Moritat von Mackie Messer
First live performance by Kurt Gerron (August 31, 1928)
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- Written by
- Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
- Language
- German
- Performed live in
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Die Dreigroschenoper
Stage production
August 31, 1928 - Comments
- Sung by the character "Moritatensänger". Most sources claim Lotte Lenya sang the first version of this song. However, we believe this is incorrect. The confusion is probably due to the fact that she was in the original cast (as "Jenny") and that she recorded the song in the fifties.
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