The Threepenny Opera

• 3
  Broadway Production (1933)
  New York, NY
• Theatre de Lys Revival (1954)
  New York, NY
• Off-Broadway Return Engagement (1955)
  New York, NY
• T
  London Production (1956)
  London, England
• T
  1st National Tour (1960)
  unknown location
• T
  2nd National Tour (1961)
  unknown location
• Film Version (1962)
  unknown location
• D
  New York City Opera Revival (1965)
  New York, NY
• T
  Broadway Revival (1966)
  New York, NY
• London Revival (1972)
  London, England
• Lincoln Center Revival (1976)
  New York, NY
• T
  Return Engagement (1977)
  New York, NY
• Royal National Theatre Production (1986)
  London, England
• Film Version (1989)
  unknown location
• T
  Broadway Revival (1989)
  New York, NY
• T
  Donmar Warehouse Revival (1994)
  London, England
• T
  De Lys Revival Reunion Concert (2000)
  New York, NY
• T
  Off-Broadway Revival (2003)
  New York, NY
• T
  Broadway Revival (2006)
  New York, NY
• T
  BBC Radio Production (2009)
  unknown location
• Off-Broadway Revival (2014)
  New York, NY

There are a total of 43 productions in Ovrtur's database.

Click on the title for info on the song.

• Original score

  • Moritat vom Mackie Messer
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Mack the Knife
    • a.k.a. Mack the Knife
    • a.k.a. Moritat
    • a.k.a. Moritat (Ballad of Mack the Knife)
    • a.k.a. Prologue ? Street Crier's Ballad of Mackie the Knife
    • a.k.a. PROLOGUE: Ballad of Mack the Knife
    • a.k.a. Song of the Extraordinary Crimes of Mac the Knife
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Mac the Knife
    • a.k.a. The Flick Knife Song
    • a.k.a. The Legend of Mackie Messer
    • a.k.a. The Moritat of Mackie the Knife
  • Morgenchoral des Peachum
    • a.k.a. Morning Anthem
    • a.k.a. Mr. Jonathan Peachum's Morning Chorale
    • a.k.a. Mr. Peachum's Morning Hymn
    • a.k.a. Peachum's Morning Anthem
    • a.k.a. Peachum's Morning Hymn
    • a.k.a. Peachum's Morning Song
  • Anstatt daÃ?-Song
    • a.k.a. "No, They Can't" Song
    • a.k.a. Instead-Of Song
    • a.k.a. Kids Today
    • a.k.a. Mr. and Mrs. Peachum's 'Instead Of' Song
    • a.k.a. The 'Rather Than' Song
    • a.k.a. The I-for-One Song
    • a.k.a. Why-Can't-They Song
  • Hochzeitslied
    • a.k.a. Gang Song
    • a.k.a. The Wedding Song
    • a.k.a. Wedding Song
    • a.k.a. Wedding Song for Polly and Macheath, by the Boys
    • a.k.a. Wedding Song for Poor People
    • a.k.a. Wedding Song for Poorer People
    • a.k.a. Wedding Song for the Less Well-Off
  • Seeräuberjenny
    • a.k.a. Pirate Jenny
    • a.k.a. Pirate Jenny or Dreams of a Kitchen Maid
    • a.k.a. Pirate-Jenny or Dreams of a Kitchen Maid
    • a.k.a. Polly's Song of Jenny the Pirate
    • a.k.a. The Pirate Jenny
  • Kanonen-Song
    • a.k.a. Army Song
    • a.k.a. Cannon Song
    • a.k.a. Duet in Canon, of Macheath and Brown
    • a.k.a. Soldiers' Song
    • a.k.a. Squaddies Song
    • a.k.a. The Cannon Song
    • a.k.a. The Soldiers' Song
    • a.k.a. The Song of the Heavy Cannon
  • Liebeslied
    • a.k.a. Love Duet
    • a.k.a. Love Duet of Macheath and Polly
    • a.k.a. Love Song
    • a.k.a. Moon Over Soho
  • Barbarasong
    • a.k.a. Barbara Song
    • a.k.a. Barbara-Song
    • a.k.a. In a Little Song Polly Gives Her Parents a Hint of Her Marriage to the Gangster Macheath
    • a.k.a. Lucy Song
    • a.k.a. Polly's Barbara Song
    • a.k.a. The 'No' Song
    • a.k.a. The Song of No and Yes
  • Erstes Dreigroschenfinale
    • a.k.a. 1st THREEPENNY FINALE : The World Is Mean
    • a.k.a. 1st Threepenny Finale: The World Is Mean
    • a.k.a. Certain Things Make Our Life Impossible
    • a.k.a. Finale Act I: The Uncertainty of Human Conditions
    • a.k.a. First 3 Penny Finale
    • a.k.a. First Act Finale
    • a.k.a. First Finale
    • a.k.a. First Threepenny Finale
    • a.k.a. First Threepenny Finale: The World Is Mean
    • a.k.a. Life's a Bitch
    • a.k.a. On the Uncertainty of Human Circumstances
    • a.k.a. The Uncertainty of Human Conditions
    • a.k.a. The World is Hard
    • a.k.a. The World is Mean
  • Melodram
    • a.k.a. Farewell Duet of Polly and Macheath
    • a.k.a. Farewell Song
    • a.k.a. Goodbye
    • a.k.a. Goodbye Song
    • a.k.a. Melodrama
  • Pollys Lied
    • a.k.a. Melodrama & Polly's Song
    • a.k.a. Polly's Farewell Song
    • a.k.a. Polly's Song
  • Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Dependency
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Sexual Dependency
    • a.k.a. Ballad of the Prisoner of Sex
    • a.k.a. Sexual Slavery
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Dependency
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Sexual Imperative
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Sexual Obsession
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Sexual Submissiveness
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of the Overwhelming Power of Sex
  • Zuhälterballade
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Immoral Earnings
