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The Threepenny Opera

Musical

Writers: Bertolt Brecht Elisabeth Hauptmann Kurt Weill

Songs

Prelude

Act 1

  • -Peachum's Morning Choral â€� Peachum, Mrs Peachum
  • Instead of Song â€� Peachum, Mrs Peachum
  • Wedding Song â€� Four Gangsters
  • Pirate Jenny â€� Polly
  • Cannon Song (“Army Songâ€�) â€� Macheath, Brown
  • Love Song â€� Polly, Macheath
  • Barbara Song â€� Polly
  • First Threepenny Finale â€� Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum

Act 2

  • Melodrama â€� Macheath
  • Polly's Song â€� Polly
  • Ballad of Sexual Dependency â€� Mrs Peachum
  • Ballad of the Pimpâ€� Jenny, Macheath
  • Ballad of the Pleasant Life â€� Macheath
  • Jealousy Duet â€� Lucy, Polly
  • Aria of Lucy â€� Lucy
  • Second Threepenny Finale â€� Macheath, Mrs Peachum, Chorus

Act 3

  • Song of the Insufficiency of Human Struggling (“Life’s a Bitchâ€�) â€� Peachum
  • Reminiscence
  • Solomon Song â€� Jenny
  • Call from the Grave â€� Macheath
  • Grave Inscription â€� Macheath
  • Walk to Gallows â€� Peachum
  • Third Threepenny Finale â€� Brown, Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Macheath, Polly, Chorus

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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