Kurt Weill: Love Life

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November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Kurt Weill, Alan Jay Lerner
    • PERFORMER
      Orchestra of Opera North, Chorus of Opera North, Quirijn de Lang, Stephanie Corley, Themba Mvula, Ka
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Opening (Magician, Sam, Susan)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Themba Mvula, Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    2. Part I: Who is Samuel Cooper? (Mary Jo, Tim, George, Jonathan, Charles, Will, Hank, Chorus, Sam, Susan, Elizabeth, Johnny)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley, Louie Stow, Tilly Baker

      Conductor: James Holmes

    3. Part I: Here I'll Stay (Sam, Susan)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    4. Part I: Progress (The Eight)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Conductor: James Holmes

    5. Part I: I Remember it Well (Sam, Susan)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    6. Part I: Green-Up Time (Elizabeth, Sam, 3 Guests, Susan, Hank, Alica, Josie, Double Quartet, George)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Tilly Baker, Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    7. Part I: I Remember it Well (reprise) (Sam, susan, Johnny, Elizabeth, Walt)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley, Louie Stow, Tilly Baker

      Conductor: James Holmes

    8. Part I: Economics (Quartet, Sam, Susan)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Joshua Da Costa, Will Hopkins, Andrew Randall, Masimba Ushe, Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    9. Part I: Mother's Getting Nervous (3 Tots)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Felicity Moore, Amber Midgley, Lottie Gray

      Conductor: James Holmes

    10. Part I: My Kind of Night and Women's Club Blues (Sam, Elizabeth, Johnny, Susan, Women)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Tilly Baker, Louie Stow, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    11. Part I: Love Song (Hobo)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Justin Hopkins

      Conductor: James Holmes

    12. Part I: I'm Your Man (Boylan, Harvey, Sam, Slade, Leffcourt, Men, Susan, Bill)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    13. Part II: Entr'acte

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Conductor: James Holmes

    14. Part II: Ho, Billy O! (Leader, Madrigal Singers)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Conductor: James Holmes

    15. Part II: Susan's Dream (Sam, Susan, Quartet)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley, Joshua Da Costa, Will Hopkins, Andrew Randall, Masimba Ushe

      Conductor: James Holmes

    16. Part II: I Remember it Well (reprise) (Susan, Sam)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Stephanie Corley, Quirijn De Lang

      Conductor: James Holmes

    17. Part II: Is it Him or is it Me? (Susan, Johnny)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Stephanie Corley, Louie Stow

      Conductor: James Holmes

    18. Part II: The Divorce Ballet

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Conductor: James Holmes

    19. Part II: This is the Life (Sam)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Quirijn De Lang

      Conductor: James Holmes

    20. Part II: The Minstrel Show (Con Man, Sam, Susan, Minstrels, Interlocutor, Miss Horoscope, Miss Mysticism, Mr. Cynic, Miss Ideal Man)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Themba Mvula, Quirijn De Lang, Stephanie Corley, Charlie Drummond, Helen Évora, Tom Smith, Claire Lees

      Conductor: James Holmes

    21. Part II: Mr. Right - Finale (Interlocutor, Susan, Sam, Miss Ideal Man, 3 Girls, Minstrels)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Opera North Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Themba Mvula, Stephanie Corley, Quirijn De Lang, Claire Lees

      Conductor: James Holmes

    22. Part II: Bows

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Conductor: James Holmes

    23. Love Life, Part I: You Understand Me So (Bill, Susan)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Stephanie Corley

      Conductor: James Holmes

    24. Love Life, Part II: The Locker Room (Bob, Pete, Bill, Hank, The Tumblers, 4 Anonymous Men, Freebish, Sam, Sven)

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North

      Performer: Paul Gibson, Jeremy Peaker, Quirijn De Lang, John Savournin

      Conductor: James Holmes


As a concept musical, Love Life was a real trailblazer, inspiring musical theatre favourites of the 1960s, 70s and beyond from Cabaret and Chicago (originally subtitled 'A Musical Vaudeville') to Sondheim's Company (told through a series of vignettes). It is "one of Weill's best scores" (conductor Jim Holmes), a masterpiece of putting different musical styles together, "a compendium of American musical idioms, cunningly chosen so that they suit the dramatic material". Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner teamed up in 1947, both riding high on recent successes (Street Scene for Weill, Brigadoon for Lerner) and looking for new projects. When Love Life premiered on Broadway in 1948, Weill called it "an entirely new form of theatre." Stephen Sondheim denoted it as "a useful influence on my own work."