Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Elisabeth Hauptmann's "Happy End"
Tickets: $50
On sale kaufmanmusiccenter.org
Kaufman Music Center, Glimmerglass Opera and Opera Saratoga co-present
About
Religion and capitalism collide in this sharp, jazz-infused 1929 musical satire by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Conceived as a follow-up to the trios success with The Threepenny Opera, Happy End is a satire of big business and big religion set in a smoky speakeasy where gangsters do deals, and the Salvation Army saves souls. With an unforgettable score that includes Bilbao Song, Mandalay Song and Surabaya Johnny, Happy End blazes with wit, grit and dark glamour.
Directed by Mary Birnbaum, this compact new English adaptation of Happy End by Kelley Rourke is music directed by Rob Ainsley and features Ana Karneža, a Juilliard drama graduate and 2024 winner of the Kurt Weill Foundations Lotte Lenya Competition, and instrumentalists from the Manhattan School of Musics Jazz program. The presentation is part of a historic new collaborative partnership between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera and the Seagle Festival.
2026-27 tickets go on sale in July.
Directed by Mary Birnbaum, this compact new English adaptation of Happy End by Kelley Rourke is music directed by Rob Ainsley and features Ana Karneža, a Juilliard drama graduate and 2024 winner of the Kurt Weill Foundations Lotte Lenya Competition, and instrumentalists from the Manhattan School of Musics Jazz program. The presentation is part of a historic new collaborative partnership between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera and the Seagle Festival.
2026-27 tickets go on sale in July.
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