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May 30, 2008 · The song "Mack the Knife" was witten by Kurt Weill for his wife Lotte Lenya. Here Ms Lenya sings "Mack the Knife" in its original German.
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Lotte Lenya. Award-winning Austrian actress and singer Lotte Lenya ( b. Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary, October 18, 1898; d. New York City, November 27, 1981 ), transplanted to the United States for the latter part of her career, is best remembered by music-lovers for her interpretations of songs by her husband Kurt Weill (1900–1950), and by ...
Lotte Lenya singing "Seeräuber Jenny" in the original 1931 film Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera). So intense in its simplicity!
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Lotte died of cancer, on her deathbed anointing Teresa Stratas to carry the Kurt Weill torch. Today most of her vast recorded legacy remains in print, singers performing "Mack the Knife" continue Louis Armstrong's convention of interpolating her name into the lyrics, and the Eastman School of Music hosts the annual Lotte Lenya Competition.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language film she is remembered for her Academy Award-nominated role in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and as the ...
When Kurt Weill died of a heart attack in early April 1950, Lotte Lenya was devastated. She withdrew from the public eye and watched over her late husband's work with uncompromising strictness. But friends persuaded her to return to the stage and Lotte played Jenny on Broadway with as much success as she had in Berlin in the late 1920s.
Lotte Lenya. Lotte Lenya (oik. Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer, 18. lokakuuta 1898 Wien, Itävalta – 27. marraskuuta 1981 New York, Yhdysvallat) oli itävaltalainen laulaja ja näyttelijä. Hänet muistetaan ehkä parhaiten miehensä Kurt Weillin laulujen esittäjänä sekä Rosa Klebbin roolista James Bond -elokuvassa Salainen agentti ...
