Street Scene (opera) - Wikipedia
Street Scene is an American opera by Kurt Weill (music), Langston Hughes (lyrics), and Elmer Rice (book). Written in 1946 and premiered in Philadelphia that year, Street Scene is based on the Pulitzer Prize -winning 1929 play of the same name by Rice.
Street Scene (Opera) Plot & Characters - StageAgent
Street Scene is a huge piece, with over thirty named characters, a chorus of children, and even a dog, which combines themes of racism, domestic violence, sexual assault, murder, social status, youth culture, and poverty to tell this tragic story of a man being pushed over the edge.
KURT WEILL Street Scene Complete - YouTube
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-pfalz. Conductor: James HolmesChorus: Ludwigshafener Theaterchor (sounding idiomatic American)Production from Houston Grand Oper...
Street Scene - Central City Opera
Aug 3, 2024 · Taking place over two hot summer days in New York City, Kurt Weill’s two-act American opera Street Scene delves into the lives of the multi-ethnic residents of a tenement building, showcasing their hopes, dreams, and struggles.
Street Scene - The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
"The heart of Street Scene is Weill's masterful score, which is in the irresistibly jazzy and bluesy vein of George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, with its growly trumpets, sassy clarinets and seductive piano. . . . Street Scene ranks among the enduring masterpieces of the American musical theater." Denver Post, 2002
Kurt Weill - Langston Hughes - Street Scene (Full).wmv
Kurt Weill - Langston Hughes - Street Scene (Full).wmv. Hans Friedrich Gunther. 2.05K subscribers. 53K views 12 years ago. ...more. Street Scene - An American OperaMusic by Kurt WeillLyrics...
Kurt Weill: Street Scene - YouTube
Dec 11, 2022 · Kurt Weill (1900-1950): Street Scene american-opera to a libretto by Elmer Rice, based on the play of the same name (1929)...more.
Street Scene in a nutshell - Opera North
Nov 28, 2019 · Everything you need to know about Kurt Weill’s Street Scene in one place, right here! What is the story? Street Scene is set in sweltering 1940s New York. The plot centres around the various residents of a single tenement building, and takes place over just 24 hours.
Street Scene: An Appreciation - The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
A polystylistic blending of operatic arias and ensembles, musical comedy songs and dances, dramatic dialogue both unaccompanied and underscored, and extraordinary emotional drama, Street Scene is arguably Weill’s breakthrough.
East Side Story: The Continuing Relevance of Street Scene
Mar 3, 2009 · Why Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes’ Street Scene (1947) is not regularly performed remains a mystery. Weill’s music for this “American opera” (or “Broadway opera,” as he alternately called it) won the first Tony Award for Best Original Score; its musical mélange of Broadway, jazz, blues, and Puccini-esque idioms is as Broadway-by ...
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