Die Dreigroschenoper

Theater at Goetheplatz

by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Director: Klaus Schumacher
Musical direction: Tobias Vethake

"If you want to drain a swamp, don't ask the frogs." (Friedrich Merz) - When robbers lie dead in the alleyways, the shark bares its teeth, love triumphs over reason and capital over morality, and when the moon shines over Soho to top it all off, then we are in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera". A coup of the century that made the young Brecht world-famous virtually overnight. A box office hit and criticism of capitalism in one, even when it was written. And today? Brecht's comparisons of petty criminals and big capitalists circulate in every management seminar for highly paid bank managers and ensure a champagne mood. After Tom Waits' "Woyzeck" musical, director Klaus Schumacher and his musical director Tobias Vethake devote themselves to the legendary songs of Kurt Weill - inspired by jazz, tango, blues and fairground music.