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Mar 21, 2024 · Lotte Lenya was an Austrian actress-singer who popularized much of the music of her first husband, the composer Kurt Weill, and appeared frequently in the musical dramas of Weill and his longtime collaborator Bertolt Brecht. Lenya studied ballet and drama in Zurich from 1914 to 1920, was a member
Jul 2, 2018 · The Legendary Lotte Lenya. As an actress and chanteuse in Weimar-era Berlin, Lotte Lenya immortalized the music of her husband, composer Kurt Weill, with enthralling renditions of songs such as ...
An unconventional marriage. It wasn’t long before Lotte Lenya moved in with Kurt Weill in his tiny flat on Berlin’s Luisenplatz, and they married at the end of January 1926, much to the dismay of Weill’s pious parents. “She’s a terrible housewife. But a very good actress,” quipped the husband.
The Lotte Lenya Competition. The Lotte Lenya Competition recognizes talented singer/actors of all nationalities, ages 19-32, who are dramatically and musically convincing in repertoire ranging from contemporary Broadway scores to opera/operetta, including the works of Kurt Weill.
"Lotte Lenya helps to tell the story without making a personal incident out of her presence in it," wrote Brooks Atkinson inThe New York Times, in admiration of her seamless work with the rest of the cast to give Weill's score—particularly "Mack the Knife" and her rendition of "Pirate Jenny"—a new audience. The production ran for a record ...
