. The World Is Mean
Side 2:
1. Solomon Song
2. Pirate Jenny
3. Tango Ballad
4. Ballad of Dependency
5. Jealousy Duet
6. Useless Song
7. Call from the Grave; How to Survive; The Mounted Messenger; Reprieved
8. Happy Ending

Format

LP

Label

RCA Victor LOC-1086

Release Date

1964

Audio

Mono

Search

Lists

11 collectors / 2 wish lists

Shortcode

[rl7770]