The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera (2008) was a musical theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, based on the work by Bertolt Brecht (libretto) and Kurt Weill (music). The production was performed at the theatre's main stage.
Georg Malvius directed it.
Paul-Ottar Haga played the role of Mack the Knife.
Information
(Objekt ID 32884)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | April 3, 2008 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 25581 |
| Number of events | 52 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Musical theatre, Theatre |
| Running period | April 3, 2008 |
| Duration | 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an interval |
| Website | Det Norske Teatret |
At the webpage of The Norwegian Theatre the following, among other things, is written about The Threepenny Opera:
"This year 80 years have passed since the first time Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's classic music theatre production was performed in Berlin. Still the plot is scarily close to the experience of today's modern metropolises, such as Oslo, for example. Here the crooks and minor criminals act as if they're the best of citizens, begging and prostitution are organised as respectable bourgeois enterprises. This, obviously, is to make us draw the conclusion that the bourgeois respectable is really what is criminal. Or, to put it another way, as in one of the many well-known songs from the play, '...food is the first thing, morals follow on'."
SOURCE:
The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 17.10.2012, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/index.php?option=com_play&view=play&playid=197
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Bertolt Brecht | – Playwright |
| Halldis Moren Vesaas | – Translation |
| Georg Malvius | – Direction |
| Igor Barberic | – Choreography |
| Svenn Erik Kristoffersen | – Musical direction (Piano og harmonium) |
| Kurt Weill | – Composer |
| Cecilia Ölveczky | – Dramaturge |
| Ellen Cairns | – Stage design |
| Ellen Cairns | – Costume design |
| Tore Gustavsen | – Sound design |
| Terje Wolmer | – Lighting design |
| Sverre Bentzen | – Actor (Herr Peachum) |
| Sarah McDonald Berge | – Actor (Dolly m. m.) |
| Heidi Gjermundsen Broch | – Actor (Polly Peachum) |
| Niklas Gundersen | – Actor (Jimmy m. m.) |
| Paul-Ottar Haga | – Actor (Macheath, kalla Mackie Kniven) |
| Marius Havik | – Actor (Peter m. m.) |
| Evelyn Jons | – Actor (Bule-Jenny) |
| Ingrid Jørgensen Dragland | – Actor (Lucy Brown) |
| Frank Kjosås | – Actor (Jakob / Filch m. m.) |
| Marit Kolbræk | – Actor (Fru Peachum) |
| Erlend Olaisen | – Actor (Konstabel Smith / Presten Kimball) |
| Björn Sandberg | – Actor (Eddie m. m.) |
| Lena Sandvand | – Actor (Molly m. m.) |
| Espen Sandvik | – Actor (Mathias m. m.) |
| Sunniva Egge Sipus | – Actor (Vixen m. m.) |
| Sverre Solberg | – Actor (Tiger Brown) |
| Eli Stålhand | – Actor (Rivjern m. m.) |
| Morten Svartveit | – Actor (Georg m. m. ) |
| Rune Sæter | – Actor (Robert m. m.) |
| Trond Teigen | – Actor (Walter m. m. ) |
| Jens Petter Antonsen | – Musician (Trompet - alternerte med Birgit Kjuus) |
| Rune Arnesen | – Musician (Slagverk - alternerte med Trygve Tambs-Lyche) |
| Freddy Bagge | – Musician (Treblås 2 inklusiv fagott - alternerte med Nils Jansen) |
| Christine Gullhav | – Musician (Treblås 1) |
| Marius Haltli | – Musician (Trompet - alternerte med Lasse Rossing) |
| Nils Jansen | – Musician (Treblås 2 inklusiv fagott - alternerte med Freddy Bagge) |
| Birgit Kjuus | – Musician (Trompet - alternerte med Jens Petter Antonsen) |
| Ole Marius Melhuus | – Musician (Bass) |
| Svein Johann Ose | – Musician (Hawaiigitar, banjo, gitar og trekkspill) |
| Lasse Rossing | – Musician (Trompet - alternerte med Marius Haltli) |
| Helge Sunde | – Musician (Trombone) |
| Trygve Tambs-Lyche | – Musician (Slagverk - alternerte med Rune Arnesen) |
| Jørgen Dyremyhr Tyvand | – Extra |
| Trond Gaarder | – Extra |
| Fredrik Hermansen | – Extra |
| Øyvind Stephansen | – Extra |
| Trude Sneve | – Mask design |
| Svenn Erik Kristoffersen | – Musical Instructor |
| Ståle Sletner | – Musical Instructor |
| April 3, 2008 – Hovudscenen, The Norwegian Theatre | Opening night |
Lillian Bikset, Dagbladet, Lojalitet til salgs (literally: Loyalty for sale), 04.04.2008, http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001080049008&tag=item&words=tolvskillingsoperaen:
"The aesthetics belong in part to The Godfather and in part to Camden Market. Rudely simplified one may say that so do the themes. Georg Malvinus adds some twists to The Threepenny Opera, but is mainly true to the original script of Brecht's. The director is the only true one. More than greed and vulgarity, far more than cruelty, this is The Threepenny with betrayal as currency. Betrayal due to one's own interests, due to cowardice, due to short-sightedness. Betrayal because betrayal is easier than fidelity. In every detail the theme is underlined - most elegantly in The Pimp's Ballad, an onstage highlight with its multi-direction tango choreography. Musically highlights are many. The theatre uses Halldis Moren Vesaas' Norwegian version from 1992, a translation which is becoming to Brecht's layer-upon-layer language, and also in sync with Kurt Weill's intricate melodies."