1.0Opera Zuidhttps://operazuid.nl/en/Fanny Bartelshttps://operazuid.nl/en/author/fanny/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l9izzHfhHy"><a href="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/die-dreigroschenoper/">Die Dreigroschenoper</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/die-dreigroschenoper/embed/#?secret=l9izzHfhHy" width="600" height="338" title="“Die Dreigroschenoper” — Opera Zuid" data-secret="l9izzHfhHy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://operazuid.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://operazuid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250320_bjornfrins_Dreigroschen-LR-2_vierkant.jpg13001300Die Dreigroschenoper is a play with music in a prologue and eight scenes based on The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay, by Bertolt Brecht (text) and Kurt Weill (music) in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper is titillating entertainment that challenges the audience to look critically at society and morality. Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht wrote this satirical play with music, which is full of social criticism, in 1928. Almost a hundred years later, the work is still as sharp and topical.Die Dreigroschenoper is about the cunning gangster Macheath (Mackie Messer), who marries the daughter of the beggar king, Polly Peachum. Father Peachum tries to get Macheath sentenced to death in order to maintain his power. Betrayal, corruption and bribery show how this (under)world works. The opera begins with the world-famous Die Moritat von Mackie Messer and ends with a cynical deus ex machina, or an unexpected denouement.Kurt Weill's iconic music explores the boundaries of musical theatre. In Die Dreigroschenoper, classical, cabaret, jazz and chanson merge into a timeless and unique experience. 'Weill composes in an indefinable musical style; it can rightly be called a connecting work of art', says the Limburg and internationally renowned conductor Enrico Delamboye about this.Die Dreigroschenoper stimulates and confronts in a dynamic, highly artistic way. ‘The music sounds - in a positive sense - unpolished, a bit raw and sometimes almost attacking. The connection between text and music also has a very strong theatrical effect. Like in the famous Mackie Messer: the sounds seduce, while the textual content sobers. That, and all those different styles require a very high degree of artistry, from all of us.’ according to Delamboye.Opera Zuid has chosen theatre man Servé Hermans to direct Die Dreigroschenoper. As artistic director of Toneelgroep Maastricht, he created and directed numerous successful theatre pieces. He also directed the spectacular musicals Dagboek van een herdershond and Het was Zondag in het Zuiden. With Die Dreigroschenoper, he makes his debut as an opera director. ‘I find it interesting that it is such a social and topical piece. In Die Dreigroschenoper, the power lies with a few people, in a society in which the vast majority is needy. Compare that to the times in which we live.’ According to Servé Hermans, the opera shows ‘a unique, autonomous world - recognisable, but not an environment in which the theatre audience moves every day.’ The absurd, ironic situations hold up a mirror to us. How does Mackie’s world relate to our own society? And who are we actually laughing at?Die Dreigroschenoper is a play with music in one prologue and eight scenes based on The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay, by Bertolt Brecht (text) and Kurt Weill (music) in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann.Die Dreigroschenoper lasts approximately two and a half hours including intermission and is sung in German, with Dutch dialogues and Dutch and English surtitles.