Lotte Lenya & Gisela May: Theater Songs of Brecht & Weill (DVD)

Lotte Lenya and Gisela May were the two most prominent interpreters of Brecht and Weill in the last century. Here, from 1958, is Lenya performing five of Kurt Weill’s songs from The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny and the Berlin Requiem. Gisela May performs Brecht songs with music by Weill, Heymann, and Dessau (1972). As a bonus, Martha Schlamme performs two songs of Weill, joined by Will Holt in one number.
B&W/Color, 77 minutes, 4:3, All regions

Lotte Lenya (1958)
Alabama-Song
Surabaya Johnny
Bilbao-Song
Pirate Jenny
Ballad of the Drowned Girl
(Brecht-Weill)

Gisela May (1972)
Moritat
Pirate Jenny
Alabama-Song
In Potsdam Under the Oak Trees
(Brecht/Weill)

Solomon Song
Song of Mother Courage
Song of the Great Capitulation
Song of the Eighth Elephant
Kleines Lied
(Brecht/Dessau)

The Guards Regiment
(Tucholsky/Heymann)

Martha Schlamme (1970/1963)
Bilbao-Song
Tango Ballad, with Will Holt
(Brecht/Weill)