List of works for the stage by Weill

This is a complete list of the stage works of the German, and later American, composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950).

Title	Genre	Sub­divisions	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre
Zriny	opera		Körnerafter a tragedy by Theodor Körner	1916composed 1916, but lost
Ninon von Lenclos	opera		Hardtbased on a drama by Ernst Hardt	1920composed 1920, but lost
Zaubernacht	ballet with song	1 act	BoritschWladimir Boritsch	1922-11-1818 November 1922	Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm
ProtagonistDer Protagonist	opera	1 act	KaiserGeorg Kaiser	1926-03-2727 March 1926	Dresden, Staatsoper
Royal Palace	opera	1 act	GollYvan Goll	1927-03-022 March 1927	Berlin, Krolloper
Na und?			Felix Joachimson	1927-06-99composed 1926–1927, but unperformed and lost
Mahagonny-Songspiel	Songspiel	3 acts	BrechtBertolt Brecht	1927-07-1717 July 1927	Baden-Baden, Kurhaus
ZarDer Zar lässt sich photographieren	opera buffa	1 act	KaiserGeorg Kaiser	1928-02-1818 February 1928	Leipzig, Neues Theater
DreigroschenoperDie Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)	play with music	8.1prologue and 8 scenes	BrechtBertolt Brecht, after The Beggar's Opera by John Gay	1928-08-3131 August 1928	Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
Happy End	comedy with music	3 acts	HauptmannElisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht	1929-09-022 September 1929	Berlin, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny	opera	3 acts	BrechtBertolt Brecht	1930-03-099 March 1930	Leipzig, Neues Theater
JasagerDer Jasager	Schuloper	2 acts	BrechtBertolt Brecht, after Elisabeth Hauptmann's translation from Arthur Waley's English version of the Japanese No drama Taniko	1930-06-2323 June 1930	Berlin
BürgschaftDie Bürgschaft	opera	3.1prologue and 3 acts	NeherCaspar Neher, after Johann Gottfried Herder's parable Der afrikanische Rechtspruch	1932-03-1010 March 1932	Berlin, Städtische Oper
SiebenDie sieben Todsünden	ballet chanté	8 parts	BrechtBertolt Brecht	1933-06-077 June 1933	Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
SilberseeDer Silbersee	play with music	3 acts	KaiserGeorg Kaiser	1933-02-1818 February 1933	Leipzig, Altes Theater & Stadttheater Magdeburg & Theater Erfurt
Marie Galante	play with music	2 acts	DevalJacques Deval	1934-12-2222 December 1934	Paris, Théâtre de Paris
KuhhandelDer Kuhhandel	operetta	2 acts	VamberyRobert Vambery	1990-03-22composed 1934 but not performed until: 22 March 1990	Düsseldorf (in concert)
Kingdom for a CowA Kingdom for a Cow (revision of Der Kuhhandel)	musical play	3 acts	ArkellReginald Arkell and D Carter	1935-06-28 28 June 1935	London, Savoy Theatre
WegDer Weg der Verheissung	biblical drama	4 acts	WerfelFranz Werfel	1935composed 1934-1935, but unperformed until: 13 June 1999	Chemnitz, Theater Chemnitz
Johnny Johnson	musical play	3 acts	GreenPaul Green	1936-11-1919 November 1936	New York, 44th Street Theatre
Eternal RoadThe Eternal Road (revision of Der Weg der Verheissung)	biblical drama	4 acts	WerfelFranz Werfel	1937-01-077 January 1937	New York City, Manhattan Opera House
Knickerbocker Holiday	musical comedy	2 acts	AndersonMaxwell Anderson	1938-09-2626 September 1938	Hartford, Connecticut
Davy Crockett	musical play	2 acts	HaysH R Hays	1938composed 1938, but unfinished
Railroads on Parade (A Fantasy on Rail Transport)	circus opera		HungerfordEdward Hungerford	1939-04-3030 April 1939	New York World's Fair
Ulysses Africanus	musical play	2 acts	AndersonMaxwell Anderson	1939-99composed 1939, but unfinished	material later used in Lost in the Stars
Lady in the Dark	musical play	2 acts	HartMoss Hart and Ira Gershwin	1941-01-2323 January 1941	New York, Alvin Theatre
One Touch of Venus	musical comedy	2 acts	NashOgden Nash	1943-10-077 October 1943	New York, Imperial Theatre
Firebrand of FlorenceThe Firebrand of Florence	operetta	2 acts	GershwinIra Gershwin	1944-03-2222 March 1944	New York, Alvin Theatre
Street Scene	American opera	2 acts	RiceElmer Rice and Langston Hughes	1947-01-099 January 1947	New York, Adelphi Theatre
Down in the Valley	folk opera	1 act	SundgaardArnold Sundgaard	1948-07-1515 July 1948	Bloomington, Indiana University
Love Life	vaudeville	2 parts	LernerAlan Jay Lerner	1948-10-077 October 1948	New York, 46th Street Theatre
Lost in the Stars	musical tragedy	2 acts	AndersonMaxwell Anderson	1949-10-3030 October 1949	New York, Music Box Theatre
Huckleberry Finn	musical	2 acts	AndersonMaxwell Anderson after Mark Twain	1950composed 1950, but unfinished

References

• Hinton, Stephen (1992), 'Weill, Kurt' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
• Kurt Weill Foundation: page about Der Weg der Verheißung
• The playbill for the 1939 NY Worlds Fair show "Railroads on Parade"