The Threepenny Opera

Musical numbers

Prelude

11. Ouverture 12. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife" – Street singer)

Act 1

13. Morgenchoral des Peachum (Peachum's Morning Choral – Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 14. Anstatt dass-Song (Instead of Song – Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 15. Hochzeits-Lied (Wedding Song – Four Gangsters) 16. Seeräuberjenny (Pirate Jenny – Polly)[b] 17. Kanonen-Song (Cannon Song – Macheath, Brown) 18. Liebeslied (Love Song – Polly, Macheath) 19. Barbarasong (Barbara Song – Polly)[c] 10. I. Dreigroschenfinale (First Threepenny Finale – Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum)

Act 2

11.a Melodram (Melodrama – Macheath) 11a. Polly's Lied (Polly's Song – Polly) 12.a Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit (Ballad of Sexual Dependency – Mrs Peachum)[d] 13.a Zuhälterballade (Pimp's Ballad or Tango Ballad – Jenny, Macheath) 14.a Ballade vom angenehmen Leben (Ballad of the Pleasant Life – Macheath) 15.a Eifersuchtsduett (Jealousy Duet – Lucy, Polly) 15b. Arie der Lucy (Aria of Lucy – Lucy) 16.a II. Dreigroschenfinale (Second Threepenny Finale – Macheath, Mrs Peachum, Chorus)[e]

Act 3

17.a Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens (Song of the Insufficiency of Human Struggling – Peachum) 17a. Reminiszenz (Reminiscence) 18.a Salomonsong (Solomon Song – Jenny) 19.a Ruf aus der Gruft (Call from the Grave – Macheath) 20.a Grabschrift (Grave Inscription – Macheath) 20a. Gang zum Galgen (Walk to Gallows – Peachum) 21.a III. Dreigroschenfinale (Third Threepenny Finale – Brown, Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Macheath, Polly, Chorus)


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