Editing The Threepenny Opera (section)

== Recordings ==
Recordings are in German, unless otherwise specified.
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1930, on [[Telefunken]]. Abridged/incomplete. [[Lotte Lenya]] (Jenny), [[Erika Helmke]] (Polly), [[Willy Trenk-Trebitsch]] (Macheath), [[Kurt Gerron]] (Moritatensänger; Brown), and [[Erich Ponto]] (Peachum). {{ill|Lewis Ruth|de}} Band, conducted by [[Theo Mackeben]]. Released on CD by [[Teldec]] Classics in 1990.
* ''The Threepenny Opera'', 1954, on [[Decca Records|Decca]] Broadway 159 463. In English. Lyrics by Marc Blitzstein. The 1950s Broadway cast, starring [[Jo Sullivan]] (Polly Peachum), [[Lotte Lenya]] (Jenny), [[Charlotte Rae]] (Mrs Peachum), Scott Merrill (Macheath), Gerald Price (Street Singer), and Martin Wolfson (Peachum). [[Bea Arthur]] sings Lucy, normally a small role, here assigned an extra number. Complete recording of the score, without spoken dialogues. Conducted by Samuel Matlowsky.
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1955, on [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]] 8057, with [[Anny Felbermayer]], {{ill|Hedy Fassler|de}}, Jenny Miller, [[Rosette Anday]], [[Helge Rosvaenge]], [[Alfred Jerger]], {{ill|Kurt Preger|de}} and [[Liane Augustin]]. [[Vienna State Opera]] Orchestra conducted by [[Frederick Charles Adler|F. Charles Adler]].
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1958, on CBS MK 42637. Lenya, who also supervised the production, [[Johanna von Koczian]], [[Trude Hesterberg]], [[Erich Schellow]], [[Wolfgang Neuss]], and [[Willy Trenk-Trebitsch]], Arndt Chorus, [[Sender Freies Berlin]] Orchestra, conducted by [[Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg]]. Complete recording of the score, without spoken dialogues.
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1966, conducted by [[Wolfgang Rennert]] on Philips. With [[Karin Hübner]], {{ill|Edith Teichmann|de}}, {{ill|Anita Mey|de}}, [[Hans Korte]], {{ill|Dieter Brammer|de}}, and [[Franz Kutschera (actor)|Franz Kutschera]].
* ''The Threepenny Opera'', 1976, on [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] PS 34326. Conducted by [[Stanley Silverman]]. In English, new translation by [[Ralph Manheim]] and [[John Willett]]. Starring the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] cast, including [[Raul Julia]] (Macheath), [[Ellen Greene]] (Jenny), [[Caroline Kava]] (Polly), [[Blair Brown]] (Lucy), [[C. K. Alexander]] (Peachum) and [[Elizabeth Wilson]] (Mrs Peachum)
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1968, on [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] 00289 4428349 (2 CDs). [[Hannes Messemer]] (MM), [[Helmut Qualtinger]] (P), [[Berta Drews]] (MsP), [[Karin Baal]] (Polly), [[Martin Held]] (B), [[Hanne Wieder]] (J), [[Franz Josef Degenhardt]] (Mor). Conducted by [[James Last]]. The only recording, up to the present, that contains the complete spoken dialogue.
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1988, on Decca 430 075. [[René Kollo]] (Macheath), [[Mario Adorf]] (Peachum), [[Helga Dernesch]] (Mrs Peachum), [[Ute Lemper]] (Polly), [[Milva]] (Jenny), [[Wolfgang Reichmann]] (Tiger Brown), {{ill|Susanne Tremper|de}} (Lucy), {{ill|Rolf Boysen|de}} (Herald). [[Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor|RIAS]] Berlin Sinfonietta, [[John Mauceri]].{{sfn|Haas|Uekermann|1988}}
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1990, on Koch International Classics 37006. [[Manfred Jung]] (Macheath), Stephanie Myszak (Polly), Anelia Shoumanova (Jenny), Herrmann Becht (Peachum), Anita Herrmann (Mrs Peachum), Eugene Demerdjiev (Brown), [[Waldemar Kmentt]] (Street Singer); Bulgarian Television and Radio Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Victor C. Symonette
* ''The Threepenny Opera'', 1994, on CDJAY 1244. In English. Donmar Warehouse (London) production. Translated by Robert David Macdonald (lyrics translated by [[Jeremy Sams]]). Conducted by [[Gary Yershon]]. With [[Sharon Small]] (Polly Peachum), Tara Hugo (Jenny), Natasha Bain (Lucy Brown), [[Tom Hollander]] (Macheath), [[Simon Dormandy]] (Tiger Brown), Beverley Klein (Mrs Peachum) and [[Tom Mannion]] (Mr Peachum).
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1997, on [[Capriccio (record label)|Capriccio]]. Conducted by Jan Latham-König, with [[Ulrike Steinsky]], Gabriele Ramm, [[Jane Henschel]], {{ill|Walter Raffeiner|de}}, Rolf Wollrad, and Peter Nikolaus Kante.
* ''Die Dreigroschenoper'', 1999, BMG Classics 74321-66133, [[Ensemble Modern]], [[Heinz Karl Gruber|HK Gruber]] (conductor, Mr Peachum), [[Max Raabe]] (Macheath), [[Sona MacDonald]] (Polly), [[Nina Hagen]] (Mrs Peachum), [[Timna Brauer]] (Jenny), {{ill|Hannes Hellmann|de}} (Tiger Brown)