Bertolt Brecht Musicals



Full Name: Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht

Born: February 10, 1898

Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany

Died: August 14, 1956


The following musicals are listed chronologically, from earliest to most recent.


The Threepenny Opera

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics/Book: Bertolt Brecht

Musical Type: Opera (1928)


Happy End

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht  Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)


Bertolt Brecht also wrote many plays, such as Mother Courage and Her ChildrenLife of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.


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