MEDIA KIT: The Threepenny Opera

Music by Kurt Weill | Libretto by Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Michael Feingold
Original German text based on Elisabeth
Hauptmann’s German Translation of John Gay’s
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
A new BLO production
Sung in English, but please note that this production will not have surtitles.
Performance running time is approximately 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one intermission.

Performance Dates

FRI | MAR 16 | 7:30PM SOLD OUT
SUN | MAR 18 | 3:00PM SOLD OUT
FRI | MAR 23 | 7:30PM SOLD OUT
SAT | MAR 24 | 7:30PM SOLD OUT
SUN | MAR 25 | 3:00PM SOLD OUT

As London scrubs up for the coronation, the police cut deals left and right to keep the filth out of sight. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Peachum’s daughter can’t be found…and a notorious gangster is back in town. A landmark 20^th century work rarely performed by a professional opera company, The Threepenny Opera sends up a satiric critique of capitalism and the meaning of morality when living in the slums.

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Production Photos

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Kelly Kaduce as Polly Peachum sings the iconic “Pirate Jenny” in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

James Maddalena, Kelly Kaduce and Michelle Trainor are the unconventional Peachum Family in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Jenny (Renee Tatum, in blue) reads the palm of Macheath (Christopher Burchett, center, top) in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Mrs. Peachum (Michelle Trainor) berates Macheath (Christopher Burchett) whose arrest she helped secure, in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Lucy (Chelsea Basler, l.) silences Polly Peachum (Kelly Kaduce), her rival for Macheath’s affections with a piece of cake in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Michelle Trainor as Mrs. Peachum in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Daniel Belcher is Chief of Police Tiger Brown in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.

Christopher Burchett as Macheath (top) and the cast of Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s THE THREEPENNY OPERA, running March 16-25 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre. BLO.org.