| "STREET SCENE" by Kurt Weill, Elmer Rice & Langston Hughes on BBC Radio 3 | |
| Posted by: WeillFan 07:55 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
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| For a limited time, BBC Radio 3 presents a performance of Opera North's new production of Kurt Weill's 1947 Broadway musical "Street Scene" recorded at the Leeds Grand Theatre. Host Petroc Trelawny is joined by Kara McKechnie, professor of dramaturgy at Leeds University. During the intermission there's an interview with Kim Kowalke, President of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, plus a rare recordings of Kurt Weill himself both singing and speaking on American radio in the 1940s. Street Scene: An American Opera in two acts Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Elmer Rice, based on his play of the same name; Lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice. Cast: Anna Maurrant …..Giselle Allen Frank Maurrant …..Robert Hayward Rose Maurrant…..Gillene Butterfield Sam Kaplan …..Alex Banfield Greta Fiorentino…..Miranda Bevin Lippo Fiorentino…..Christopher Turner Emma Jones…..Claire Pascoe George Jones…..Richard Mosley-Evans Mae Jones…..Michelle Andrews Dick Mcgann…..Rodney Vubya Olga Olsen…..Amy J Payne Carl Olsen…..John Savournin Henry Davis….Byron Jackson Harry Easter…..Quirijn De Lang Daniel Buchanan…..Stuart Laing Abraham Kaplan…..Dean Robinson Jennie Hildebrand…..Laura Kelly-McInroy Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North James Holmes, conductor |
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