Soprano Karyn Levitt performs Eric Bentley’s English versions of the songs of Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht, one of the 20th century’s great songwriting teams. Levitt’s close working relationship with Bentley, the foremost translator of Brecht’s lyrics and plays, gave her the opportunity of a lifetime to consult with the source of these acclaimed translations.

Discover Austro-German composer Hanns Eisler whose music was branded by the Nazis as “degenerate.” Eisler was a student of Schoenberg, a contemporary of Kurt Weill, and Brecht’s favorite collaborator. Karyn Levitt is the performer of the English Eisler/Brecht repertoire of our time. Her close working relationship with her mentor, Brecht translator and friend Eric Bentley, gives her the opportunity to consult with a contemporary witness and the source of the acclaimed translations to excite the next generation with Hanns Eisler’s music and Bertolt Brecht’s lyrics.

As a distinguished artist/producer, Ms. Levitt is known for her historic collaboration with Eric Bentley

whose work she also recorded on her CD, Eric Bentley’s Brecht-Eisler Song Book.

Date and Time: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, New York, NY 10011

Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

More Information: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/05/08/Will-There-Still-Be-Singing-A-Hanns-Eisler-Cabaret-0730PM