VOLUME 37 NUMBER 1 Kurt Weill Newsletter SPRING 2019 Raves for Lady in the Dark at New York City Center New Lives for Deadly Sins Unveiling a New Orchestration IN THIS ISSUE VOLUME 37 Kurt Weill Newsletter NUMBER 1 EDITOR’S NOTE 2 German Publisher for Love Life SPRING 2019 As so often, this spring finds us looking both backward and for- tions to date to offer perspective and context for all those newly 3 Editor’s Note ward to striking developments in the Weill universe. Behind us intrigued by the work. Down in the Valley Re-Issue lies the MasterVoices production of Lady in the Dark, which Marc Blitzstein’s universe expanded this past season as well, © 2019 Kurt Weill Foundation for Music ISSN 0899-6407 Vive les Livres! proved to be everything Weill fans had been hoping for, greet- with the world premiere of the complete score of his ballet Cain. 7 East 20th Street tel (212) 505-5240 Rise of the City of Mahagonny ed by a rapturous press and prolonged ovations at each perfor- Our news section offers a brief account, along with a cornuco- New York, NY 10003-1106 fax (212) 353-9663 mance. Meanwhile, a new epoch in the history of one of Weill's pia of other stories, not least the results of the latest Lotte Lenya FEATURES
[email protected] [email protected] best-known works, Die sieben Todsünden, begins on 21 Septem- Competition. We must also shoulder the sad duty of memorializ- ing three great artists who intersected with Weill, Len ya, or Blitz- 4 Raves for Lady ber at Beethovenfest Bonn, the world premiere of a new version Published twice a year, the Kurt Weill Newsletter features articles and reviews for an orchestra of fifteen musicians.