    • a.k.a. Ballad of the Fancy Man
    • a.k.a. Knocking Shop Tango
    • a.k.a. Pimp's Ballad (Tango)
    • a.k.a. Tango
    • a.k.a. Tango Ballad
    • a.k.a. Tango Ballad of Jenny, the Courtesan, and Macheath, Her Protector
    • a.k.a. Tango Ballade
    • a.k.a. Tango-Ballad
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of the Fancy Man
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of the Pimp
    • a.k.a. The Procurer's Ballad
  • Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Good Living
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Gracious Living
    • a.k.a. Ballad of Living in Style
    • a.k.a. Ballad of the Easy Life
    • a.k.a. Ballad of the Easy Life
    • a.k.a. Easy Life
    • a.k.a. Macheath's Ballad of the Easy Life
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of Pleasant Living
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of the Easy Life
    • a.k.a. The Ballad of the Happy Life
    • a.k.a. The Easy Life
    • a.k.a. The Secret of Gracious Living
  • Eifersuchtsduett
    • a.k.a. Jealousy Duet
    • a.k.a. Jealousy Duet of Lucy and Polly
    • a.k.a. The Jealousy Duet
  • Zweites Dreigroschenfinale
    • a.k.a. 2nd THREEPENNY FINALE : How to Survive
    • a.k.a. 2nd Threepenny Finale: How to Survive
    • a.k.a. Act II Finale
    • a.k.a. Finale Act II: What Keeps Mankind Alive?
    • a.k.a. How Do Humans Live
    • a.k.a. How to Survive
    • a.k.a. Second 3 Penny Finale
    • a.k.a. Second Finale
    • a.k.a. Second Threepenny Finale
    • a.k.a. Second Threepenny Finale: How to Survive
    • a.k.a. What Keeps a Man Alive?
    • a.k.a. What Keeps Mankind Alive?
  • Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens
    • a.k.a. Peachum Explains the Futility of Human Strivings
    • a.k.a. Solidarity Song
    • a.k.a. Song of Futility
    • a.k.a. Song of the Aimlessness of Life
    • a.k.a. Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavor
    • a.k.a. The Song About Inadequacy
    • a.k.a. The Song of Inadequacy of Human Striving
    • a.k.a. The Song of the Futility of All Human Endeavor
    • a.k.a. Useless Song
    • a.k.a. What's the Point?
  • Salomonsong
    • a.k.a. Jenny's Song of Solomon
    • a.k.a. Solomon Song
    • a.k.a. Song of Solomon
    • a.k.a. The Socrates Song
    • a.k.a. The Song of Solomon
  • Ruf aus der Gruft
    • a.k.a. A Call from the Grave
    • a.k.a. Call from the Grave
    • a.k.a. Cry from the Dungeon
    • a.k.a. Cry from the Grave
    • a.k.a. Inside the Tomb
    • a.k.a. Macheath's Cry From the Shadow of the Grave
  • Grabschrift
    • a.k.a. Ballad in Which Macheath Asks Everyone for Forgiveness
    • a.k.a. Ballad in Which Macheath Begs All Men for Forgiveness
    • a.k.a. Ballad in Which Macheath Begs All Mens' Forgiveness
    • a.k.a. Ballad in which Macheath Begs Pardon of All
    • a.k.a. Death Message
    • a.k.a. Epitaph
    • a.k.a. Macheath's Letter From the Grave
    • a.k.a. Pardon Me
    • a.k.a. Testament
    • a.k.a. The Ballad in which Macheath asks Everyone's Forgiveness
  • Drittes Dreigroschenfinale
    • a.k.a. 3rd THREEPENNY FINALE : The Mounted Messenger
    • a.k.a. 3rd Threepenny Finale: The Mounted Messenger
    • a.k.a. Act III Finale
    • a.k.a. Finale
    • a.k.a. Finale of The Three Penny Opera
    • a.k.a. The Arrival of the Mounted Messenger
    • a.k.a. The Mounted Messenger
    • a.k.a. The Riding Messenger
    • a.k.a. Third 3 Penny Finale
    • a.k.a. Third Finale
    • a.k.a. Third Threepenny Finale
    • a.k.a. Third Threepenny Finale: The Mounted Messenger

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• Cut prior to Berlin opening

  • Anhang - Arie der Lucy
    • a.k.a. Lucy's Aria
  • Fight About the Property
  • Poor Mrs. Peachum

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• Added to 1954 revival

  • The Bide-a-Wee in Soho

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• Status unknown

  • March to the Gallows

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• Added to some later productions

  • Ballad of the Drowned Girl
  • For That's My Way

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Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• No demos listed.

Based on The Beggar's Opera by John Gay (as translated to German by Elisabeth Hauptman)

The show was a hit in Berlin and its success spread throughout Europe, with 46 productions opening during the first year of the Berlin run. Within the next 5 years, there had been 130 productions worldwide with a total of over 10,000 performances and had been translated into 18 languages.

• The 3-Penny Opera (1933 Broadway title)
• The 3Penny Opera (alternate title)
• Die Luder-Oper (working title)
• Die Dreigroschen Oper (German film title)
• Die Dreigroschenoper (original German title)
• Gesindle (working title)
• Mack the Knife (film title)
• Scum (English translation of working title)
• The Beggar's Opera (source material)
• 3 Penny Opera (1989 Broadway revival title)