Sting sings The Ballad of Mack the Knife - Bertolt Brecht - Kurt Weill
This Ballad is part of The Three Penny Opera, by Brecht and Weill.
It was first performed in the 1920's in Berlin and was the first collaboration of Brecht and Kurt Weill. Weill's music may well be the reason the piece has survived and been done all over the world. Brecht, extremely socialist and anti-capitalist became one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. This "opera" was based on a previous work called "The Beggars Opera" and Brecht saw in it a vehicle to alienatem his audience and force them to listen to ideas, not cvharacters.
anyway, it is worth knowing and Mack the Knife as a song has been sung by every singer ever since
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