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Lotte Lenya Singing "Seeräuber Jenny" (Pirate Jenny)

Lotte Lenya Singing "Seeräuber Jenny" (Pirate Jenny) (03:08)

Lotte Lenya singing "Seeräuber Jenny" in the original 1931 film Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera). So intense in its simplicity!

Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya

Mack the Knife Sung by Lotte Lenya (03:40)

The song "Mack the Knife" was witten by Kurt Weill for his wife Lotte Lenya. Here Ms Lenya sings "Mack the Knife" in its original German.

Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (vaimusic.com)

Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill (vaimusic.com) (04:31)

vaimusic.com Lotte Lenya sings "Surabaya Johhny" from Happy End (Brecht/Weill) (1958) From: VAI DVD 4319 Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill Starring Lotte Lenya and Gisela May Lotte Lenya and Gisela May were the two most...

Lotte Lenya Documentary 1/3

Lotte Lenya Documentary 1/3 (09:07)

Performances & interviews

Lotte Lenya - Surabaya Johnny

Lotte Lenya - Surabaya Johnny (03:23)

Lotte Lenya canta "Surabaya Johnny", de l'obra teatral "Happy End", de Bertolt Brecht i Kurt Weill (1929). Dins "Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill", episodi de la sèrie Monitor, dirigit per Ken Russell i Humphrey Burton...

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Lotte Lenya Biography

Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 - 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In popular culture, she is widely recognized for her performance as the viperous contessa who pimps young men to older rich ladies in the film The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone based on the Tennessee Williams novella and Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love. She is also known for receiving a mention in the Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin versions of the song "Mack the Knife".

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Lotte Lenya's Best Songs

  • 1. Moritat vom Mackie Messer from Die Dreigroschenoper
  • 2. The Ballad Of Mack The Knife (Bonus Track)
  • 3. So What? from Cabaret
  • 4. Pirate Jenny
  • 5. The Solomon Song from The Threepenny Opera (as performed in Broadway show "Brecht on Brecht")
  • 6. Song from Mother Courage (as performed in Broadway show "Brecht on Brecht")
  • 7. Married from Cabaret
  • 8. Alabama Song
  • 9. It Couldn't Please Me More (A Pineapple) from Cabaret
  • 10. Song of a German Mother (as performed in Broadway show "Brecht on Brecht")
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