Jurij Ljubimov: The Three-Penny Opera, 1981.
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Context of the Performance in Theatrical Culture
Dramatic text, dramaturgy
Direction
Acting
Stage design and sound
Impact and posterity

 

Title: Háromgarasos opera (The Three-Penny Opera)

Date of premier: 25th of September, 1981

Site of Premier: Nemzeti Színház (Hevesi Sándor square)

Director: Yuri Lyubimov

Author: Bertolt Brecht

Composer: Kurt Weill (musical director: Simon Zoltán)

Translator: Vas István (prose), Blum Tamás (lyrics)

Dramaturg: Bereczky Erzsébet

Choreographer: Lothar Hanff, Eva Reinthaller

Set Designer: David Borovski

Costume Designer: Vágó Nelly

Ensemble: Nemzeti Színház, Budapest

Actors: Újlaki Dénes (Macheath, or Mack the Knife), Garas Dezső, guest artist (Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum), Törőcsik Mari, guest artist (Celia Peachum, his wife),
Udvaros Dorottya (Polly Peachum, his daughter), Gelley Kornél / Nagy Zoltán (stand-in 03/1983) (Brown, police chief of London), Moór Marianna (Lucy, his daughter), Ronyecz Mária (Jenny), Kátay Endre (Smith), Kun Vilmos (Kimball, the priest), Helyey László (Filch), Dörner György (street singer), Vajda László (Matthias), Balkay Géza (Jacob), Eperjes Károly (Robert), Bubik István (Ede), Hollósi Frigyes (Jimmy), Pathó István (Walter), Izsóf Vilmos (beggar), Olsavszky Éva (Old prostitute).

Analysis by: Bagi Ágnes, Kiss Gabriella, Kővári Gyöngyi Krisztina