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Masterwork Portrait: Lotte Lenya Weill by Lotte Lenya released in 1990. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill .
Lenya sang the roles of Miriam and the Witch of Endor in Weill’s new opus, now called The Eternal Road, for 153 performances at the Manhattan Opera House in early 1937. The cast included 245 actors and singers, wearing a total of 1,772 costumes, and the show – a frightening depiction of Jews hiding from a pogrom in a synagogue that included ...
When Kurt Weill died of a heart attack in early April 1950, Lotte Lenya was devastated. She withdrew from the public eye and watched over her late husband's work with uncompromising strictness. But friends persuaded her to return to the stage and Lotte played Jenny on Broadway with as much success as she had in Berlin in the late 1920s.
Lotte Lenya / Saul Bolasni / c. 1954 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Gift of Lee Boltin. As an actress and chanteuse in Weimar-era Berlin, Lotte Lenya immortalized the music of her husband, composer Kurt Weill, with enthralling renditions of songs such as "Mack the Knife."
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Lotte Lenya (o Lotte Lenja), registrada al nacer como Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer (18 de octubre de 1898, distrito de Penzing - Viena; 27 de noviembre de 1981, Nueva York), fue una actriz y cantante austríaca nacionalizada estadounidense, nominada al Óscar a la mejor actriz de reparto [1] y al Globo de Oro en la misma ...
