Berlin-Athens-New York.
Kurt Weill needs no introduction. Three quarters of a century after his death, his work, an enthusiastic amalgam of knowledge and inspiration, continues to entertain, move and fuel new readings. A heretic with a classical background, Weill never accepted the distinction between serious and light music; “there is only good and bad music,” he declared as he led his life, shortly before the rise of Nazism in Germany, from the epic theatre of Brecht – and their famous collaboration at the Opera of the Five – to the Paris of Poulenc and Satie, and then to the Broadway of iconic jazz and pop culture musicals, where he eventually established himself as the ultimate songwriter of the American stage. Weill, like other great artists of the turbulent 20th century, had to reinvent himself, going through successive cycles towards freedom, both in life and in art. The fragile human nature and the changes of the human condition are transformed through his songs and biography into a fascinating musical spectacle: led by Magda Mavroyianni, three important performers bring to life the condition of an original lyrical cabaret and invite us to follow them on a journey with stops in Berlin, Paris, New York and Athens.
