The Threepenny Opera by Weill, Fri 31 May 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Maurice Lenhard,, Conductor Benedict Kearns, Volksoper, Vienna, Austria

Who cheats best wins: crook boss Macheath and beggar king Peachum (both entrepreneurs!) put on a shabby competition at its best. However, Peachum's daughter Polly does not see herself as investment capital and marries Macheath for love. The whore Jenny takes revenge with her means. But a world that only rewards the best crooks can't be a good one. The Threepenny Opera mercilessly exposes what audiences don't want to see: that we are all the ones supporting this evil. In 1928 it was already cold in the bourgeois world, which The Threepenny Opera wanted to show its wickedness in an unadorned way. The gutter is foil, the dirty shirt collar is just color. And isn't it getting colder? Maurice Lenhard and his team present this classic as a fight for survival in a cold world: if you don't have a thick skin, it's best to wrap up as best you can against the frost in this reading. The Threepenny Opera is the first contribution to the new Manifesto series at the Vienna Volksoper . Under this title, young and experienced theater makers are invited to think aloud about how and why making music theater. At the end of the day, each artistic team will leave behind a new production and a manifesto that we will continue to build on.