| re: Songs In Musicals Intended For One Character But Given To Another. | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 10:35 am EDT 10/13/17 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:27 am EDT 10/13/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Songs In Musicals Intended For One Character But Given To Another. - allineedisthegirl 10:01 am EDT 10/13/17 | |
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| Actually, there is reason to believe that on opening night in Berlin, "Barbarasong" was sung by Lucy. This may have happened because Carola Neher left so close to opening night, and Roma Bahn, the replacement for Neher, had very little time to learn the role. It may be that "Barbarasong" was intended for Polly, and given to Lucy on opening night just because of the time constraints. When Neher took over the role later in the run, “Barbarasong” went to Polly. No opening night script survives, and I think there was no song list — or if there was one, it didn't identify who sang what — in the programs so certain things remain shadowy, and we know that Brecht revised the script (several times, I think), and there were also changes to the score later, perhaps the most famous being the restoration (though never in that Berlin production) of "Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit," cut because the original Mrs. Peachum refused to sing it. The history of the piece is very complex (as it's clear you already know). You probably knew all that. The only place I know of where the info on "Barbarasong" has been written about is in Stephen Hinton's book on Threepenny Opera. That doesn't mean it's not in some other books — perhaps some in German — but that's where I found out about it. |
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